JohnL4

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by JohnL4 8y ago
This is awesome. My first thought was "church" and that's the top comment at the moment. "Yeah but atheist" was expected and my first thought was U-U, and, bam, there it is. My work is done here. Time for another Ma
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by JohnL4 8y ago
The database is fast enough for a few extra trips to it, so this is definitely what we should be focusing on. (My cup of bitterness doth overflow.)
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by JohnL4 8y ago
WRITING BY HAND. A font to help you remember your study notes.
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by JohnL4 8y ago
$_&-++()/+&_$@%% ":;!!?)(-_# or die
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by JohnL4 8y ago
It occurs to me that the emacs-averse can still use emacs as a backend (emacsclient/(server-start)) so they can edit org-mode text in their favorite editor and then process it with emacs magic. Also, I bet this trick would work (maybe)
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by JohnL4 8y ago
Maybe because people over-rely on a fine-grained breakdown? When I try that, I miss big stuff. Kind fits in with that Fibonacci estimation from Agile, eh?
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by JohnL4 8y ago
The eternal conversation, apparently. I agree with making fine-grained plans as a way to uncover issues. Just remember, no plan survives contact with the enemy. On the other hand, fortune favors the prepared. (I actually think those are
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by JohnL4 8y ago
Is the Open Invention Network still a thing? MS still hasn't joined, and is still using patents as a weapon, apparently. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3042699/open-source-tools/...
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by JohnL4 9y ago
Clots blood and eats rubber, but ok.
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by JohnL4 9y ago
We want humans to change their behavior because their behavior is releasing a lot of CO2 into the atmosphere. If microbes proceeed to do it unconditionally, how is that better? Shall we then get them to change THEIR behavior?
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by JohnL4 9y ago
Also, a book published in 1972, _Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters_. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2368220.Mutant_59
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by JohnL4 9y ago
I think Planet Money did an episode on this a few years ago. Good stuff, and maybe easier than reading a paper. :) https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/03/07/591213302/epis...
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by JohnL4 9y ago
ABX-resistant superbugs really has nothing to do with diet. (Meant to reply to this a couple of days ago, but Yarn on my tablet seems unable.)
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by JohnL4 9y ago
Somebody once ran into Vladimir Putin at some diplomatic cocktail party when he was just a mid-level KGB guy, and they asked him what he did. Answer: "I mingle."
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by JohnL4 10y ago
There are more homeless people than beds in shelters, for one.
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by JohnL4 10y ago
Disagree. Argument is every vendor is racing to the bottom and vendors are getting squeezed out. Fine. Race-to-bottom didn't seem to hurt the PC industry. Plus, cheap Android phones in the developing world. (Agree that it's clickb
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by JohnL4 10y ago
So, then, best non-JVM alternate language for backend servers? Go? D? Haskell? Node (please, no)?
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by JohnL4 10y ago
Microsoft could've built that bridge 10+ years ago and chose not to. I don't expect them to change their minds now.