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Re:Toothpaste Null-Terminator on Saturday August 17, 2024 @01:45PM (#41276353)
It must also be implememted in toilet paper packs. Last roll should be of different color.
Re:A Camera That Shoots 40k FPS Decided the 100-Meter Sprint Final on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:13AM (#41233387)
Torso
Re:Wkhtmltopdf: Command line tools to render HTML into PDF on Friday March 26, 2021 @06:16AM (#26590420)
if you want to generate beautifully paginated pdf / printable pages from your html i cannot recommend enough https://www.pagedjs.org/. it supports page numbers, tos, footnotes, dynamic references (see table on page x link ) and a lot of other very cool stuff

Ask HN: Contact Clients Through Viber Public Accounts for Businesses

Posted by gliderShip on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:52AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Is it possible for a business with a distribution list of clients (phone numbers) to contact the client through Viber? Does the client has to start the conversation first(by following or sending a message to the public account). If yes, is it possible to send an invitation link to the client by some other channel to accept messages from the Viber public account? I would appreciate any info on...

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Ask HN: Contact Clients Through Viber Public Accounts for Businesses

Posted by gliderShip on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:45AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Is it possible for a business with a distribution list of clients (phone numbers) to contact the client through Viber? Does the client has to start the conversation first(by following or sending a message to the public account). If yes, is it possible to send an invitation link to the client by some other channel to accept messages from the Viber public account? I would appreciate any info on...

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Re:Saudi Arabia adopts the Gregorian calendar on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @12:33PM (#13221937)
I would love a sci-fi tv show exploring this idea.
Re:Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about... on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:58AM (#13080244)
the i5 and i7 heaving the same price makes sense because the i5 model comes with a ssd vs the i7 which comes with a hdd (hybrid).
Re:Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about... on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:42AM (#13080079)
Visiting the first link (Dell 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop) on amazon the price i see is $799.99. Visiting in private browsing https://www.amazon.com/Dell-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-i5-6300HQ-Pr... the price changes to 699$. Is this standard practice for amazon?
Re:When Will the Last Line of Code Be Written? on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @12:45PM (#12399643)
Reminds me of [Why I Hate Frameworks] http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?joel.3.219431.12
Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on April 11 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:16PM (#11490759)
Well No, There is an upper limit on the damage a bad driver can do by say crushing his car with a bus or something like that. Imagine a bug or malware triggered at the same moment world-wide. It could kill millions. So it not as simple as 'It just has to be better than a human'

Verifiable random choice (contest winner) algorithm

Posted by gliderShip on Thursday January 07, 2016 @02:26PM
from the self-post dept.

Hi guys, i need to pick a random winner for a contest from a list of phone numbers. Could somebody suggest a verifiable random algorithm. Something on the lines of "Pick the winner based on the daily national lottery numbers". Does anybody know a free api endpoint for lottery numbers?

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Re:Zero taxes for startups in Albania on Thursday November 19, 2015 @08:03AM (#10594484)
I would rephrase your comment as "To pay taxes there has to be some services first. But yeah i totally agree with you.