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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite tech podcasts? on Monday February 27, 2017 @08:31PM (#13750375)
Hi Rajath, Dhruv here :) SE daily (mentioned above) is just what you're looking for. https://overcast.fm/itunes1019576853/software-engineering-da...
Re:Ask HN: How to effectively learn PowerShell? on Sunday January 15, 2017 @05:29PM (#13406751)
Definitely recommend the Manning book "PowerShell in Action" by Bruce Payette. The second edition is on Amazon but looks like a third edition is coming out in the Spring and you can pick up the EAP.

https://www.manning.com/books/windows-powershell-in-action-t...

Quite interesting that no one has mentioned the Microsoft Surface Book here. Anybody has any thoughts on it?
Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @02:17PM (#12346047)
Haha, yes - a link to Tumblr with a comment 'Up next' by the username 'overcast' in a discussion about Instapaper.
Re:Android N developer preview 2 is out on Thursday April 14, 2016 @12:49AM (#11494363)
How does one invoke these launcher shortcuts? Long pressing an app icon?
Re:React Native for OS X on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:46AM (#11387034)
React != reactive programming.
Re:How Apple got widgets right on iOS on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @01:53PM (#8011172)
>> Apple made it so easy that all your widgets are just a swipe away from anywhere even if you are inside an app.

This, to me, is the best part.

Re:Super-Strong Graphene Has an Achilles' Heel on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @12:35AM (#7671627)
580 pounds per sq. inch seems a lot for household applications. Say a human were to stand on a Graphene TV, it would be ~250 pounds on ~100 sq. inches, i.e. 2.5 psi.
Re:Chromecast URL Player on Saturday March 08, 2014 @05:38PM (#7366664)
Does Chromecast support mkv? If not, why?
Re:No offense HN on Sunday September 15, 2013 @03:29PM (#6390008)
Re:How To Create Your Own Chrome Extensions on Sunday August 18, 2013 @05:17PM (#6234276)
Here's mine. If you need to copy link addresses more than once, you know how annoying it is. You need to right-click, find the "Copy Link Address" menu item, and click it. With the extension, you can simply do Ctrl-C/Cmd-C :)

https://github.com/dhruvvemula/copylinkaddress

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/copy-link-address/...

Re:How to Convince Investors on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @07:05PM (#6176268)
"Why do founders persist in trying to convince investors of things they're not convinced of themselves?"

This line hit home with me. Applies perfectly to job interviews.

Re:How does Trello access the user's clipboard? on Saturday August 03, 2013 @07:05PM (#6153761)
(Copy-pasting my answer from the same Stackoverflow thread)

I actually built a Chrome extension - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/copy%20link%20addr... that does exactly this, and for all web pages. GitHub source https://github.com/dhruvvemula/copylinkaddress/blob/master/c...

I find three bugs with Trello's approach, which I know because I've faced them myself :)

The copy doesn't work in these scenarios:

1. If you already have Ctrl pressed and then hover a link and hit C, the copy doesn't work.

2. If your cursor is in some other text field in the page, the copy doesn't work.

3. If your cursor is in the address bar, the copy doesn't work.

I solved #1 by always having a hidden span, rather than creating one when user hits Ctrl/Cmd.

I solved #2 by temporarily clearing the zero-length selection, saving caret position, doing the copy and restoring caret position.

I haven't found a fix for #3 yet :) (For info, check the open issue in my Github project - https://github.com/dhruvvemula/copylinkaddress/issues/1).

Re:Lorem Ipsum translated by Google on Thursday June 27, 2013 @02:08PM (#5953762)
Nailed it.
Re:Pickadate.js on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @07:44PM (#4812157)
Why am I not able to pick today's date? (November 20, 2012)
Re:OSX password script for everyone to know on Thursday September 13, 2012 @07:29PM (#4519211)
How is this command line method any different/better than opening Keychain Access, clicking on each entry and checking 'Show Password'?