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by dukoid 9y ago
I think it's an important reminder that markets need some level of transparency to function. And perhaps that relatively simple regulation (like a requirement to publish the prices -- or in other areas the first sale doctrine) might be
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by dukoid 9y ago
Please file an issue at the github project, ideally with an image that always crashes.
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by dukoid 9y ago
Some alternatives are listed in this askubuntu thread: https://askubuntu.com/questions/97542/how-do-i-make-my-termi...
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by dukoid 9y ago
You might get a slightly better resolution with the approach taken here: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer (= find best matching block graphics character for most prominent colors in a cell; there i
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by dukoid 9y ago
For instance, in my opinion, no kid should be pressured to take part in any kind of religious activities it does not feel comfortable with. I found this disturbing as a kid in a way I can't describe adequately here. If a religion invol
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by dukoid 9y ago
Came here to make the same joke :)
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by dukoid 9y ago
People can do good without attached irrationality. In particular, I think no kid should be forced to take part in any of this. I found it greatly disturbing as a kid that adult people / school teachers who should know better and /
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by dukoid 9y ago
I'd argue that this is only a secondary purpose at most -- and in this case not intended at all. Also, there are other uses of the word forking outside of VC. For instance, I have heard it in the context of threads first... O:)
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by dukoid 9y ago
The primary purpose of language is understanding. Forking a language to convey some sort of cultural distinction has the unfortunate side effect of making this more difficult.
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by dukoid 9y ago
Keeping older models in stock seems to work well for Apple...
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by dukoid 9y ago
... marked as a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15397008
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by dukoid 9y ago
We have Melitta Bar Cubes in the office and they are quite good.
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by dukoid 9y ago
I think there needs to be a discussion about their WTO "market economy" status (for different reasons though)
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by dukoid 9y ago
I don't get how China can have WTO "Market Economy" status. It's not just blocking western internet companies, also forced joint ventures and technology transfers don't sound much like "Market Economy" to
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by dukoid 9y ago
Well there are IETF and WHATWG already... Did the W3C ever really work as intended? I guess it's fair to say that HTML5/CSS3 were mostly driven by WHATWG. HTML 2 was specified as IETF RFC 1866. XSLT and XHTML don't seem that
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by dukoid 9y ago
"he would have never approved the camera sticking out in the back" +1
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by dukoid 9y ago
not sure what kind of information gain "each year" is supposed to provide in the title though....
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by dukoid 9y ago
They tend to be more tricky to combine than frameworks.
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by dukoid 9y ago
I haven't seen a graphical language that's well suited for "general purpose" programming yet, although there are certainly good examples for specific purposes. My experience with rolling my own (flowgrid.org): Too verbos
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by dukoid 9y ago
TLDR: Event-oriented scripting language "Daspel" with dynamic typing, targeting the Internet of Things. The syntax is inspired by C, JavaScript and Rust. The interpreter implemented in Rust, runs on RasPi 3 with sense hat. Author
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by dukoid 9y ago
Compared to fuel wasted on pre-heating and efficiency below 50% for a diesel engine with huge co2 emmissions, this doesn't sound too bad though O:)
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by dukoid 9y ago
I now always open tabs for the HN discussions first instead, hoping for a TLDR.... Not just because of New Yorker articles that never get to the point anywhere, but also because of the increasing pest of subscription gates and anti-adblocke
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by dukoid 9y ago
But this one starts with "Over the summer of 2011, the water in Lake Michigan turned crystal clear. Shafts of angled light lit the lake bed, like searchlights from a U.F.O.; later, old sunken ships came into view from above."... o
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by dukoid 9y ago
TLDR: Just explains Dijkstra's Algorithm (example, Java code).
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by dukoid 9y ago
BTW: Why not limit free trade to countries that respect human rights (in addition to having a market economy)?
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by dukoid 9y ago
The meat makes the fact that the sauce is different from this one bearable: http://www.germandeli.com/Miracoli-Spaghetti-w-Tomato-Sauce-... :)
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by dukoid 9y ago
"Naughty things": My first BASIC program asked for your name, then printed "Hello <name>", except if you entered my sister's name, where it would print "Haha, you are stupid!". I have experimented wi
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by dukoid 9y ago
One possible explanation could be that the ratings count is updated immediately while the install count is updated at a slower rate...
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by dukoid 9y ago
BTW: Miguel, Gnome creator, now officially works works at MS
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by dukoid 9y ago
BTW: Was it ever considered to offer desalinated water in California at a higher rate, so people who wish to do so can waste it on their lawn or proper showers without the shaming?

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