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by diqu 11y ago
Maybe it was never reviewed for obsolence. Or maybe two sources in the reference section aren't enough. Either way, there are only two direct references in the article body, which seems lacking. I'd assume the last two paragraphs
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by diqu 11y ago
Which boils down to the old "consumers view computers as black boxes" argument. The question is whether we should care about that or not, and whether the pain of not being able to run GenPop's favorite software grows too big.
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by diqu 11y ago
> I think "without anyone really noticing" should really mean "without anyone in the general public really noticing". I think that's implied when a mainstream news outlet writes about it, and not some tech maga
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by diqu 11y ago
Saying you want your circadian rhythm match the outside light, then adding that you generally can't get to sleep while being steamrolled in the morning, sounds an aweful lot like you're not sleeping in accordance with your biologi
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by diqu 11y ago
Thank you, had the same problem on Debian. This made it work.
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by diqu 11y ago
> Can't agree with that. You don't have to. When I first found out about the suckless project, it seemed completely inaccessible, due to the lack of in-depth documentation. After reading around a bit, it seems intentional. My
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by diqu 11y ago
He used to be a console engine dev, so - naturally - he wrote even that from scratch. On his own. Quite admirable, I think.
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by diqu 11y ago
> University computing centers can donate storage space to the project If we leave the publishing-as-a-business area, I wonder how much university libraries currently pay annually for their subscriptions. And I do wonder, if it would m
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by diqu 11y ago
This is already happening, even with agencies like the FDA in place. It's called off-label use: http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/tre...
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by diqu 11y ago
You say that like there's a sane and safe alternative.
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by diqu 11y ago
But that brings us back to mbillie and "if <x> were so great, everyone would already use/do <x>". Does popularity necessarily imply superiority? Adoption just means it's easy for anyone to get aboard. But tha
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by diqu 11y ago
> I hear tell that a couple of guys even used an old language like Lisp to implement a startup. Just to specify this, reddit for example started out in Lisp and moved to Python, eventually: http://www.redditblog.com/200
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by diqu 11y ago
I think this would be sound advice in this context. "Write like you see yourself talking when imagining your speech".
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by diqu 11y ago
> If a derivative of the label were, for example, being used on another wine bottle without licensing, it would unambiguously be copyright infringement. To be honest, I don't think the copyright is the most important part here, bu
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by diqu 11y ago
> Those items (cheese, wine) are not covered by copyright, as they have no literary or artistic value themselves. In case of actual still-lifes, the labels might bear illustrations or otherwise protected content, like fonts, distinct b
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by diqu 11y ago
But would you argue that this is a flaw in the model of mail or in the perception and attitude towards emails and newsletters? If it's the latter, well, that's up to each themselves, and would deem mails and newsletters a still-vi