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jacklewis··on Google Groups has banned comp.lang.tcl
I think that's all there is to see, this post is pointing out the fact that it's been marked as such.
jacklewis··on LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
I was hoping to find that out here in the comments but no luck. You would think they would offer up an archive or something at least temporarily.
jacklewis··on Show HN: Google Sheets add-on to compare text, fuzzy-match, highlight duplicates
> 2. Highlight and delete duplicates duplicates even if the data has mismatched text.

I see what you did there

jacklewis··on JetBlue explains to a passenger how it got a photo of her face
Here in Australia we have automated passport control gates that scan a chip in our passport then takes a photo of our face (and I assume does some matching with our passport photo) before allowing reentry. It's quite quick and very convenient. Although I'm not aware of any airlines being able to use the system for boarding.
jacklewis··on Ask HN: Best questions for an engineer to ask a CEO during a job interview?
Can you please clarify why you say "equity is worth at most $0"? If the company is successful surely the equity is worth something.
jacklewis··on Dyson Lightcycle Task Lamp
I understand the frustration but you really have the need for a bose soundsystem while not owning any modern computing device or smart phone?
jacklewis··on On Being a Principal Engineer
*her for the record