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tester457

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    Comment #49189786

    There's a powerlessness to using Android. It's difficult to just do things. Even windows feels more "free." Phone OSes are built like prisons. Ideally Android would let you drop in…

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    Comment #49048177

    Last month another vulnerability was found. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48776527

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    Comment #48985747

    On the topic of xargs replacements, I love gnu parallel. The --dry-run flag of parallel made me confident to do more batch processing than I ever did with xargs. Parallel has an op…

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    Comment #47818921

    I wish Kdenlive had an api so that I could improve the QOL for myself.

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    Comment #47709828

    I rather see the prompt they used to make that article, than the article itself. It overstayed it's welcome to say nothing.

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    Comment #46436099

    Charm's tui library is fantastic. This combined with ruby's ease of use will make writing cli apps more fun!

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    Comment #46266837

    > Your performance and review history is stored in an SQLite database in the same directory as the cards. Do you use Syncthing or something else to sync your performance history be…

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    Comment #45992126

    I like mani. It's a cli that lets you run any command on all of your projects or a tagged subset of them. $ mani exec --all --output table --parallel 'find . -type f | wc -l' Proje…

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    Comment #45763837

    How are we so blind to these beginner hurdles? Few people are able to see through the eyes of a beginner, when they are a master. The 4th one is a pain to teach. Every other file a…

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    Comment #45696723

    It depends on the workplace and the person. Some workplaces: - penalize black women for having natural hairstyles like locs - make Sikhs remove turbans - deny chosen names and pron…

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    Comment #45676671

    The defaults are unbearable. I prefer using chezmoi to feel at home anywhere. There's no reason I can't at least have my aliases. I'd rather take the pain of writing scripts to aut…

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    Comment #45674740

    I am not the author, but my bet is that he didn't know of its existence. The best part about sharing your config or knowledge is that someone will always light up your blind spots.…

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    Comment #45308336

    It is resource intensive. It's not a problem on pc, but an obsidian vault with thousands of notes can have a laggy startup on mobile, even if you disable plugins. Users sidestep th…

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    Comment #44611080

    The same post by steamdb is on twitter too, they are a steam game tracker and database.

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    Comment #44573733

    Always support open source when you can, even if you use proprietary software instead of Blender. Supporting open source creates competition for your paid alternative, so they're f…

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    Comment #43659148

    Therefore with the right preparation some bugs might become delicacies.

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    Comment #43266368

    For more power try fish's abbreviations. With `--position anywhere` you can expand an abbreviation even if it's not at the beginning of a line.

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    Comment #42825149

    One home is worth less than dozens of homes that bomb maker can damage. The same is true for script kiddies.

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    Comment #42769038

    No, because reading is more healthy than mindlessly watching short videos. There is only so much content on the front page, it's not a slot machine you can pull for hours like tikt…

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    Comment #42411339

    You can create your own keyboard layouts in this app.

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    Comment #42411321

    Unexpected Keyboard allows you to create your own keyboard layouts so I prefer it.

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