dandellion

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by dandellion 8y ago
As someone who's first language is not English it comes off more as a mark of pedant writing. Some folks might enjoy the "storytelling", but it's really annoying when the author goes in circles and gets nowhere until yo
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by dandellion 8y ago
Or wait to open your mouth until you have something else lined up.
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by dandellion 8y ago
I think what happens with visualization libraries is similar to what happens with things like cars or clothes, there's a lot of diversity because people have different tastes, if it was only about features there would be a lot less var
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by dandellion 8y ago
As someone from a place where tipping doesn't exist, the whole concept of tipping seems crazy to me.
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by dandellion 8y ago
I am all for that, as long as it's the other intolerants that are not tolerating, right? I've since come to the conclusion that it's mostly pointless to talk about "tolerance" and that it's the individual acts
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by dandellion 8y ago
Maybe they would avoid removing features that some users rely on, like bookmark descriptions. And would focus more on what users need instead of what developers think is cool to implement.
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by dandellion 8y ago
The removal of the description field in the bookmarks in the most recent version would be another example of how little they care about us users sometimes. I read the issue where it was discussed and a few suggestions to handle it in a way
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by dandellion 8y ago
Can confirm. I bought a cheap USB pedal and use it for push to talk, it works great.
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by dandellion 8y ago
If imperial units are so human friendly, why do I have to look them up every time I need to convert between them? I do it occasionally and pretty much the only one I remember is 1 feet = 12 inches. I think the parent is right that it has mo
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by dandellion 8y ago
I've come up with an alternative version of the exercise that might work better: Look at your feet: see those little toes? What if tomorrow - while thinking about some problem with money or love - you get hit by a speeding 10 ton truck
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by dandellion 8y ago
I don't know about the other countries in the map but I can see La Rioja, Spain, which has a bit over 300k people, while Catalonia has more than 7M. So I'm not sure what you're saying really applies.
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by dandellion 9y ago
It's really annoying when a page ignores my language settings and displays the language they want based on location. It's double annoying when there's no way to give feedback without registering.
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by dandellion 9y ago
Without an army to defend your borders the government from which you claim independence could just remove you by force... You would have problems to trade so you would have to be completely self sufficient with food, energy etc. You kind of
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by dandellion 9y ago
Yes, it's also too convenient for them to even consider changing an unethical law.
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by dandellion 9y ago
I'm pretty sure that most modern retro games are not written in assembly, which is what they used in the 80s for consoles. Most modern games are written using modern tools, most old developers that are still making games successfully a
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by dandellion 10y ago
I'm not a native speaker. What does "devil's own leverage" mean in this context? I don't think it's an idiom. Do you mean that their behaviour is what drives everybody else's?
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by dandellion 11y ago
MongoDB did JSON queries. After having useed it I don't think it's a good idea at all.
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by dandellion 11y ago
> software will be able to build and maintain software better than a human can Who knows, maybe software will decide that their energy is better spent doing other things, and leave menial tasks like writing software to humans while they
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by dandellion 12y ago
No thanks, a good bed and a good chair are sacred. With food, housing and all the basics covered, they should be pretty high priority. I don't understand how some people can buy a 500€ smartphone and then sleep in a shitty cheap bed.
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by dandellion 13y ago
I don't know, as long as it's just one thread I think it's ok to have some fun every now and then.
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by dandellion 13y ago
The PS4 will be released the 29th in Europe.
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by dandellion 13y ago
I'd expect them to drive themselves most of the time, but not always. On some places you'd have to "switch to manual" and drive the car yourself to a place where the gps tells you that it's suitable to turn on autom
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by dandellion 13y ago
There's a list with the other cities: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/11/european-sta...
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by dandellion 13y ago
I think he is, maybe he doesn't know it yet.
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by dandellion 13y ago
Hell, sometimes they use a dictionary when they should be using a list. Almost everything can be used wrongly by a begginer, which doesn't mean it shouldn't be there. I think having a basic stats module always handy would be very
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by dandellion 13y ago
I joined the Discrete Optimization course (at Coursera) last weekend (almost one week late) and all the lessons where already available. Some people seem to have already done all the assigments, judging from the leaderboards.
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by dandellion 14y ago
Wouldn't it be better to comment on the direct link, where the author is more likely to see it?
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by dandellion 14y ago
From wikipedia: In the early 1900s, the wristwatch, originally called a Wristlet, was reserved for women and considered more of a passing fad than a serious timepiece. Men, who carried pocket watches, were quoted as saying they would "soone
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by dandellion 14y ago
A 'nerf war' might be something acceptable as long as: 1. the work environment allows it 2. the participants agree to it 3. it's done in at the appropiate time (during a break, for example) Games and childish behaviour are different things