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• Firefox "Copy" has been inconsistent and broken for 8 months

  Https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/ Is it the lack of js, not something more arcane in the ftp templating on those sites? I can reproduce all of this at http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/, and also at https://news.ycombinator.com/, which has js (be careful to select something like ### points below a post, which has no hyperlink) So google is... - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

• What I Discovered About Making Great Widgets: Insights From 100+ Real Users

  For this study, I selected Reddit and Hacker News, platforms where many tech enthusiasts gather. I posted my inquiry in major Android and iPhone subreddits and waited for responses. - Source: dev.to / 21 days ago

• Jank's new persistent string is fast

  Sure, but in a language without the zero terminator the empty string doesn't need an allocation. With a zero terminator, only SSO allows us to avoid that. There are a lot of empty strings. [On a typical modern 64-bit computer] An empty Rust std::String is 24 bytes, exactly the same as the Clang libc++ std::string as somewhat smaller than an MSVC or GCC std::string Most strings are "pretty small" but... - Source: Hacker News / 26 days ago

• eBPF, sidecars, and the future of the service mesh

  William: My current role primarily shapes my strategy. I learn a lot from the engineers and users of Linkerd, who are at the forefront of these technologies. I also keep myself updated by reading discussions on Reddit platforms like r/kubernetes and r/Linkerd. Occasionally, I contribute to or follow discussions on Hacker News. Overall, my primary source of knowledge comes from the experts I work with daily, giving... - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Creating a Safari webarchive from the command line

  A simpler, cross-platform, solution is to use headless Chrome to save pages as PDFs. Example I just tried and worked for me: > chrome.exe --headless --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf=page.pdf https://news.ycombinator.com I know you can specify cookies, existing sessions and existing profiles in case authentication is required. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

RescueTime mentions (1)

• Ask HN: Increasing Deep Work Tolerance

  2. It automatically tracks deep work, so I can see daily and week over week improvement. [1] https://rescuetime.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago