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zxter

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    Comment #48536175

    One thing I've noticed is that information is often either too basic or too advanced. The hardest resources to find are the ones that bridge that gap. Writing for a specific person…

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    Comment #48393998

    Cookbooks are imperative, sure. But not every book is a cookbook. Religious texts, philosophy, ethics, and even self-improvement books often don't provide a procedure to follow. Th…

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    Comment #43317224

    Actually, I’m not overcomplicating things—just overexplaining because you mentioned it might be a stupid question. Your example is valid, and I acknowledged that it’s correct in my…

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    Comment #43287407

    First, for an operating system to process input, it must continuously scan the keyboard matrix to detect keypresses. This adds extra load to both the OS and the CPU. Additionally, …

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    Comment #43270335

    When you have two halves of a keyboard recognized as separate keyboards by the computer, then just like you said. For example, if you press shift on the left half and u on the righ…

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    Comment #43266232

    There’s no issue with a computer recognizing two keyboards, but smaller keyboards often lack all the keys found on a standard one. So, you’ll need to use modifiers to create the ke…

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    Comment #32395425

    You can use a plug with timer or even a smart plug that device itself turns on and off when battery level reaches certain levels.

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    Comment #27355553

    It does. As you said they are small and maybe you don't notice, but for some of us, it may mess up our muscle memory. I believe parent poster's honesty because in every update, try…

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    Comment #26738858

    > Adams never revealed the origin of 42. Actually Stephen Fry claims that Douglas Adams told him. But it seems he is taking it to the grave to honor his vow.[0] [0] https://en.wiki…

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    Comment #26688456

    Try the defaults until you get the basics. Look at the help file what you can do and what you need. After that you may want to implement seamless navigation between tmux panes and …

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    Comment #24518490

    Can you elaborate?

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    Comment #24048003

    This feels like free to play but pay to win kind of games, or cheap base game to release to poison, countless expensive DLCs. But instead of money, it is freedom. Just because of t…

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    Comment #23669148

    If this was in portraid mode, it could have been a wonderful live wallpaper changing with respect to time of the day!

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    Comment #23660414

    Very cool idea, since this is a niche product why not adding a small qr code for the articles? By this way this could totally be printable. You read articles from paper while commu…

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    Comment #23490321

    Good advice! Maybe a few shoutouts to your future children.

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    Comment #23378654

    Submitting PR to WinGet's repo for changing the name to AppGet, also crediting original author.

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    Comment #23189296

    Please consult a doctor before taking lamp form. You could easily reach toxic levels.

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    Comment #23146544

    Tnen check out historysearch [0] If I remember correctly they index your history so it could include your history. You don't even need to bookmark. Of course I cannot vouch for the…

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    Comment #23145583

    Pinboard [0] has this feature with additional price. Just bookmark and you are done. Later you can text search in their content. [0] https://www.pinboard.in/

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    Comment #22109344

    When you try to bookmark a page, it shows recommended tags based on the other users' tags. So I can safely answer yes.

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    Comment #21948485

    Çlkjhnşçffaswas

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    Comment #21300526

    Yes it was discouraged previously. It became an implementation detail in 3.6 but is wasn't guaranteed. But now it is guaranteed in version 3.7: > Changed in version 3.7: Dictionary…

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    Comment #21299497

    I am waiting 3.7 compatibility for dict insertion order which I rely in my last project. I know I could use workarounds but now it is safe and stable and I am not in a hurry. Until…

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    Comment #21299404

    BSD is mostly overcautious about security that leaves it behind others hardwarewise and softwarewise. For some people that is ok, (who has old but enough hardware or needs to run g…

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    Comment #21272616

    So... what is next? Mentioning/linking patreon profile in YouTube videos could also be bannable if one disable ads in their videos?