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by khyryk 15y ago
There are many more operating systems out there.
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Generally, the good reasons you'll see for using C are lack of C++ compiler availability and embedded programming. The bad reasons tend to be variations of developer inertia and the inability to decide which features of C++ ought to be used
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> This, to me, is mathematics. Playing, confirming, questioning — even in my real life. It gave me a much sadder answer for people when they ask me “when am I ever going to use this”. This isn't exclusive to mathematics. I'm sure there
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by khyryk 15y ago
I have a bit of an addictive personality and the easiest way of preventing myself from wasting time is just by getting rid of the thing. Your response is the generic moderation response; some people just don't understand that it would be fa
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"you're removing value from other people's valued medium/experience" because smoking can be a social exercise.
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What do you assert I'm doing right now, then? I think you turned the point on its head -- I don't care about the operating system as much as I care about the tools.
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by khyryk 15y ago
On the same topic, how much should I know about concurrency and threading in any given language?
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by khyryk 15y ago
I picked Python because I like Python the language. I put up with the standard library, I'm not thrilled about there being so few decent cross-platform IDE's supporting Python, and module hell can drive me nuts, especially considering the f
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by khyryk 15y ago
50 pages into a rather short novel may be substantial enough; 50 pages of War and Peace only scratch the surface. I wasn't hooked in the first 50 pages of W&P, but I came to enjoy the book immensely in a few hundred. I'm already saving
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by khyryk 15y ago
Sadly, my slow reflexes ensure that I get destroyed by the sharp walking robots almost every single time. Neat little game, nonetheless.
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I would be impressed if said future employer could ascertain that fact.
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> is directly attributable to your IP whether you use your own name or not. Good luck, I'm behind 7 proxies.
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by khyryk 15y ago
Uh, what? If you want to learn Java, learn Java. If you want to learn CS, learn CS. An algorithm, for instance, isn't dependent on any particular language -- it's up to the programmer to incorporate it into whichever language he/she wants.
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by khyryk 15y ago
I imagine quitting would just be a minor annoyance until they find someone who does exactly what you used to do. Not many are in the position where they would actually be considered valuable and perhaps beginning to approach irreplaceable.
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by khyryk 15y ago
Plantronics GameCom 377 headphones are inexpensive and are comfortable for my big head. I'll never, ever buy anything other than open-ear headphones again.
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by khyryk 15y ago
Given another reply that you posted, I'm not sure 6+ hours would be reasonable using Ubuntu without a massive battery slab. Even with a bunch of tweaking, battery life tends to be lower than what one would get with Windows. I would suggest
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by khyryk 15y ago
Perhaps I can narrow down exactly what you're looking for. What are you looking for in terms of: -screen size (any preference toward matte or glossy?) -weight -CPU and video card -battery life -cost
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Depends on the person. I find many business notebooks pleasing to the eye.
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Could you give some examples? I have 2 HN, 3 YouTube, 1 Google Search, 1 python.org, 2 eBay, and 1 Gmail tabs open and memory usage is 300,000 kb. No one (who is reasonable) would have 30 tabs open on a netbook, so I'm not even considering
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by khyryk 15y ago
I like Python the language, but the standard library can often annoy me as there is no unified style. thereAreMethodsLikeThis or_there_are_methods_like_this orevenworsefullylowercase. Gah.
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by khyryk 15y ago
Until something can match FF with ABP and NoScript, I don't think I'll be switching. It was mentioned somewhere that Chrome, at least for now, cannot allow the exact functionality that FF + ABP allows. ABP for Chrome != ABP for FF.
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I, too, recognize this as a weakness in myself. Project Euler can easily make me feel like a loser, and the crowd that chants, "If you can't do pointer arithmetic, kill yourself," doesn't help, either.
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Coming into the thread, I had the idea of an inexpensive laptop being something like my old Dell D420 running Ubuntu, but the $1000 mark is what I would personally call expensive -- talk about having the completely wrong idea! Anyway, which
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Is that necessarily a bad thing? There could be worse alternatives, such as laying on the couch and watching TV rather than, well, making something. Perhaps you can think of a long-term project that you always wanted to do -- write a book,
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Several things: "I only write if I feel like it and on a subject I feel like writing about" No argument there. The world doesn't need more 500 word articles someone got paid $3 to write. Playing to one's strengths is fairly straightforward,
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No results found for "you have to install directx dumbass". Am I missing something?
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Gnome 3 makes me feel like a smartphone interface is being shoved down my throat even though I'm using a laptop. It's tolerable when I have a browser and little else opened, but it becomes hell to deal with when I have a browser, Netbeans,
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While I don't have Webstorm, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition consumes 250,000 kb with an empty project open while Netbeans consumes a bit under 400,000 kb, both without any sort of tweaking -- that's not that great of a difference to me. Vi
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I posit that their awesomeness is independent of any touch pad.
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I'd say Netbeans is a comparable free option. VS isn't generally known for its JavaScript capabilities.

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