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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   From the posted link: > "In cdist we only use a posix shell on the target plus common UNIX tools (like find, rm, grep), as defined by POSIX."
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Exactly! Facebook continues to develop in PHP because throwing out your existing system and replacing it with new code base (and a new language!) is almost always fraught with risks. That spreadsheet is not "science" even though it has numb
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Yes. Those teams have sharp people who can probably write good software using COBOL if they had to. Also see facebook and PHP. Just because Facebook uses PHP, it doesn't mean that PHP is a good language.
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   Javascript UI framework Qooxdoo 1.6 released with new features(news.qooxdoo.org)

   3 points by FraaJad 15y ago|0 comments
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Doesn't work work HTTPS links. (eg: markdown text on github project pages).
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Maintaining two code bases is difficult than maintaining one, isn't it?
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Gandi.net
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   PyPy is an alternate implementation and not a replacement for Python 3. PyPy does not have Py3 (yet) because they are trying to improve the Py2 branch to the fullest first with the available funding. PyPy project are taking donations to the
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   by FraaJad 15y ago

   Well, I can see that happening. Even within "Indian" groups, people tend to group themselves with people from same state/language. People from some states are known for almost hostile exclusion of people from other states, including neighbo
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Thanks for your reply. I'll look up the paper. I was away in class, so couldn't reply :p Actually, I'm in the Midwestern USA. I did talk to my professor about this today and asked him to show some his students' best MS works. That gave som
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    Ask HN: Best MS CompSci thesis work you have seen

    1 points by FraaJad 15y ago|3 comments
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Dey, chill! why are getting worked up about nothing? that too when the comment was not meant for you?
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    You mean Prasad.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Ah, yes. Technically that is a good reason. However, Factor has gotten a lot of new features in the recent years. For a relatively young language (7 years) the last 5 years are quite significant.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    I'm surprised that Factor was not featured. [1]: http://factorcode.org/ [2]: http://concatenative.org/wiki/view/Factor/Features/The%20lan...
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    Tim Berners-Lee on "Steve Jobs and the actually usable computer"(w3.org)

    10 points by FraaJad 15y ago|1 comments
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    It is called a Chit fund: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chit_fund It is so popular in South India that it is now a regulated financial industry. There are quasi-government bodies that operate chit funds.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    because "C" was invented by geeks and Ada was brought into existence by "The Man" and geeks are as dogmatic as the rest of humanity when it comes to changing their beliefs even when they proven to be wrong.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Thanks! The bit about Hard disk was helpful. I have the OS working.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    can you share the instructions for getting ForthOS on QEMU? I tried it using Q on MacOSX, and I don't see the last line of output. ie., the FORTH prompt.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    gtypist -- http://www.gnu.org/s/gtypist/
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Humans moved to India 40,000 years ago. If you don't mind, let me guess: You are from an Iyengar family. Your ancestors emigrated from Tamilnadu to Karnataka? Correct-aa? :)
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    factions based on Race in India? I think you are getting carried away with your hyperbole!
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    FreePascal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Pascal It even comes with a console IDE very much similar to Turbo Pascal. Not tried on a Mac though. However, there is the GUI IDE called Lazarus.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    I have the guruplug server (2 network interfaces) version. Yes. they do have fans.
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stay away from Guru plugs. I got three (I wanted one, boss ordered three, sigh!) of these to develop on a "ARM", when Tonido did not have enough in stock. These sound like a small turbine. It
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Sorry guys, but you have to work on the delivery a lot more. I spent not less than 15 minutes filling out all the information on your site and the site back with NOTHING. The quotation page kept spinning and spinning. My experience with reg
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    by FraaJad 15y ago

    Paging Vivek Wadhwa to write an article about Immigrants' children doing well in STEM. (6 out of 20 finalists are Indian-American) [1] [1] http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/finalists.html
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    SymmetricDS - async, bidirectional data sync for RDBMS(symmetricds.codehaus.org)

    2 points by FraaJad 15y ago|0 comments
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    Moonstack -- real-easy, high-performance Lua web framework(moonstalk.org)

    2 points by FraaJad 15y ago|0 comments