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How about instead of a passive-aggressive ad try not showing me ads at all on my PC? It’s bad enough that it comes pre-installed and is the default.
Re:Nginx 1.15.9 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @03:24AM (#19261807)
That would work for one file but there's no way to atomically rename two.
Looks awesome! Any plans for mobile apps?
> for bandwidth + servers + store handling credit card info + credit card fees + technicians + support staff

You're forgetting exposure and huge player base. That's got to add some revenue...

Re:D compilation is too slow and I am forking the compiler on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:37AM (#18501889)
Why are the results in a video instead of a table? I don't want to wait for dmd to know how much faster you made it.
So is this an example of a company handling it gracefully? They couldn't tell what the impact was but kept it a secret for 6 months.
Any quotes newer than 19th century?
Re:Stop using tail -f (mostly) on Monday March 30, 2015 @12:53PM (#9290794)
The problem is that less +F polls every second while tail -f uses inotify, which is both more efficient and responds faster to change.
Re:EBay to Spin Off PayPal on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @08:03AM (#8387697)
So when are they adding Google Wallet?
Re:Why Google is Hurrying the Web to Kill SHA-1 on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @04:49AM (#8289240)
When a collision is produced it will be too late. The time to act is before that happens.
Re:Ask HN: What programming font do you use? on Sunday August 24, 2014 @09:29AM (#8218507)
Fira Mono is really beautiful, but the problem I have with it is the vertical spacing. The lines are so far apart, almost nothing fits in the screen.
Re:64-Bit Chrome for Windows on Monday June 09, 2014 @06:09AM (#7867702)
As the blog post says, the linux version has been 64-bit since 2009. So the problem must be windows API, not type sizes.
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