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Nov 13, 2016 at 10:58
Generic tech often replaces more specific h/w. Something similar is happening with USB: supporting power lets it displace the alternatives.

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Nov 15, 2022 at 23:32
The Makefile problem, or how absurdly hard it is to write paths in a text file whilst supporting both *nix and Windows:
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