FatalBaboon

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by FatalBaboon 12y ago
The point is that other languages added little to what Lisp already had to offer over half a century ago. Every language has its use, but really we ARE wasting time by splitting the worldwide community of programmers in different languages.
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by FatalBaboon 12y ago
The answer lies at the end of the page: > premiumpool is our commercially supported pool. Restrictions and requirements for operating a consensus node are more stringent and claims made by ledgers are audited. For more information, pleas
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by FatalBaboon 12y ago
i simply bound flush-lines for that
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I opened the page with Firefox and my (reasonably powerful) laptop started overheating instantly. Opening the page via eww in EMACS made it readable since it doesn't load videos if I don't ask it to.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
They probably tried to make a common point: do not give the solution. For a given specific issue, the most you should give is pointers. For the function that solves your problem saves the day but knowing how to find any when needed solves a
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Emacs is one of those things everybody knows is good, but few take the time to learn. Over the years I've learnt quite a few languages, and what strikes me is that they're all so very alike. You find the same features with slight
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I'd like to tie this to languages and their age. I feel like young languages have a tendency to advocate only one of those, and as they mature they engulf most or all of them. C# used to be all about OO, then it got FP (lambdas), and d
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I'm very suspicious when MySQL finds its way into an open-source package, due to its ties to Oracle. Why not Postgresql?
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I think it's hard to measure productivity differences, especially in terms of 'x' (times), but it's definitely not constant. However when it comes to whether they exist or not, here's an anecdote: I was working for
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
That sounds awkwardly a bit like the 1950s witch hunt and McCarthyism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Red_Scare )
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Homeschooling is not a solution massively applicable, you cannot rest on the assumption that every parent is good teacher or can give reasonable access to the learning material required. The diversity of people kids meet and clashes of opin
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I'm running Puma on my RaspberryPi for a pet Rails app and it's incredibly fast. Would recommend.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Comparing this with my French life is astonishing. I can go in and out of hospitals/any doctor for almost free, ambulance ride included if necessary. For ~30€ monthly above the basic care (paid by employers). I don't recall ever w
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
What I meant is you don't turn an exception into a generally applicable rule, but rules can infer exceptions.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Exceptions don't make rules, it's the other way around
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I'm not an expert, but simply removing the sidebar dramatically improves readability. Other than that, it looks very feature rich for a 'simple' spatial database extender.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Totally agree, it's sad to see how companies tend to want to grow (alienating employees in the process), never let go of any client (giving them features beyond scope) and top executives wanting always bigger salaries (what do you real
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Users who may be alienated from this new version will probably not ever hear of it. It's kind of a beta, you can play with it but it's not ready, I mean what did you expect so fast? I think it shows the Opera team is motivated an
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
There's a balance to maintain, if you don't think outside the rules and best practices every once in a while then you limit your creativity to content.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
The fault is shared between both parties: employers demand degrees because it's so much easier to recruit that way, and youngsters don't fight and just go to college. In my opinion we need way (WAY) more smart dropouts, people who
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
I've been seriously introverted all my life. So much, in fact, I had to leave school and self teach. I love it as a slightly crippling yet awesome feature, even though I've been told it's a flaw (I don't agree). There ar
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
"Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity." — David Gelernter Elegance is not all narcicism, hacking up with none
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
>> I wonder if sometimes all those books actually help you develop an efficient coding practice or are they just some sort of distraction towards your creativity. That. I'd even go a bit further and say they actually hinder your
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Moving around the world is something that has always been ridiculously expensive, and the price comparators hardly help, they just add noise. So yeah, it is about price, and if that problem is ever solved THEN people will discuss speed and
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Let us not forget that linux runs on other kinds of hardware. My Raspberry Pi runs Linux, wanna try OSX on it?
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Ensure's goal is as supplement, or to fight food-related diseases (diabetes etc). Solyent's goal is to provide every day healthy food replacement for regular people.
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
In a time when the freedom on internet is top news and highly controversial, he who sells freedom is in a lucrative business. If Sony does maintains significant advantage on the freedom of its users, they will crush Microsoft. It's not
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
It's indeed funny how some managers apply Agile methods religiously, conveniently disregarding the fact that everything else went haywire years ago. Is that snake oil or what?
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Wow, just wow. I am working there at the moment, and it's even worse than you may think. I've been there as a consultant for almost 2 months now, and I still don't have my computer. As a developer. I've been told it's normal, and nobody see
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by FatalBaboon 13y ago
Ah, when the firmly closed ecosystem turns against its master. That or Apple sucks at programming, I never quite know.

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