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by jkmcf 4y ago
> Their co-founder Aaron Swartz developed RSS "He was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
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by jkmcf 4y ago
I always expected the great boon of XML to be a proliferation of tools leveraging XSD to provide GUIs for managing the XML files. XML seemed like a great way to manage config files, but even auto-complete wasn't enough IMO. I'm t
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That's because ULA is doing 1/2 the work for 2x the cost.
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by jkmcf 4y ago
OMG How did I forget this one! It wasn't Magic, it was Dr J (and I'm from Philly...)
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by jkmcf 4y ago
It's only at release 0.1 so I'd let them bake a little longer! Looks awesome so far, though!
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by jkmcf 4y ago
Some places have tax breaks for unoccupied property rentals. Instead of lowering prices they leave them high and break even on the losses (or close enough such that they weather the short term until demand at their preferred price is reache
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by jkmcf 4y ago
OTOH, Federico Viticci (MacStories) just switched to using reminders and tags with smart lists. I haven't attempted this yet, but I think the gist is reminders/notes requires tags in order to get smart folders. https://
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by jkmcf 4y ago
Bird vs Johnson/Jordan, possibly what is in that picture, is one of my all time favorite games.
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by jkmcf 4y ago
One of my favorite tools. ~~Sad it’s in maintenance mode~~ and Mac/Win only. A web and iOS experience would increase reach and share-ability. Edit: just went over to the forums and read this exciting tidbit: “ Scapple 1.4.1 is also a m
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by jkmcf 4y ago
The world will be fine. Even better once the cancerous growth of humans is self-removed. It won’t be the same as pre-humans, but it’s always changing anyway.
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by jkmcf 4y ago
The target market is software dev-related people, all of whom are probably (too) familiar with Systems Development Life Cycle. It was fun in the 90s when everyone was creating their own.
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by jkmcf 4y ago
The ghost of Benjamin Franklin objecting to the state of the union. https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/franklin-national-bird
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Write chapter that summarizes the findings and the following chapters focus on real-life examples. Sounds like a research paper written for normals. :). Self-help Book 3.0?
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by jkmcf 4y ago
Her "talk" might have moved towards center. If she was in power the talk would be forgotten -- Just like with other politicians pandering for votes. The tiger doesn't change its stripes.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
I always say that tech writers are failed novelists.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
Very cool! Money will be spent on some t shirts my daughter will love.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
If you saw Colorado sprawl, you'd say it's nigh impossible to increase the density, but that's an American problem in general. More problematic is we are all out of water. Water rights and laws here means you might own the l
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by jkmcf 5y ago
In the last 30 years I can’t recall a single time sanctions have worked.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
s/Steamed/Roasted My friend roasted some for a dinner party and they were beyond amazing. Avocado oil, salt, and pepper.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
The Irish supposedly out "grew" the English because the Irish were limited to a potato and milk diet, which was much better nutritionally than common English fare. "grew" essentially meaning taller/healthier on aver
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by jkmcf 5y ago
Worker rights in the USA had been a big issue before WWI and the Russian Revolution. The USSR was bad because they were neither socialist or communist but an oligarchy bent on maintaining power at all cost -- just like China is today. The p
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by jkmcf 5y ago
Fresh in my mind after reading two bios of Feynman, is when he, a newly minted PhD from Princeton, arrives at Los Alamos and tells Hans Bethe his idea is stupid and can’t possibly work.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
I had this done 15 years ago. For a few weeks it was life changing, then the proble, nostril went right back to 95% clogged. This is supposedly typical, but I’m sure YMMV. Glad yours didn’t regress!
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by jkmcf 5y ago
My heart fluttered when I checked out the app size on Apple's App Store: 19MB -- quite a nice surprise! The equivalent Electron app would probably be 100MB+.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
I'm attracted to the notion of discussing the undiscussable, but how many times will they allow open discussion about "The Holocaust was a Hoax!", "The Earth is Flat!", and similar quackery? If they are searching fo
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by jkmcf 5y ago
Would you mind sharing the brand/product name?
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by jkmcf 5y ago
Heck, you don't even see people in the suburbs. People just drive right into their garages.
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by jkmcf 5y ago
My astronomy professors are complaining about how long JWST is taking, just like the Spitzer Space Telescope -- infrared astronomy works much better without an atmosphere in the way.
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This is what the Sophists were accused of by the Stoics and others. Source: https://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-032-trees...
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And that's why textbooks (generally) suck.

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