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by mmcgaha 5y ago
The idea that having ownership and permission bits at the file level being a problem fixed by moving the permissions to the directory level completely hand waves over the fact that hard links exist in unix file systems. They need to think a
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
The first time I heard the phrase digital native was about ten or so years ago from a then 22-year-old guy in IT. I get what he was saying; most of his life he had digital devices and internet access so it was more ingrained in his psyche.
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
50G isn't loved? My guess is that the 50G will be the most loved over time. Really it is the end of the line and the pinnacle of a HP RPL calculator. It looks great (better then the 49g+), has a good keyboard and is very responsive. On
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
I work for a company that has been in the same family for over one hundred years. The CEO started work there at sixteen and has worked in every department in the company. I am not saying that he wants to see people sitting around on his dol
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
When I was young, I figgured what would be the big deal smoking a few cigarettes per day. By the time I was 25 I realized that two packs per day was getting out of control. I don't believe there is any harmful information but the whole
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
You are confusing two related but different stories. Back then the talk was about the fact that he sent patients back into nursing homes. It was only later that we discovered that he actively fudged the numbers by not counting nursing home
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
NPR has been talking about this since January or so. Not exactly a right wing propaganda outlet. Howie Carr was talking about it around the same period as NPR. For folks outside of New England, he is a right wing radio host but he puts a sp
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
For users, The UNIX Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike is the book that got me going. There are a few things in there that don't exist now but it is the most concise easy-to-read book for new *nix users. For administration t
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by mmcgaha 5y ago
I can see how you read my post that way. I agree with you that it is not about the abstract group.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Cruelty is a human trait that is not bound by nationality, race, nor religion. I get the desire to slice up the pie of humanity and point to the piece called America; it gives us hope that maybe the problem can be solved. No human cruelty w
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Before google vendors supplied printed documentation.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Anyone interested in learning postscript should also consider Glenn Reid's Thinking in PostScript. I think it is a better introduction than the blue book. Reid is also listed on the title page as the author of the green book.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
USB Thumb drives always mess with my wirelsess mouse. The first time that I encountered the problem was a huge waste of time.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Glad you mentioned the Paris Agreement. How about we ratify the agreement so it becomes a treaty otherwise post 2024, it may go out the window again. As far as window dressing goes, we see this from both parties. They talk and vote radical
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
For general purpose programming, I want to write expressions in algebraic format but for interacting with a calculator RPN is easier. It removes a whole layer of abstraction wondering what the machine is doing. I would imagine if I were you
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
I have 14 RPN and 7 algebraic calculators, so you can say that I prefer RPN 2 to 1 over algebraic models. About 15 years ago, I was gifted a 1986 12C by our cost accountant. This thing was beat up, missing the badge, and generally nasty; gi
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Arrays in Postgres are my guilty pleasure. I know I shouldn’t use them but I just cannot help myself.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
If I could look like Patrick Stewart or Sean Connery going bald would be great. Of course those guys look better than me even with hair so what can I expect.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
In the mid 90s the only reason that I wanted internet access was for usenet. The web felt insignificant compared to the information available on usenet. It did not matter the topic, there was a discussion group for it. Web sites and service
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
I can empathize with how you feel (even how a victim could feel) but a public good will come from teaching prisoners a skill so they don't have to victimize someone else when they get out.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Graphics programming in C by Roger T Stevens chapters 9-12.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
I really love when I can learn a tool and use it basically forever. In the case of DD, I have been using it since the 90s, and my printed URM from April 1985 lists dd with syntax that is still relevant today. So even if it doesn't fit
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
This is not my literal belief; it is only a logical extension of the discussion so . . . If covid mostly kills old or otherwise compromised individuals then a socialist country could see it in their interest to release a virus that eliminat
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Here is an example on ebay of a book that has an index by phone number and even an index by street address. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Phonebook-1987-LAS-CRUCES-N...
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
The addreall comment blew me away too. When did smart people start taking PEDs? My guess is that software development is a field where it is more common for folks with the ADHD hyperfocus to excel, but if there is a problem brewing it shoul
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
I get that 100 years sounds like a long time, but the coal miners unionization stories are my grandfather's. Things change fast and it is good to keep the past in mind when evaluating the decisions we make today.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Meta Kernel solved this issue, but yeah, that was a real problem.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
In this price class, the w800 line cannot be beat. 100M water resistance, a second time zone, and a ten year battery life for less than 20 bucks is a real bargain.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
You are correct; he was a Timex Iron Man guy.
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by mmcgaha 6y ago
Everyone knows Republicans are racist homophobic xenophobic bigoted nazis. Why would they want to admit that to some random over the phone? The rhetoric that we are using to describe the other party is not necessarily helping our cause in t

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