Pitarou

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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   Not always. I am obliged to use PHP at the moment.
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   This library looks like it will make my life a lot easier. Many thanks, Joeri!
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   You are shameless.
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   Hope I can make it! Many thanks for organising this. It's like a lifeline for me. :-) Peter
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   Etch A Sketch inventor Andre Cassagnes dies at 86(bbc.co.uk)

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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   I'm not sure what to make of "belief in astrology is likely not a valid indicator of scientific illiteracy"!
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   Thanks! I'm already finding this useful, because I'm learning php.
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   GMail kinda has it. If you look in GMail Labs, you'll see the option to delay sending an e-mail by 1 minute. That gives you 1 minute to change your mind. I wish more mail clients had this feature.
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   by Pitarou 14y ago

   HINTS First puzzle: You might think you have to do an exhaustive search of all possible seeds for the random number generator, but it turns out they've made it easy for you. The initial seed is at one extreme end of the possible ra
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    It could also be that the Secret Service swallowed the "copyright math" bullshit, and treating is as a case of significant economic impact.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Maybe it just shows that they gave advertising too much of a free hand? "It's better to ask forgiveness than permission." and all that.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    If they show that they take this screw-up seriously, then they could still come out looking pretty good.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    I would like to believe that the responsible adults have now stepped in to clean up the mess caused by some moron in sales being given too much of a free hand.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    If you think there is a rational case for suicide, fine, but I really wish you'd discuss it elsewhere. The purpose of my post was to nudge people who are affected by irrational thoughts of suicide out of that state of mind. Pro-suicid
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Yes, I have. They have a delightful public face, but their internal stuff is absolutely batshit crazy. The CoS's reputation as a manipulative, abusive, destructive, and deceitful organisation is well-deserved.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Write to them and tell them what you think! Here's what I said: ------------- Sir, The Church of Scientology has a well documented history of deceit, manipulation, and ruined lives. The best way to limit the harm they cause is by discredi
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    I don't see why you're saying "but". We can put the summary at the top and mark it with TL;DR.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    So why not save the reader some effort by putting the TL;DR at the top?
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Wouldn't it be even better if the TL;DR was at the beginning so you didn't have to cmd+F for it?
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    I've never seen a TL;DR that wouldn't serve the reader better if it were put at the beginning, rather than the end.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    TL;DR is a useful convention for busy readers, but it should be at the beginning , not the end. Look at the lede (the first sentence or two) of any article in any newspaper. It's marked in bold face, and summarizes the whole story. I
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    In the West, the vast majority of people who kill themselves do so as a direct result of depression. Their perceptions distorted, and their decision-making skills are impaired. If you find this "hard to comprehend", then perhaps you shoul
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Life is precious, even in prison. If Aaron had lived, and gone to prison, I'm sure he'd have made a difference there, just like he made a difference in the outside world.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    That really means a lot to me. I hope you'll be in a position to "pay it forward" some day. :-)
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    Quite so. But I don't think he killed himself because he feared prison. I think the fear of prison caused the depression, and the depression led him to kill himself. It may seem like I'm hair-splitting, but it's an important difference.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    > I do know life in general will always be difficult for me. Life is always difficult for everyone. The thing about depression isn't that it makes life easier or harder. (Lots of illnesses do that.) It's that it robs you of your pers
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    > is living half a life of misery worth living half an enjoyable life? Yes, it is. Like I said in the original post: I swear that life is worth more than you can possibly understand when you're depressed.
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    I'm really glad your meds worked for you. In my case, the meds did very little for me. Prozac did nothing. Seroxat made me worse. Venlafaxine moved the needle a little but not enough to make me functional. And I quite agree that there's
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    There are two kinds of addiction: physical and psychological. Pure physical addiction is easy to fix. You just reduce the dose slowly enough to keep the withdrawal symptoms manageable. Psychological addiction is much harder. Psychological
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    by Pitarou 14y ago

    You misunderstand. I didn't say that the troubles would pass. I said that the depression would pass, and that life would become worth living again.