jimktrains2

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1. 2821.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   An average without a sigma, how useful!
2. 2822.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   Or you use compose or alt?
3. 2823.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   The User-Agent generates the Referrer header, not the site. Also, encrypted.google.com doesn't do it, the HTTPS standard says that browsers shouldn't send referrer headers to sites not in the same domain or not with https.
4. 2824.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   What's with the [scribd]? Shouldn't it be [pdf]? I know what scribd is, but why use it as a tag linking to a pdf? It's misleading as scribd used a flash applet, right?
5. 2825.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   But they can't make it so that you can view the source without loading the page -_-
6. 2826.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   Everyone asks why I still run a mail client when I could just use webmail. This is why. They just don't get it.
7. 2827.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   Why is it marked scribd?
8. 2828.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   What's with the table as a picture?
9. 2829.▲
   by jimktrains2 15y ago

   Why are you using xargs to read to an entire entry? Why not set it as a var and place it in the comment or take it as stdin?
10. 2830.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    Please, man xargs if you aren't joking. EDIT: Sorry if that came off harsh.
11. 2831.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    ...and once you know how to use them (and why they exist), that's a good thing
12. 2832.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I'm not sure whether to laugh or grimace.
13. 2833.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    >remember his comments in some mailing list when someone announced they had had a child. I can't find that comment:(
14. 2834.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    >Apparently, RMS would seem to prefer that technology be exclusively Free and used by an tiny elite group of hackers than by millions of non-programmers and only partly Free. It doesn't have to be this way. Thats' the point. There is
15. 2835.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    Why px and not pt? I thought fonts are traditionally done in pts.
16. 2836.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I imagined them in proc because i imaged them being exported by the application. Reading your links now. Edit: Yeah, that's pretty much what I was envisioning. I need to play with plan9 more:-\
17. 2837.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I always thought it'd be cool if all programs implemented external apis this way. Kind of like how applescript works, but, for a mail program, for instance, write "Hacker News" to /proc/n/query and it'd return the data. Or write 'message
18. 2838.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I wanted the "I was made with LaTex" feel:-p Yours looks nice, and has less of the LaTex feel to it:)
19. 2839.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    Glad to see what's on their list of priorities. I'm sure they're getting a kick-back, but still.
20. 2840.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I(<3) should = <3, right?
21. 2841.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    So, this information isn't signed or anything? Airports that scan your pass to check your name don't actually look up the name from a database? So..:-\
22. 2842.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I don't remember a time I couldn't put linux on an apple. Maybe I'm wrong or forgetting something.
23. 2843.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    >* The ' http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default I hate that:( I hate that they removed the rss button too:(
24. 2844.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    I like mine a little better: https://github.com/jimktrains/Resume/raw/master/Jim_Keener_r...
25. 2845.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    No, the idea behind an ORM is to make the common case easy and safe.
26. 2846.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    > And that is when server operator wants to convince third party that he cannot access encrypted data at rest stored on the server. Or the server actually doesn't want to store unencrypted data.
27. 2847.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    GGP said that those functions come standard in other applications. These functions do come standard. FWIW, ed uses a lot of those.
28. 2848.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    >What about things I know how to do in every app I ever use: Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, Find Next, Replace, Load, Save, Print, New Document, Undo, Redo. And variants of course * Cut - d * Copy - y * Paste - p * Find - / * Find next - n * R
29. 2849.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    Well, everything scales based on size. Given a small input, the algo is more than likely still doable by hand.
30. 2850.▲
    by jimktrains2 15y ago

    If you're performing a computation that cannot be done with pencil and paper, a computer cannot do that computing.