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901.
by cgh 11y ago
Exactly. I worked in a mine to pay my way through university. Never again.
902.
by cgh 11y ago
Interesting, I was thinking something like OpenBTS but if internet access in Lebanon is really that slow then I guess not.
903.
by cgh 11y ago
Getting closer to $2,000,000 these days.
904.
by cgh 11y ago
Reminds me of Crack Shack or Mansion, a game of sorts to show the ridiculousness of real estate in Vancouver. These listings are several years old - the situation is much worse now: http://www.crackshackormansion.com/
905.
by cgh 12y ago
As others have mentioned, they are similar but there are some gotchas. An example is hierarchical data: pgsql lacks start with/connect by. This means you have to write recursive queries using Common Table Expressions (with...as). Not a
906.
by cgh 12y ago
It is entirely possible that the Java solution is more than good enough and will actually perform better. Experience teaches the value of benchmarks over hype and arrogant assumptions.
907.
by cgh 12y ago
How does source control work for Pharo? I know it was an issue with Smalltalk as your "source" was a modified binary image. Is this the same?
908.
by cgh 12y ago
I work with a lot of Indian and Chinese programmers and plenty of them are women. I've asked them about the whole "why are there so few women in programming?" thing and they look at me like I have three heads. To them, it&#x2
909.
by cgh 12y ago
Agh, you beat me to it with that link. Also, nice analogy with climate change.
910.
by cgh 12y ago
By the early '80s, around 35% of all comp sci degrees went to women[1] and roughly the same percentage worked as programmers. The old "they're just different!" argument doesn't cut it when viewed historically. [1]
911.
by cgh 12y ago
Just a guess, but past experience with a different project tells me they won't accept contributions that will conflict with their proprietary solution.
912.
by cgh 12y ago
>>I am skeptic about the safety of all artificial sweeteners - especially ones new to the market Stevia is not artificial and has been used in Japan for decades. It is recognised as a mainstream sweetener. It's also used in Canad
913.
by cgh 12y ago
Actually, as stated in the article, the other main problem is habitat creation for deer via sprawl. Deer are extremely adaptable and are perfectly happy hanging out on highway verges, fields and the like. Wolves don't like those things
914.
by cgh 12y ago
The same goes for Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle...basically any technology behemoth other than possibly Google. I know Apple recently poached a bunch of people from one of the above-named companies.
915.
by cgh 12y ago
"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." --Rob Malda, on the iPod at its release in 2001
916.
by cgh 12y ago
We are currently living in the most peaceful time in human history. That's an objective fact based on annual deaths from warfare, not a subjective opinion or perspective.
917.
by cgh 12y ago
"housing prices are all time high." This is not a good thing and I'm not sure why you seem to think it is. You talk about happiness - one way to help the "happiness quotient" is affordable housing.
918.
by cgh 12y ago
"But people working on in-house and enterprisey stuff? Yeah, not so much there." That is absolutely incorrect, in my experience.
919.
by cgh 12y ago
The idea is that shipping untested code is worse than shipping (unit) tested code. Code coverage reporting is quite common and I'm surprised you've never even heard of it if you've ever written software professionally.
920.
by cgh 12y ago
It was strange to read your comment as I did almost the same thing. I was there in the fall/winter of 1993. I hitched around a bit as well, mostly on tractors because of the whole windows rolled up while smoking thing. I remember the m
921.
by cgh 12y ago
It's a profound and singular book that made a huge impression on my young mind as I'd never encountered anything like it - in fact, I had no idea something like it existed. It might not make such an impact on the modern reader, I
922.
by cgh 12y ago
I've never read "The Adapted Mind" but the first two are exactly my recommendations. GEB in particular was life-altering for me. I read it twice in high school and several times since. Growing up in a small town, it really op
923.
by cgh 12y ago
No.
924.
by cgh 12y ago
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/10/china%... An interview with a member of China's 50 Cent Party.
925.
by cgh 12y ago
The 50 Cent Army is still at it. I think newspapers have become a lot better about filtering them out. The Globe and Mail (Canada) was absolutely overrun for a while and they still pop up now and again.
926.
by cgh 12y ago
Holy cow, I met Blob Wyvill on a rock climbing trip to France in 1999. I had no idea his nickname was in Alien.
927.
by cgh 12y ago
Plant protein is subpar because of its amino acid profiles. I'm not being anti-vegetarian here, it's the basic truth and it's why strength athletes etc. don't count plants as significant sources of protein. Basically, bu
928.
by cgh 12y ago
The article is about cricket flour, not eating whole crickets. Cricket flour products are already on sale in hundreds of stores. The key is to mass produce the flour as right now it's quite expensive. That's what's specifical
929.
by cgh 12y ago
Or even non-artificial, like stevia. We use it as a sweetener and it's pretty good. Or is there some regulatory barrier?
930.
by cgh 12y ago
Dbus was created by freedesktop.org and was based on KDE's DCOP. I don't think it's fair to call it a Gnome invention.

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