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In my experience, it can work well. For several people, I put Debian (or OpenBSD) on their machine, with XFCE as the desktop environment, and some icons on the desktop for their most frequently-used apps (or direct browser URLs to go where
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My simple web site (in profile) has many links and references, answers to questions, and details. Be sure to read the top part about ~ "how to read this site", as I have really tried to make the site both readily skimmable, and d
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This can be guided by knowing one's purpose in life, and by knowing that life does not end when this mortal lifetime ends, but we will actually continue to exist; and it is possible, based on our individual choices, that our learning,
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It is important to understand the purpose and nature of life, and know the things that bring real peace, growth, & direction, and help us overcome all our regrets. We will all have some, but what we do about them is imporant (and some
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2 previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32551475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32584745
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Instead of bribing for votes, IMO, it's much better, and more effective, to let individuals and families decide for themselves how their charitable donations will be allocated. Local decision-making yields less fraud & waste, and i
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I like how you put it. I guess I'd also say the same for any time the federal government is giving people a hand up, helping them out. And that it's not just less wasteful but more effective, locally.
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It's a bribe, for votes. IMO, it's much better, and more effective, to let individuals and families decide for themselves how their charitable donations will be allocated. Local decision-making yields less fraud & waste, and
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by lcall 4y ago
It's a bribe, for votes. IMO, it's much better, and more effective, to let individuals and families decide for themselves how their charitable donations will be allocated. Local decision-making yields less fraud & waste, and
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What I would like, as a step forward at least, is something that fills your ruby (or python) niche, but based on Rust, and when in doubt thinks like rust, so that one can migrate from it to full Rust, with a minimum of re-learning. Same li
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My general impression is that it is, for many. Rust definitely has a reputation for being harder to learn than Python, for example, which is what I'm suggesting be fixed for one "step" of Rust. The ownership, borrowing, and
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I know someone working on a materials science PhD. He might have to learn python. I could more easily recommend Rust if there were, say, different flavors of Rust, that allow learning the "hard stuff" in stages, but starting wit
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Somewhat-related discussion from 3-4 days earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32211734
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Related comment (updated since I quoted it below): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32267066 ...in slightly more recent related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32252957 ...where I sai
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I have a very structured proces that has grown up over time, using OneModel (aka OM) software I wrote (AGPL; URL and some more info in my profile). I often capture thoughts using voice notes on my phone, then roughly daily I commit those t
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For me, very much so. My site (in profile) is not exactly a blog, but it lets me say things that might otherwise bore people in personal conversation, and then I can just refer to it briefly if a longer topic comes up, and they can read la
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Don't (ever!) give up on life, be patient, be reasonable/honest/kind toward yourself & others, and continue forward. Things will eventually be OK (even if hard), especially if we try to do what we know is right. And to he
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There is a short book called something like "Leadership and the One Minute Manager" that talks about 4 different kinds (maturity levels) of reports, and the different treatment each needs, depending on their high or low levels of
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Thanks. I think I read in wkp that Rust itself was originally written in OCaml. To slightly clarify my earlier comment: I am learning rust and plan to use it, but in the long run it seems it could save time for the world overall, if there
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ps: to clarify: I am learning rust, but in the long run it seems it could save time for the world overall, if there were something to recommend to others, say, members of a team who want or need something easier, but is easily transitioned
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Thanks, that is interesting. I mentioned Rust because of its broader use and apparent growth trajectory. Ie, to have the likeliest most uses in the most places, with minimal re-learning of a new language to work on a new codebase. Or to
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What I would like to see is a language that as easy to learn & use as python/ruby/etc, but based on rust and rust-like, using rust libraries if at all possible, with garbage collection, so one can have an easy entrypoint for a
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As I noted elsewhere here, but since it is relevant to your comment I think: What I would like to see, along these lines, is a language that is as easy to learn/use as python/ruby/etc, but based on rust and rust-like, using
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ditto for pair.com -- reasonable prices, good service, no weird behaviors, been in business a long time and seem likely to continue.
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(a ps: and some C/C++ which make me like Rust even more)
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http://cfsselfhelp.org My doctor (Lucinda Bateman, a CFS research coordinator kind of person and founder of a center, BHC aka https://batemanhornecenter.org which has other materials including a CFS self-care brochu
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ps: I don't know if this applies to you, but since there is overlap between us (my condition is like a permanent flu: brain fog, general body aches, slow at everything, oversensitive to stimuli like noises or movement): Learning pacin
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Here is an interesting news article I saw recently about chronic pain, in case it is useful. It seemed like it could be a balanced look at the field of managing it, now, for what it may be worth: https://www.cnn.com/2022&#
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As someone with background in Perl, Java, Bash, Scala, and others (FoxPro anyone?, ...), for me the choice is also Rust. I want to spend my finite learning energy and time on what will give me the fewest limitations and most abilities, lon
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Since I am unable to reply to the other flagged/dead comments, I'll add here that the book itself (in the intro. materials and the last chapter) says how one can determine for oneself if it is, in fact, what it says it is, and rec

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