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piemadd

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    Comment #31280249

    sounds like a markov chain going berserk

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    Comment #30417738

    [flagged]

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    Comment #29326019

    1. it is xterm, xterm.js to be sepcific 2. uses no-vnc. if you own the repl theres a way to set the vnc server password and access from your own client, but i forget how. probably …

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    Comment #28864715

    A few weeks ago, I published Amtrak.js, an NPM package which allowed for easy access of the Amtrak API. If you know anything about the API, it is not a simple process fetching data…

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    Comment #28492797

    Nope. Go to https://maps.amtrak.com/services/MapDataService/trains/getTr... and let me know how readable the data is lol, though I have also made an API based off of this library (…

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    Comment #28492784

    Some people have theorized it wasn't Amtrak who wanted the bs encryption (also probably why the keys haven't changed in 3 years and they've made no effort to prevent people from gr…

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    Comment #28492773

    I actually came across an old hackernews thread where you mentioned you built the site, I guess you have a library to do it for you now lol

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    Comment #28363097

    The thing is, you're probably right. Over time they've been restricting items for bots in over 100 servers. Right now its to see the users in the server and also to see the statuse…

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    Comment #27426384

    > Though Lively was a project at YC Research in 2016/2017 and replit is a YC 18 company I think. You're right about Replit going to YC after Lively, but Replit actually started muc…

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    Comment #27167128

    funnily enough, thats exactly what the lengthener is doing!

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    Comment #27165155

    Only problem is that i'd have to pay 700 dollars lol

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    Comment #27165146

    my wallet weeps

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    Comment #27165134

    Well I made the URL lengthener so you should obviously hire me /s

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    Comment #27165126

    so what you're seeing is the creation of a zero width space. When you combine an \x20 and an \x0b, it makes a zero width space, which your browser ends up ignoring. Only reason the…

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    Comment #27165098

    I added a little desc to the footer. TLDR its simply to see num of users and i've made the dashboard itself public so you can see for yourself.

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    Comment #27160647

    I think you were accessing the site while I was working on some changes haha! I think whats happening in the one while goes in an endless loop, your URL legitimately got too long f…