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by oli-g 2y ago
> My pebble watch would call an app on my phone, in turn the app would make a request to the webserver and the webserver would then make a query to the wifi socket to toggle it When you ask your programmer husband to turn on the light
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by oli-g 2y ago
And once you reclaim your one finite shot at this planet, who's gonna pay for your dinner?
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by oli-g 2y ago
One of the sources you provided has only one, clear, obvious definition: one that applies 99% of the time, and aligns with how they (and me, and I can assure you, every single reader of BBC.com) interprets the word. The other source has pra
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by oli-g 2y ago
That's nice :) I'm curious though - did you use tabs or spaces?
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by oli-g 2y ago
> for whatever reason If you pointed a gun to my head, I'm pretty sure I could think of a reason why someone would want to use Tinder.
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by oli-g 2y ago
Yup, "Be Right Back", S2E1 And possibly another one, but that would be a spoiler
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by oli-g 3y ago
> You're not just saying that because the word happens to end in "butt" are you? They're saying precisely that and they're 100% right, and it seems you're missing a lot of things. It's a social network.
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by oli-g 3y ago
When it's a DB layer, sure. When it's a social network? "Hey guys, have you seen Dave's new post on Poopypants?"
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by oli-g 3y ago
I wanted to hate on it, but I just downloaded the latest version and I see that after like 20 years, they finally realized that each tool window doesn't have to be a separate application. Good for them, for once I might be able to try
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by oli-g 3y ago
Someone at last, thank you!!
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by oli-g 3y ago
I don't get why people who are so paranoid about someone associating their Telegram handle with their phone number simply don't go and grab a burner SIM at Tesco. I mean I'm all down with the idea of tech companies respecting
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by oli-g 3y ago
If I follow a podcast, I follow that creator. If I follow a YouTuber, I follow that person's channel on a particular, closed, privately-owned platform. If YouTube decides to kick them out, I no longer follow them. Yesterday I actually
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by oli-g 3y ago
For me as well, and I didn't even read the headline.
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by oli-g 3y ago
Pretty much this, end of thread.
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by oli-g 3y ago
I did not expect to read hantec on HN today. Enough internet and about time for a škopek I guess.
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by oli-g 3y ago
> It's for people who want to point and click, can't do a bash for/while loop, don't understand pipe chaining commands, and don't like using vim "Instagram filters are for people who don't know how to w
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by oli-g 3y ago
For desktop, Avalonia, hands down. https://avaloniaui.net/ Open source, powered by Skia, backed by JetBrains, and quite battle-tested at this point for small to medium-sized apps. In theory perfectly capable for enterprise
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by oli-g 3y ago
Isn't .NET Core pretty much what you're describing at this point?
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by oli-g 3y ago
> I get the impression Apple openly encourages (and maybe even requires) it. To take nudes?
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by oli-g 3y ago
> Let's say the French government decides that OpenAI must change something about their business practices if they want to continue operating in France. OpenAI says "nope", and blocks access to French users. That's on
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by oli-g 3y ago
If I can download and install Discord on my PC, I would describe it as a "desktop app". We have the desktop, we have mobile, and we have the web. The word "native" shouldn't even be in a user's vocabulary. And
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by oli-g 3y ago
> The account number should be just an ID, not authentication mechanism. Right? One of the many things (and I mean this without any hate whatsoever) I simply can't and will never understand about the US. A bank account number is you
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by oli-g 3y ago
One could argue that it seems strange to charge X for anything when free alternatives exist. Ultimately, it is up to anyone to decide whether the "package looks pretty" and the proposed value seems worth it, or whether they want t
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by oli-g 3y ago
Haha that's cool! For me, it correctly guessed Inception from [hourglass clock], [a pair of wide open eyes], [zzzz] Did anyone manage to make it guess Superbad?
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by oli-g 3y ago
> biometrics are usernames, they are not passwords While I see where you're coming from, they really aren't just usernames. It's not like I can log into your e-mail account by typing VoodooJuJu and pressing Enter.
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by oli-g 4y ago
Screenshots wouldn't be of much help. The frequency would need to be almost like a low-fps video recording in order to capture the buttons' pressed state. At that is assuming the state is visually distinct in the first place.
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by oli-g 5y ago
Alternatively, it's also already hosted online: https://www.bryanbraun.com/checkboxland/docs/demos/game-of-l...
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by oli-g 5y ago
I understand that some GUIs sort of become "black boxes" while trying to abstract away the complexity, but I know at least one (Sublime Merge) that always shows you the low-level commands it's trying to run.
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by oli-g 6y ago
Don't worry about that, I'm almost sure that's a bug. It's the default, fallback "GUI" for the LibVLC engine. I've been using LibVLC in a .NET app I'm working on, and I've seen it appear a lot of
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by oli-g 6y ago
> Google rings small businesses up every week asking what their hours of operation are... So THAT'S what all the humans at Google are up to, while their bots are busy locking legitimate user and developer accounts!

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