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Me too. Since my grandmother was a child, we've always had German Shepherds in our family. When I was a kid for the first time our dogs started getting hip dysplasia. My mother and…

For anyone wondering who he was or his contributions: > Manning has been working in the Internet industry since 1979 when he started working at Texas Instruments and helped in buil…

LOL > fixtures on the Republican party --> "fixtures of" clutches pearls Did you even click on your own link? That twitter account does NOT show "a systemic problem". If you had, y…

I've seen this accusation thrown out there on social media a few times now. When I've asked for examples, no one been able to provide a list showing that this is actually a systemi…

When I want to get back to a pristine state, I prefer $ git reset --hard origin/master over the suggested $ git reset --hard HEAD If you use git and don't know the difference, read…

> a natural question would be "why are you starting a GNAT LLVM project from scratch instead of building on top of DragonEgg?". If you want to know the answer, check the file READM…

Hangouts Chat * Can't communicate with anyone without GSuite * Can't talk with our customers who use GSuite on another domain. * Can't communicated with the "old" Hangouts, so it's…

Besides high quality hardware support and device availability. The fact of the matter is the core of Android is OPEN SOURCE. I can and have built every last bit of software on my M…

> Drivers written for Vista didn't necessarily work on Windows 7 This is patently, provably FALSE[1] MS goes out of their way to NOT to break APIs. My ancient ATI netbook can run W…

If you don't mind using a desktop app, there are still many great tools for hobbyists and for teaching. Recently I've used: Qucs: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qucs/ Circuitmod:…

Can't speak for OP, but I tried migrating some of our workflow to Windows. First annoyance I hit was this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30418886/how-and-why-doe... This …

Take WordPress press for example. If you've never before setup a LAMP stack to run WordPress, you probably be running a WordPress container. And if you don't regular check the log …

We supplement our dogs raw diet with grasshopper flour.[1] I chose that along with eggs as a more humane source of protein. I've eaten bugs in Thailand(they were actually quite tas…

Great article, thanks for sharing. spoiler: FCC part was clever, but what fakery? Are you talking about the "golden path" or something else I missed after a quick read?

There are nearly 10 million lines of code in libreoffice, and yet I can and have built it from source just by typing: 1. $ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core …

> GNU Make, just using hashes instead of timestamps Sounds like you're describing make on a system with ccashe installed. Hashing incurs a significant performance hit. The first bu…

Back on my first computer a 486, I had a flat Trinitron monitor. So at least in my case, the curvature would actually make the experience less authentic if I felt like reliving the…

Hackers like George Hotz can and have decided to equip their cars with AI.[1] Again, how is this any different? [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/7/15933554/george-hotz-hacki... …

I can just as easily mount a weapon to my car and drive around killing people. How is this any different?

It's a soft paywall. It's only triggered when an IP exceeds the monthly quota of free content. OP or someone on his subnet has been enjoying their journalism, but doesn't want to s…

Yes, that's the logic behind GNOME's move, but it doesn't address the user's concerns. First of all they are removing code of a popular feature before it has been replaced. Secondl…

> building coral and sea life is super simple No. First you need an unpolluted area of ocean with the right conditions. And even then, thinking like yours can create more problems …

Back when I was a kid, I used to regularly use finger check Carmack's .plan to see what he was up to.[1] Having never given this much thought, if you asked me about the origins of …