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waxjar··on Icdiff: side-by-side command line diffs
I would suggest highlighting the line that changed as well, with a subtle background color.

I mostly use GitGutter, a Sublime Text plugin that puts a symbol in the "gutter" (line numbers column) to indicate which lines changed, where one was deleted or where one was added. It works only on git repositories, though.

waxjar··on Go: Planning the 1.5 release
Once Rust is stable, it would be really cool to see these rewritten in Rust.
waxjar··on “Invalid username or password” is a useless security measure
That's not what is meant.

An attacker who wants to find out of if the person with "example@example.com" has on account on your website, could try signing up with "example@example.com". If they get an error message, they know the person has an account on the website.

waxjar··on The Semantic Web Is Dead. Long Live the Semantic Web
The semantic web as I understood it was just using the right HTML tags. Most importantly, no tables for layout and using semantic names for CSS classes rather than names like "blue". This has completely failed, imo. Tables are no longer constructed with <table>, <tr> and <td> but with a combination of <div> and <span> tags with classes that are not semantic at all :(

Edit: Not sure why this got downvoted, just trying to illustrate what I thought the term meant.

waxjar··on Ask HN: My VPS got hacked and now I'm facing a massive bill. What can I do?
I rent one on BuyVM (http://buyvm.net/). I use it to run an IRC bouncer and an IRC bot.
waxjar··on Ask HN: My VPS got hacked and now I'm facing a massive bill. What can I do?
People that rent a $15/year VPS use it to run an IRC bouncer or a small web log, something you don't need to know a whole lot of sysadmin stuff for. They just need a machine that's always on.

It's hardly worth hiring a sysadmin for (I find that suggestion laughable, to be frank). Managed hosting doesn't allow you to do much else besides hosting a website in PHP, which is not enough for plenty of use-cases, including OPs.

waxjar··on Your language sucks
This article could be summed up with "My tools are built with (primarily) english in mind and that's a problem for me when dealing with languages other than english".
waxjar··on Show HN: Snapception – Intercept all snapchats received over the network
Was this relevant to the comment you replied to?
waxjar··on Rust 0.12.0 released
Homebrew has formulas for Rust. I installed Rust 0.11 yesterday :)
waxjar··on Introducing GIFV
WebMs are truly impressive. Too bad the adoption rate is quite low.
waxjar··on The Pirate Bay Runs on 21 “Raid-Proof” Virtual Machines
I remember reading their load-balancer shuts itself off after 2 minutes if something strange happens. The whole thing is run from memory, so no traces will be left.

I don't know how accurate this is, though.

waxjar··on Curl.io – Share files from your terminal or ssh
I think the poster above you meant that someone could change the command to a malicious one if they found a security hole.
waxjar··on Show HN: Speedsums
This website it rude.
waxjar··on How to Make Perfect Thin and Crisp French Fries (2010)
In the Netherlands the thin fries McDonalds sells are referred to as French fries (franse frietjes): http://i.imgur.com/n0F248C.jpg.

Slightly thicker (square) fries are just called fries (patat): http://i.imgur.com/tui5FDe.jpg. These are served most often.

The big rectangular fries are referred to as Flemish fries (vlaamse frieten): http://i.imgur.com/QDwv9IA.jpg.

waxjar··on If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding We'd Ground Our Fleet
I'm either misunderstanding you or you haven't read the article at all.
waxjar··on If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding We'd Ground Our Fleet
What would that message be? "We are barbaric so you better watch out"?
waxjar··on I Quit Hacker News (2010)
I think the reasoning is that people will actually join the argument instead of clicking an arrow facing downwards when they disagree with a comment.
waxjar··on UNIX Tips and Tricks To Save You Time In Terminal
Half these "unix tricks" are bash tricks. :/
waxjar··on Please, don't buy my book on Amazon
Because you end up with a monopoly.
waxjar··on What I would have written
Is he seriously comparing himself with Picasso? I knew Mr Curtis thinks quite highly of himself, but this surprises me.

Just get off Twitter if you really feel this way, Mr. Curtis. It's not that hard.

waxjar··on Ruby Tips Part 1
this can also be written as

    other.is_a?(self.class) || return
if you prefer that.
waxjar··on Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login
That's not my experience.
waxjar··on Tell HN: Add ?share=1 to Quora URLs to display content without login
- They blur their answers for non-registered users. They're wasting my time when I think I find what I'm looking for only to find a blurred image. Just tell Google you don't want to be indexed if you don't want to share the content.

- You can't use their website without using your real name. They're really persistent in this. A pseudonym won't do, they'll ask you to identify yourself with a scan of your ID before they let you participate. It's ridiculous.

waxjar··on Don't Fly During Ramadan
Because numbers™ are all that count.
waxjar··on NProgress: slim, site-wide progress bars
Chrome for iOS has/had it.
waxjar··on Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation
The people vote for law makers. The law makers produced a law which was abused by law enforcers. Law enforcers can't be voted for.
waxjar··on Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation
There are people living on that island that really don't deserve what you propose to do to them.
waxjar··on I Am Being Watched
I really don't appreciate the title of this piece. The author knew full well people would expect a piece about being spied upon by the NSA when submitting this.

Not cool.

waxjar··on Amazon launches Amazon Art marketplace
One of those annoying pages that breaks the back button. Hate that.
waxjar··on FP vs. OO, from the trenches
Four footnotes on a two paragraph article?

Guidelines seem sensible though.

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