antidoh

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by antidoh 14y ago
No, I'd probably leave. Unless the cats were really interesting.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Just create a new account. Link them in your profiles if it really matters to you.
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by antidoh 14y ago
I wonder how long the fee would last if people did a chargeback/return every time they noticed the fee.
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by antidoh 14y ago
I am more aware of when it's acceptable to wave my hands and when it's not. I find myself looking at my writing more critically. HN has been a conspicuous influence in that.
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by antidoh 14y ago
There is a lot of literalism among technical people. It goes with the territory.
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by antidoh 14y ago
HN and all other web sites are there for whatever purposes their users wish to use it for, within the constraints of whatever actions are implemented on a site. This is one of the things that infuriates me about StackOverflow and its army o
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by antidoh 14y ago
The problem with their tabs is that they put different things on the same sized window. I like my overall Tbird to be almost full screened. But I like messages relatively narrow, because I (and people) generally read less efficiently if the
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by antidoh 14y ago
"If you wanted an article named An Introduction to Software Engineering to appear in the Software category, the location of the file would look like this: /articles/Software/intro_to_software_engineering.md" And if an article fits
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by antidoh 14y ago
"Sure, you don't get jailed in North America for being gay, but it can still get you beaten or killed in Jamaica or Egypt." You can be tortured to death in the US for being gay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
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by antidoh 14y ago
It must have been a Pascal book, but the first one I remember was K&R.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Sure, either one.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Never forget.
463.
by antidoh 14y ago
Batteries leak heavy metals and other chemicals, which then leach through the soil into the surrounding land, and into water supplies. Yum.
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by antidoh 14y ago
We have permanent collars, yet people still wear ties.
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by antidoh 14y ago
It should have happened with Thunderbird some time ago. Thunderbird is one of those programs where my heart would sink as soon as I learned there was a new update queued up. They always break something.
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by antidoh 14y ago
The best overall bookmarking experience I've ever had, in the browser or out. Perfect? Of course not. More than good enough? Yes. Try it.
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by antidoh 14y ago
I don't need synthesized recognition, I just need good, polite service.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Gum disease. Brush your teeth.
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by antidoh 14y ago
It sells ads.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Cheap desalination. Cheap harvesting of the sun's energy. They're probably related.
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by antidoh 14y ago
"Apple will recycle any PC/Mac/Phone/iPod at their store or by mail free of charge." Apple will accept and transfer any such unit. That doesn't mean the unit actually gets recycled when it goes out Apple's back door. The recycling contracto
472.
by antidoh 14y ago
Well good. Security updates and no updates blowing up in my face. All I want is what I see.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Write code, get paid, learn, teach the willing, move on when it's right. Learn? Of course. There's a huge difference in asking people here what to do in your situation, compared to living your situation with open eyes and mind. You'll be mu
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by antidoh 14y ago
You mean something whose features were oversold, and laid the groundwork for whatever it is that will ultimately be remembered?
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by antidoh 14y ago
Some departments do that. Unfortunately the tapes sometimes get lost. Go figure.
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by antidoh 14y ago
My understanding is that it can be dangerous for a company significantly affected by IP for its employees to read any patents. If that doesn't fly in the face ...
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by antidoh 14y ago
Patents are for inventions, but software patents are used to insulate whole products from competition.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Or, you can state your case, or proposition, or manifesto in the opening paragraph, like good writers have been doing for thousands of years.
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by antidoh 14y ago
Of course. It's merely the way they've discovered to prevent this particular instance of competition.
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by antidoh 14y ago
"its implementation and release cycle are managed by Ericsson" Fork?

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