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Re:Emacs 29 on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:45AM (#33919901)
If you don't use the caps lock, you can easily change it to be another Ctrl key. It's perfectly positioned for regular use, and how often do you really use the caps lock key?

It's great for any application where you use keyboard shortcuts.

Re:Dexter Walks (first dynamically balancing biped robot) on Thursday March 01, 2007 @09:30PM (#1795)
That isn't the same. He carefully applies pressure to one side of the robot, and the robot starts walking in that direction.
Re:Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @04:53PM (#402)
Possibility to delete comments and submissions.
Re:Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @04:34PM (#396)
There should be a page which lists the submissions that have recently been commented on. Otherwise, it's essentially meaningless to make thoughtful comments on old threads. Having a *hide* option would be welcome too.
Re:Startup news link submission site. on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @03:34AM (#161)
I like the idea of a wiki. After interesting discussions it would be possible to clean it up and store it in an accessible format.