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zonidjan

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About zonidjan

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/dimecadmium; my proof: https://keybase.io/dimecadmium/sigs/D_XHXx7lQiaHuPENCzmAm6yzDwioT1P8nTLb1vW6r58 ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #22163871

    "All the functions" - I guarantee you that almost any function you want in Excel is in Sheets. Just because you don't know how to use it or find it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. T…

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    Comment #22114435

    Array destructuring: already existed, list() pseudo-function Array spreading: already existed, array_merge Variadic functions: are probably better implemented as a function accepti…

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    Comment #22098697

    > Fallback to HTTP reachable via port 80 on the private IP for the server. How, exactly, is that better than using a common cert? What threat do you propose that applies to HTTPS w…

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    Comment #22098689

    What? No. While those are meant to be reserved, nothing stops you from configuring your resolver to answer for them.

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    Comment #22098658

    This is intentional on Netgear's part, and does not in any way degrade security compared to the alternative (an untrusted cert or no HTTPS). It is neither a bug nor a security issu…

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    Comment #21811637

    Yes, I know what dosbox is, thank you. That's ... why I mentioned it ...

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    Comment #21811636

    > Is there an equivalent like that now for game development? dosbox is your equivalent.

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    Comment #21811628

    They did not win based on their "higher standard of service", but based on their price, which was only possible due to their non-compliance with regulatory requirements.

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    Comment #21811624

    But you will never get customers without drivers and you will never get drivers without customers. Plenty of Uber/Lyft competitors have tried and failed. Heck, a few different comp…

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    Comment #21811611

    > 1) A sophisticated compiler might read the length of a file before loading it, so that it can allocate a buffer of the right size. Doesn't work with /dev/stdin. gcc does this. It…

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    Comment #21811565

    > Recently I saw a tweet where someone mentioned that you can include /dev/stdin in C code compiled with gcc. This is, to say the very least, surprising. You can also call somethin…

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    Comment #21810637

    This seems great. For someone who already knows Kotlin.

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    Comment #21793238

    It's not hard to build a ride sharing app. It is , however, hard to get drivers and customers FOR your ride sharing app.

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    Comment #21793227

    Surprise! Now that they've mostly killed off taxi companies, their rates will be the same as taxi companies. Who could've seen that coming? Oh wait.

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    Comment #21775345

    Errrrr... dosbox?

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    Comment #21768098

    Whether there's a bug in the underlying API code, or a bug in the web server, there's a risk that it "may or may not result in the standard response format you're expecting", and t…

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    Comment #21768081

    That's... extremely rare, extremely ancient, and even then was usually only a problem below a certain page length.

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    Comment #21717365

    > it's not like you can't design super lean websites anyway. Sure, but people don't.

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    Comment #21717355

    > I've been using the web on mobile connections ever since I got my first iPhone in 2008. Okay, great. You had one of the most powerful phones at the time. How was the experience f…

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    Comment #21717310

    > because it helps drive up the current average affordable densities of RAM and storage It does, but it also means that RAM and storage isn't available to be used for other things.…

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    Comment #21717292

    JavaScript, SPAs, animations, pages filled with "pretty" instead of content.

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    Comment #21659664

    Site blocking the page with an empty overlay named "BorlabsCookie". No thanks.

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    Comment #21654784

    There are plenty of other ways to fingerprint a user. https://amiunique.org/

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    Comment #21548895

    Pricing for the v8 is identical to the NUC7i7DN. v6 is identical to NUC7i5DN. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V180... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/A…

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    Comment #21438287

    No? It would seem to apply to current employees who move to Russia/China who are in roles covered by the block. i.e. they would have the choice of moving and changing roles/quittin…