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semanticc

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    Comment #48725796

    That's not an effect. As both in the case of a dividedend and a stock buy back, the company's market cap drops by the amount of cash that's being distributed out, creating an ident…

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    Comment #48709485

    > So for my definition of “everywhere,” with the caveats mentioned above, the following features work everywhere. YMMV. . ^, $ […], [^…] \* \w, \W, \s, \S \1 - \9 backreferences \b…

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    Comment #48015144

    Easy with https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org on Mac.

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    Comment #47879925

    It's not documented, but unfortunately neither of these re-signs the commits even if GPG signing is configured. They are based on `git replay`, and that doesn't sign either (at lea…

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    Comment #47692310

    How/why did it consume more tokens?

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    Comment #47617649

    I think the script would be named as `#` so that it can be called via `\# mycmd` instead of `\\# mycmd`.

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    Comment #47469158

    Unless you disable cursor blinking because you find it annoying (like I do).

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    Comment #47355136

    Node 24+ does respect HTTP_PROXY when NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 is set.

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    Comment #47114355

    > GitHub’s contributor graphs use mailmap. This is not true, .mailmap is [unfortunately] not supported by GitHub: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/22518

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    Comment #46438800

    Do you have an example of this in mind where the known "tit for tat" strategy falls short?

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    Comment #45715330

    Linux is not developed in GitHub.

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    Comment #44531152

    You don't seem to get the point. That is only universal in current day English. In e.g. Finnish: miljoona = 1e6, miljardi = 1e9, biljoona = 1e12, triljoona = 1e18.

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    Comment #44489893

    What's your suggested alternative?

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    Comment #43889114

    It's essentially

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    Comment #43877482

    Even if the meaningful content would have been older than yours, faking Git timestamps is trivial.

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    Comment #43755394

    I know this is somewhat true, but it's just a pity. Proper grammar is something I try to cherish, and I've specifically added – and — to my custom keyboard layout for convenient ac…

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    Comment #42036370

    .al is just the TLD for Albania, similarly as .ai is for Anguilla. No idea why anyone would choose the former.

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    Comment #41972910

    Ehh, I don't know about that. CSV header row is more of a metadata for humans to me.

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    Comment #41646604

    The new chat memory feature got enabled by default.

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    Comment #40829028

    Internet != Web. E.g., an ebook downloaded from Apple Books is not web content, even if it comes from the Internet.

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    Comment #40088723

    I would start with Python instead of C++, if you just want to learn a useful tool as a hobby. The official tutorial is a good starting point: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ind…

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    Comment #39621232

    Why was the employees' common stock worth $0? Liquidation preference for the outside investors? Related: How can a regular employee joining a startup know beforehand that there isn…

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    Comment #39103124

    Regex is the parser for regular languages.

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    Comment #38274920

    Yes, truly curious. It's not like base 10 is used anywhere in our society.

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    Comment #38274913

    You are probably not running a 32-bit IoT device.