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by branchly2 9y ago
Have been using Xfce since the the Gnome 3 initial introduction. I only want: * the main apps menu * the widget to lock screen, log out, shutdown. * tabs along the top (or bottom) showing open windows * the widget with the workspace switche
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by branchly2 9y ago
There's actually a third dip: Comcast can tell the customer that for an extra fee they can get faster Netflix. That is, even though the customer is already paying for internet access, Comcast can throttle Netflix traffic (even making i
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by branchly2 9y ago
Forums work better. Using IRC/Slack in place of forums is like using a wiki in place of real documentation.
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by branchly2 9y ago
The problem is though, that some people like to be the local expert on IRC/Slack with all the answers. They don't want to document it elsewhere.
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by branchly2 9y ago
Seems like they used to at least tip their hat (no pun intended) to free software, GNU, etc. --- the whole free software ecosystem on which much of their distribution is based. Though maybe I'm remembering it wrong. Now I can't fi
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by branchly2 10y ago
> The super advantage of Lisp (including Scheme): Its format for defining data is the same as for writing code, making macros a natural part of the syntax: You can change your source code just like you’d change any other list (or rather
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by branchly2 10y ago
Thank you. Though I really like having Clojure's: * literal syntax for maps, vectors, sets, and regexes * keywords * clear separation of functional constructs (`for`, `map`, etc.) vs side-effecting ones (`do`, `doall`, `when`). * large
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by branchly2 10y ago
Don't need all those Java libraries if you've got good FFI with C libraries. Don't need AOT compilation; if you want performance, just stick with regular Clojure on the JVM. I'd love to just see a small general-purpose i
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by branchly2 10y ago
> However, most people have dismissed it because they think Perl 5 is dead and anything using Perl should be replaced with Python or Ruby or Go or Rust or some other language. I didn't dismiss it for that reason. I wanted to like Pe
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by branchly2 10y ago
> I want to get on with my tasks. An operating system linked to s fixed set of hardware provides me exactly this. I get the same thing from [ThinkPenguin]( https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ ), though the OS isn't linked t
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by branchly2 10y ago
Alas, this ambitious project appears to be not currently under active development. My largely uninformed armchair opinion as to why, is that the author is very performance-driven, and in the end it's very difficult to beat the JVM perf
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by branchly2 10y ago
Sure. Alas, I don't know a flex from a bison, so I won't be implementing it any time soon. Seems like language implementors are like carpenters: once you're a skilled pro, you're not interested in making a plain simple b
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by branchly2 10y ago
I'm an old curmudgeonly programmer (more hobby than pro), have kids in middle and high school, and have some meager amount of teaching experience. Here's my take: your students (especially in middle and high school) are generally
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by branchly2 10y ago
Every time I see a project pop up touted as being simple and a good "teaching language", it has some weirdness or pet features thrown in that turns enough people off to keep adoption low. If you want a good teaching language which
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by branchly2 10y ago
The Pandoc site appears to provide binary downloads for the major platforms. Myself, I just always do `apt install pandoc`. Pandoc is written in Haskell, but when built it's just a regular binary.
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by branchly2 10y ago
I think it's because the language appears to be very complex. So much syntax, context, and novel terminology. It appears that Perl 6 lets you be very clever and can save you some keystrokes. But I don't want to be clever, and am w
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by branchly2 10y ago
This looks excellent, and I'm going to curl up with it and a cup of tea tonight to read it more carefully. Thanks! Would love to see the author do one for the GPL. I realize the result would be quite a bit longer.
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by branchly2 10y ago
I get all my systems from [ThinkPenguin]( https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ ), and have been very happy with them. Those folks are dedicated to free software.
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by branchly2 10y ago
Could work, though I think it would add operational complexity ("hey, I paid to swap in good batteries, but these barely held a charge!"). I wonder if it's possible to have a battery go into a low-current mode when it gets do
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by branchly2 10y ago
> Having to rely on others to ensure you can get around causes a lot of anxiety. I suppose. But as it stands I'm already relying on gas stations. > Also, it's probably a lot easier to get consumers to add chargers to their h
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by branchly2 10y ago
Yes, the US. My point is, you can either increase range by having better batteries, or you can do so by charging up while at your destination (ex., in your parking lot at work). It gets even better if you're running errands and you&#x2
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by branchly2 10y ago
Pandoc is damn good, but that's not my primary reason for using Markdown. I choose markdown primarily because it's readable.
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by branchly2 10y ago
Where weight and energy density is not a concern, you'd just use regular old-fashioned lead-acid. Lots of charge cycles, easily recycled, simple, no overheating, existing infrastructure.
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by branchly2 10y ago
The answer here isn't batteries with more capacity. The answer is: * more areas to lock your bike/scooter/moped (electric or otherwise) * coin-/card-operated charging stations (as in, "plug in while you shop")
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by branchly2 10y ago
I wouldn't say amusing, though it is interesting, and taking note of Go and Dart, it may reflect what role Google thinks Python plays.
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by branchly2 10y ago
The word "freedom" doesn't work because it can also imply "do whatever you want". I've heard "free as in libre", but that word may not be clear enough. The clearest I can come up with right now is &qu
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by branchly2 10y ago
For professional looking docs, you can still write them in Markdown, and then have Pandoc process them into LaTeX. Pandoc even lets you put raw LaTeX commands into your Markdown.
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by branchly2 11y ago
Clojure is great if you want to use it in an enterprise, multithreaded, Java shop working on large amounts of data. It's really great at exactly those things. If that's not your use case, then it may not be a very useful environme
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by branchly2 11y ago
Great!
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by branchly2 11y ago
Though Clojure fans like various aspects of the language, Clojure's use case is being a Java replacement (or else integrating very well with Java) in non-free-software enterprise shops, specifically for when you need multithreading whi

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