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by dwc 13y ago
That's right, and on purpose.
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by dwc 13y ago
Those are fair enough comparisons. In fact, I think you've hit upon something there. If the idea of someone benefitting from your work in terms of money bothers you then BSD/MIT/ISC licenses seem bad. Personally, I'm fin
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by dwc 13y ago
So GPL'd software is highly valuable where BSD'd software is just hobbyist stuff...because of the license? Less loaded (and more accurate) one-liners might be... GPL: you may use this code, provided you follow rules representing m
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by dwc 13y ago
Xerox PARC was not dangerous. The danger for Xerox was the different between seeing an opportunity for the future or a threat to their current business model. If PARC had never existed, the same things with minor differences would have happ
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by dwc 13y ago
Common heritage, plus latter influences from the Viking era. I'm studying Norwegian (and a bit of Swedish) and the similarities with English are quite interesting. Also, the differences in the form of shifts. Like kvalm (qualm?) meanin
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by dwc 13y ago
Norwegian for "what" is "hva", with a silent H. But I swear I can hear a hint of the H sometimes. Also, hvem, hvilken, hvor, hvit for who, which, where, white, &c. Swedish has dropped the H (along with other differen
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by dwc 13y ago
Very good advice. For an excellent primer, I recommend Mindfulness in Plain English[1], which has been around for 20+ years and remains one the best and most recommended books. There is a little mystic stuff! but it's easily ignored.
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by dwc 13y ago
Your reply is the real answer to the linked question. SIGTERM serves a real purpose, and almost always it works to end the process cleanly and promptly. If a process doesn't respond reasonably to SIGTERM, then you should consider rem
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by dwc 13y ago
I think you may have reinforced tptaceks's point, actually. Many DBs can handle abrupt termination.
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by dwc 13y ago
The whole modal aspect takes time to get used to, and some people never get over it. Even given a fair shot, I don't think vi is for everyone. For my part, after using emacs for more than a decade, I knew I'd stick with vi after a
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by dwc 13y ago
Pros: Vi's ability to be easily mouseless, and it's wonderful "editing language". By "editing language" I mean that editing commands follow a syntax with verbs, objects, modifiers, etc. The "dw" comma
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by dwc 13y ago
Learning a little and pondering a little is far less dangerous than learning nothing. Learning how it's been interpreted over the years is better, of course. But a simple reading of the text would benefit many people and the public d
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by dwc 13y ago
> Though such clauses don’t technically violate the First Amendment Not technically, not in spirit, not in any way related to the 1st amendment. Have so few people actually bothered to learn even a little about the 1st amendment? You can
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by dwc 13y ago
Litt mer øst...
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by dwc 13y ago
I worked on the camera team for LRO. In the control room at Goddard they had (have?) a custom made Jolly Roger hanging. None of us were actually pirates, and none of us advocated actual pirate values. Of all the issues with surveillance, I
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by dwc 13y ago
"Energy" is a metaphor to which most people relate so it gets used a lot. Stress level might be a good thing to examine on the other side. If I spend too much time in traditionally extroverted activities I start to get fuzzy-heade
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by dwc 13y ago
I'm an introvert, and I also learned to be more outgoing. I love talking with people, going out, etc., but then I need lots of "alone time" between those kinds of activities. I'm still an introvert.
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by dwc 13y ago
If you are really interested in chess then there are certainly ways to improve. All of them take work, but you don't have to give over your whole life. A little every day is enough. I can't recommend http://www.chesstac
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by dwc 13y ago
I love Shredder for exactly that reason. It makes a huge difference for us lower rated players! Also, there are not 100 knobs to twiddle to get the playing level dialed in. Instead, there are a few "styles" (solid, aggressive, etc
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by dwc 13y ago
Both. Neither. There's a tendency to mimic currently successful pricing models, almost in a cargo cult manner. Looking at the product, the potential customers, etc. and actually making a decision is harder. But that's exactly how
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by dwc 13y ago
Human brains are quite good at spotting some kinds of patterns. A visual representation is a trivially easy way to access that pattern spotting ability. Trivial as in you can do it in the time it's taken me to write this reply. It also
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by dwc 13y ago
I watched on YouTube and there were several segments. I watched all of them. Very interesting! I may give the vimeo version a try in case I missed anything. And I can always use practice in norsk. Tusen takk for linken!
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by dwc 13y ago
A while ago I watched a Norwegian documentary questioning various aspects of Norwegian society. One segment dealt with gender equality. One thing the stats found is that as gender opportunities in employment reached parity women largely aba
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by dwc 13y ago
People are not forced to go through any thought process. Most people will take it at face value (as I did) and assume that service was cancelled for having the gall to email the CEO. I clicked through only because I have had good experience
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by dwc 13y ago
Whether you should use SRS for any given domain is completely dependent on your specific circumstances. The answer could easily be different for you and a classmate of yours who fits the description above. But I'd say that if there&#x2
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by dwc 13y ago
I worked on the LRO project for 4 years (on the LROC science operations team, we ran the cameras). LROC released, and continues to release, all of the data to PDS where it is publicly available. A release happens every 3 months, with a six
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by dwc 13y ago
Yes and no. They're usually quite good, but they wear out. Reaction wheels are in continuous use and must remain precise enough to negate spin within some very tight tolerances. With limited fuel and the inherent work and risk in doing
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by dwc 13y ago
Yes, indeed. For instance, the creation of bebop in jazz. Of course Bird could only do this by a comprehensive understanding of the existing rules and seeing deeper.
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by dwc 13y ago
> creativity is a proxy for a kind of self-expression that is not bound by any rules, logic, or structure I do not find this to be the case. Art is full of structure, rules and logic. When artists "break" the rules, it usually
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by dwc 13y ago
I've always thought his handwritten stuff was striking, and wished my handwriting was as distinctive.

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