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hereonbusiness
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Everything takes time to master, but understanding/being able to make sense of something makes a big difference. You just started learning vim and are moving around with hjkl and x-ing words letter by letter, then you learn about movin
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The biggest thing that helped me was when I realized that it actually all makes sense. Every time you use vim and catch yourself repeating a command over and over (x, dd, hjkl) take a moment and think about if there is a more efficient way
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12y ago
How there will be more computing power dedicated to ORION while on mission than the daily mail can imagine.
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12y ago
It's not much of a win screen :) https://i.imgur.com/m62RePh.png
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hereonbusiness
12y ago
I guess that would be the gross salary. What would be the typical net salary for someone who earns that much in SF or Seattle after taxes and deductions (health insurance, ...)?
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12y ago
I'm not really sure, don't they already block sites that contain all kinds of nazi propaganda even if they're hosted outside of Germany? If there were hundreds of accounts sharing nazi propaganda all over Github, wouldn'
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12y ago
I like the idea behind this, I also like the decision to make it a simple content driven site without distractions, but I have to say the font choice, especially for the headers is really bugging me while I'm reading. I don't usua
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12y ago
I felt bullied into using G+, especially on youtube because of the real name policy, so I mostly avoid it like the plague. Obviously I do have to use a G+ account to log into google services. It's a failure as far as I'm concerned
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12y ago
Location: EU Remote: yes Willing to relocate: yes Technologies: PHP, JS, Ruby, Python, SQL, Cypher, Linux, Git Email: gpedic{at}gmail{dot}com I have 4+ years of professional experience mostly as PHP/JS/MySQL developer but have don
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You should be able to use mplayer with AAlib or libcaca to play any video (or stream from your webcam) as ASCII. It works just fine in a terminal window. http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441 https://he
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12y ago
This is what I tell people when they ask me how to protect themselves from malware: If you are a Windows user, don't fully disable UAC. Don't use pirated software, you never know what may be in there. Don't open files you
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12y ago
If someone offered me the chance to travel the solar system, watch the sun rise on mars, jump off vertical cliffs on a moon, see jupiter and saturn up close, ... I would do it in a heartbeat Do I think human space travel is feasible or even
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I agree, just reading the title already gave me that feeling as if a little puzzle piece had just settled into my Weltanschauung . > I type loudly during quiet thinking breaks in class, constantly rustle books and papers in the chapel,
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12y ago
Well there's Venus and Mars, both planets could have been much like Earth except both somehow ended up without that impenetrable barrier they probably had billions of years ago. Three possibly habitable planets in one solar system, 1 o
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12y ago
Now I imagine a brainstorming session at Apple a couple of years ago; Jobs: Ok, we are going clockwise, start. Engineer1: We should use a 5" screen in the new iPhone 5, Samsung will go 5", and it even has a 5 in the name. Jobs: Wh
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> In fact, a higher proportion of low-income Americans rely on their smartphone for Internet access than the population as a whole. A 2013 Pew research survey showed that 45% of users living in households with an annual income of less th
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I personally don't care much about the desktop environment as long as it doesn't take up a lot of resources. I mean all I really need is a panel at the top of my screen with a calendar/clock and couple of indicators/appl
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Helmets that use MIPS may not be much better in a crash than normal helmets. http://www.bhsi.org/mips.htm
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It seems to work in chrome with pepperflash, and not work (buffers) in firefox with the regular flash plugin.
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The salinity of blood (1/4 saltwater) is not coincidental, vertebrates just took the ocean with them when they left it.
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Stubbornness :) https://i.imgur.com/gXdTZ1z.jpg
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A big problem with OLED displays is the lifespan of the blue leds that are used (~10k hours to half brightness). When you're in the skies there's a lot of blue you need to show.
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Case sensitive word clouds, it's like looking at trypophobia images :) But by the looks of it, wouldn't have made much difference anyway.
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You could just get a guidebook, lonely planet or whatever. They usually have maps, tips on places to visit, restaurants, ... and best of all work without internet connection.
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If I don't restart mine for extended periods of time it starts slowing down noticeably, and I don't use many apps at all. Makes me consider getting a Moto X (the old one) instead.
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I came to the conclusion that since all is pointless anyway I might just as well try to be as ignorant as possible about that fact. Making up goals/challenges for oneself, hobbies, all what we do not for sheer survival really, just way
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"What we want from Apple isn't new technology. We want human warmth - a possibility of living a more fulfilled, meaningful life." What we (the corporations) want from consumers is for them to buy our product(s), and we'l
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Windows, the IT world's Cavendish banana.
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As far as I know using DP does not require a license except for using the DP logo.
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Screens around 4.5-4.7" seem just small enough for me to be comfortably usable with one hand, also it doesn't look like I'm carrying a notebook in my front pocket. Speaking about Apple, their phones are good quality and reaso
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