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njkleiner

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    Comment #41823020

    Both are on the roadmap, apparently. https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/188#issuecomment-14933...

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    Comment #32262350

    I suppose it depends on how you define "everyday life", but in digital image processing, derivatives can be used as a relatively simple method for edge detection. For example, the …

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    Comment #31863215

    I found this post because it showed up in a TUI Microsub[0] client that talks to a Microsub server[1] which is subscribed to one of the HN-to-RSS service's front page feed. I use m…

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    Comment #30813026

    > That only applies if both the sender and receiver are in the EU. I'm under the impression that GDPR Article 3 (2) does apply in the case at hand, which is marketing emails sent b…

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    Comment #30802083

    > For some reason people are a lot better with knowing 11:59pm is, vs 12:00AM. You mean, people have a mental association like "Oh look it's 12:00 AM [= midnight], better get to be…

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    Comment #30801805

    Okay, I'm genuinely confused now, can someone please explain this to me? First of all, how is nobody taking about the fact that OP was scheduled for an exam that takes place... at …

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    Comment #30765195

    > mild anti-social behavior Interesting way of spelling "illegal misuse of personal information under GDPR".

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    Comment #29889598

    While on the topic of names, could we discuss the difference between given name(s) and middle names and the implications this has on anglocentric software/database design? While mi…

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    Comment #28576156

    There is an open source iOS app called Overland[0] that can continuously track your location history in the background and upload the data to an arbitrary endpoint as GeoJSON. The …

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    Comment #26117675

    > It is weird that this is your "last straw". Why? Could you point me to some other straws I've missed? > Most likely you haven't used Ubuntu for a very long time. It's true that U…

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    Comment #26117370

    Thanks for the suggestions! > "Just works" type desktop: Don't use linux. That's why I preferred Ubuntu, it felt like a good compromise between a Linux system and ease of use (or r…

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    Comment #26116816

    It's a real shame, Ubuntu used to be my go-to distro, but for me this is the last straw in the history of shady things Canonical has done. One of the things I liked most about Ubun…

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    Comment #25430584

    > Do you have data to support python is more likely to exist in linux machines than bash? That's not what I'm saying. I never claimed Python was more widely supported that Bash, in…

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    Comment #25429626

    If your argument for using the shell (as opposed to a real programming language such as Python) is portability, writing a shell script that is not POSIX compliant literally defeats…

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    Comment #25291496

    Related: https://sive.rs/pg

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    Comment #25103631

    DMCA takedowns seem to be quite popular these days, I'd love to see how this would play out here...

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    Comment #25101953

    I imagine the builtin email support might be the single biggest selling point, if you're into that kind of workflow... Also, the simplicity is certainly appreciated.

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    Comment #24425005

    Does it support sending from a custom domain connected to Gmail, like the web interface?

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    Comment #23727301

    This might be a bit of a different take than the other comments here, but I highly enjoyed reading Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker when I first became …

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    Comment #23577457

    There actually is, kind of. The IndieWeb[0] community has come up with a protocol called AutoAuth[1] that solves this exact problem. It's only a rough draft at the moment and it is…

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    Comment #23244693

    They were never really supposed to be interoperable with pingback from what I can tell, see the reasons here[0]. You're right in the sense that it's a classic case of , but FYI the…

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    Comment #23244653

    Not quite true, Webmentions are used extensively by the IndieWeb[0] community (which is where the Webmention spec was born). It's unfortunate that the author linked to the Wikipedi…

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    Comment #23082443

    Isn't that what PKCE is for?