jamesgill

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1. 151.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   Yes, I get it. It's right there in the headline.
2. 152.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   I kinda hate that Microsoft gets to take credit for being magnanimous with yet another product they never created. The TL;DR: The Zorks were created by several guys at MIT who later formed Infocom. Infocom eventually sold to Activision, Mic
3. 153.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   Last week I donated several slide rules to Goodwill; a few were very nice. Meanwhile, I still have a pristine HP-41cx and HP-15c, and an HP-25 app on my iPhone.
4. 154.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   Wasn’t the first black hole (Cygnus X-1) discovered by several people independently, not one woman? That’s fairly well-known.
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   Judgment Calls(thinkhuman.com)

   2 points by jamesgill 11mo ago|0 comments
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   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   I would say rather that it's the other way around.
7. 157.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   I wasn't talking about programming.
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   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   Emacs for programming is definitely one important use case. This tool seems to focus on that use case, though I think I can get 75% of it by just using Emacs keybindings with regular VSCode. But Emacs is so much more than an ‘IDE’. I realiz
9. 159.▲
   by jamesgill 11mo ago

   Your mileage may vary, but the screen on mine looks as good as new.
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    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    My 'writer deck' is an old 11" 2014 Macbook Air with no wifi enabled, running Linux Mint. It only has a few apps. Beautiful machine, works perfectly. I paid $35 for it. And by 'no wifi enabled', I mean it's not
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    I'm a Millionaire. No One Needs More Than $30M(time.com)

    4 points by jamesgill 11mo ago|0 comments
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    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    Thanks, adding an example output is a good idea. I use it to customize my resume for each application, and this is an easy way for me to customize my 'source' then output files to share. Most folks I know do the same thing. I&#x27
13. 163.▲
    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    Hey, thank you.
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    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    Yours is slick. I like it.
15. 165.▲
    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    Nice. Yours seems to be only for promoting your own resume, right? Mine's a tool for a user to control, customize, and create their own, locally.
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    Show HN: MarkdowntoCV(github.com)

    3 points by jamesgill 11mo ago|7 comments
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    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    HN truncated it, unfortunately.
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    How cops can get your private online data(eff.org)

    298 points by jamesgill 11mo ago|66 comments
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    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    ”individuals chronically performing high-intensity long-distance running appeared to lose the mortality benefit.10, 11 Indeed, an emerging body of scientific data suggests that chronic, excessive, high-intensity exercise may induce oxidati
20. 170.▲
    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    Sauron Says Palantir Surveillance Preferable to Haradrim Winning the Horse Breeding Race
21. 171.▲
    by jamesgill 11mo ago

    And it’s of course—female.
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    International Criminal Court Drops Microsoft for Open Source(computing.co.uk)

    7 points by jamesgill 1y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesgill 1y ago

    I like this idea. I have FreeGeek in my area, but there are some steps between asking and receiving one. The real barrier I've discovered is perception: we've been convinced of the notion that, like cars and other things, we nee
24. 174.▲
    by jamesgill 1y ago

    As a long-time Linux user, I'm okay with this. I used to think Mint was an easier transition for Windows users, but Ubuntu is likely the 'sweet spot' for the general public. Meanwhile, I've mostly moved to Debian.
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    by jamesgill 1y ago

    This is what the wizard solemnly reads out loud just before the thief quietly stuffs the tome in his pack, thereby sealing the party's fate.
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    You Don't Need a New Laptop(thinkhuman.com)

    7 points by jamesgill 1y ago|6 comments
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    Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux(tomshardware.com)

    499 points by jamesgill 1y ago|270 comments
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    In Tech, What Is Right to Do?(thinkhuman.com)

    6 points by jamesgill 1y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesgill 1y ago

    I would say rather "are regular updates really necessary"? Personally, I'm not sure they are (for most users). To paraphrase Debian, there's a lot of value in stability.
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    by jamesgill 1y ago

    Having lived through some decades of hyped technology trends, it always seems the same: the 'hype' is mainly business seeking a competitive advantage and a transient opportunity to monetize. AI feels no different at all in that re