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Re:Ask HN: Where should I live? on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:25AM (#30683245)
Valencia and Málaga also meet your requirements, I think.
Re:GetElementById vs. QuerySelector on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:18AM (#29349194)
There are XSS attacks abusing this behaviour named DOM Clobbering

https://portswigger.net/research/dom-clobbering-strikes-back

Re:How 2,000-year-old roads predict modern-day prosperity on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:54AM (#17722347)
For spanish speakers interested in the subject, here is an interview with another member of the team, Pablo Selaya, about this research.

https://www.ivoox.com/principio-incertidumbre-calzadas-roman...

Re:As HN: how to serve subdomain content in a subfolder? on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:10AM (#13036147)
You can configure your webserver on root.com to act as a reverse proxy for the folders application1, etc.

If you use Apache you have mod_proxy (https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html), just be carefull with the configuration and not end being an open proxy.

Re:Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet? on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @10:14AM (#12900835)
If you are stuck on Windows or Mac you can try a program that restores the computer to a safe state on reboot, like Deep Freeze.
Re:Freely available programming books on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @10:22AM (#12036592)
OpenLibra, although spanish oriented, has also a good collection in english.

https://openlibra.com/en/collection/search/language/english/

I know the Bee-Bot and Pro-Bot, are more like the old Logo programming.
This joke always comes to my mind with plate readers:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-URBVGKEBRss/U0GgQetIwEI/AAAAAAAAC2...

Re:Stop Using Constructors in JS (2012) on Thursday November 06, 2014 @09:52AM (#8567202)
Another interesting point of view about constructors:

http://www.2ality.com/2013/07/defending-constructors.html

Re:What's the K&R for JavaScript? on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @05:33AM (#8492016)
I'd say "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers", by Nicholas C. Zakas