lordfoom

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1. 61.▲
   by lordfoom 8y ago

   I would think most developers would like at least 16gb
2. 62.▲
   by lordfoom 8y ago

   > People are doing everything on smartphones they used to do on "personal computers", the form factor doesn't change that. I don't think folks are doing programming and graphic design on their phones...
3. 63.▲
   by lordfoom 8y ago

   >Why not let things play out a little before predicting chaos? History.
4. 64.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   Sounds like a lot of ego protection going on. "We're the real victims!"
5. 65.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   A private company owned by the French Government, no?
6. 66.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   >He has set up a fund with about 32 billion dollars in it, explicitly for the purpose of ensuring society follows his preferred path - one world government, open borders everywhere, EU replacing national governments, legal abortion every
7. 67.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   No?
8. 68.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   >Churches provide services to communities far exceeding 70 billion. Nah.
9. 69.▲
   by lordfoom 9y ago

   Bullshit.
10. 70.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    This is some serious PR. "Oh we're just about giving people cheap entertainment, it's a total coincidence we profit hugely off the misery of others."
11. 71.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    >because I've never seen anything less important seem like such obvious brainwashing. I take it you're not a touch typist? What kind of wpm do you get?
12. 72.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    Seriously?
13. 73.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    "But, as noted in the wikipedia articles, some feel that explicitly indicating when text is meant ironically defeats its purpose" Is that, in itself, irony?
14. 74.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    > Right, give them a desk and a book. How do you propose they learn to read the book?
15. 75.▲
    by lordfoom 9y ago

    So never reveal abusive practises ever if it's by someone who employs you?
16. 76.▲
    by lordfoom 10y ago

    Really? I'm interested in reading more about this?
17. 77.▲
    by lordfoom 10y ago

    You just pick up the factory, set it up in a different part of the world, and start it up again?
18. 78.▲
    by lordfoom 10y ago

    I think that's an assumed EOL on Pentadactyl because of Electrolysis. The devs don't talk but the community is trying to come up with a way to continue. Vimperator has similar issues with Eloctrolysis, I think? I hope pentadactyl
19. 79.▲
    by lordfoom 10y ago

    Pentadactyl is great, but you'll have to find the signed xpi.
20. 80.▲
    by lordfoom 10y ago

    I'm on pentadactyl and loving it, but haven't heard of qutebrowser - what made qutebrowser stand out for you, if you don't mind me asking?
21. 81.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    By doing that you're not opting out of government rule, you're just changing governments.
22. 82.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    Point of fact: the RSA department of education removed Java as the language being taught, and replaced it with Delphi, despite objections (from some like myself). Here's an article: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/co
23. 83.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    > "There's an old saying where they say the goal is to pluck the feathers from the bird with the least amount of squawking," said Chamberlain. The less visible the cuts, the better—even if it means taking money out of empl
24. 84.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    I found dual n-back while looking around - http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/ - which claims working memory and fluid intelligence improvements.
25. 85.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    Thanks :) I also found that, which was a bit disappointing, but maybe they come out with something soon. I found "dual n-back" while looking around, which (controversially) claims some "fluid" and working intelligence bo
26. 86.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    Would love to try if the game was in any way available. Are there similar options out there?
27. 87.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    No.
28. 88.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    >"I want Jobs and [Bill] Gates and [Mark] Zuckerberg and all of these guys to thank me for blazing some of [those trails], because it was much easier once there were several notable successes from [people] in their twenties," h
29. 89.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    And yet one is allowed to use the word retard.
30. 90.▲
    by lordfoom 11y ago

    So why should you be able to say nigger and retard on hacker news? Why stop at open source repos? Why not extend it to all forums and social media?