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ams6110
·7 năm trước·discuss
"Tastes like a real Whopper" is a backhanded complement if I ever heard one. One of the worst burgers you can buy.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
It's a NEXTSTEP legacy. Any MacOS application that uses the standard UI text field classes (NSText, NSTextView, etc) will get the emacs-like key shortcut behaviors.

The NS prefix on those classes means "NEXTSTEP"

Microsoft Office probably implements its own text box classes so it's different.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
I like using autocutsel to manage the clipboards.

Description: Autocutsel tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD selection. When the CLIPBOARD is changed, it updates the cutbuffer. When the cutbuffer is changed, it owns the CLIPBOARD selection. The cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD selection are always synchronized.

With this, I can highlight text (which is an implicit "copy") or use CTRL-C and paste with middle-click or CTRL-V (or in emacs, CTRL-Y) and it all works.

The only weirdness is in Google Docs, which seems to hijack CTRL-C, CTRL-V, etc. for its own handling.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
FYI the code is visible with "view source."

How old is your brother? Has he programmed before? The code doesn't look like what someone with no programming experience could do in a week (unless perhaps working from a similar example as a starting point).
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
I would be surprised if 10k developers could do much of anything. The communication overhead would be enormous.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
I'll never own one. The privacy issues are mostly speculative but I just hate taking to computers. On my phone, I've disabled everything I can related to speech.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
Other than the web browser, I can go weeks without accessing any other GUI on my desktop.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
A not-small percentage of users double click links (and buttons, and anything else that needs clicking).
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
I've had to develop APIs for clients that could only do GET or POST requests. Sometimes you have to sacrifice correctness for what's actually possible.
ams6110
·8 năm trước·discuss
Yeah I am no fan of Soros but in this case I mostly agree.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
Solar water heating seems like a no-brainer for a laundromat. Most are in strip malls or freestanding box-type buildings with a lot of flat open roof space.

Article also didn't seem to mention cost of emplying attendants. Never seen an unattended laundromat -- people need help with jammed coins, etc. and to prevent vandalism.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
Beating the S&P500 at all is better than most money managers can do, also.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
> You need a stable power supply for that to make sense

You also need a stable and at least substantially non-corrupt political situation, I would think? That rules out a lot of countries in Africa.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
> Not performing testing on Linux is inexcusable in my book in this day and age.

1. There are probably more IE7 users hitting OneDrive than Linux users of all distros combined. Should the fact that there are some users of a platform obligate MS to support it?

2. If you're running Linux on the desktop, you've made a decision to eschew all the major commercial software/OS vendors (particularly Microsoft and Apple). Why should you then expect Microsoft to bend over backwards to support your idiosyncracy? Why do you care?

I run OpenBSD on my desktop. I can't run Microsoft stuff. Even Outlook Web won't load unless I spoof my user agent. I don't care.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
I find that if I use GPS/Nav to get somewhere, I have no real awareness of where I am or how to get back. Having spent the large majority of my life without a smartphone (or a mobile phone of any kind) I don't really like that feeling.

If I look up where I'm going in advance, or use written instructions, I can generally backtrack to my origin without too much difficulty.
ams6110
·9 năm trước·discuss
Is it just an honor system licensing? If it's a file based CMS, nothing stopping me from putting the files on any webserver right?

Edit, to answer (from the docs):

There's no validity check of your code or any other communication between your Kirby installation and the Kirby server. You get a clean installation without any hacks or tricks. Entering the license code is for your own records, so you can track which installation uses which license.

I'm focusing on making Kirby better instead of fighting software pirates. I trust in you to support me with a legally purchased license if you like Kirby.
ams6110
·10 năm trước·discuss
Use a wire.
ams6110
·10 năm trước·discuss
The mortgage interest is deductible, and for many people the one thing that makes it possible to itemize deductions rather than take the standard. That's an advantage that renting doesn't have, all else being equal.
ams6110
·10 năm trước·discuss
The standard Chicago city lot is only about 25' wide though. The houses are very close together, with a tiny front yard and a slightly large back yard but only a narrow strip on either side.
ams6110
·10 năm trước·discuss
A two hour commute (assuming one hour each way) is very very common. I did it for years when I lived in the suburbs and worked downtown. About an hour door-to-door each way, with the train ride being about 45 minutes of that.