SeanDav

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There is a lot to like about Node. I had a look a couple of years ago but lack of a definitive library to handle callback hell put me off. How is the situation these days?
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> "... especially when a lot of them resist attempts to modernise or even update the system." I am one of those holdouts, however I would have upgraded a long time ago if Windows 10 had allowed me control over upgrades/u
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> "There is nothing better on the market today for the spec you get." Aside from the small detail of the monitor getting blown away by a router nearby - a router nearby is not exactly an uncommon occurrence in a computing env
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> "- solving some of the issues would exacerbate backwards compatibility." That boat sailed a long time ago with the introduction of Python 3. (Ok, Ok my comment is slightly tongue-in-cheek. I agree that backwards compatibili
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We can use similar logic to "prove" that in fact we are just living in a computer simulation. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-... http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/st
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It can be much better to write down notes, rather than typing. The reason, is that writing is slow and therefore forces one to analyse and summarize at origin, rather than just blasting it out, almost verbatim by typing.
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There is a lot of discussion in generalities in this article and precious few hard facts. I would love to see a less chemical approach to farming but articles like this are not going to convince very many people that organic is a viable met
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This is going to sound terribly judgemental, but have you considered that the problem might lie with you? It sounds like you are doing exactly the right thing in terms of meeting new people but the fact that your results are very poor, seem
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i. let x = [ 1, 2, 3].map(i => i * 10) ii. x = list(map((lambda i: i * 10), [ 1, 2, 3 ])) iii. x = [i * 10 for i in [1, 2, 3]] All these methods are really just multiple sides of the same coin. All I see is different
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There is a big difference between evolution and selective breeding by humans.
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> "The toxicity to humans, though, that’s a mystery. “There really isn’t an evolutionary answer to its being toxic, other than to just say it’s a biological mistake because it certainly doesn’t gain anything by being toxic to human
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Nearly 400 tabs open across several browser windows. Firefox with Tabmix plus and noscript addons. Performance and memory use is very comfortable with very few browser crashes. I use Chrome for websites that use huge amounts of JavaScript l
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> "You may ask: why would a sane person want a hundred open tabs, how would you even manage that? " I currently have nearly 400 tabs open, across 7 browser windows (Firefox). The main reason for this is context switching. I h
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We are not many years away from facial recognition cameras tracking everyone in public spaces in real time with updates to a centralized database system. Anyone hiding their face, or not being recognized by the system would be flagged for i
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No doubt there are areas where Xamarin will excel.
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If ads did not track me, did not suddenly blast loud sounds at me, did not flash portions of the screen at me, did not open new windows or tabs, did not try hijack my machine or install malware and generally behaved like good net citizens,
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I wonder if the theory "Nash equilibrium" was influenced by him, or even possibly vice-versa.
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> "When processing requests to establish and change memorized secrets, verifiers SHALL compare the prospective secrets against a list of known commonly-used, expected, and/or compromised values." This has to be applied t
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> "Yeah, God knows that I only learn tools that I can use at any time, anywhere, on any hypothetical machine. Not the machines I actually own, but ANY MACHINE EVER." This is a straw man argument. I already use perfectly good
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Great idea! A few points for improvement: - only change station if map is clicked on - show station details on mouse hover
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From the github docs: > " Due to Kakoune relying heavily on being in a Unix-like environment, no native Windows version is planned." Deal breaker right there. If I am going to go to the effort of learning a new editor, it bet
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How does the Whiteboard work on this and is it effective?
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Oops messed up my qualitative and quantitative. All references should have been "quantitative". This is what happens before the first coffee!
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The danger of developing a qualitative metric for work/job performance, is you now have a recipe to game the system for anyone that is so inclined. Of course, if this metric is used as an indicator for promotion and raises, nearly ever
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ok let's do that, using the first graph for Overall Python Downloads: 2.7: 10 million (M) 2.6: 0.5 M --- 3.5: 1 M 3.4: 0.750 M 3.3: 0.05 M 3.2 and 3.1 too low to make a difference. ------- So totals: Python 2.x: 10.5 M Python 3.x: 1.8
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There are numerous metrics out there showing that Python 2.7 is far more ubiquitous than 3.x Here is one recent one: http://www.randalolson.com/2016/09/03/python-2-7-still-reign... If you have counter statist
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> "Please, do not put obsolete software on life support." The vast majority of current development out there is in python 2.x. A small minority use Python 3.x. How on earth does this make Python 2.x obsolete? This is like say
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I was taught chess at age 6 by a national level player. While I have no doubt he never had to try hard to beat me, he never let me win. I was a far better player as a result. While I never won, I was never discouraged, because he would alwa
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Almost everyone who achieves far beyond the average is "flawed" in some way, or in quite a few ways. Another example: Steve Jobs was an amazing man who achieved far beyond most mortals, but he was also a deeply flawed man.
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Evolution has to work, or else there would be no bacteria left in the world.

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