gatlin

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   by gatlin 15y ago

   >>> def foo(first, *rest): ... print first ... print rest >>> foo([1,2,3]) [1,2,3] () * sub foo { my ($first,@rest) = @_; print $first . "\n"; print @rest; } foo (1,2,3)
2. 272.▲
   by gatlin 15y ago

   > proper function arguments my ($a, $b, $c) = @_; # this works Or I can do things like my ($first, @rest) = @_; giving me features which require all manner of annoying syntax in Python. > exceptions http://search.cpan
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   I've said it before and I'll say it again: other imperative scripting languages feel like incomplete subsets of Perl. And the community is fantastic.
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   No, you're not. This is explained in the parent comments.
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   thirdcoastworkers.coop is a Texas based group that might be helpful. http://usworker.coop/front is also good. Mondragon is cool; another group with the same name operates in Quebec. Worker coops can be flat structures or simply be compani
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   I'm going to plug worker cooperatives here. Small agile companies fit the model perfectly. If anyone does reply to this with questions, I'll answer.
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   I was hoping this article would have a little more substance. I'm not very creative and even I thought of bluetooth keyboard + $$$ for apps to recreate the same experience as a laptop. To me, it'd be cool to market custom business dashboard
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   Mad props for the Alfred E Neumann pic.
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   by gatlin 15y ago

   >In short, a whole mess of industries are becoming hierarchical, cutthroat, and >hellish, to such a point that very little actual work is getting done, and what is >getting done is of low quality due to the enormity of political
10. 280.▲
    by gatlin 15y ago

    Completely fair. I saw some generalizations below which were leaning towards the broader "women can't math" sentiment, but you're right: I was myself too hasty. I think my point stands though and I agree with everything you said.
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    Another day, another HN thread about misogyny and sexism in STEM, and another sampling of "hackers" who can't seem to agree 100% that sexism, harassment, and stereotyping are categorically wrong. It's not even the overt sexism that is the p
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    There is a subset of Perl one can get a sense of by reading the Camel book in order which is sane, readable, and effective. If you read Wall's explanations and justifications you get a great mental model on top of which the "weird" stuff ma
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    "I can't go back" Speaking as a man with friends and loved ones, not an Apple fan (per se), that really got me. Woz gets more than just Apple's direction: he gets what's important. He wants one more dinner with his friend and that's really
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    If only the marketing of Diaspora could have been combined with the technical details of OneSocialWeb. Facebook is great because it "gets" what average folks want and need. It being centralized is a huge boon and while a few folks bitch a
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I have yet to figure out how Diaspora couldn't reliably, quickly, and cheaply be implemented on top of XMPP (with maybe a protocol extension for rich profiles). It's ultimately about delivering bits over the network and we have solved that
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    You have been very respectful, and I appreciate that, but on one hand you build up OWS and on the other reduce my solution to "cancel AT&T and grow vegetables." I believe that you could have more charitably summarized it as "stop giving
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I explained in my reply that my solution is a fairly middle-ground endeavor: if you can avoid giving your money to The Problem, then do so. Notice I didn't say radically change your life. The Civil Rights movement was monumental but it didn
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    There is a massive area between the two extremes, and I will assume you are putting me at one of them. This means I failed to communicate. If my food, entertainment, services, and small expenditures are predominantly local and my money is i
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I agree with you completely that awareness is useful. The trouble is, at least where I live, I wager that a large number of people who would otherwise be sympathetic are put off because of some minor hypocrisies. Bands of (relatively) wel
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    Last night I talked with a friend about all this. My friend pointed out many of the things this author did: people are protesting against the machine using things the machine created; they don't provide a solution but simply a redundant des
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    (Reply to bluekeybox). I appreciate the compliment and advice. I may tone my language down but I figured I should be honest! :)
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I lost a point for suggesting that we not bandy about a medical term as a pejorative. I apologize for offending anyone.
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    A psychopath might also feel kinship with someone they've never met and defend them like family. * Or we could stop calling each other psychopaths.
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    Fun with circles: Nobody cares about free software. Free software then becomes the domain of technical folks paid by big companies and amateurs. Because of this, nobody cares about free software, so it remains the domain of:
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I'm not sure how unique Apple is in supply chain human rights issues, but I will say that it's appalling how little anyone seems to care about who we are literally killing to have nice things. I'm just as hypocritical and evil as everyone e
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    > Facebook's Browser would be Google's Worst Nightmare perhaps Fixed the headline to be truthful.
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    No. A good professor (and I'll leave it as a lemma to determine if the majority of professors meet this standard) is able to package up information and ideas in such a way that they take root and flourish in the student. A professor can t
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I use Perl almost exclusively. CPAN is my one word argument. Aside from that, though, Perl can become whatever you make it. Want Ruby-like method calls on literals? Use autobox. Want list comprehensions? Map/grep. Want to rip apart language
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    > As nice and cool as they may be when you meet them, they are fundamentally in a business of greed. +1. I like HN but I don't understand why the size of the business / method of funding matters so much, as opposed to what is being do
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    by gatlin 15y ago

    I had one of those days where I read the publisher's name, not the author's. Sorry, Mr Dominus!