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linster

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    Comment #49190139

    I've tried the "Make Longer" and "Make Shorter". When you go "Make longer" the text gets longer. When you go "Make shorter", the text gets longer still. You'd think that the origin…

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    Comment #49183967

    Leipzig/Halle Airport, known for hosting Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines transport aircraft since 2022.

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    Comment #46268117

    Im building a calendar for my car navigation system https://e39.dev Last winter I built a Matrix client for it. This time around I want to wrap Akonadi with a DBus shim and consume…

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    Comment #45762262

    That’s misleading. You’re talking about the ban on naked shorts.

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    Show HN: I made a matrix chat client for my 2001 BMW's stock infotainment system

    I made a Matrix chat client for my 2001 BMW infotainment system using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, a Rasbperry Pi, and a custom PCB I designed to plug into the factory wiring harness: …

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    Comment #40391103

    Every user isn’t just a zero marginal cost copy of the software, having a user base is taking a gamble on support requests, bugs, FAQs. There’s a risk with a user base and having a…

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    Comment #39912349

    Jetpack Compose Multiplatform, packaged in a fat JAR. App in Kotlin.

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    Comment #39080854

    I think luxury goods, and the privilege of living within your means, is to be able to buy goods and instantly depreciate them. I buy electronics equipment, computers, furniture, cl…

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    Comment #38475008

    As a Canadian, “better than Exceeding” sounds like an American construction. I’d imagine the scale to be: 1. Not Meeting Expectations 2. Meeting Expectations 3. Exceeding expectati…

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    Comment #38085399

    What about the .de TLD?

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    Comment #38055922

    But we could, facetiously, do a rewrite every two weeks in a time box and call it agile.

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    Comment #37856292

    Except the space (opportunity cost) of building more housing

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    Comment #37268507

    This is rage farming. Parent post says using a limited tool well is fine, can lead to good results. “The best camera is the one you have with you” is common photography advice Whet…

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    Comment #37180053

    Wow that’s a pile-on. “What works for you only works for you, so you might not have discovered that it works for anything else, but only if you were really paying attention.”

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    Comment #37123814

    I don’t know who you are or why you’d describe him this way, but your post doesn’t contribute to the discussion.

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    Comment #37075365

    Yes, a voice of commonwealth reason. Not everywhere is an at-will employment type of place, and it’s refreshing to see people be reminded that employee rights exist in parts of the…

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    Comment #37053183

    In summary: life was better in the 90s because you were unaware. Cue oddly specific example of “The Ukraine” and “rocket volley”. Next, the highlight that informal communities that…

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    Comment #37021701

    What comes next?

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    Comment #36439556

    You’d be a highly effective addictions councillor, especially for physical dependence

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    Comment #36232853

    The other HN tell I’ve started seeing in work chats is excessive italics. I’m not five, I know the gravity of what you’re writing. For example, often HN users need to scold their r…

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    Comment #36230852

    The “no, you” of discourse and debate.

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    Comment #36170989

    I know this article is about Strang from the context of his retirement a few weeks ago, but the title is clickbait.

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    Comment #36070861

    I’ve been in this relationship. If someone knows what to say to hurt you, and uses it with precision to cause that hurt, they’re not on your team, even if their criticism isn’t “ba…

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    Comment #35788994

    I wonder if the workaround you mentioned in your second paragraph is bait Microsoft left for Google PMs?