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by dancek 10y ago
Yes, KDE 3.2 was a huge enhancement over 3.1. I had a slow PC and 3.1 was awfully sluggish, but 3.2 seemed to run fine on it from a Live CD (probably Knoppix). It took an awfully long time for KDE 3.2 to hit Debian unstable---I remember rea
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by dancek 10y ago
Yes, and that makes "being kind" a lot harder. Many people reading the article think of a nice person that humbly tries their best but makes a bad mistake. But what if they're a hugely over-confident asshole? I mean, not ever
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by dancek 10y ago
Great insight there. Additionally, the new guy will be much happier when he's treated the way you suggest. I know I would have appreciated that instead of the bs I got at my first proper job in the beginning.
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by dancek 10y ago
Agreed, though I'm a Finn, not an American. Even here in Finland it feels like the government doesn't want people to have kids, as the amount of support you can get is very little compared to what it was 30 years ago. Raising kids
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by dancek 10y ago
You actually have the choice between the box or 140 euros, but not many people take the money. We did, once. If you have twins, you're allowed three boxes---if triplets, six. We had twins so we opted for two boxes and the money.
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by dancek 10y ago
I'm typing on a MacBook Pro that has "ctrl". Not sure I've ever seen a Mac keyboard that said "control", but maybe that's because I've mostly seen Finnish keycaps.
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by dancek 10y ago
I don't know what's natural, but I live in Finland where we use the metric / SI system extensively. Some people don't even know how long an inch is, let alone a foot. Recently I was building a roof with an old, very expe