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I was aimlessly scrolling HN in a waiting room and realized the standard list view felt outdated compared to how people around me were interacting with modern mobile feeds. I opene…

Out of curiosity, which firewall do you use?

- tmux - bashmarks - zsh-autosuggestions - yasnippet/emacs - awk - explainshell.com - ansible scripts for setting up new dotfiles and my commonly used tools on a new machine/VM

Where are the auto playing video ads at full blast?

Wow. Close call. I was about to get the same lens from the same seller about a month ago but at the very last moment I thought I can wait for a few weeks to see some more reviews o…

For me, keeping in view how other people look at the situation is the most important thing in effective communication. I've found PG's advice the best in this regard: """ If you wa…

MS Paint: I've yet to find a photo tool that'll load instantly and let me crop or resize with the most minimal clicks.

Since this is a client side issue, can this be used to exploit those automated scanners who try to break into your SSH machine?

It's been over two years since the last solid Tools of the Trade and I'm sure a lot has changed. So which SaaS tools and services people are going to use in 2016 instead of hosting…

Someone recently noticed it on UFone (Pakistan) too: https://www.i.com.pk/ufone-3g-is-injecting-popup-ads-into-yo...

Another idea: Outlaw terrorism

""" Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. """ Any mirror…

ReactOS suddenly makes a lot of sense to me now!

Also worth mentioning the positive impact on work productivity: no coffee breaks, no food distraction, no occasional visits to restroom: just solid focus to my work. The only thing…

And here I am reading this article in 2015, with top of the page broken saying "Please install the latest Adobe Flash Player Plugin to watch this content."

I am running my home server on ChromeBox (Linux Mint running Samba attached to a Bravia TV). I don't think I can get something better.

Thanks to the HN comments which assured that it is important. Otherwise after reading the first sentence and processing it with standard sensational filtering regex of my brain, I …

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And here is a famous one from Ghalib: Rekhta k tum he nahi ustaad Ghalib Kehte hain Aglay Zamanay mein koi Mir[1] bhi tha Rough translation: You aren't alone the master of Rekhta, …

The PCs didn't sit in your pocket all data with sensing GPS location, mic, camera, footsteps, discovery of bluetooth and wifi devices around you; neither were they single point of …