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by Jolter 2y ago
Why would they not pay dividends?
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by Jolter 2y ago
Could be other things, too. Unsecured luggage, other loose objects falling on passengers. Injuries can happen to a belted passenger as well.
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by Jolter 2y ago
The Apple II was the more dominant 8-bit micro in the US. My impression is that most owners got a disk drive. Probably because the Apple II’s disk drive was a marvel of engineering, being both cheap and fast. Meanwhile, the C64 had a drive
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by Jolter 3y ago
Maybe you’re just experiencing the trough of disillusionment, from the Gartner curve? I think it’s fair to call document databases a mature technology now, rather than “dead”.
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by Jolter 3y ago
I have an idea: if you induced those brain waves, you would technically be asleep. So you would not actually be magically given more awake time.
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by Jolter 3y ago
Does it require self-hosting a service?
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by Jolter 3y ago
Anything with rolling wheels will have some tendency to continue straight once the wheels are spinning, but they don't help to stabilize in corners. On small wheels, the effect is very small in any case, especially since the scooter an
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by Jolter 3y ago
Yes, I was being a bit facetious with the remark about spelling rules. I was guessing if I stated "English has an unusually defective orthography", people would not get what I meant. But since you work in education, you probably d
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by Jolter 3y ago
(Well, correction to the above hyperbole: It has rules of spelling but a broken orthography so "spelling cannot be systematically derived from pronunciation, but it also has the more unusual problem that pronunciation cannot be systema
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by Jolter 3y ago
Well, that was the most annoying commercial break ever.
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by Jolter 3y ago
You’re right, anyone would have an easier time learning a language with actual spelling rules, not just those with reading difficulties. Nonetheless, phonics-based learning is better for any language.
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by Jolter 3y ago
I have a feeling you’re talking about spelling here, not about reading? IME, phonics (sounding out the letters as you read them) is equally valuable as a learning tool for beginners in a language with regular spelling as in English (which h
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by Jolter 3y ago
Phonics is a method that works fairly decently for dyslectic kids. The other method (whole-word reading) works really, really, REALLY poorly for dyslectics because it relies on recognizing the shape of words. A skill dyslectics are fundamen
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by Jolter 3y ago
Phonics is for teaching them to read. Spelling English words is not helped, I think. It’s the single most difficult to spell language because it has no rules of spelling.
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by Jolter 3y ago
You’re right, but that’s a whole different bill, I’m afraid. Don’t let the perfect stand in the way of the better.
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by Jolter 3y ago
I don’t know about 100 years ago but 50 years ago, they were taught using phonics. That’s the ridiculous part of this whole ordeal; this was already a solved problem before some idiots came to the conclusion that phonics was not good, and a
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by Jolter 3y ago
I managed to get both “Teapot” and “Tea Pot” at the same time.
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by Jolter 3y ago
The text explains “what”, but not “why”. Who needs a Configuration Profile?
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by Jolter 3y ago
That’s certainly a bunch of words. I think they could have made their point in an article half as long.
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by Jolter 3y ago
Lessons may be given, but are not necessarily learned.
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by Jolter 3y ago
If you’re using basic HTML, I’d argue that you’re not getting full value out of Gmail. Better to run Thunderbird locally in that case.
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by Jolter 3y ago
Mail.app doesn’t really work for me. The search function is crap, and it’s the main strength of Gmail. Apart from search, it work OK, I guess. That said, I run an 8GB MacBook Air and have never experienced any problem with gmail in Safari.
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by Jolter 3y ago
Meanwhile, Swedish nuclear plants seem to average at least one emergency stoppage per annum recently. If only it was 200 years between those!
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by Jolter 3y ago
Luckily, solar panels will still produce electricity on cloudy days!
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by Jolter 3y ago
I don’t think solar is as bad as you think it is during winter. During a stationary high pressure, you’ll have clear skies. Solar cells are more efficient when cold, and in fact in warmer countries the heat of midday can make them so ineffi
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by Jolter 3y ago
This is true. The CRT itself holds a small charge but at a huge voltage. So the current through you would be quite high but extremely short, and will not have time to do much damage. Now, if you open up an old TV, what you REALLY need to wa
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by Jolter 3y ago
Worked for 15 years at a large telecom. The only company swag I have, I won in a lottery, or stole.
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by Jolter 3y ago
Having the leap day after new years’ day made a lot more sense, too.
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by Jolter 3y ago
I think the terms would apply if you could put in orders through the app. I’m assuming you can (I don’t go to McDonald’s). So, if you order a gluten free burger using the app, and a software bug messes up you order? You pick it up at the co
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by Jolter 3y ago
Thanks for the quick reply. It’s funny, I can’t reproduce it now. Works fine! The problem was on the front page. I wanted a closer look at the illustration under “Realistic Color Palette”.

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