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by cicero 15y ago
I hope support for git continues to improve for Windows. Git Extensions is not bad, and works well for me, but I imagine it's still strange enough to put off developers that don't have nix experience. I love nix, but Windows is a reality
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by cicero 15y ago
He wants to watch a TV show, and there is not a way for him to do it at a reasonable cost. If he really is concerned about following the law, he would just not watch the show. He is not being "forced" to do anything; he is making a choice.
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by cicero 15y ago
This is a very inexpensive product produced by a charity. How can they afford what it would take for a launch like this to run flawlessly? I work for a non-profit that does all it can to provide a high quality service at a below market pric
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by cicero 15y ago
Most people don't need to be able to program at a professional level, but they do need to be able to intelligently use computer technology. I think learning a little programming can be helpful for gaining a better understanding how computer
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by cicero 15y ago
I'm curious what would it take to overturn "settled science," or are you saying that is impossible. I was not aware that science took that kind of a dogmatic stance.
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If we are going to reduce morality to the way a majority feels about an issue, then in a democratic society, does it make any sense to differentiate between morality and legality? Shouldn't the democratic process eventually result in laws t
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by cicero 15y ago
I know I'm just one data point, but I'm happier now at age 49 than ever before.
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by cicero 15y ago
It sounds like you're saying honesty in government is incompatible with democracy. That sounds like a problem with democracy to me.
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by cicero 15y ago
This remark is consistent with an atheistic view of reality. Although atheists can be compassionate to someone hurting enough to want to kill themselves, ultimately what does it matter? On the other hand, if there is more to human life than
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by cicero 15y ago
I am partially color deficient, although I don't know the classifications given in the article. I was told it was "medium red-green" several years ago. The modified images look the same to me, except for the last two. In the Cafe Terrace, t
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by cicero 15y ago
"The apple is sex because the apple is always sex." I can't speak for lit-crit classes, but I'll just say that in Catholic theology, the fruit (an apple is not mentioned) is not about sex. I suppose the apple=sex idea is another persistent
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by cicero 15y ago
I would guess he's talking about the early 80s. I was in the same boat in that time period. I didn't have access to C until my senior year in college (1984-85) when we got a new Computer Science department head who was pro-Unix, and we got
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by cicero 15y ago
I used Interleaf on a VaxStation in the late 1980s. It was great at handling the huge (thousands of pages) government documents we had to produce.
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Inventors & Vendors movie trailer(youtube.com)
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by cicero 15y ago
I use Google Docs, and I like it fine. Apple is taking a different approach which takes advantage of the full power of a native app. The advantage of Google Docs is it works on any computer that has a modern browser. Apple's solution will n
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by cicero 15y ago
I think it is only natural to have favorite technologies, whether it's an OS, editor, language, or even automobile brand. I think it is also fine to point out advantages of one solution over another because it helps others when they need t
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by cicero 15y ago
I'm pretty excited about this post. I first began using vi in 1983 and Emacs in 1986, and have switched back and forth between the vi/emacs families of editors as my needs have changed and their capabilities have changed. I've been on gvim
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by cicero 15y ago
Beginning the comment with "Summary:" would be helpful.
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by cicero 15y ago
I like Ebert not for his science, but for his understanding of the art of movies. Most other movie critics appear to me to try to show off how intelligent they are, or how refined their taste is. From Ebert, I always got the impression that
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by cicero 15y ago
I'm an introvert, and you stated my experience exactly. If I need something to drown out external noise like a TV in the next room, I find that Gregorian Chant is less distracting because it is not rhythmic, and I can't understand most of t
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by cicero 15y ago
Short wave radio allows global scale communications with very little infrastructure, and Morse code has many advantages over other forms of communications in the short wave bands. A Morse code signal can be understood in a noisy radio envir
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by cicero 15y ago
I think your balanced approach is better than what is proposed in the post. It's good to just get started doing stuff in a language like Python or Ruby, but a serious programmer should also try to learn real computer science along the way,
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by cicero 15y ago
As an educator, I would LOVE to have access to these. One of the hardest things I have found is to provide a development environment for the kids at home that is the same as they have at school. You can tell them to install Ubuntu and Green
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by cicero 15y ago
I've used Greenfoot [1], BlueJ [2] and Processing [3] successfully with High School kids, and they all run on Linux. Squeak Smalltalk [4] is another possibility. I've had pretty good luck with Game Maker, but have not tried LÖVE. 1. http:/
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by cicero 15y ago
The flexible display is nice, but at this point, the bend gestures seem awkward.
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by cicero 15y ago
One problem with your "try before you buy" is that an iPad becomes most useful when you put all of your personal stuff on it. People are not likely to do that with a loner. Also, as another post said, it's not really a PC replacement. If a
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by cicero 15y ago
That's great, but I think Joel overstates the "problem" of someone eating alone. I like eating with the people I work with, but I also like reading, and sometimes lunch is the only time I have for some pleasure reading. So, sometimes I need
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by cicero 16y ago
The Catholic Church specifically teaches blind faith is wrong, so maybe you don't understand Catholicism as well as you think you do. Edit - Catechism reference: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PX.HTM
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by cicero 16y ago
Definitely not.
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by cicero 16y ago
It looks great; thank you! It will be nice to be able to put this on my Kindle and have it next to my MacBook as I work through examples. Flipping between the book and dev environment on a laptop screen is not as good.

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