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parceltape

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parceltape··on IMGKit: Python library of HTML to IMG wrapper
I think the title of this is a bit misleading. It is a wrapper lib around the cli of wkhtmltopdf (which the GitHub repo states).
parceltape··on Bitcoin Is an Escapist Safe Haven
"The virtual currency's value rests, in the final analysis, on nothing but the faith of the community that supports it.

The faith can be relatively easy to undermine, of course. In 2013, bitcoin plummeted from its high because of a December move by the People's Bank of China, which banned mainland banks from dealing in the cryptocurrency."

Is this not a contradiction? Clearly it shows the value of Bitcoin responds to political events in the same way as any currency does.

parceltape··on Russian ship loitering near undersea cables
I don't think it was intended as a call to action. Do you think all non-actionable information is worthless?
parceltape··on Computing primes with CSS
but then 2 would be hidden, and 2 is prime.