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by joseph8th 8y ago
I love that it was "so lame" and "useless" that Netscape Mosaic didn't have a print option in v0.9beta for Windows. Because obviously your gonna wanna print! Ah how times have changed. I don't even own a print
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by joseph8th 8y ago
Heh I mostly remember redialing BBSes waiting for the line to open so I could check for replies, play games, find other BBSes to call. It was all modem-to-modem and most BBS sysops only had one or 2 lines, with different phone numbers, so i
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by joseph8th 8y ago
* Returned to C++ after many year's hiatus, and taking my understanding to the next level. * Worked through the Rust Book, and found that I really enjoy the language. * Expanded my grasp of lisp (albeit emacs flavored) enough to do mor
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by joseph8th 8y ago
Heh. Not saying Allegro was right, but it's worth noting that his critics were not just scholars of religion, but religious. He insulted their deity. As is usually the case with religious scholarship, the academics aren't exactl
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by joseph8th 8y ago
According to John Allegro, of Dead Sea Scrolls fame (among other more recent scholars), he looked like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
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by joseph8th 8y ago
I'll see your snark and raise you two, throwing Emacs in for good measure. ;) Have you heard of org-export-json? [1] Have you heard of json.el? [2] [1] https://github.com/mattduck/org-toggl-py/blob/master
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by joseph8th 8y ago
Sounds like management is using sprints to enforce deadlines and releases. Our team uses them to improve our ability to estimate, which in turn requires us to think each set of technical requirements through and anticipate issues before we
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by joseph8th 10y ago
> The American Association of State Colleges and Universities report on education shows that the U.S. ranks second among all nations in the proportion of the population aged 35-64 with a college degree, but 19th in the percentage of thos
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by joseph8th 10y ago
Don't tell me what to do. ;)
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Show HN: DevDial – play 'Push It' over your Asterisk phone system on 'git push'(github.com)
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Show HN: Resumemacs – DRY org-mode résumé builder(github.com)
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by joseph8th 11y ago
I was in denial stage until we picked Python 3 for a project at work. Then I went into anger and bargaining with the other dev on the project. Heh. blush Being forced to come to terms with Python 3 has made me see the light, though. I sti
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by joseph8th 12y ago
I like it! Simplest use case it saves on boilerplate required by argparse. [1] But the potential for embedded apps is the real draw for me. I have a CLI app I'd like to provide a notebook GUI for... This would be perfect. Just swap out
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by joseph8th 12y ago
Heh. My dad's a jazz pianist and the quip is ingrained: "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish." Dramatic pause. "Sure you can. You use its scales ." Heh. But seriously, folks...
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by joseph8th 12y ago
A new toy! Thanks!
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by joseph8th 12y ago
Typing this on one now... Still says, "IBM Personal Computer" in the top left corner. Someone painted the body of it black years ago. Clickety-clickety-clack! Third desktop I've used it with. Gave the keyboards that came with
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Show HN: Shkeleton – CLI shell scripting for lazy people(github.com)
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by joseph8th 12y ago
When I'm wearing my "artist" hat (painting, drawing) it's easy to think of goofing off as "seeking inspiration". Sit at South Beach and admire the views and throngs... Then spend that inspiration by expressing