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ward
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About ward
[ my public key: https://keybase.io/wardmuylaert; my proof: https://keybase.io/wardmuylaert/sigs/nYoCDz3f6EQ2BhQGZZs5-vsbZ9IpEqRb0aGAm4wfNmc ]
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> Open source related application, for open source desktops like Linux (unfortunately not for open source Android/GrapheneOS currently), there's Alex Harsányi's ActivityLog2 (which…
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Comment #37494132
> If you're waiting a long time for the train, you've done something wrong. Amtrak is delayed so often, I'd be hard pressed to blame the commuter for it.
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Comment #36069649
I hate Newark airport so much because of this. Even worse, as a non-American just visiting, I tend to not have mobile data stateside. The wifi is pretty shit in many spots, I've ha…
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Comment #24082226
> Bring up Finder: ⌘␣ "finder" ⏎ I had a finder window open still on another workspace. Doing this still does not give you a new finder window. You then have to press cmd+n... > Br…
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Comment #21627593
I used to think like this (and still do for movies and such), but recall reading that a driver under 4.6 or 4.7 rating will barely get any clients matched any more.
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Comment #21354009
There is definitely a difference. If you don't hear it, you might be saying one of them incorrectly? Wiktionary has audio files for input (English) and put (Dutch) if you need a co…
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Comment #20747246
> I'm wondering about your personal reasons also. That's an ad hominem for something you clearly did not properly check yourself. - "Edit Berces, 24 hour treadmill world record hol…
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Comment #20746096
No? The link geargrinder posted literally also has a 50 kilometer table.
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Comment #18471396
> Science becomes a Special Discipline requiring Special Language different than what your family uses at home. Like if all science were still done in French or Latin, and you need…
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Comment #17749475
I like it. For some of these though, I feel like it would be nice if an "order" was established between different books (or the lack thereof mentioned). At least, I do not immediat…
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Comment #13714989
It says so in the article, it is the Garmin Forerunner 230 or 235. The 230 uses a chest strap for heart rate, the 235 has optical heart rate built in. The software is Garmin's. To …
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Comment #13237518
Looks like tagbar to me https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar
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Comment #12999774
30% of the ranking's rating is based on nobel laureate/fields medal in alumni or staff. 20% based just on amount of publications in Nature and Science. I never know why people rate…
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Comment #11784789
This uses the so called "octopus" merge strategy in git as described at https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-merge.h...
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Comment #11527419
I believe he is referring this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B
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Comment #11095958
NB: I used to help with STK development around 2011-2013, so have a likely biased view in this particular discussion. Actually, SuperTuxKart definitely moved some things away from …
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Comment #10660092
But you also use "vous" as a form of politeness, be it to people older than yourself, more formal situations, or just people you do not know. It is very prevalent. This form also s…
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Comment #8687808
Ugh. I remember that, I had posted on that to explain to the developer why there was so much attention and kept receiving mails and notifications from github for ages. At the time …
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Comment #7987715
Yet to encounter a monolingual English speaker to be able to pronounce my first name "Ward" (Dutch speaking Belgian). Only one I know of was someone who had spent several years in …
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Comment #7096911
Same in Dutch-Belgium setting. None of the names sounded realistic and when van de/van der or variants were used it was always in lowercase which is a thing from the Netherlands. I…
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Comment #7065519
And the beauty is that you are still able to easily convert it to the type you are used to. I, as a Belgian, might blink once when you use hectogram, but it is trivial to convert i…
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Comment #7020480
I know and because of this something nice looking in one font becomes something completely useless when not using that font. (like the Github character in my previous post) It's ex…