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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:38PM (#25531680)
I don't understand this. 1080p on 15 screen is still pretty decent, I think Windows by default set scaling on such ppi.
Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:30AM (#23369138)
> "Under Linux, setting multi-monitor configurations especially using multiple GPUs running binary NVIDIA drivers can be a major PITA" - Bollox. Not Bollox, multimonitor setup and hdpi scaling is in a sad state in Linux

- "Applications development is a major PITA" - this is ridiculous. Yea, that is the major framework should I use to desktop app that will be supported in 10 years? Compared to Windows compatibility, it is a joke.

I use Linux for more than 10 years, but let's not pretend that it is in the same league as Win/Mac as Desktop OS. It is great if you use it for dev work, but for general Desktop use, usability, security, compatability is trerrible.

Re:Modern C, Second Edition on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:17AM (#21015841)
Of course it can, but by default it does not look good, and it is not trivial to change things, hence you see documents which look straight out of 90s.
Re:Modern C, Second Edition on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:55AM (#21015057)
I hate LaTeX typesetting, it looks very archaic and reeks of academism (is that a word?). Unless document require lot of formulas, LaTeX is not a right tool in 2019.
What a nice example of subtle aboutism.
Maybe I am missing something, but trolleybuses do not have tracks, they get power from overhead wires.
Re:ECMAScript regular expressions are getting better (2017) on Sunday December 02, 2018 @04:45PM (#18584757)
There is nothing shocking here, parent implements strictly regular expressions and compile them to DFA, so of course it will be fast, especially using only ASCII characters and hand chosen regular expressions. Russ Cox articles covers this very well.
Re:ECMAScript regular expressions are getting better (2017) on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:00AM (#18552003)
Yes, there is a very specific definition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_language

Re:ECMAScript regular expressions are getting better (2017) on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:00AM (#18551998)
I think we should just use term regex and leave term regular expressions for, you know, actual regular expressions.
Re:ECMAScript regular expressions are getting better (2017) on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @09:59AM (#18551988)
Well, most commonly used features like back-references allow to define not-regular language, so there is nothing funny that most regular expression engines are not "regular".

I like to use term regex for "regular" expressions implemented in most languages, by PCRE engine or in Perl and term regular expressions for actual regular expressions as defined in theoretical computer science, that is expressions which can be recognised by finite (either deterministic or non-deterministic) automata.

Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:29PM (#18544403)
But what is their reasoning for this?
Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:09PM (#18544155)
>or at least against HOA rules

WTF!? I am from Europe, is this really a thing? Although,it wouldn't surprise me, watching American Movies, lawn and suburbia seems inseparable.

Re:Why I wrote 33 VSCode extensions and how I manage them on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:47AM (#18388929)
>reek of Microsoft.

What does this even mean?

Re:Erlang/OTP by Example on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:07AM (#18268345)
>and it's hard to burst. Like, super hard to burst

What exactly does 'burst' mean in this context?

Re:Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Released on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:38AM (#18255653)
What major issues you encountered on 18.04?
Re:Example of How SJWs Sneakily Enter a FOSS Project on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:02AM (#18056355)
What difference does it make if link from 2015? It shows modus operandi just fine.
Re:Try OCaml on Friday September 07, 2018 @06:50AM (#17933280)
F# is as close you get to OCaml world without writing a "ml".

Typescript is unrelated to OCaml in any way.

Re:Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:20AM (#17915722)
I have exactly the same thought, I remember then I was a kid blood was taken by fingerstick and it hurt so much, I have bad memories even now. It might look less scary for children, but it hurts much more.
Re:What else is in Go 1.11? on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:49AM (#17772484)
It is not covered here:

- WebAssembly and Modules have already been covered.

https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules

Re:What else is in Go 1.11? on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:05AM (#17772310)
Ech, I like to submit to GOPATH. One less thing to think about.
Re:MySQL High Availability at GitHub on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#17359407)
From this article I cannot parse if they use simple Mysql replication with GTID or MySQL cluster/Galera/similar solution.
>Instead of migrating from Mysql to something serious (Postgres)

This is just trolling

In fact it is possible to rip SACD using some OPPO models, so no need for hard to get PS3 version [1]

[1] https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/28569-sacd-r...

Re:24/192 Music Downloads Are Very Silly Indeed (2012) on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @12:52PM (#15133728)
Vinyl DR values are not accurate, vinyl made from the same digital master as CD usually will have DR value higher by 3 or more points.
Re:Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @12:28PM (#13600127)
Yes, it does. Most popular bit-torrent p2p streaming solution now is Acestream. You can check it yourself.

http://arenavision.in/ http://torrent-tv.ru/channels.php

However, I doubt that 'fully loaded' Kodi boxes uses it, most likely it use simple m3u streams harvested from internets.

Re:A Deep Dive into HandBrake and Video Transcoding on Thursday January 26, 2017 @12:50PM (#13493470)
Also this guide looks good for some general advice: https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/wevh2/good_beginn...

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