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spv

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    Comment #49098031

    Any macOS builds out there? I would really like to have one app that can open both ePubs and pdfs. Don’t need the library feature to manage books like Books.app, just need a light …

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    Comment #31568593

    SumatraPDF is great! It’s fast, but does not work well for annotations like highlighting text. I have switched to Okular, you can install it directly from the Microsoft store direc…

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    Comment #23559565

    As some one who reads pdfs all days with lots of math in them, I cant go live without my 27inch 5k display. This is post is on point.

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    Comment #23340633

    Please add math support in github markdown. Something real users need. Stop trying to make it a social network.

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    Comment #23223752

    It's kind of hard to imagine how DoorDash execs are going to explain to those investors who find this on HN / elsewhere and ask them what the eff is going on ?

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    Comment #22863284

    reviewnb looks interesting. cool project.

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    Comment #22863281

    this is exactly what I was looking for. thanks.

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    Comment #22862152

    Can nbdev be used with other Jupyter kernels, for eg like Julia. My main issue with notebooks is putting them under version control in git. This seems like it could help with that.…

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    Comment #21333169

    I cannot believe that you make more from such a niche dev tool than your job at Google. I always thought people who use clojure/scheme would be using their custom setup in emacs or…

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    Comment #17112876

    I have been using Bitwarden for some time now. It’s an open source password manager. There are apps for all major platforms and extensions to all major browsers. Checkout https://b…

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    Comment #14030140

    For me the default colors on ubuntu were never welcoming. Changing them would be great. Hopefully with Unity 8 they choose better and warmer colors

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    Comment #13673729

    I don't understand why Gadfly is the top repo. I always found it to be very slow and having too many dependencies. Last I remember it installs more than 20 packages as dependencies…

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    Comment #12298983

    Wire also takes a similar approach. I think google is trying to mimic whatsapp here: A single device with end to end encryption so that your keys never leave the device.

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    Comment #12237258

    I use google scholar alerts for people whose research I want to follow. You will get a jive email when ever people you follow publish something with links.

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    Comment #12199504

    This is going to change with projects like snap and flatpak. Soon every app will be come bundled with its own dependencies like Windows exe's

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    Comment #12092484

    Found this http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#arent-you-interested-i... Turns GIMP developers encourage private campaigns focussed on developing specific features. Another good …

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    Comment #12092333

    For preexisting OSS, I think it is difficult to get a successful Kickstarter campaign because they cannot really sell something for pledges. Have there been any successful Kickstar…

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    Comment #12092168

    Adobe's new subscription model for Photoshop, makes it expensive for non-professionals. GIMP looks more attractive now for occasional photo editing. For Inkscape and GIMP to be a g…

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    Comment #11585791

    I am not sure if Julia already has something like this, because there was some work precompilation. Can someone throw some light on this ?