Zpirate

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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   With federal debt at 66 year high, there's a problem Politicians, regardless of label, seem to kick the can down the road. They spend their money on their friends ("necessary infrastructure", "critical defense spending", "defending social s
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Ariana pulled a Steve Case on 'em! In related news, AOL down 3.2% in late trading. Market says "bad move".
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   See if you can install a Linux distro.
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Purchasing power parity in local currency?
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Maybe interfacing to javascript libraries has replaced actual new javascript development and people search for, for instance, "jquery" instead of javascript.
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Three things struck me: 1) The persistence of C. Looks like it will remain "the glue" between the machine and "higher level" operations for the next decade and beyond. It's strong niche in the "must be fast as possible and still portable"
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   It would be unwise to submit to vendor lock-in.
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Wow. There wasn't a baby boom, it was more of an earlier depression/war bust.
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   by Zpirate 16y ago

   Properly using vi , especially the macros feature, will save you from carpal tunnel syndrome. Typing "set -o vi" first thing in bash will save your sanity.