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8ig8··on Revisiting Textpattern
And Textile is the markup lang…

https://textile-lang.com/

8ig8··on Everyday uses for PVC water pipe
Schedule 40 is white. Schedule 80 (thicker walls) is a darker gray. (I think.)
8ig8··on When deployments are easy, code becomes simpler
Hello, PHP
8ig8··on New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
Interesting point…

> A top concern for The Times is that ChatGPT is, in a sense, becoming a direct competitor with the paper by creating text that answers questions based on the original reporting and writing of the paper's staff.

8ig8··on A beginner's guide to Git version control
Have you spent much time using Fossil?

https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki

8ig8··on How does iCloud work? Plus a new version of Cirrus
Cirrus sounds useful for us MacOS users.

> Cirrus has four main functions. It can download and evict (from local storage) items stored in iCloud so that you can manage them properly. It provides full details about files and folders held in iCloud. It performs a test file upload, which can help unstick pending uploads. It also provides specialised access to iCloud-related log activity.

8ig8··on Google has a secret browser hidden inside the settings
Bookmarking included in the project README…

https://github.com/liriliri/eruda#demo

8ig8··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
Where’s Graham’s take on this?
8ig8··on Advertise on DuckDuckGo Search
Check out Phind (https://www.phind.com/) for your coding searches. I’ve been happy with the handful of times I’ve used it. It’s nice to have options beyond Google.
8ig8··on Replying to comments about our web page design
> You agree not to use the content to train AI systems or machine learning systems.

https://research.exoticsilicon.com/terms

First I’ve seen that.

8ig8··on Using Super Glue
For longer life, I store my super/ca glue in a jar with some desiccant packs. Some people store it in the refrigerator.
8ig8··on Global shipping container shortage is now a container surplus
Is there a global index for second-hand container pricing?

Is it time to low ball the sellers I see on Craigslist for some extra storage?

8ig8··on Logo and Learning (2015)
Big Traks follow Logo-like programming. I loved mine…

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

8ig8··on Tell HN: HN search is hitting a 502 Bad Gateway
Algolia are reporting issues…

https://status.algolia.com/incidents/1775

https://status.algolia.com/incidents/1777

Perhaps related…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31654863

8ig8··on Gravatar Data Breach
Proper link (I think): https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Gravatar

No way to edit URL or delete when this happens?

8ig8··on Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint
Nigel Tufnel: "It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none -- none more black."

This Is Spinal Tap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7FRivVMgA)

8ig8··on Color Tool
You may need to fire up Netscape to get this applet working.

> Internet Explorer or Netscape: The Color Tool needs Apple's "Mac Runtime for Java"

8ig8··on Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion
Maybe Reddit?

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eeb6e/i_believe_i_kno...

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/3oaxi5/n...

8ig8··on SVG Icons Using MIT License
What about using licenses.txt?

Along the lines of: security.txt, robots.txt, humans.txt.

8ig8··on How to Make Apple’s Mac Pro Holes
For the woodworkers, here’s a guy making a low tech version out of cherry...

https://youtu.be/jd9AFRhygKY

8ig8··on 24 hours in a diner in New York
I think you meant bacon, egg and cheese. ;)
8ig8··on Why SQLite Does Not Use Git
Similar discussion from almost 8 years ago...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1433387

8ig8··on Collection of Useful CSS Snippets
Here’s a method with an unknown height...

http://zerosixthree.se/vertical-align-anything-with-just-3-l...

8ig8··on Ask HN: How to become the first result of a Google search for a name?
I’d do it the other way around. Redirect .mk to .com.
8ig8··on The Antique Cannabis Book
For anyone that doesn’t remember websites (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631565), this is one of them.
8ig8··on Work on SQLite4 has concluded
I love this section from their support page. Nothing like stability through 2050.

https://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/prosupport.html

> Paid support options and products are provided by Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc., (Hwaci), a Georgia corporation with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina and has been in business since 1992. Hwaci has an international team of employees and associates representing the best available talent. We are a 100% engineering company. There is no sales staff. Our goal is to provide outstanding service and honest advice without spin or sales-talk.

> Hwaci is a small company but it is also closely held and debt-free and has low fixed costs, which means that it is largely immune to buy-outs, take-overs, and market down-turns. Hwaci intends to continue operating in its current form, and at roughly its current size until at least the year 2050. We expect to be here when you need us, even if that need is many years in the future.

8ig8··on Work on SQLite4 has concluded
I stumbled on this video presentation by Dr Hipp recently (may have been from another HN comment). I really enjoyed it. Probably because he seems so enthusiastic and passionate.

SQLite: The Database at the Edge of the Network with Dr. Richard Hipp

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jib2AmRb_rk

8ig8··on Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From? (2013)
And then there’s this headline today on my local news website...

Candy laced with bath salts poses risk this Halloween

http://www.wral.com/candy-laced-with-bath-salts-poses-risk-t...

8ig8··on Jacquard by Google transforms clothing
For a moment, I wondered if it was the 1st of April.
8ig8··on Harry Dean Stanton has died
Repo Man was a favorite of mine when I was a teenager.
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