kingmanaz

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by kingmanaz 15y ago
Exactly. Craigslist, like softpanorama or drudgereport, is refreshing in that it doesn't attempt to look like a 19th century circus flyer. If only the web were rendered more like a generic latex article. No rivers, proper kerning, ligatur
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by kingmanaz 15y ago
This is going to sound pathetic and off topic, but do you have pointers toward any good materials on database performance benchmarking? Your screenshots display exactly the kinds of presentation I am after, yet I've never managed to progre
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by kingmanaz 15y ago
Tradeoffs are a sign of a false dilemma; rather than choosing one solution or another, use them all where they work best. This is where Unix got it right all those years ago; Unix isn't just a slightly more stable platform for running today
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by kingmanaz 15y ago
I have this book on the "top-tier" bookshelf just above my monitor. It's situated between "The UNIX Programming Environment" and "The AWK Programming Language" and couldn't be better company for those classics. This book converted me to Op
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by kingmanaz 15y ago
Years ago I came across an article proposing that the eye first originated as a photosensitive cell in the mass of the brain. At first the cell was binary, it detected light or darkness, and its function had some positive role in the surviv
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Great article. Ultima 7 was a graphical game that had a similar effect on me. The graphics were somewhat abstract and generic and left a lot for the imagination to fill in. The writing was wonderful and put flesh on the world. Playing t