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    Comment #42348752

    How often do doctors have to prove they can still recall every obscure medical fact when changing hospitals? When a lawyer moves to a new firm, do they have to retake the bar or an…

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    Comment #40551990

    So there is no way to overcome this by installing an unapproved app (unverified, unsigned, etc.)?

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    Comment #40551857

    If such a law is introduced, will it still be possible to download the application from the website and use iOS sideloading as an alternative scenario? (I'm not talking about the c…

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    Comment #40427779

    AMOS was also my first programming language, which I started learning in 1994, having an Amiga 500. I have fond memories of it.

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    Comment #40424770

    What would happen if there was someone else in the world with exactly the same voice as Scarlett (or very, very similar) and they expressed a desire to work with OpenAI? Would Scar…

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    Comment #39494327

    I wonder how many people maintain Gmail...

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    Comment #38913681

    Web Share Target API (manifest: share_target) - it allows a website to specify itself as a share target. Of course, it's not yet supported on iOS.

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    Comment #38317316

    Meanwhile, in the parallel universe, they founded a new company with Sam and Greg, and Apple entered the scene as a significant partner or investor.

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    Comment #37657893

    All official materials should primarily be posted on the original authors' websites and signed using asymmetric cryptography. Furthermore, new open standards should be established …

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    Comment #37648523

    It would be cool if one day you could choose voices of famous characters, like Darth Vader, Bender from Futurama, or Johnny Silverhand (Keanu), instead of the usual boring ones. Co…

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    Comment #34116106

    How this relates to WebSub (previously known as PubSubHubbub)? https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/

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    Comment #34068558

    A lot of interesting Obsidian videos both for beginners and more advanced users: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolevdh/videos

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    Comment #33193503

    How do you know that it doesn't contain tracking/analytics without the source code?

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    Comment #29098698

    I loved reading his blog in the early 00s. Imagine that one day in 2006 I ran "wget --mirror" on nat.org/blog and I still keep the result in my archive folder. I really don't get i…

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    Comment #28006318

    I got email from Amazon about the $70 off. I have 3rd Generation, bought directly from amazon.com back then. But according to the Terms: "Offer only valid for invited Amazon custom…

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    Comment #27738750

    Quite insightful. Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #27738348

    Because: "Fossil, in contrast, puts more emphasis on recording exactly what happened, including all of the messy errors..."

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    Comment #27738303

    I wonder how they deal with the "bisect" flow? I use git bisect a lot and can't imagine how it would go with every WiP commit... (my answer: an unusable nightmare). Good luck with …

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    Comment #27160098

    I learnt C programming and a lot of stuff about UN*X systems from my Amiga 500 and later on a heavily expanded 1200, thanks to a wonderful "Geek Gadgets Version 2" project. I even …

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    Comment #26538060

    Me too. I'd like to have a cheap HA panel in each room. This CutiePi looks promising. I hope HA community will quickly support it and create some nice solutions.

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    Comment #23393228

    Enough is enough. I just downgraded to 76.0.1 and it should be good enough for a long time. Here is what I did on MacOS: 1) Uninstall Firefox 2) Install v76.0.1: brew cask install …

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    Comment #22435678

    Today I tried it for the first time (the web version) on my work laptop T490 (Intel UHD 620), Ubuntu with Firefox 73. Everything is super smooth. I'm surprised it isn't for you. It…

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    Comment #22347558

    Yup, artifactory helps a lot. The company where I work is using it and we run a lot of npm ci on a daily basis.

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    Comment #21811677

    "gnu.org" is on the list marked as a Chinese website...