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What do you like about the game?

Is there a way to suppress the profile selection dialog on startup?

I reflexively swiped left when the inevitable newsletter modal started to appear at the bottom, so didn’t finish reading the article, but would like to know what gave you the dystopian vibe?

For anyone using Emacs Org mode, it may be interesting to know that plantUML diagrams can be embedded in Org documents using Babel.

Do you mind expanding a bit?

Where is that?

There are also a number of browser extensions which may be easier to set up and use for non-technical folks, for example FoxyProxy seems to offer one. I've never tried any myself, though.

Have you considered using the same Proxy or VPN? I work remotely and sometimes access services through a VPN based in the country my coworkers are at specifically to avoid this kind of annoyance.

I've always found it hard to get the Nginx config right and have at times done the following:

1. Run Nginx (or OpenResty in my case) in Docker

2. Have the config files in a volume

3. Have a script (Python, Bash or anything else) which watches the config files for changes, then first runs `nginx -s reload` in the Nginx container, and then executes a number of unit tests

For Emacs users there's also an nginx-mode which makes a bit more pleasant to edit the config files.

I've been doing this as well, but I specifically try to come up with good questions and add those. Usually at the time I add the question as a flashcard, I don't know the answer yet, so I leave that field blank. Later on every time the flash card shows up, I refine the answer and return to the textbook if necessary. I find that the effort required to come up with interesting questions is very beneficial to the learning process by itself. I also sometimes include the name of the book and page numbers so I can quickly return to the relevant section.

Mind explaining in more detail the difficulties you encountered?

Going back to Debian from Ubuntu, are there any things you miss?

The other day I discovered a book which discusses the use of motorized vehicles as weapons at length: https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Kill-Vehicles-as-Weapons/dp/08...

As someone who does a lot of cycling, I'm used to road rage directed at me in the form of punishment passes mostly.

Reminds me of wisp: https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-119/srfi-119.html

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll give it a try. I’ve been mostly running up and down Quarry Bay Park, but it does get boring after a while and the proximity to the highway probably isn’t too healthy either. I also love cycling but in Hong Kong it seems too freaking dangerous for all sorts of reasons.

You can find it in my profile, I just added it.

Speaking of exercise, anyone want to go for a run together in Hong Kong?

What would the desperateness of the landlords look like, I wonder?

You will be dismayed...

https://www.quora.com/What-would-you-do-if-you-were-a-trilli...

I cycle a lot in a city which has a lot of electric Toyota cabs. I'm always terrified by them because I can't hear them and only notice them when they are already very close to my bicycle.

Which places are different?

I didn’t know the MGIF acronym although the attitude is something I pretty much take for granted. If I’m on a narrow road with a car behind me, I mostly expect the driver will try to squeeze past me even though they won’t be significantly faster.

Oh wow, so it’s actually a thing. What kinds of responses do you get from drivers when you talk to them afterwards?

Thanks also for mentioning the term ‘punishment pass’, googling this led me to some interesting blog posts.

> a) it encourages car drivers to assume bicycles should not be in the lanes

This is something I’m struggling with right now. The city where I live has a lot of mediocre or downright dangerous lanes for cyclists which are often very narrow and next to a column of parked cars so that riders can get hit by a suddenly opened door. When I then ride on the road instead, I often have to contend with car drivers who seem seem to purposefully pass by very closely at high speeds, seemingly in an attempt to ‘teach me a lesson’ and get me to ride on the bicycle lane again. That’s my interpretation at least. Has anyone else here noticed something like this?

There's even a book published in 1986: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Sets-Introduction-Monogra...

My god, you reminded me of a childhoold dream of mine.

Has it been proven beyond doubt that we wouldn't be able to produce enough food without the use of pesticides?

Also finally they soldered the memory to the board and didn't leave a free slot, see the spec: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad%2...

Mind explaining what you mean by 'negative momentum'? I'd never heard of Pony before and only took a look at it just now.

For better or for worse this is part of the "Standard Style": https://www.npmjs.com/package/standard

It always seemed like an odd choice to me that would make people less likely to adopt it.