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·2 lata temu·discuss
Perusing the web source: `<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="NetObjects Fusion 11 for Windows"/>`. A tool developed in 1996...
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·2 lata temu·discuss
I remember when you could find someone's home address in the white pages of the phone book.
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·2 lata temu·discuss
Another example: Olives
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·2 lata temu·discuss
We called it "watermelon paper" since the stripes had green tint.
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·2 lata temu·discuss
It's a great commit message, but could be even better with "TL;DR non-breaking space in a comment can cause parser problems".
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·3 lata temu·discuss
Unlike the old days of broadcast TV when the networks had to produce shows that appealed to the broadest possible audience, Netflix can, and does, produce shows that appeal to a narrow demographic. This results in a sliver of shows that are highly appealing amidst a lot of stuff perceived as "garbage." But what a teenage boy thinks is garbage differs widely from what a retired grandma things is garbage. To each their own.
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·3 lata temu·discuss
It will be interesting to see if the revival of the printed Rock & Roll magazine Creem https://www.creem.com will find enough Boomer nostalgia to succeed. If so, then maybe PopSci too. Not holding my breath, however.
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·3 lata temu·discuss
PostScript is a fascinating programming language. Back in the 90s I wrote a program to filter Rich Text to PostScript. One of the formatting options is "full justification" which adjusts the width of inter-word spacing to achieve smooth left and right margins. The code to accomplish this is written in PostScript. https://github.com/excitom/rt2ps
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·3 lata temu·discuss
This is what I love hacker news, a comment from an actual subject matter expert.
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·3 lata temu·discuss
I think a key is that you need to provide your real identity and you are discouraged from trolling/being a jerk since future employers and coworkers will see it on display.
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·5 lat temu·discuss
Dogs have been send into space
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·6 lat temu·discuss
SV resident and former Austinite here: During the time I lived in Austin large developments full of McMansions sprang up. The answer to peoples' question "Who can afford all these places?" was "Californians."

Also, if you saw big new house with a wall of glass facing the sunset, an Austinite would ask "Don't they realize how high the A/C bill will be? Who would buy such a place?" The answer" "Californians."