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rbright

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    Comment #22868561

    That time is now! https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/9716522?hl=en

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    Comment #5541574

    For tmux, I assign the bind-key to backtick (`) and last-window to TAB. Then do most of my work in window #1. On a US keyboard, I find it pretty easy to move between windows with `…

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    Comment #4491681

    "To get that in writing, that’s 91.58 Mbps down and 35.01 Mbps up." No. That's how fast speedtest.net is. Google Fiber is much, much faster. Try it again with http://speedtest.goog…

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    Comment #4147859

    Try http://google.co.nz

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    Comment #4036096

    "The Go compiler isn't so fast; other compilers are just slow. Machines are bloody fast. Just don't piss the speed away." -Rob Pike http://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/1996209974590…

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    Comment #3672462

    Try search; e.g., http://play.google.com/store/search?q=the&c=movies&s...

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    Comment #3213741

    I agree that his argument is flimsy at best, but why do you only associate Coke and Pepsi products with brands? What about rock bands, video games, movies, radio stations, operatin…

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    Comment #2988067

    This list appears to be lifted directly from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google

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    Comment #2901127

    Pretend like it's called the "Firehose" instead of the "Stream" and then add everyone who you find even mildly interesting. Then use the circle editor to create less noisy channels…

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    Comment #2763538

    There's a vending machine in 43, second floor.

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    Comment #2722989

    I get your point, but I think that's simple too: you received the post because it was sent to you. Or in Google's vocabulary: because you were in the circle it was shared with. I c…

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    Comment #2722819

    To beat Facebook, you also need data centers.

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    Comment #2722818

    People often seem to confuse "different" with "worse." I wonder why this is. Circles are also "simple to reason about" – i.e., everyone in the circle gets the post. It's just diffe…

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    Comment #2557881

    Well, one thing it means is don't bother asking Tim any Javascript questions during his interviews.

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    Comment #2551331

    Try bufdo, argdo, windo, and tabdo depending on the subset of files you'd like to modify. E.g., to replace "foo" with "bar" in all open buffers: :bufdo %s/foo/bar/g | update Althou…

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    Comment #2550387

    If you don't trust Google with your data, why are you using Google Docs?

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    Comment #2472791

    Cool hack; but if these kinds of things bother you, consider using a more powerful text editor.