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Got it to work - the continuous mode thing was the ticket. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Good to know I haven't completely lost the thread!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Sorry, I took a nap. I would have said thank you but I was literally already working along toward this end when I happened upon you.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: Alternatively I need some sort of branch prediction for reality.
? [^]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Okay fair, but I was looking for something more reliable if not deterministic. *hides*
Real programmers use butterflies
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i use an infinite number of infinite-sided dice to predict reality branching, but, the outcome is unfair 50% of the time, in any one eternity, in any one universe .... which makes me suspicious the dice may be rigged 
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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And it ha a new feature: if you highlight text on a page, then right click you get a new option "Copy link to highlight" which includes the instructions to go to that highlighted text when you paste into the address bar.
Brilliant! there are times when that would be really helpful - sending someone directly to line 157 of a web page and they get the relevant info directly.
So I thought I'd try it.
And ... it doesn't work in the Lounge because the text of messages is collapsed and it can't find them ... 
(Works in QA though, because they aren't)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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.. which they seem to achieve through an extension to the URL scheme, as in:
https://examplesite.com/page?param=search#:~:text=word_to_highlight
So :~: is a sort of separator / indicator, and text= is a parameter name. I wonder what other parameters can be passed in this scheme, and also wonder if existing pages will break as a result? I guess not, since the new syntax follows the # marker used to identify a target on the page, and I assume (though have never tried) that :~: is not valid as a target name...
BTW it seems this feature came out in v90 this April..
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I just highlight the text and drag it to the address bar, been doing this forever with various browsers.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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In Chrome, that just seems to do a google search on the text?
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5teveH wrote: but explaining in simple terms what this means to us - and what we need to do about.
Apparently not simple enough that policitians (and many, many civilians) would understand it correctly... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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oh, at least one of the politicians there got it. he went and made a movie about it, even.
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I wonder how much carbon was released making, promoting, distributing and viewing the movie? 
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fgs1963 wrote: I wonder how much carbon was released
45,234,783,325,756.
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Chris Losinger wrote: oh, at least one of the politicians there got it. he went and made a movie about it, even.
It's always a matter of whoever gets there first, isn't it? He was also declared to be the first so-called "green billionaire".
It's no coincidence. He saw the opportunity, and has been investing heavily ever since in industries that stand to profit the most from breakthroughs in sustainability. Can't say I blame him.
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(political, climate, religious or whatever) will result in your account being removed.
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0x01AA wrote: whatever
 
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Yep, whatever is the key
To be honest for me that means something like 'dont post anything' here in the Lounge
And no, I didn't make this up, it's a rule, see Lounge above
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0x01AA wrote: see Lounge above
It says trolling specifically. It does not say you cannot discuss the climate.
But yes, it's a topic that can become trollish very fast.
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Member 15329613 wrote: It says trolling specifically. It does not say you cannot discuss the climate.
exactly
Member 15329613 wrote: But yes, it's a topic that can become trollish very fast.
exactly too
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I confess, I have never looked at the posting rules, (rules aren't my strong suit!  ), but I'm surprised "climate" is off limits. Is it a contentious issue? Surely it's about as contentious as smoking!
My aim was to highlight the insight, vision and brilliance of Carl Sagan, rather than push any agenda. Why would I? I'll be long dead before droughts, fires and floods have devastated large parts of the planet. Not my problem! 
So if I, in any way, accidentally, suggested that the climate was in crisis and threatening our very existence, I apologise unreservedly.
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Sorry, these are not my rules
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5teveH wrote: I confess, I have never looked at the posting rules, (rules aren't my strong suit! ), but I'm surprised "climate" is off limits. Is it a contentious issue?
Yes, climate became contentious, thanks to fat_boy.
Cheers,
Vikram.
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