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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
No idea not a physicist I was merely providing a translation of the GP into plain English.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
But (a) screen still exists right?, (b) byobu, (c) tmux allows one to remap the keys however one likes.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
When any theory has to add more and more complexity to explain the data it tends to be an indication that there is something wrong with the theory and that another theory may be more supported. Occam's razor.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
You put a lot of faith in sandboxes... They aren't magic.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Except when you over-localize. It really annoys me when I am away for the weekend and my calender thinks all my appointments are an hour later/earlier than they actually are.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Bitcoin mining uses lots of integer manipulation. AMD cards are faster for integer operations. Hence bitcoin miners used to use AMD cards.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
It is relatively easy to have multiple users sessions open at the same time. Whether this is a good idea with X windows GUIs is another matter.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
And people just end up running everything as Admin the first time something needs any of this.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> Every piece of software should run within a sandbox I sort of agree with this but I think more in terms of projects/activities (e.g. casual media consumption, banking, working on different projects) rather than applications. To do
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
In the UK basic level the English language exam sat by all 16 year olds did used to do this to some limited extent (you were given an advert and had to analyse it in terms of how it tried to persuade you etc).
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Just to clarify my post was saying that the relation between union and and management is the problem - not the existence of the union. I ascribe this as much (if not more) to management than to the union.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
The UK has two problems: 1. We need lots of skilled people. 2. We have lots of people lacking skills. Importing talent solves problem (1) (and grows the economy and is generally and genuinely a good thing). But problem (2) remains. Why not
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> I have a pet theory based on the car industry that the really toxic thing is British labour relations I don't think that many people will disagree with you on this theory.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Depends upon age. Anyone in the UK under 30-35 grew up using MSN messenger so even the least technical of non-technical people are happy using something that as far as they can see is basically the same as MSN.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
just do a show HN on this.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
It does if you think at grid level rather than building level.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
The point is that for sewers there was no choice so we just swallowed the cost and got on with it. For power there was so we went for the cheaper less reliable option.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Yeah I thought that would be posted. Steven Pinker's theories only work if you do things like imagine that we live in a world without slavery...
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
This is actually an important point. Quite a few times I've written something that started as a list comprehension, changed it to a lambda later in the sprint and finally to a loop when the requirements became more detailed. - The rea
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Because I'm not closing it. I'm closing the tab. Opening chrome takes a few seconds to open which is annoying when I want to quickly google something without loosing focus.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> We live in the most peaceful time in human history. Any actual evidence for this? Or do you just mean the most peaceful for Western countries time in human history?
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
The humans brains processing power for visual and spatial stuff is amazing. We may get there for computers one day - but we are not even close yet.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
The exception being the European arrest warrant. Assange was going to be extradited from the UK to Sweden for something that is not a crime in the UK. (Failure to use a condom is considered extremely rude but is not a crime in the UK.)
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> my young daughter doesn't get any unaccompanied internet access Problem solved. Parents need to parent their children. They always have and they always will. Whatever surveillance state you install. The bigger problem is that some
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> Or blame the modernity of beef producers when mad-cow disease broke out? The absolutely (and rightly) did blame modern beef production methods for this. It is one of the reasons that EU beef is better quality than US beef today.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
It is not strange at all. Some languages have a whole way of speaking only used by children.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Not really applicable given I was using a journeys as a metaphor.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
Yeah but don't make that the target. Make having time to read and enjoy it the target.
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by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
His point is that reading is about the journey not the destination. Better to read less books but savour and enjoy them (or if non-fiction is your thing take the time to learn the materials properly) then finish them to say you finished the

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