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That sounds like the job of an encyclopedia. Maybe some sort of collaborative encyclopedia where people can edit pages and add references.
Re:Ask HN: How to stop anxiety from too many choices? on Sunday May 10, 2020 @11:49PM (#23138731)
This was really helpful. Thank you.
Re:Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor on Sunday May 10, 2020 @02:12AM (#23130654)
I get the feeling you're reading this too literally. I think eyelidlessness is talking about using a technique that is analogous or similar to that of a virtual DOM. Nobody is talking about an actual DOM.
Ultimately decisions about diet are made by yourself and affect nobody else (unless maybe you're feeding dependents). Smoking is prohibited in public areas for the same reason that businesses are shuttered now; it subjects others who do not have a choice to a situation that is quite frankly dangerous.
Poor diets are not highly contagious.
Re:SELECT wat FROM sql on Monday April 27, 2020 @05:03PM (#22999992)
It sounds like it is operating according to a closed-world assumption, in which this is reasonable behavior.
Re:Battle for the Internet on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:08PM (#14754965)
你个五毛
Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:02AM (#14601816)
Skype is Estonian.
Not every IME has fuzzy pinyin and I don't think the Microsoft one has it enabled by default.
Re:Show HN: Rant, a procedural text generation language on Sunday December 07, 2014 @02:36PM (#8713281)
Yes!
Re:Show HN: Rant, a procedural text generation language on Sunday December 07, 2014 @05:27AM (#8711819)
Hey! Your comment was a little vague in what you wanted, but we wrote a little extra documentation. Let us know if it's not what you needed. https://github.com/TheBerkin/Rant/wiki/Getting-started
Re:Show HN: Rant, a procedural text generation language on Sunday December 07, 2014 @04:19AM (#8711730)
Rant is very well documented and it can be found on the GitHub wiki. Here's a link! https://github.com/TheBerkin/Rant/wiki
Re:Show HN: Rant, a procedural text generation language on Sunday December 07, 2014 @03:55AM (#8711705)
Absolutely! Try this out: <name::=a>, <name::=b>, <name::=a>, <name::=b>

This is called a match carrier. https://github.com/TheBerkin/Rant/wiki/Query-carriers

Re:Show HN: Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux on Thursday October 16, 2014 @11:17PM (#8469259)
Thought I'd let you guys know we are in #maim on Freenode in case you need some help or have questions. Thanks!