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samwyse

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    Comment #42794962

    That was later. Initially, you could post to Twitter by sending an SMS message. No scripts to load, no tracking of what you were doing.

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    Comment #36862305

    I clicked on All Collections, searched for an icon and found a few, but then I wanted to view other icons in it's collection. I don't see a way to do that, or even figure out that …

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    Comment #35669366

    Just an reminder: ChatGPT does a great job of rephrasing things to make them unique.

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    Comment #34331395

    I’ve got to ask, which other Wi-Fi mapping provider requires a SSID suffix to opt out? Is it one of the big boys or is it someone like wigle.net or openwifimap.net?

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    Comment #26917306

    Re: “we prefer our 33-year-old Kenmore top loaders that can still actually be repaired rather than replaced” http://recraigslist.com/2015/10/they-used-to-last-50-years/

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    Comment #25154366

    Hey! I own a copy of that, although I’m not sure where it is. A great fun read. I think I’ll download and read it again.

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    Comment #23529164

    Have you heard of Wik? https://wik.netlify.app/#Home I just discovered it a couple of months ago and have been using it every day since. It stores everything in your web browser’s …

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    Comment #22916958

    Needs tags! For example, names of people and TV shows, indoor/outdoor, skyline/landscape, etc.

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    Comment #22424583

    I just keep my car unlocked 24 seven and don’t leave anything in it that I would resent having to replace.

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    Comment #19905929

    Do you know about curl/wget? Each one does pretty much the same thing as the other, but you can start a religious war by suggesting that one is preferable. Anyway, either of them w…

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    Comment #18271639

    Obligatory HAL 9000 reference: https://youtu.be/1s-PiIbzbhw

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    Comment #12372353

    Visited the site, dismissed the pop-up, scrolled to the bottom, saw that every book had just one mention. Wound up spending more time reading comments and looking at the list, don'…

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    Comment #12302372

    Given the way that people like to pull quotes out of context, writing something as a series of tweets forces you to look at each piece and see if it can stand alone.

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    Comment #12295588

    The TL;DR was TL;DR. Ho, seriously. About halfway through, the buzzwords and jargon got to be too much for me. Let me know if there's anything interesting Wining.

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    Comment #11001780

    1) I really like this! 2) How to make it better: Design your own quick-and-dirty logo. 2a) Upload a photo. 2b) Apply a filter. 2c) Overlay a simple icon. 2d) Bonus: combine filter …

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    Comment #10684223

    Rats! When I read the headline, I thought the article would be about a proposal to encrypt the statistics generated by web servers.

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    Comment #10684222

    Rats! When I read the headline, I thought the article would be about a proposal to encrypt the statistics generated by web servers.

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    Comment #10180062

    Think that it is fine just the way it is. A "programming language for musicians" could just as easily be BASIC or something, while a "music programming language" could be aimed exc…

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    Comment #10151711

    I have to agree with pavlov and say that while I sympathize with your situation, I can't say I'm surprised. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of whic…

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    Comment #6112498

    I'm changing the world everyday. I've got a stable job that allows my wife to homeschool our three kids.

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    Comment #5879401

    Please sign my petition to prosecute James R. Clapper Jr., director of national intelligence, for perjury in his denial of spying on Americans. http://wh.gov/l3gRA

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    Comment #5879398

    Please sign my petition to prosecute James R. Clapper Jr., director of national intelligence, for perjury in his denial of spying on Americans. http://wh.gov/l3gRA

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    Comment #5399886

    I only played it a bit, but it seems interesting enough that I may return to it this weekend. Even with the "hint" in the other comment about the movement, it was still confusing t…

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    What's happened to aptiverse.com?

    They had a post make the front page of HN just a few days ago. Now, every URL pointing to them just says that they've been acquired by "Trustfinity", which Google knows nothing abo…

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    Upgrading Adobe Flash Player installed Google Toolbar without asking

    A few moments ago, I was prompted to upgrade to Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602.168. I accepted, and IE 8 was launched to this URL: https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/update/activex/ .…