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Re:Modern Linux tools
on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:35AM (#45580570)
`jq` is pretty much the only one solving a real problem that no existing tool solves IMHO. Most of the others are rewrites for some opinionated 'better' (faster, syntax highlighting, written in Rust or whatever...).
Re:David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends'
on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:46AM (#44287167)
TIL: trolling != thrawling
Easter egg in Microsoft Edge browser
Re:Ask HN: Modern (open-source) VoIP/SIP client
on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:24AM (#20582580)
Linphone (https://www.linphone.org/)
Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still aro...
on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:52AM (#18226924)
CygnusEd on the Amiga.
Where is the Foreman? (2014)
In case you ever need it, here is Pi to a million decimals. http://www.pimillion.com
Re:Adopting Microservices at Netflix: Lessons for Architectural Design
on Friday February 27, 2015 @04:10AM (#9117923)
It is by no means a new fashion. In an interview from 2006, Werner Vogels (CTO & VP of Amazon) talks about it. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1142065
Cowspiracy – How the planet is being destroyed by animal agriculture
Re:Show HN: DotNetFiddle – JsFiddle for .Net
on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @11:41AM (#6769056)
As stated elsewhere linqpad is really great for testing ad-hoc, throwaway C# code (much more than just linq expressions). It kind of like a REPL for .net.
Show HN: Disctrail, a binary-determination logic puzzle
Ask HN: What's the best marketing effort for $1000?
Let's say you have $1000 to spend on marketing in the US for an iPhone/iPad puzzle game. What would you spend it on?
Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @11:57AM (#6438678)
Me and my business partner make about $500/month from a simple iPhone app.
(http://varkar.knappra.se/index_en.htm)
Re:Unix Commands I Wish I’d Discovered Years Earlier
on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @08:32AM (#6366722)
strings - find the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file. Good command to know of if you want to snoop around in binary files.
Re:Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders
on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @07:26AM (#6359370)
+1 for Proggy Clean. I have used it for many years now.
Re:Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders
on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @07:25AM (#6359365)
What would you use italics for in programming? I've never used italics, maybe I'm missing something.
Re:How a Car Engine Works
on Thursday September 05, 2013 @05:15AM (#6333001)
Loved it! Had actually no idea how a car engine worked.
Re:Revelations about the French Big Brother
on Thursday July 04, 2013 @07:55AM (#5990206)
Sweden does it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRA_law
Re:Apple Changed Search Algorithm for App Store
on Sunday June 24, 2012 @04:12PM (#4154125)
For me Instagram turns up if I actually search for it. It doesn't turn up in search suggestions as I type though.
Re:Show HN: Cobook, the smart address book
on Thursday May 24, 2012 @08:27AM (#4018010)
Me too. I also hit the back button since I didn't want to watch a video. Would have been good enough with a link to some textual explanation and images.