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lufte

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About lufte

https://lufte.net

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    Comment #42747941

    I recently had the need to subscribe to changes to a Github repo and it turns out it provides a feed for them. For rust master branch, for example, subscribe to https://github.com/…

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    Comment #42558719

    Whatsapp works even if you choose not to install Google Services. You can download the apk directly from https://www.whatsapp.com/download .

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    Comment #42495490

    "about" didn't work for me but "help" did.

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    Comment #41414145

    See also: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete

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    Comment #40846708

    Isn't it possible to write memory-safe code in modern C++?

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    Comment #40597710

    Who says they don't? Edit: never mind, just noticed it.

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    Comment #40564486

    Is this "US timezones" or "US only"?

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    Comment #39273612

    Installing LineageOS does not imply losing access to Google services and the Play Store.

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    Comment #38930546

    Not in GOG, for some reason.

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    Comment #38654698

    You should interview her!

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    Comment #37693174

    QtWebKit is not recommended but it is still available if you want it: https://qutebrowser.org/doc/help/settings.html#backend . There is a ticket to remove it completely which is no…

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    Comment #36375123

    https://osgameclones.com/

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    Comment #35099006

    I like Drew's take on this https://drewdevault.com/2019/01/23/Why-I-use-old-hardware.ht...

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    Comment #34808123

    It should be possible to build a mastodon server that provides a gemini interface.

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    Comment #34084249

    I would say they are useful, specially against a relational database, when you have a ever-growing or dynamic amount of different entity types that are all related between each oth…

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    Comment #33628008

    Offtopic: I'm seeing a trend of titles that, as a non native English speaker, always confuse me and take me a good couple of seconds to finally understand. This is one of them. It'…

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    Comment #31897521

    Good stuff. I wonder if there's a way to "detect" ASCII art automatically by crawling open source repositories.

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    Comment #31867998

    Oh I'm definitely copying this idea!

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    Comment #31635730

    It's not clear from the website's home page what is the difference with the original version hosted at sourceforge. This page explains it: https://robocode-dev.github.io/tank-royal…

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    Comment #31170735

    Good tip. My device doesn't have any official build newer than 17.1 so I may need to start building my own images.

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    Comment #30766197

    My motivation has usually been to add features/fixes that *I* would consider useful for my particular use cases, and most times it's for software I use in my personal time or perso…

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    Comment #30301858

    I have the exact same one. Here's the film that works with it https://us.polaroid.com/collections/film-for-polaroid-600-ca... .

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    Comment #28905398

    Write a CHIP-8 emulator. I followed this [1] language-agnostic guide. It covers all the details and oddities without actually giving you the code, so you still need to make the eff…

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    Comment #28609601

    > I don't really know, but since there are no manufacturers that built good TrackPoints I think its either hard or there really is no demand (sadly more likely). Those are good poi…

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    Comment #28608454

    What would be the requirement for someone to build a trackpoint for the Framework laptop? Would they need to design a whole new keyboard plus a touchpad with the three buttons?