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by cturner 14y ago
I've used it, and had some success with it, but now use my own stack for network programming. I struggled with twisted several times without getting it. Then I did some non-blocking socket/select programming and thought, "I wish I had a lib
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by cturner 14y ago
I had an slight-tilt shower floor in Laos. No problems with the way the water hit the surface, but there were some problems with the way that the water was draining to a point two feet away from where the drain was.
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by cturner 14y ago
I don't think this stands up: "It must be possible for such contender to be called from C code, because that is what it takes to be called from a modern scripting engine too." Later the author says, "If programmers wanted a statically-typed
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Japanese children learn super-fast mathematics with abacus(youtube.com)
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by cturner 14y ago
I can't see a comparison to Sergeant Pepper. Sergeant Pepper was both mass culture, and genuinely innovative through the use of sampling techniques that ultimately changed the nature of pop. And it did progressions between movements which w
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by cturner 14y ago
When you say you vary your methods, what do you mean by that? When you were in your networking class and it wasn't structured in a way you found convenient, could this have been demonstrating that you're overly dependent on certain learning
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by cturner 14y ago
Have you been able to do that in a way so that power consumption doesn't get high? I try to run my laptop so the fan doesn't kick in in normal operation, and when I've tried linux under vmware I've found it gets hot fast. I've got a thinkpa
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by cturner 14y ago
> A Single data point does not a result make. no, it's entirely reasonable here. Earlier you claimed that linux support was good. It doesn't make many counter examples to contradict that. YMMV is not Good. You had an experien
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by cturner 14y ago
The system we have makes some things possible but kills others, such as remixing which is the dominant mechanism for creativity when people are left to their own devices. It mandates a few business models and outlaws everything else. You ca
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by cturner 14y ago
My motives have nothing to do with free entertainment. Generally I find movies to be shit, but occasionally order one off amazon because I can afford it and can't be bothered with the hassle of managing a download. I love music (to perform)
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by cturner 14y ago
You claim that these laws don't hurt civil rights because they are legally enforceable. This doesn't add up. Legality is irrelevant. It's easy to fall into a pattern of accept government to be a definitive source of truth about political co
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by cturner 14y ago
I think what you're arguing is a form of premature optimisation. High utilisation of the equipment is a low priority, and not a matter of public policy. Consider the possibilities that the payment structure hampers. Could the doctor instead
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by cturner 14y ago
Correction to editing error in parent. The resulting directory would be called /home/cturner/saga/20121124.myhostname.myusername.ac.python.pattern.socket.client (thanks kartik)
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by cturner 14y ago
A difficulty I have with wikis is I find that tree structure data of this sort gets stale easily, and requires a lot of tending to avoid this. A tool ppl might find useful that uses a flat structure: saga. All it does is creates directories
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by cturner 14y ago
I've seen people act like this, and kind of understand it, but it's a high investment for a very low payoff. It reminds me of people who fight for position by lane changing in cities with big commutes. Or being determined to get off the pla
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by cturner 14y ago
If he's right that touch is here to stay, we're going to see a major split between workstations and consumer devices. This is novel. Until recently, the workstation has been the anchor-point by how close they come to being as effective as t
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by cturner 14y ago
BeOS is interesting partly because of how it limited use of C++. C++ was the only supported API for userland, but the kernel was C. Found a reference: "Creating a driver on BeOS is done using ANSI C; the C++ language requires certain suppor
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by cturner 14y ago
What would it take to get Sibelius running on this? Is it possible to get binaries of this still?
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by cturner 14y ago
I like the no-local-storage dream. But what about when you're at the airport or the hotel network is broken or on holiday in indochina, and want to do some hacking? There's probably no network, or if there is it'll be expensive, slow and un
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by cturner 14y ago
Those are good countries to compare US to for public policy. I go nuts when people draw in Scandanavian examples for diverse anglo nations. But that doesn't mean that the alternative of universal health as it's practiced in those other coun
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by cturner 14y ago
I realise you're joking, but interested to read more. What drives you crazy about the BSD socket API? Is there another model you've seen or worked with that improves on it? I've never really considered the socket API in terms of whether it'
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by cturner 14y ago
Knowing how to use non-colored ls is way down my priority list now that colored ls is widely available Fluency with permissions is fundamental knowledge for a competent unix operator. How many times have you worked with someon
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by cturner 14y ago
I've never experienced any of these problems. vi always works for me and has done since about 1997. This would be because you don't expect to navigate around vi with arrow keys when you're in insert mode. [Although I've teste
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by cturner 14y ago
I found that opening a socket and using select is pretty straightforward. When I write an app, the head-scratching is generally over how to build an event-loop to juggle all the stuff I have going on. Most of the time when I write a tool it
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by cturner 14y ago
I got one the first day I could order in the UK with a US English keyboard, and I love it. Running ubuntu. I was on a two year old macbook pro before. I'm not a screen connoisseur, but it's non-glare yet bright. I like it. But the vertical
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by cturner 14y ago
Outside of games, I can't think of anything that uses WASD. About those keys - with the possible exception of S - all those keys are tied to significant functionality you wouldn't want to replace.
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by cturner 14y ago
OK thanks for clarifying. I understand your point better where I missed it before. Still, I think there's some sense in being able to control your editor without moving your fingers from the home row, and learning unintuitive-but-powerful t
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by cturner 14y ago
It's unfortunate vi uses arrow keys are in a non-intuitive layout. Still - it is a good idea to steer users away from arrows, inclduing to disable them in default files if you're mentoring. If you introduce new users to vi on a keyboard tha
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by cturner 14y ago
The second part of your comment is interesting. Can electronics be designed in a way so that it has a very long life? The idea - hard-code information to silicon and preserve it. e.g. Chips on PCBs that are completely encased in substrate.
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by cturner 14y ago
Yes, but they don't have bottomless wallets. In some respects they do: often government or insurers are left with costs. The insurers make their margin upstream of this, so there's low price pressure on the drug manufacturers. Al

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