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Re:How I Experience Web Today on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:49PM (#28282416)
It's the business that doesn't care about you, not the developers.
Re:WebAssembly Studio on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:02PM (#25597690)
Safari has support for WebAssembly.
Re:WebAssembly Studio on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:03PM (#25594464)
Twitch also appears to be using it, although I don't know what for.
Re:Show HN: WebCatalog – turn websites into desktop apps on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:07PM (#24792518)
"Install as app" works for any page.
> There's some kind of brainwashing going on here.

Or perhaps it's because it is so commonly used.

Re:We Chat, They Watch on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:32PM (#23110817)
This sort of comment is so tiring to see. There is an obvious difference.
Re:Windows 10 to offer Paint and WordPad as optional features on Saturday February 08, 2020 @12:34PM (#22277019)
You can, you just need an X server set up on Windows, and the DISPLAY variable configured.
Thanks!
> original PG essay

Which essay is that? I'd be interested in reading it.

Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @05:29PM (#21589309)
A minified JavaScript bundle is just slightly less obscure than a WebAssembly binary though.
Re:TypeScript 3.7: The Biggest Features and How to Use Them on Friday September 13, 2019 @12:18AM (#20959137)
The TypeScript Handbook [0] is where I've learned the most from. The New Handbook [1] is starting to come together as well, it's not complete though.

[0]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/basic-types.htm...

[1]: https://microsoft.github.io/TypeScript-New-Handbook/outline/

> Imagine a vmware-like transformation at the source code level.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but I'm interested. Could you explain?

Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:05PM (#17928087)
Looks like this is intentional. To change it back go to chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme-and-subdomains and disable the setting.