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Re:Goodwill doesn't want broken toasters on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:24AM (#27084770)
Is the word you're looking for "volunteer"?
Even after the 2.x/3.x debacle, it's not as simple as keeping everything current. For example, until very recently, Tensorflow would work on Python 3.7 but not on 3.8. TF is just one well-known example, but version incompatibilities are common enough that many Python devs keep multiple virtual envs.
Re:How Fragmented Is Android? on Sunday May 26, 2019 @06:33PM (#20018006)
That's a good point. The list for Android fragmentation even includes 2.0 Eclair, which has 0% across the whole row!
Re:A forgotten hero stopped the My Lai massacre 50 years ago on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:25PM (#18043952)
It's not blocked here in Taiwan. I wonder if they're blocking it because of the GDPR?
It's called abstraction, but at some point that becomes a euphemism for obfuscation.
Re:The Game Designer's Calculator on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:49PM (#16372423)
You're being downvoted, but it is pretty bad. Looks like they set word breaks to 'break-all' for those low-width media queries.
Not the same person...
If you're looking for 13 inch, standard HD screen with long battery life, and all you need is browser and SSH functionality, you might think about trying a Chromebook. The SSH functionality comes as a Google-made extension [1]. The CPU and RAM specs are usually lower than you mention, but in my experience the machine runs fine for video calls, Netflix, etc.

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...

Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:59AM (#13424391)
The Guardian ran everything by the US government first before publishing. Every responsible journalist does. They're looking for a response or comment to the story, to make sure they didn't get anything wrong, and to see if there's a any reason to withhold details (a reason beyond "It's classified so don't").

In fact, in Greenwald's book No Place to Hide, he describes how they held off publishing for several days while waiting for a response from the government. Greenwald was so frustrated with the delays that he considered quitting the Guardian and going on his own. I think that's the idea that eventually turned into The Intercept.

Re:Nintendo releases original Zelda design docs on Thursday December 29, 2016 @10:59AM (#13277983)
I think the last page is for Ditto machines. I remember them being used for schools back in the 80s when all the copies came out in purple ink.
Re:Show HN: Give 7B people an instant physical address on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:05AM (#12261332)
Seems broken for me as well. I'm on desktop Chrome. Message says to check JS console. In case it helps, this is the error message:

Google Maps API error: RefererNotAllowedMapError

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...

Your site URL to be authorized: http://xaddress.org/try?lng=en_.bb

@ js?key=AIzaSyAOUib5wvPGPSazgnTc-Mq415kxB1fNuu8&v=3.24&libraries=drawing,places&language=en:32(anonymous function)

@ common.js:52(anonymous function)

@ common.js:224d

@ common.js:46(anonymous function)

@ AuthenticationService.Authenticate?1shttp%3A%2F%2Fxaddress.org%2Ftry%3Flng%3Den&4sAIzaSyAOUib5wvPGP…:1

Re:A Single Div on Thursday July 14, 2016 @03:59AM (#12092297)
It looks like use them for CSS properties. The background for the outer div is set to #4e6590, the blue background. The background-image of the inner div (and its ::before and ::after) draw the parts of the zipper.

For example, the inner div has background-image of

    linear-gradient(to top, transparent 10px, #aaa 10px, #aaa 15px, #ccc 15px, #ccc 30px, transparent 30px), repeating-linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, transparent 5px, #ddd 5px, #ddd 10px), repeating-linear-gradient(to bottom, #ccc, #ccc 5px, transparent 5px, transparent 10px);
which draws the teeth of the zipper.
> as far as we know

Or maybe AI is here, and it's throwing out all these articles to hide its emergence. :)

I'm surprised it's not the official name.