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• In Windows, files that are in use cannot be modified
  • As a result, Windows updates have to happen when the computer is not in use, such as during shutdown or boot (often both)
    • Compare to Linux/macOS, which can install updates while the computer is being used 😎
• Windows command line has a length limit of 8191 characters
  • Compare to Linux, which has a much higher limit (typically over 100k characters)
• Windows uses backslashes (\) as file system path separators
  • All other modern operating systems (macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, etc) use a normal (i.e. forward) slash (/) and use backslashes for escaping
• Windows can't run Docker containers natively
  • They need to run inside a Linux VM (they can be run inside WSL, which is itself a Linux VM)
• Windows' NTFS filesystem performs poorly compared to Linux's ext4 filesystem

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Parser	Size	Maintained	Node.js	Browser	Streaming	Types	Modifying XML	Notes
jsdom	3.11 MB	yes	yes	N/A		DefinitelyTyped	yes	Probably the best choice since its API is closest to the browser API for manipulating XML
cheerio	558 kB	yes	yes	yes		included	yes	jQuery-like API for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML
xmldoc	41.4 kB	yes	yes	yes		DefinitelyTyped	Partial, not recommended (nfarina/xmldoc#51)
@xmldom/xmldom	182 kB	yes	yes	yes		included	yes	⚠️ Based on DOM but no querySelector/querySelectorAll
sax	55 kB	yes	yes	yes?	yes	DefinitelyTyped	Not recommended	⚠️ API is callback-based and very cludgy, but it has streamin

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ⓘ This list is more-or-less limited to languages I have personal experience with

C#

• Recommended?: 👎
• Pros
  • Like a more modern Java without a lot of Java's problems
• Cons
  • Although it is now open-source with .NET Core, a lot of existing code and libraries aren't compatible
  • A fully open-source .NET/C# seems to conflict with Microsoft's priorities: Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source?
• See also: Is .NET an open platform yet?

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Name	Recommended	React support	Accessible	Mobile-friendly	Backed by large organization	Notes
React Spectrum	👍	👍	👍	👍	Adobe
Carbon	🤷‍♂️	yes	???	???	IBM	The square corners design already feels dated 😕
Semantic UI	👎👎	yes	⚠ not good		👎	⚠ Inconsistent opacity behaviour
Blueprint	👎👎👎	yes	⚠ not good	⚠ no	⚠ Palantir	⚠ Palantir Uses Open Source to Profit from Human Rights Abuses.

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Latest

2022-09-05

2022-04-08

2022-03-16

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TL;DR

• The general consensus seems to be use UTC everywhere and convert to the local time zone when displaying dates/times to the user
  • UTC isn't perfect; aside from leap seconds, the biggest issue seems to be when local time zone rules change, making dates stored in UTC inaccurate
• When passing timestamps over the wire (e.g. to/from an API), convert them to strings using an unambiguous standard format that includes the time zone such as ISO 8601
  • In TypeScript/JavaScript this can be accomplished using Date.toISOString(). Use new Date(dateString) to convert back into a Date object
• In the cases where the time zone is set to UTC but a local timestamp is needed (e.g. to represent "today midnight"), a library may be needed: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/-project-status/recommendations/

[new Date(year, monthIndex, day)](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs

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Goal

A simple way to write native applications (particularly CLI applications but optionally GUI applications) in a modern language (e.g. not C++/Qt) that's fun to use (e.g. not Go). This is primarily for small utilities where speed isn't a big concern. Binary size is a mild concern. Most of the rest is just icing on the cake (cross-compile support, etc).

Summary

Language	High-level	Garbage-collected	Cross-compiling	REPL	Backed by large organization	Cross-platform GUI library	Comments
👉 TypeScript with pkg	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	This isn't really "native" but may be the best option for something quick and dirty without having to resort to less-fun languages (like Go). See test-javascript-executables for ways to get the binary as small as possible.
Kotlin with GraalVM	yes	yes	⚠ [no](https://github.com/oracle/graal/

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CSS

Not supported

position: absolute

I tried this to vertically center an image (https://stackoverflow.com/a/11716065/399105) , and it did not appear to work.

text-transform: uppercase;

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Symptoms

Wii remote will randomly power off when in use.

Cause

This is most often caused by a bad connection between the batteries and the contacts, which is frequently due to corrosion from current or past battery leakage. This is fairly common with standard non-rechargeable alkaline batteries.

Prevention

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General configuration

Here are some general tips to make AnkiDroid have a cleaner UI that's a little bit less distracting:

1. Go to Settings > Reviewing

2. Uncheck Show button time

   (This shows the next interval for the card above each answer button)

3. Uncheck Show Top Bar