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willthefirst

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    Comment #49093458

    > Should “Cancel” be a link? No! Its job is to close the edit view. Not only does making this a link incorrectly communicate its purpose—visually and otherwise—but it saddles the f…

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    I mean…the site that broke should know what to do with arbitrary query strings. If your site breaks when someone puts in an invalid query string, that’s on you?

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    Comment #32916618

    Great content. Give it me to me as a daily-dose newsletter :)

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    Comment #28684891

    I recommend turning up your speakers and playing any keynote address in another window (eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA ). Chaos.

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    Comment #26466459

    Working now! This is great. As somebody interviewing right now, something like this would be great for drilling React concepts.

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    Comment #26393577

    Coming back programming now, but was working on this EP for the last 2 years: https://www.gratistheband.com/givemethegratis

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    Comment #23189393

    A giant permanent wall of text for and by the internet. Anyone can write on it. https://wordsoftheweb.web.app

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    Comment #23035797

    Definitely. But it's the healthy kind of pain, "ripping off the bandaid".

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    I know right?! The language is simple and entertaining. There's also a hilarious passage about a wealthy guy who gets carried everywhere, and becomes so numbed by luxury that he ca…

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    Comment #23031944

    For some age-tested wisdom on this topic, read Seneca's On The Shortness Of Life : https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/ebooks/seneca/on-the-shortn... "But one man is possessed by an a…

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    Ask HN: Learning to code, can't afford bootcamp. What should I focus on?

    It's not me, but rather my professional musician friend. He wants to make supplementary income. I told him that Javascript, then React would be the way to do it. What do ya'll thin…

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    Comment #14429811

    agreed. but do see a doctor if you are tasting sweaters, it might be due to a stroke.

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    Comment #11336749

    .mourning { border-top: 5px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); }

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    Ask HN: How could comment sections be designed to foster good discussion?

    I'm frustrated that comments sections are generally flooded and unorganized. For example, looking at this recent article on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11273301), ther…

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    Comment #10354406

    i thought this was a joke, it is not.

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    Comment #10185410

    irony has reached the front end.

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    Comment #10135550

    really great. so simple but immediately entertaining.

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