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Can we do a poll on which OS hackers use?
2 points by javert 18y ago|4 comments
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by javert 18y ago
My sense is that the split from BSD was necessary because of licensing wars over proprietary code going on at the time. It wasn't until after Linux got going pretty well that BSD was established as being free of proprietary code, with some
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by javert 18y ago
The logo is a real game of life, and if you download Golly, it comes with a bunch of patterns you can try, including the scrolling "golly" text.
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by javert 18y ago
Me too. CS major.
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by javert 18y ago
The only metaphysical purpose of a human being is to survive. The only moral purpose of a human being is to pursue happiness.
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by javert 18y ago
Why all the incessant Rand bashing? It strikes me as being really ignorant. Ayn Rand presented a moral defense of capitalism, and entrepreneurs should be thankful for that.
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by javert 18y ago
Seems like it would be worth at least trying out this idea; it's hard to know a priori if it would be liked or disliked by most people.
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by javert 19y ago
"Drop the mouse altogether and learn VIM/Emacs." Seriously, you can almost completely avoid having to use the mouse. I have tons of key shortcuts set up in Gnome, I call all my programs from the keyboard, etc, so it's not that hard. Plus, i
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by javert 19y ago
So maybe it's not that great (that's not what I had heard), but you have different providers!! That is at least a huge step up from what we have here. That is like music to the ears of an American. Here you pretty much have no choice except
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by javert 19y ago
This article is wrong. There exists a duopoly all over the US in broadband Internet - one can choose DSL or Cable - because every local municipality grants a local monopoly to one phone company and one cable company (and they usually choose