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  1. Comment on How Beijing influences the influencers in ~tech

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    I expected to see serpentza mentioned in the article. He often reports on this issue on his YT channel.

    I expected to see serpentza mentioned in the article. He often reports on this issue on his YT channel.

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  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    This morning, understanding boost::icl (interval trees).

    This morning, understanding boost::icl (interval trees).

  3. Comment on What are some interesting websites (tech related or not) that I can add to my endless rotation of Reddit, Tildes and Hacker News? in ~talk

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    How about something a little different: searches as RSS feeds. Reddit search supports this. For example: https://www.reddit.com/search.rss?q=python&sort=new Every tag at Lobste.rs becomes an RSS...

    How about something a little different: searches as RSS feeds.

    Reddit search supports this. For example:

    https://www.reddit.com/search.rss?q=python&sort=new

    Every tag at Lobste.rs becomes an RSS feed by adding .rss to the URL. And, multiple tags can be combined to narrow. Eg:

    https://lobste.rs/t/python,programming.rss

    Pinboard also supports RSS. Eg, if someone posts about ZeroMQ

    https://feeds.pinboard.in/rss/t:zeromq

    And, I know one can turn a Google Search into an RSS feed also but I don't have a ready example.

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  4. Comment on What operating system do you use? in ~comp

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    I started with slackware then moved to Debian and have mostly used Ubuntu for the past ~5 years. As I've gotten older I'm less interested in futzing with the system. Ubuntu provides the polish and...

    I started with slackware then moved to Debian and have mostly used Ubuntu for the past ~5 years. As I've gotten older I'm less interested in futzing with the system. Ubuntu provides the polish and Debian a solid base and both are compatible with my morals regarding Free Software and my aesthetics for software design and functionality. Lately I've been playing a bit with Nix (on Ubuntu) and look forward to watching where NixOS goes.

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  5. Comment on General plans for the week in ~tildes.official

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    Okay, there is a "send mail as" setting in Gmail and it looks like that sets to "spelling" of the From:. So, Gmail users just need to remember what dots they used or didn't use when they submitted...

    Okay, there is a "send mail as" setting in Gmail and it looks like that sets to "spelling" of the From:. So, Gmail users just need to remember what dots they used or didn't use when they submitted their address for hashing. If they change that setting or otherwise forget the "spelling" of their address then they are out of luck. The use of appended + filters falls into this as well.

    Cheers.

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  6. Comment on General plans for the week in ~tildes.official

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    A question about the account recovery process: How are any superfluous periods in email addresses handled? I use a Gmail account with a "." in it but that period doesn't actually matter to Gmail...

    A question about the account recovery process: How are any superfluous periods in email addresses handled? I use a Gmail account with a "." in it but that period doesn't actually matter to Gmail and I don't know how the address will be presented to the hash function if ever I try to recover a lost password.

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  7. Comment on Now that Ubuntu 18.04.1 is out, have you upgraded from 16.04 LTS? in ~comp

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    I upgraded systems to 18.04 from 16.04 both directly and through the non-LTS releases.

    Has anyone upgraded from an older version without re-installing?

    I upgraded systems to 18.04 from 16.04 both directly and through the non-LTS releases.

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