fractallyte

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by fractallyte 16y ago
Channel 4 in the UK recently showed a documentary by Martin Durkin ( http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-trillion-pound-h... ) which highlighted the economic effects of lowering taxes. Hong Kong was his example of a booming entrepre
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by fractallyte 16y ago
It staggers me that no one came to her assistance. Disgrace to the TSA - but far more so to the onlookers. 'Sheeple' indeed...
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Dump Excel, it's useless for this kind of analysis. A TRUE multi-dimensional spreadsheet was Lotus Improv ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv ). Brilliant software, easy to use, but killed by corporate stupidity - Lotus was afraid t
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by fractallyte 16y ago
It's an odd sensation to see those desktop screenshots - driven by decades-old software, yet totally familiar... The hardware may be long obsolete, but Smalltalk is thriving! Pharo Smalltalk and the Seaside framework are at the cutting edg
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Since you have a C++ background, you may be interested in Seaside ( http://seaside.st ). It's a web application framework based on a true OO language (Smalltalk). Very easy to get started, and surprisingly different than most other offeri
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Perhaps you could investigate whether One Laptop Per Child ( http://laptop.org ) needs any people for its overseas deployments? I didn't see anything listed on their 'Jobs' page, but you never know...
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Potatoes - PROTEIN?? 2% is hardly worth mentioning. They're mainly starch.
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Wow, the author seems convinced of the veracity of the idea, so what mentality is it that '[looks] forward to continuing this conversation!' rather than actually EXECUTING it? Or is that too much hard work, unsuitable for members of the 'fe
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by fractallyte 16y ago
...or you could stash a cheap, disposable cell phone under the seat - something like the Motorola F3. There are various companies that allow you to track a cell number. Accuracy is roughly 30m radius (I think?). Then you just have to rememb
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by fractallyte 16y ago
An almost identical question from 23 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1641862 And the answer to your question: YES, if you're prepared to push for it...
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Intriguing concept! This is a apt description of the illogic inherent in dreams. Come to think of it, perhaps 'Inception' missed out a golden opportunity to depict each level as a pataphor of the parent one... (Apologies for the off-topic
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by fractallyte 16y ago
http://gigliwood.com/abcd/lessons/ (I'm surprised you didn't find this - 3rd item on Google!) HTML based, so it's platform independent. You don't need fancy features just to develop 'finger memory'. My mom (who used to teach typing) told
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by fractallyte 16y ago
On our fig tree, the figs ripen without falling off. But, it's a race to get to them before the local fauna: they seem to be a real delicacy for birds and wasps. Later in the season, half-eaten figs (ripe, brown and wrinkled) fill the topmo
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by fractallyte 16y ago
Just curious: what do you mean by 'wheel-reinventing' and 'libraries are a dealbreaker'? Smalltalk contains a comprehensive set of classes, and Seaside has 'out-of-the-box' support for Scriptaculous and JQuery, and has numerous examples of
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by fractallyte 16y ago
You should contact the manufacturer of the computer (not the reseller and not Microsoft). It's unlikely they'll just refund your money. You'll need to insist, and be prepared to stand your ground - they will evade, and invent excuses. Recor
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by fractallyte 16y ago
The 'elephant in the room' is the TOTAL lack of interest from governmental departments that deal with competition issues (in the UK, the Office of Fair Trading). If a manufacturer wants to recommend - and support - only Windows, that's OK.
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by fractallyte 16y ago
I've long cherished a dream of seeing an organization made up entirely of scientists, that perpetuates itself through monetizing its research and development. It would hire out its members to positions within corporations or governments (ra