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This is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Yes, when learning it it is useful to know that :wq can be decomposed in to :w and :q and combined in to :wq! and :w! and :q! But once you know that I think it's simpler to just type ZZ
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Tip: Instead of :wq you can just type ZZ
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17y ago
When you start, be sure to first go through the vimtutor (just type "vimtutor" in your shell). Then, if you have questions, come to #vim on freenode. There are lots of very, very experienced and knowledgeable people there that will be happ
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What didn't you like about Farber's book?
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According to Jacques Ellul (the favorite author of the Unabomber, and one that, ironically, almost led to his arrest) it is education that makes us vulnerable to propaganda. From the introduction to Ellul's book "Propaganda": A related
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Are you white supremacists or christian fanatics? I've heard that, in the US, they are the most likely to homeschool their children. Do you think that's true?
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A fantastic book about learning languages: How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own by Barry Farber - http://www.amazon.com/How-Learn-Any-Language-Inexpensively/d... which is available as a PDF
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I, for one, welcome the demise of the shit media like the big papers, which have already reduced their value to toilet paper. Hopefully, the cable "news" stations will follow their lead to extinction. Alternative media are far, far better.
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Some other great vim resources: Vim tips wiki: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The best collection of vim scripts: http://www.vim.org #vim on freenode
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This article has just been slashdotted: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/01/0211232/A-Short-...
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Or linux?
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One liners like this is why Perl has a reputation of being like line noise. I'm a big fan of Perl, but if any of my employees wrote this kind of write-only code, I'd fire them.
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That's not the meaning of the word "natural" in the context of nutrition, from my understanding. Perhaps the word you're looking for is "traditional". Semantics aside, I'll gladly grant you that lard is a food that has been eaten in the pa
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I think there are health department regulations that may require that. But it could be just that they were being bastards.
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It's definitely more economical to buy lots of food in bulk. It also helps to have lots of refrigerator and other food storage space. Unfortunately, buying in bulk isn't going to be an option for many single people with lower incomes and n
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So what that it's "natural"? All sorts of things that can harm or even kill you are "natural". - Cyanide is "natural". - Hemlock is "natural". - Mercury is "natural". - Cobra venom is "natural". But none of these are things I'
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How "fit" or "obese" were the people, and how "elevated" was the blood pressure and cholesterol? If the study showed that incredibly "fit" people who smoked occasionally and had a sightly elevated blood pressure and/or cholesterol had
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There's very little discussion of the privacy risks associated not only with cloud computing but with online services of any kind. Most people seem only too happy to give these corporations information about their interests, their friends,
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The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing
(lifehacker.com)
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Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!
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Bernhard is my favorite author. I would recommend "Yes" and "Extinction".
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Charlie Rose is such a drooling moron. It's no wonder he's a popular talkshow host, as he must make the idiots that watch him feel they're not so stupid after all.
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"I think I get why people don't like the GPL -- it forces them to do something, whereas other licenses don't. If you use GPL'd code, your code has to be GPL, there is no option." Unfortunately, that's not true. From http://www.groklaw.ne
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Pot is already effectively (though not officially) legal in Holland. Just look to how Dutch coffeshops have gone about branding and marketing their products. Also, you might want to open any issue of High Times. They advertise a million h
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The meaning of "organic" is getting watered down: http://www.manyhands.com/articles/story.cfm?id_no=6010024200... For example, "products labeled 'Made With Organic Ingredients', which contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients, but c
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The question came up on a huge screen, and was asked of him personally in front of a large audience. He would have been seen as a complete miser if he'd refused. Now, if he'd been asked this in private, with no consequences for refusal and
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Just use bzr instead.
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Use bazaar.
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A counterargument: http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Does-Not-Lie-Defense/dp/1594...
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