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matthijs

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    Comment #35698156

    Using `truncate` in combination with `cascade` is another that I found unexpected: "Automatically truncate all tables that have foreign-key references to any of the named tables, o…

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    Comment #32157750

    Yes, looks very similar: https://cssinspector.com/

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    Comment #30631825

    I was hoping for a more affordable 6K 32 (or 30) inch monitor but I'm afraid that won't happen anytime soon.

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    Comment #23473078

    Probably WhatsApp, they moved from FreeBSD to Linux and were on SL before the Facebook acquisition.

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    Comment #20462491

    Great podcast about the TurboTax ProPublica articles: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/6nhgol/144-dark-patt...

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    Comment #17656872

    I've been using a HP Spectre x360 (13") with Ubuntu 18.04 for the last couple of weeks and it's been working very well for me. I even use the tablet mode when reading PDFs. Price w…

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    Comment #4525639

    You account is your phone number which is a really smart thing I think. Therefore you do not have to add each of your contacts one by one. And when someone in your contact list ins…

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    Comment #4231202

    Would it be possible to make the text inside the Quicklook window selectable? I often just want to quickly copy something from a file, and Quicklook would be the fastest way to do …

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    Comment #3547834

    Last month I was forced to use a netbook for a week and decided to install Ubuntu with Unity on it. I was really impressed with the user experience. I was probably just as efficien…

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    Comment #2659205

    In depth article from Scott Schiller that explains how he developed it: http://www.schillmania.com/content/entries/2011/wheels-of-st...

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    Comment #2448558

    For 265 color support you can use this: https://github.com/timmfin/terminalcolours

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    Comment #2037111

    Taking a look at the definition of Crimes per capita it states: "Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime…

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    Comment #1927073

    Even a really close up picture of a face will be seen as nudity. Trying to detect a body (or parts of a body) and determine how much skin is visible would probably be a better appr…

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    Comment #1877066

    How do you store the words? In memory or do you use something like redis, mysql?

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    Comment #1512785

    How will the betting companies react to this? Could they possibly block the hedge fund? Some time ago I read an article about someone giving betting tips (having it right more ofte…

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    Comment #1466349

    Note that the full-text modes only support prefix searching. For postfix you could either reverse the field your looking for (redundant data in your table), or use something like s…

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    Comment #1417023

    How do you convert your existing vector icons to this (pathstring) format? Or did he use some custom tool to draw them?

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    Comment #1381823

    Indeed, for example the express framework appears to be optimized for high performance http://expressjs.com/

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    Comment #1324486

    Great, after last.fm became subscription only I needed a replacement.

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    Comment #1324097

    Not sure if this is still the case, but with the hp laptops I own (especially ugly with the small HP mini's) the laptops looks good but they add the HUGE ugly power adapters. With …

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    Comment #1322678

    My university just migrated to Gmail (about 2 weeks ago). 30k students and about 8200 faculty and staff members. It beats the 2 different systems we had to use before (one exchange…

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    Comment #1231546

    "After you've purchased your own domain, we also make it super easy to set up your own personalized email boxes, calendars, and wikis using Google Apps." They make it super easy by…

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    Comment #1224654

    Yes it is already live, all you need to do is click the "Check for new messages" button on the inbox page and you'll be notified with a sound and the new message will be highlighte…

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    Comment #1221705

    Checking out your code it looks like you're just polling (not longpolling)? Instead of just holding the connection open and waiting for a new message you pass the latest message an…