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Born in the continental USA but not in any state. (This is your geography quiz!)

Say No to Photo ID

Posted on October 2, 2008 by admin

If you present your credit card and the merchant won’t accept it unless you produce photo identification, that merchant is breaking Mastercard and Visa rules. You should report such merchants to your card issuer: MasterCard This form (MasterCard site) (NOTE: … Continue reading →

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Emacs soft word wrapping

Posted on October 2, 2008 by admin

If you’re frustrated with Emacs’ default behavior of displaying \ characters when wrapping long lines, try this: M-x longlines-mode M-x longlines-show-hard-newlines This only changes the way your file is displayed — it does not insert or remove anything from the … Continue reading →

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