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Kris | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 What is the fiber content of a banana?
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zhenech | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @87c98d39 Why have I expected exactly *this* even before clicking the remote content?
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zhenech | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Today I received a letter from Ireland.

The printed address was:
Evgeni Golov
<street and building number>
<postal code and city>

Then someone added "Germany" with a sharpie.

I've been receiving those letters for over 8 years. None of them had "Germany" anywhere on them. I've moved cities in the meantime. All the letters always found me.

Why did it have to be added now? And how the fuck did it work before?
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JP Mens | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m sitting at the bar. Young 24-year-old behind it, and I told him that the three clocks on th...
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zhenech | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1efe3b1d you're the poor chap, right?
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zhenech | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Wait a moment. Is that a YAML file with C-style preprocessor macros?

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/3e4e0fef13e01bf3376f61590d5d5744d4b0b22f/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
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zhenech | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 TIL: 0 (Integer) is true-ish in Ruby.
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zhenech | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1efe3b1d Yes, a `from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import AnsibleUnsafeText` is needed.