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emidln
15y ago
You might try PC-BSD for a Ubuntu-like experience with a FreeBSD base. I know it autodetects graphics/sound during its installer and can setup stuff like Skype/Flash for you pretty easily. That said, I did the same thing and now use Ubuntu
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emidln
15y ago
Put your config files in your favorite online vcs (private repo or encrypted if you must).
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emidln
15y ago
I've never read that book, but I've worked with a lot of C. That code seems perfectly maintainable as an experienced C programmer. - Confusing function explanation in a custom format. What is nameval? What is nvtab? nvtab is obviously a n
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emidln
15y ago
vim, because I spent the time years ago learning it and haven't had cause to look back. vim-python is a lifesaver to avoid writing vimscript.
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emidln
15y ago
Obviously pirates doing the FSM's work. It's well known that FSM hates DiCaprio.
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emidln
15y ago
map is a pretty bad example in python due to it being eager while for can be made lazy with yielding instead of returning. Further, list comprehensions and generator expressions tend to be (at least in my experience) fewer characters than m
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emidln
15y ago
This is designed to be very compatible with BDB: http://fallabs.com/tokyocabinet/ and is open source. This builds on the ideas from BDB and Tokyo Cabinent with a newer codebase: http://fallabs.com/kyotocabinet/ Both have network server
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emidln
15y ago
"Usability" is ill-defined. GPG seems to have pretty good "usability" from mutt (which auto signs outgoing email and optionally encrypts with a keypress). Maybe your MUA is broken or you forgot to RTFM.
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emidln
15y ago
I feel no remorse in taking advantage of a subsidized product that ships vulnerable to known exploits. Though extremely unlikely to happen, if the Fire is bought exclusively to install 3rd party ROMs, it isn't going to put Amazon out of bus
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emidln
15y ago
Consider the program in vimscript