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waitwhatwhoa
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Comment #47999907
We did a study of this a few years ago[1] and the code for the instrumentation is available on github[2], the data is dated but you can see a cross section of popular apps and how …
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Comment #45948353
This was fixed after we reported it a few years ago while working on the paper.
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Comment #45948348
Paper author here, here’s a valid link: https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/favicon.pdf
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Comment #44602978
The STEM OPT _extension_ is an additional year on top of the one year that all graduates get. I believe the article is arguing for getting rid of that extension, not all OPT.
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Comment #43182698
When can we submit witness slips? Is there a mailing list for updates we can join? Good luck!
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Comment #39781297
It's been exciting to see Docusaurus [1], VitePress, and Starlight [2] all under very active development, with the first two being React- and Vue-based respectively, and Starlight …
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Comment #37714285
Previously (including several comments from CF folks including cofounder eastdakota): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37674097
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Comment #37308008
Passwords are sent all at once from the client to the server. This feature is for obfuscating your keystroke timing within the encrypted connection.
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Comment #37271697
tldr: the election only happens after significant organizing and demonstrated worker interest in forming a union. Currently it’s a two step process: get a threshold % of workers to…
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Comment #32819088
This was in 2021; it appears the fire was extinguished by July 11 [1], investigated by Vice later that year [2], and seems to still be being cleaned up by US EPA [3]. 1. https://ww…
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Comment #28642571
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=File_Picker_m... Will get you the content without the NSFW go away message.
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Comment #25795658
I am not an accountant or tax attorney, however Signal is a 501c3 so this deduction almost certainly qualifies.
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Comment #22298598
There are a few news organizations somehow battling it out to survive without advertising and I applaud them, but most comments like these simply remind me of this sentiment: https…
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Comment #21546163
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.…
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Comment #11939848
At first I was worried that this is yet another Raft implementation, but it seems they're building on etcd's version [1] which should be a win for everyone trying to prove correctn…
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Comment #11612633
http://www.whatsthefare.com
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Comment #11533261
cool! another approach to that task: http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/imc/2015/papers/p495.pdf
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Comment #8141974
Chicago's bike share is very well built out (IMO) and if you're in a neighborhood serviced by it (many low income neighborhoods just aren't deployed at all) you should be no more t…
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Comment #7112999
I wanted one too: https://31.media.tumblr.com/9f889585e1f6611f216ddced210fb134...
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Comment #7043590
David - posting duplicate replies will dead-ify all subsequent dupes (I just learned this too).
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Comment #6498411
Most tech ads seem to be in "show, don't tell" mode, which is probably a good approach. I have to say, I like the tack they took, simply explaining up front the features of the wat…