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4,459karma·1,089submissions·October 15, 2011
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Minimalist tech lover.

https://blog.oxplot.com/

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This should never be entered like that. Not only it's prone to typos, it also requires a comment to accompany it. Since just about every compiler/interpreter folds constants, one should writ…
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You obviously didn't read the README section titled "Purpose". Here's a copy: ``Since we choose to use pure Go implementation of Git manipulation, Gogs certainly supports ALL platf…
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Whenever I see things like "Why duplicate the effort, help with the existing ones", I cannot help but wonder how people fail to recognize that all great things had once a beginning. Gogs may…
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So did I. Got a Panasonic ES-LV61-A and now I don't have to worry about anything. No maintenance, no cuts, no burns, no aftershave. Works dry and wet. Shaving is no longer a matter of thought for…
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I strongly agree with this point and wrote something about it a while back http://blog.oxplot.com/transient-ideas-and-learning/ …
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Perhaps you missed number 5: No company is willing to make as many crazy acquisitions as Google Google acquires startups/established companies on weekly basis. Their workforce increases by hundre…
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You say that as if you're not helping Google with anything else. Every search, every plus, every rating, every interaction helps Google with its business. And in majority of cases, users reap the…
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For exactly his last point: it costs nothing to code. You only need time (which you would need to do any other activity). If you make mistakes, you can start over with press of a button. You can do it…
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Not that you're complaining of bad service from Google. But anyone's long term solution should be to treat important things in life as important. In case of gmail, paying $60 a year ($50 for…
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I don't have offsite backups yet (but read on). Currently, I auto-backup daily at 4am, my entire fedora desktop using rsyncbtrfs https://github.com/oxplot/rsyncbtrfs which d…
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I need the email for sending notifications mostly.
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