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Comment · 6 years ago
Headline is misleading as USCIS is suspending in-person visa operations. Renewals and transfers of US visas are often conducted via courier and post.

From https://uscis.gov

> As of March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended routine in-person services until at least April 1 to help slow the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). USCIS staff will continue to perform duties that do not involve contact with the public. However, USCIS will provide emergency services for limited situations. To schedule an emergency appointment contact the USCIS Contact Center.

Comment · 10 years ago
> The length of the beard is proportional to ops experience.

I know you're trying to be funny, but this statement excludes all people who can't grow long beards from being considered "ops".

Comment · 14 years ago
I hope apps don't kill websites for the same reason I'm glad people don't build flash microsites anymore.

The number one reason I prefer the web is that it's extensible! If there's a web app I don't like, I can write a userscript to modify it to my needs. The web has a standard API (HTML/JS/CSS) and a means for extension so I'm free to make the web suit me. This freedom is something that I miss when I'm using a mobile device and I hope it never goes away.

Comment · 15 years ago
Great idea!

I see:

  Could not generate a preview, please check the URL is valid and   does not redirect then try again.
It seems like the service is down, so the error message is probably incorrect. That being said, you should follow redirects, this is a no-brainer. You can make HEAD requests to save bandwidth. Also, this one is minor, the enter key should submit the form.
Comment · 15 years ago
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Comment · 15 years ago
Kinda "useless" without links to the patches.
Comment · 15 years ago
It's rather strange to see a QWERTY layout when using dvorak. That said, if you showed a dvorak layout to a QWERTY user, you'd have a powerful demonstration of how much less finger travel there is and it convince them to switch.
Comment · 15 years ago
104wpm and then 96wpm

This is considerably higher than I usually score (which is why I took it twice), especially considering I was on a laptop keyboard. This leads me to question the accuracy of this test.

Comment · 15 years ago
There's also the reader extension http://labs.postrank.com/gr You can set the treshold, and it will dim out the items that are below it. It greatly increases your ability to "fly through" items, without worrying too much about what you're missing.
Comment · 15 years ago
As far as topics are concerned, I'd really like to see a vim plugin created from start to finish. The tutorials and docs that exist leave a lot to be desired, and this seems like a nice venue to demonstrate (and explain!) the capabilities of the vim plugin system.
Comment · 15 years ago
You should integrate more sites (assuming that's how this works). A query that I expect to work is "Simeon's Dilemma", which currently returns no results.
Comment · 15 years ago
What a great project.

FYI: the sliders don't show up in FF5, you should maybe add some browser compatability messaging.

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