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by charcoal 18y ago
Then instead of sending an email, just append a bit of text in a text file. Separate those bits with a few blank lines and a "----" or something. Keep a text file for each month, or week. Keep a directory for each year. If your wife has som
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by charcoal 18y ago
What does the author mean by, "People are only an hour away from registering online for a new business."?
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by charcoal 18y ago
There's no date on this article and I remember bookmarking it long ago. When was it written?
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by charcoal 18y ago
Good intention, but bad idea. Instead, keep a scrapbook for him. To include text, write it in Emacs then print it out and paste in the paper. Put pictures in the scrapbook too. Involve your wife and decorate the pages too, if you like. Forg
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by charcoal 18y ago
Almost everyone wants the same thing: they want to program apps for Android, but they don't want to use Java.
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by charcoal 18y ago
... and the kids don't get to see Dad much anymore. Kids need to come first, and they need both parents. Mom and Dad: work it out -- for their sake.
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by charcoal 18y ago
d, you're supposing an awful lot about how the situation might have been. Fact is, there are a lot of women out there who want what they think is the status quo: husband away during the day, providing plenty of money, newish car(s), famil
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by charcoal 18y ago
You're a lucky man.
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by charcoal 18y ago
> Does anyone comment to that degree? As an undergrad, it's probably better to err on the side of too many comments. Then trim them down later as you get better at it. Good comments also probably helps your prof grade your work.
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by charcoal 18y ago
How does your codebase look? Neatly organized and with tests? Does it use much modern best-practice, or are there a lot of not-so-nice pieces? Also, it may just be difficult in general to find really good people to help maintain an already
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by charcoal 18y ago
> Site / blog sponsorships. How does that work, exactly? Do you mean, you put links on your page to those other key companies and then get paid per click?
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by charcoal 18y ago
Wait. If I'm reading that right, you had utils written in Python that were 90% finished but then rewrote them in Perl and got them working. What about Python was getting you stuck at 90%?
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by charcoal 18y ago
Perl has many features familiar to users of sh/bash. For admins who often deal with shell scripts, it's an easy reach to use Perl for all sorts of little things. That said, I think you can still be responsible and use Python instead. ;) Mig
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by charcoal 18y ago
The Python version of the CPAN is called ["PyPI"]( http://pypi.python.org/pypi ). It was formerly called the "Cheeseshop". From the PyPI front page: "There are currently 5256 packages here." According to cpan.org, the CPAN is up to "14749 m
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by charcoal 18y ago
> It's going to take ages for modules to get converted over... You underestimate the power of the ... wait a sec. :) Anyway, there's broad support and excitement in the community about this release. I think you'll see modules being up
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by charcoal 18y ago
> There wouldn't be any need to make a new language. I can change anything I want in this one. > I'm not deeply committed to the current approach to iteration. But I don't want to switch to something more complicated till I can prov