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by barbs 10y ago
The idea that Coca-Cola created the current version of Santa Claus is an urban myth. Popularised? Maybe. Created? No. http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp
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> 0. Do not pursue certifications at all. Why not?
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This guy installed QBasic through DOSBOX and used it to successfully get his son into programming: http://www.nicolasbize.com/blog/30-years-later-qbasic-is-sti... Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombin
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by barbs 10y ago
> Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by barbs 10y ago
I basically try and update the game whenever a new stable version is released. I don't typically monitor the website myself though - usually someone will email me asking when I'll update it, and even then I'll need to find ti
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by barbs 10y ago
Doh! Was wondering what the /s meant ><
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That's cos it's the ASCII version :).
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I'm the maintainer of that port, glad you like it :)
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Yeah, I think this article has got me more excited for USB-C than the new MacBook Pro
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That's interesting, I'm the opposite - I listen to loads of music but don't play much. I would've thought one would lead to the other, but I guess not.
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You say: > DJing is absolutely useless if you don't produce/compose But then give no reason for this to be the case. You imply that DJing takes less skill than composing/producing/performing, and that may be true, b
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by barbs 10y ago
> This is nonsense obviously, but it's a way of pointing out that the claim that the Python 3 VM can't be made to run Python 2 code is also nonsense. > This is very, very obvious. Um...what? That in itself is nonsense. The r
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Exactly. If he seriously cared about freedom he'd be using an open-source operating system.
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Wow. And that's an Australian company, based in Sydney no less, not far from where I live... how embarassing.
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If you haven't read this already, you might enjoy this article: A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack: http://blog.moertel.com/posts/2013-12-14-great-old-timey-gam...
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The link he gives in the article, Easy 6502, is a great way to learn 6502. I do recommend it. https://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/
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That sounds interesting. Are the recorded videos up anywhere?
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If you're looking for vi, but for binary, bvi does the job. http://bvi.sourceforge.net/
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by barbs 10y ago
I'm in an eerily similar situation. Been doing software development for about 5 years (though at different places, doing primarily Android development), am just over 6 weeks at a new job and I'm beginning to feel that software dev
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From the post: > But you might be surprised to know that most of the development of elementary OS itself is done from within Scratch.
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There's a neat 6-part series following one of the classes. Here's part 1 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi5LgsYCgKs
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That's exactly what I meant.
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Is it just me or is the "Install Now" button broken? I'm on a Mac but I would've assumed I could download the .exe file.
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> It seems that for any operating system to be successful, it has to carry around POSIX compatibility like an extremely expensive entry pass. Curious - what are your main objections with POSIX? Is there another system you prefer?
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> if it works for you and your coding style, awesome. But don't force it down my throat or act like it's the One True Path to clean code. This applies to so many things in Software Development - text-editors, variable names
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You're right. Blog and roadmap haven't been editted since 2014.
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I find it quite annoying every time I need to check the installed version of java and `java --version` doesn't work (I need to type `java -version`).
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by barbs 10y ago
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. My friend works at a Samsung store and had people trying to return their Galaxy S4s.
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I was thinking about getting something just like this about an hour ago. Thank you!
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Funny you should mention DFW. When I read the "Give It Up" story it reminded me of one of the films in his book Infinite Jest called "Wave Bye-Bye To The Beaurocrat", where a man hurries to the train late for work and kn

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