maskedSlacker

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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
They achieved what Escobar couldn't: respectability on a mountain of skulls.
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
Because, while North Korea is still at war, South Korea is not.
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
It seems to me that agile approaches are a response to the phenomena of the spec often being wrong. If the spec is wrong and going to need substantial revision, iteration is better than planning. If the spec is not wrong, careful planning
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
This dismissive attitude really pisses me off. Babysitters don't have to get the kids to DO anything. Saying these are the same is like saying a manager in a business is only supposed to check if employees showed up and clocked in. Sur
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
But that's not caused by SCARCITY. Scarcity means there isn't enough food. That's not the problem we have. There is enough food to feed everyone. It's just owned by the wrong people.
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
>I'm just saying that it's a weak argument to point out that success in school is linked with wealth. Would you like to say that the Earth is flat, disease is caused by an imbalance of humors, and Adam and Eve tamed dinosaurs f
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
>I don't like how you need so many licenses to be a teacher. Most college lecturers do not have a background in education and definitely don't have a license and we do just fine. The licenses just feel like a way to limit suppl
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
For what it's worth, Cormac McCarthy hasn't read much fiction in a long time (so he says), but his books are some of the best in the second half of the 20th century.
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
1 kB = 1024 bytes, not 1000. 13*1024 = 13,312.
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
And the key bindings are lousy. But, setting that aside, I was begrudgingly impressed. I was conditioned at an impressionable age to be revolted by anything Microsoft, and VS Code mostly won me over. I still prefer emacs, but only because
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by maskedSlacker 9y ago
Even the US government doesn't claim that US law does not apply outside the border; that is simply false. Case in point: having sex with a child outside the US is still a crime you can be prosecuted for under US law when you return.