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Re:PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:02PM (#12314884)
His HN handle is JeffreySnover; He is commenting on this story at this moment.
> I still don't understand how this myth that they wrote Edge from scratch even came to be.

Because people confuse Microsoft marketing fluff with reality?

"Microsoft Edge is built from the ground up to improve productivity, to be more secure, and to correctly, quickly and reliably render Web pages. While Microsoft Edge is the default browser for Windows 10 and is the best fit for most users, some enterprise customers have line-of-business applications built specifically for older Web technologies, which require Internet Explorer 11." [0]

"We designed Microsoft Edge from the ground up to prioritize power efficiency and deliver more battery life" [1]

"Microsoft Edge is designed from the ground up to provide a modern, interoperable, and secure browsing experience"[2]

[0] https://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2016/05/19/improvements...

[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/06/20/more-...

[2] https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2016/06/07/edge-enterpri...

Re:Ask HN: Why does HN have a black line on top of the page? on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:21AM (#12208492)
It would be nice to have a tooltip for the black bar to see who has died.
Re:Eventdriven MVC in Smalltalk (1987)[pdf] on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @07:52AM (#12172022)
Isn't this the OOPSLA '89 paper? (it says 1987 in the title)

DNS weirdness on this side of the pond. This link works for me: http://131.84.179.51/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a228507.pdf

Re:Show HN: Online C/C++ Code Browser on Monday March 07, 2016 @01:14PM (#11240412)
Different themes are available depending on your taste. Just pick one from the style combo box at the top right.

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