andrewxhonson

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by andrewxhonson 3y ago
Does the readme's last example have sections of one code embedded in the empty space between another code's sections? That's pretty cool.
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by andrewxhonson 4y ago
Maybe the location bar should accept the space but strip it? That would work for input if not reading the URL. Maybe only allowing single consecutive spaces to avoid the address spoofing example. I could go for that. I would love & nati
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by andrewxhonson 4y ago
This might not be what you're targeting as a use case, but is there any way to do BCE dates?
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by andrewxhonson 4y ago
Had no idea the Unix source was out there, very cool. Weird to see "53 years ago" on GitHub. Thanks!
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Ask HN: What's the oldest publicly-available repo with different versions?
2 points by andrewxhonson 4y ago|3 comments
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by andrewxhonson 4y ago
I like this quote about this from Stephen Hawking: [1] > "One can regard imaginary and real time as beginning at the South Pole, which is a smooth point of space-time where the normal laws of physics hold. There is nothing south of
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Ask HN: How does a distinct Mozilla Corporation help the Foundation's mission?
14 points by andrewxhonson 5y ago|2 comments
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by andrewxhonson 5y ago
Out of curiosity, did you come up with 'stayup' or where did you come across it? I'm really liking it.
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by andrewxhonson 5y ago
Those exchanges with NFT's don't do anything different from storing that ownership information in a normal database, do they? The novelty in the situations you propose would be that the general public can verify ownership.
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by andrewxhonson 5y ago
> if the reasons are complicated, then the design should represent that complexity. Hiding complications makes everything harder, and excessive minimalism is just as harmful as excessive decoration. Love the phrasing and idea of a design
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by andrewxhonson 5y ago
Loved the Rochester shout-out!
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
Bookmarked! This is a great idea. I also really love the name—I had considered using it as a name for one of my projects once and was disappointed to feel like it didn't fit. It definitely fits this project though!
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
Clever name!
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
I appreciate that you didn't just tell us to cut it out! :)
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
I just looked at it and ended up having a discussion with someone from Germany about having a Hacker News meeting in Albania when COVID is over. Someone else chimed in, "_________________________the_most_niche_chat_app_ever". I se
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
I'm looking at Subreply, and notice you said it's English-only on the about page. Is that something you enforce? What's your reasoning if you don't mind my asking?
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by andrewxhonson 6y ago
In addition to (and in conjunction with) the other comment about baptism for the dead, it is believed to be a fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy of pointing "the hearts of the children to their fathers" before the end of the