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unicodepepper

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    Comment #40686774

    You can tap on the time wheels and a numeric keypad will pop up. Not the most discoverable UI, but very welcome.

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    Comment #30036665

    A text file only contains data that represents characters on the screen, while “binary file” is used to refer to any other file that isn’t meant to be viewed or edited as text. If …

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    Comment #27041539

    I’m pretty deep into Apache, but I think I’ll use this as an excuse to play around with nginx for a bit. Worst case scenario I’ll learn something new.

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    Comment #26977113

    But vendors are already providing a (somewhat) standard way of displaying that content through regular notifications. If I were to build a unified inbox like this, it would look mo…

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    Comment #26964105

    Is every sequence of 256 bits a valid sha256 hash? I’m not having luck searching online for that answer.

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    Comment #26937658

    I have not tried this with Obsidian yet, but I know that Markdeep allows you to render .md files on the fly as HTML by appending some javascript to the unmodified markdown. https:/…

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    Comment #26934418

    Your decision is not quite as neutral if all the options you see point in the same general direction.

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    Comment #25147018

    Could you give some more detail? I’m not familiar with the legal landscape.

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    Comment #24780402

    I think this is one of the few aspects where tumblr is more logical than other social networks, by using a subdomain for each user instead of the path. I think reddit accepts this …

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    Comment #24689585

    I see the keyboard/mouse surface seems to be magnetic - do you have to use special peripherals for them too?

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    Comment #24586789

    Considering that /dev/null always reports success on read and write, I'd imagine that http(s) should give a 200 with no payload.

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    Comment #24506711

    I wonder if they'd allow you to transfer such a domain to them.

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    Comment #24388973

    That brings a lot of needed context to this image I saw a long time ago. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESHx9kxVAAA9_zi.jpg

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    Comment #24273632

    I imagine that Google would not be happy if they ever were to offer such a proxy service.

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    Comment #24183860

    This is delightful. I appreciate you having made this.

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    Comment #24169644

    Apparently it is possible to do it with local DNS resolution, using your hosts file Not sure how possible it would be on a remote DNS server, or whose authority you'd need to actua…

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    Comment #24118371

    Would I be safe from this type of MITM attack if my browser respects SSL warnings? (and I don't bypass them)

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    Comment #23994502

    I would imagine that cases should follow a bell curve - sure, the exceptionally good cases where you feel you saved someone's life are rare, but so are the terrible cases that haun…