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rodface

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    Comment #47537017

    Thank you for this share, because it rings close to another fascination of mine: the shade of green/teal that is the panel color of a great many Soviet aircraft cockpits. It's not …

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    Comment #46687829

    I’ve wondered if there is some similar solution that will allow you to rotate your viewing angle, so that you can browse library stacks without bending your neck at a completely aw…

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    Comment #46041374

    I have a sincere feeling that they missed out.

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    Comment #45818737

    That is an incredible video.

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    Comment #45368196

    I discovered this prohibition last week. Absolutely maddening.

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    Comment #44460760

    After some further investigation, the unbelievable level of attention to detail (the shape of the individually modeled rivet heads, the overlapping of adjacent sheetmetal) explains…

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    Comment #44460152

    That price is astonishing. My modeling knowledge is limited to plastic aircraft kits, so I have no idea what I'm looking at here. I'm not sure what it would take to pay that kind o…

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    Comment #42685789

    I dislike dealing with caps and enjoy a finer, wetter line. Pilot Precise V5 RT has been my go-to for a while, but I'm a pen hoarder and will try anything.

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    Comment #42522589

    I won't comment on the robustness of the Embraer construction, but I should point out that the 2006 incident is not necessarily indicative of that; the two aircraft collided head-o…

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    Comment #41945581

    Excellent work! Would be very interested in something similar for Azure.

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    Comment #40870803

    Surprised to see that this has not been submitted. This was a staple of the old web from when I was a young Star Wars fan.

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    Comment #40599779

    Page 384/385, "H.14 Good Programming Practices Checklist" seems interesting

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    Comment #40487841

    I think you win the comment thread

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    Comment #40171156

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packing_(phallus)

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    Comment #40151558

    Aviate means to get the aircraft under control, straight and level as you say. Maintaining or correcting the position and direction of the aircraft, navigation, is of lower priorit…

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    Comment #40110730

    Indeed, I pretty much treat userspace as C:\temp, considering how much it gets messed with. Anything that requires consistent behavior needs to live in the root.

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    Comment #40100582

    If I am reading this correctly then it resembles the behavior of the Confluence/JIRA text input windows.

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    Comment #40100563

    I did too! I bought the smallest size and at $30 it is pricier than some alternatives but it feels nice to buy a real product instead of a knockoff with a random brand name. If mem…

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    Comment #40100537

    Great to see Opus mentioned, it has been my file manager of choice for many years now.

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    Comment #39901401

    That is an unfortunate acronym.

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    Comment #39557649

    As the proud new owner of a leap day baby, I find this to be extra hilarious

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    Comment #38790329

    I'll add this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@flyingformoney777 I like his tone and he's technical like blancolirio.

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    Comment #36814782

    > use the language code for languages This is the practice that I followed when I needed to add a regional-language pack for one of our SCCM packages. I put a "DEU" in the icon, no…

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    Comment #36392655

    It's worth contrasting the design of this vehicle with what is ostensibly the world standard for deep-sea research submersibles, Alvin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. http…