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901.
by baldfat 9y ago
After listening I have less hope this ever gets fixed.
902.
by baldfat 9y ago
Why Lisp machine? (To solve this problem which is no longer a problem today. Therefore it would be a solution looking for a problem) "Why Lisp Machines? The standard platform for Lisp before Lisp machines was a timeshared PDP-10, but
903.
by baldfat 9y ago
That is why they bought TaskRabbit is my guess. With TaskRabbit the whole service should be streamlined to just Ikea and the installer?
904.
by baldfat 9y ago
Thanks. Good talk. He does say my favorite thing about Python. Python is the second best language for anything. I use R for stats now because that is mostly what I use for work and I use Racket because I can punch out a bug free easy to com
905.
by baldfat 9y ago
Haven't peeked at using python since making portable executable programs was just so frustrating. How is Python now compared to a few years ago?
906.
by baldfat 9y ago
How is that less safe then playing the car's stereo? I have one in my ear at a reasonable volume when driving with others so they don't have to listen to my Geeky podcast or music.
907.
by baldfat 9y ago
My bluetooth is pretty flawless with my $18 in ear bluetooth Gonovate G10. Best $18 I ever spent on a device that lets me get away with listening to podcast and people don't notice. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MAW
908.
by baldfat 9y ago
I got a ton of games I can play on Linux. Personally a HUGE win. Just there is not a lot of Linux Desktop users though it appears we are around 3% now.
909.
by baldfat 9y ago
Steam Box - http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines
910.
by baldfat 9y ago
Every 24 hours reboot. Fixes that for me. Feels like an old Windows Server.
911.
by baldfat 9y ago
Years to late. They could have been a real contender if they came out 3 years earlier.
912.
by baldfat 9y ago
Technically no way of verifying your identity so "Good Enough" wins the day.
913.
by baldfat 9y ago
Definition of Hacker: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker 1 :one that hacks 2 :a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity a tennis hacker 3 :an expert at programming and
914.
by baldfat 9y ago
Care to explain how this is different then Resilio https://www.resilio.com/ I use this with encryption for my data folders on my projects.
915.
by baldfat 9y ago
Resilio aka Bittorrent Sync is for that purpose. https://www.resilio.com/
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by baldfat 9y ago
This seems like my setup but I use Resilio (Bittorrent Sync) with encryption. I don't need version control for my data but you get archives if you want one.
917.
by baldfat 9y ago
> its innovation in the type system and syntax gives it a unique edge in developing Domain-Specific Libraries (DSL). I think Racket still has the edge for producing DSL?
918.
by baldfat 9y ago
Just like don't call people using computers for illegal activity a Hacker. To bad that one was decided a long time ago.
919.
by baldfat 9y ago
To use a credit card you need not just the name but also the credit card number and possibly the csv and your zip code.
920.
by baldfat 9y ago
I love PocketCast on my Android Phone. Here is their web player - https://play.pocketcasts.com/ They have download option on all the feeds.
921.
by baldfat 9y ago
Quibble all ebooks were produced by programs in a computer? Your looking at it as if the output is the programming piece. Heck markdown outputs to HTML. You wouldn't look at markdown as a programming language in the general sense? Look
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by baldfat 9y ago
Those companies need to hire programmers and use a programming language like R.
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by baldfat 9y ago
> I don't think there's any replacement for Excel That would be great. People over use Excel to no end and it causes problems. They need to use programming. Get people with R or Python and Pandas, or some other statistical prog
924.
by baldfat 9y ago
You mean the monopoly is due to Office and DirectX? There are plenty of alternatives still. I only use Outlook due to work but I could also get around that through several ways. Maybe we just have a different definition of monopoly? Definit
925.
by baldfat 9y ago
> Microsoft has a monopoly How so anymore? There are clear paths to NOT use anything Microsoft if you want to. Microsoft even now has Linux offerings its a new era.
926.
by baldfat 9y ago
AS a cancer dad about 5 years ago the American Cancer Society (The largest cancer fund in America) got a lot of heat from parents who's children had cancer. The ACS would have pictures of Children for their donations champagne and less
927.
by baldfat 9y ago
Checked on their Freenode channel. They are looking at not total replacement but will replace certain features.
928.
by baldfat 9y ago
Deploying a racket program is super easy and reliable. Nothing I can say about Python and distributing a program.
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by baldfat 9y ago
> I think the long term plan is for Pipewire to replace PulseAudio No that's not it at all. It's a framework that will use Pulseaudio OR Jack. Jack is only for low latency needs AKA Professional audio production. "Pipewir
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by baldfat 9y ago
No idea why you were down voted. JACK is certainly a VERY hard thing to get working. Why were you trying to use JACK? http://jackaudio.org/faq/pulseaudio_and_jack.html

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