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trolor

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    Comment #13176267

    Complete guess based on [1], but wouldn't git diff HEAD $(git merge-base HEAD master) work? [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549146/find-common-ance...

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    Comment #13105727

    >One of the first things you learn in Computer Science is that not all problems can be solved with a computer. Oh ... could you elaborate? I think my cut-rate, community college de…

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    Comment #13096405

    It's OK; their email validation is borked (just put in anything matching `\w@\w`, no domain necessary) and give something random for the name. Modals like that are pretty standard …

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    Comment #12830395

    Potentially dumb question here, but couldn't 'dragging out the inevitable' be another way of phrasing 'the learning process'? It seems that immediately making a tool usable would b…

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    Comment #12804982

    Random fun fact of the day: this is also called the hidden node problem [1] when applied to wireless networks, and it can cause problems with certain collision avoidance algorithms…

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    Comment #12804966

    ... why not just fake your phone's GPS coordinates and perform a binary search?

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    Comment #12793706

    Two anecdotes; not sure if they help at all, but they're related and I like sharing :) 1. I work in a loud, open plan office where I wind up taking many phone discussions with 5+ p…