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Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are at 250% no... on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:01AM (#22718275)
Here is the article explaining their plans to move to Go.

https://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/goliath.htm

Re:Microsoft Launches React Native for Windows on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:32PM (#19843522)
> I’m still holding out for tabbed windows in the file explorer, though :/

I've you're willing to look at 3rd party software, I've been a happy user of Directory Opus for many years.

Re:You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy on Monday October 16, 2017 @10:21AM (#15483354)
And here's the solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7MIJP90biM
Re:Google’s new program to track shoppers sparks a federal privacy com... on Monday July 31, 2017 @02:37PM (#14894732)
According to this article [0], WeChat and Alipay will surpass Visa and Mastercard in total global transactions per day in the coming year.

If a payment app really takes off in the Western world, wouldn't that be a very big risk for Visa and Mastercard?

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/business/china-cash-smart...

Re:Analyzing the FBI’s Explanation of How They Located Silk Road on Monday September 08, 2014 @06:58AM (#8284145)
I'm also pretty sure that was print_r not var_dump.
Re:Heartbleed Alexa top 10000 on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @04:47PM (#7555904)
Here you go: http://pastebin.com/Kbzr3DFv
Re:Firefox 28 Release Notes on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:06PM (#7423763)
<input type=number> didn't make it in?
Re:Android KitKat on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:34PM (#6323207)
Neither was Android Honeycomb
Re:Hacking the &lt;a&gt; tag in 100 characters on Sunday March 17, 2013 @03:43PM (#5390680)
Interestingly middle-click in Chrome executes the script, but not in Firefox.
Re:Firefox, I Just Can't Quit You on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:49AM (#5329759)
Did Opera really bring us tabs first?

I remember using NetCaptor (an IE shell browser) long before Opera had tabs.

Maybe Opera popularized it first?

Re:US waitress was fired for posting a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit on Monday February 04, 2013 @02:15AM (#5162913)
Pastor's apology: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/tipping-pastor-apolog...

  In a TSG interview, Alois Bell said that the online
  firestorm created by the receipt has left her stunned. 
  “My heart is really broken,” said the 37-year-old Bell.
  “I’ve brought embarrassment to my church and ministry.”
Re:25,000 People Sign Petition to Remove Aaron Swartz's Prosecutors on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @07:30AM (#5066500)
And now they raised the threshold to 100,000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57564203-93/white-house-rai...

Re:Google's text-to-speech engine randomly inserts phrase "he now prai... on Friday January 04, 2013 @01:49AM (#5006573)
Seems British English gets the male voice and this only happens to the US female voice.

To switch to the US voice, use this link: http://translate.google.com.mx/?hl=en

After using that, I got the female voice and it "worked".

Re:Beware of Juice-Jacking on Friday December 21, 2012 @04:08AM (#4952053)
Which phones are unsafe when they are turned off?
Re:Show HN: A Smart Name Brainstorming And Domain Search Engine on Friday December 21, 2012 @03:55AM (#4952029)
You list a .za domain, but it should really be .co.za

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