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by gdwatson 7y ago
I use that at work, so I didn't realize the current situation, but I don't think that's an option in the home version.
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by gdwatson 7y ago
They're going from metric to US measures?
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by gdwatson 7y ago
Could you explain further or give links to more information? I'd love to read about old-timey techniques for programming in GCed languages.
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by gdwatson 8y ago
Maybe it's because I'm a Protestant who's not particularly invested in Roman Catholic social teaching and so I haven't learned the nuances, but it seems to me that when you apply distributism to an industrial or post-ind
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by gdwatson 8y ago
The usual definition of open source is the Open Source Definition,[1] which was adapted from the Debian Free Software Guidelines[2]. The sixth item prohibits discrimination against fields of endeavor, which this new license would violate.
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by gdwatson 8y ago
I'm well out of my depth here and welcome corrections: Managing and multiplexing access to hardware is a core responsibility of the kernel. When video drivers are implemented in user space as X11 has traditionally done there are a bun
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by gdwatson 8y ago
For clarity, what platform are you on? Updates are automatic on Windows and managed by the package manager on Linux and BSD.
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by gdwatson 8y ago
"... and Firefox is just not cutting it." What are your objections to modern Firefox? Most of the criticism I've heard is that it's become too much like Chrome. I'm quite happy with it personally.
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Customary semantics (of programming languages) (2014)(arcanesentiment.blogspot.com)
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by gdwatson 8y ago
"C" doesn't just include the spec but also the customary semantics [1] of the language. The customary semantics certainly include the stack and the heap. [1] https://arcanesentiment.blogspot.com/2014/12&
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by gdwatson 8y ago
If you like the G2, you should try the Uni-ball Signo DX (UM-151); I like mine in 0.38mm. It's got a lot of the same advantages as the G2, but it feels smoother and more consistent to me.
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by gdwatson 8y ago
The exceptions to the exceptions to the exceptions on immunity are confusing. You seem to be referring to self-defense cases, which are something else altogether and not limited to law enforcement.
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by gdwatson 8y ago
The explanation I've always heard is that the AT&T lawsuit [1] kneecapped BSD just as the x86 BSD variants were getting started. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_In... .
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by gdwatson 8y ago
"This is a similar problem to the ratings of religious books on Amazon and similar sites. Appeal to a very narrow niche, disappeal to anyone else, satisfy that niche, and your percentage ratings will be very high (even though almost al
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by gdwatson 8y ago
It's relatively recent. IMHO Python 3.5 to 3.7 feel like the language is going in a different direction than it did before -- type hints and the handling of asynchrony in particular.
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by gdwatson 9y ago
I assume it's because the Chinese government is officially atheist. (You could also add 20th century Communism to your list of significant persecutors -- not the same as the modern Chinese Communist party, but surely atheist.)
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by gdwatson 9y ago
The U.S. has a somewhat different take from much of the world on several civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion. As an American I'm quite proud of that fact.
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by gdwatson 9y ago
Google's idea of improving the world is hardly apolitical. Consider the YouTube rule changes on firearms -- whether or not they improve the world is going to depend on your views, but Google is surely throwing its weight around in a p
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by gdwatson 9y ago
I'm a Python 3 fan, but I didn't expect that. Could you explain why?
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by gdwatson 9y ago
On the command line, using spaces to delimit words is also quite natural; that's why they get used as a delimiter: mv old-file new-file Spaces separate the verb, the direct object, and the indirect object. Using commas or col
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by gdwatson 9y ago
The attitude this piece bemoans is something that used to be widespread in Internet culture, and I am sad to see it dying out. I suppose the goal to make a freer world out of the Internet was always destined be lost. The battle against the
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by gdwatson 9y ago
"It is a similar concept to export of physical goods into a country/trade block. Either comply with the local regulations on quality or your goods will not be allowed." That analogy is what I take issue with. It's clear
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by gdwatson 9y ago
I applaud regulations promoting user privacy, even if this seems heavy handed. But does anyone else wonder about the implications of applying that regulation to those who collect data on EU residents whether they operate in the EU or not?
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by gdwatson 9y ago
What's the gain over discrete GPUs in a desktop, where space and power are not at a premium the way they are in a laptop?
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by gdwatson 9y ago
"No one would accuse Germany of being anything but an open liberal democracy. And it's a liberal democracy with unique protections that will ensure it remains one (while other liberal democracies are hijacked with their own freed
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by gdwatson 9y ago
Flexible array members, designated initializers, compound literals, anonymous structs and unions, and many of the library features are pretty great. They more than pull their weight. I am glad the C11 committee put more weight on implement
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by gdwatson 9y ago
Church schools in Ireland are no longer allowed to hire only practicing coreligionists? How do they still function as church schools?
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by gdwatson 9y ago
One of the things I love about DejaVu Sans Mono is that it has a human-designed oblique version and doesn't rely on my editor to automatically distort the font. I'd love to try Fira Code, but what do the ligatures look like auto-
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by gdwatson 9y ago
FontForge[1] is the one I always see mentioned in the open source world. Adobe, being a giant of computer typography, has some proprietary tools. [1] https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/
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by gdwatson 10y ago
Everyone should read Jonathan Haidt's book The Righeous Mind on the foundations of moral psychology and how they are used by liberals, conservatives, and libertarians. I think it's a great foundation for discussions about this ki

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