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Foomf··on figlet – a program for making large letters out of ordinary text
I just realized now that many of the web based ascii text generators use figlet under the hood. I wish I could delete my comment but I seem to be unable to.
Foomf··on figlet – a program for making large letters out of ordinary text
There are so many web based ascii text generators out there. What sets this one apart?

Edit: looks like all those web based ascii text generators are just using figlet under the hood.

Foomf··on Map of Reddit
GA?
Foomf··on C++ Compile Time Parser Generator
I wonder how this compares to boost spirit.
Foomf··on Fisher Price Chatter Telephone with Bluetooth
"nr"?
Foomf··on Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony
I see, thank you! I've never seen comments referred to like that before but it makes a lot of sense.
Foomf··on Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony
Who is "gp"?
Foomf··on Telephone Central Office Building Pictures
Why do websites disable right clicking? If you right click on the page it just shows a browser alert. Very annoying for not much, if any gain. Now that I've reloaded the page, right click seems to be working as normal.
Foomf··on Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag
And this is why I got a passively cooled laptop without a fan. It's very weak, but it's worth it to not have any anxiety about it overheating in my bag. Absolutely fantastic for college.
Foomf··on Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
Your post reminds me of the time people in China rioted because students were not allowed to cheat on their exams. There really is something cultural going on there.
Foomf··on Facebook tried to make its platform a healthier place, but it got angrier
Couldn't a company outside the US just set up a free Facebook competitor then?
Foomf··on My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day
I've read your few posts a few times and I'm still not sure why you made your post. You're telling the person that you handle more data than them and thus need more resources than them. Was your goal to smugly belittle them? It's not like they said any problem can be solved on their specific resources.
Foomf··on The Worst Businessman of the 18th Century BC (2018)
They found the tablets with the complaints in what was presumably his house? I wonder what happened that caused the businessman to be the last resident to ever live in that house. I assume if someone moved in after him they would have gotten rid of the complaint tablets.
Foomf··on Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen
ShareX might be what you're looking for.

https://getsharex.com/

Foomf··on A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shops instead
I'm happy to see you mention Trek. I've started shopping for a bike and there happens to be a Trek bike store in my city. I've never even heard of them until I looked up bike shops on google maps and Trek showed up. The fact that you mention them gives me more confidence that they're someone worth buying from.
Foomf··on Performance Improvements in .NET 6
One of the pitfalls I've encountered is the need to use the tray icon api, which as of now still is not in .NET core.
Foomf··on Pompeii’s fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public
The headline makes it sound like they restored the fast food joint and it is going to be serving food to the public.
Foomf··on Bones hoarded by hyenas over thousands of years
Are hyenas still adding bones to the pile to this day?
Foomf··on New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s
I want to give thinkpads a try, but I just don't trust Lenovo enough.
Foomf··on Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just three years
Age of Empires 2 is still getting regular updates. There aren't too many RTS games nowadays but you should give AOE2 HD a try.
Foomf··on Tweezers of sound can pick objects up without physical contact
I was thinking that too. This wouldn't work in a vacuum.
Foomf··on The Framework Laptop is now shipping
Any plans on a model with a touchscreen? If this could have a touchscreen, I'd buy it in an instant!
Foomf··on A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
That's absolutely a saying in the United States as well. At least, I've heard it used regularly in both Washington State and Montana.
Foomf··on Monodraw: ASCII art editor for the Mac
This looks really cool, and I'd totally buy this if it had a windows version. I don't a mac, nor do I really want one.
Foomf··on Acer disables BIOS for laptops sold through Amazon? (2020)
Dell sells linux laptops.
Foomf··on “Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you opt out”
Jacksfilms did that once.
Foomf··on The inventor of the black box was told to drop the idea
I wonder why there was such a difference in responses between the Australians and the British. Was it just a culture difference?
Foomf··on Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff
I don't disagree with your point or your numbers, but the first chart can be misleading because the y axis doesn't start at 0.
Foomf··on Modern C++ Won't Save Us (2019)
CMake variables are also dynamically scoped, just in case things weren't crazy enough!
Foomf··on ‘Insanely cheap energy’: solar power continues to shock the world
My power provider provides an option to pay a little extra to guarantee that all the energy provided is renewable. Maybe yours has something similar?
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