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by nocman 6y ago
Yeah, I figured that would be mentioned. I just personally don't agree that it's OK to say "well, everyone means 'empty' when they say 'full'". When the phrase you are using quite literally (hehe) me
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by nocman 6y ago
OK, I'll bite. :-D If you say you "couldn't care less" then you don't care at all, and that's what you are trying to point out (This is the correct version of the phrase, for how it is used in every case I can
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by nocman 6y ago
"This is extremely objective and extremely biased." I'm guessing you meant to say "This is extremely subjective and extremely biased". Am I correct?
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by nocman 6y ago
For those on Linux you can do this with: f=$(mktemp);man -t "$@" > "$f" && ( {some-pdf-viewer} "$f" ; rm "$f" ) ... replacing '{some-pdf-viewer}' with whatever PDF viewer works fo
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by nocman 6y ago
"... eventually all other programming languages are bound to become a subset of C++." God help us all!!!! (fortunately for my sanity, I have zero confidence that this will be the case)
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by nocman 6y ago
clicked the link, got: "Something went wrong, but don’t fret — it’s not your fault." Took me a moment to realize that statement wasn't in reference to the statement "Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft".
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by nocman 6y ago
Yes, it disables access to remote resources: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1263417 So if you have a local web server (like on localhost), you'll still be able to access it, but you won't
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by nocman 6y ago
> Reveal codes was a crutch. So do you think the inspector in modern browsers, or "view source" are a crutch then? I wholeheartedly disagree with this assertion, and there is absolutely no "nostalgic haze" clouding my
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by nocman 6y ago
> I can assure you that anybody who makes members virtual by default does not understand the feature, even if that body is named Steele. You may be reviled by that design decision, and the ramifications thereof, but I'd put my money
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by nocman 6y ago
It sort of is, under "S-Expressions", but I think it should have been in its own section.
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by nocman 6y ago
No, that's by no means originated with computers. People have said "the phone lines are down" for years, meaning landline phone service was temporarily unavailable (often when no actual physical cables were knocked down off o
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by nocman 6y ago
I wasn't suggesting that most non-technical people know much detail about why a company like Google might not be their best friend (I know they don't). I was addressing the idea that some people think "being big is bad in an
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by nocman 6y ago
> it's like there's something inherently satisfying when the big guy gets knocked down, the idea that being big is bad in and of itself. It is surely true that some people see it that way, but I think most people would be fine
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by nocman 6y ago
You feel like what is "some sort of fresh hell" that you managed to miss?
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by nocman 6y ago
I doubt you know much about welding then. Like most professions you can become as skilled at it as you wish, depending on your willingness to work to get better. There are a lot of different types of welding, lots of different pieces of
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by nocman 6y ago
I got a fevah ... ... and the only prescription ... is MORE BLING!!!!!! :-D
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by nocman 6y ago
> I know his comments on food are a metaphor, but when it's blatantly incorrect, I couldn't make it to his main point. This comment would have a lot more "punch" if you explained how it was "blatantly incorrect&q
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by nocman 6y ago
> jimi hendrix was a pioneer. van halen was another rock-n-roller. Millions of guitarists around the world say otherwise -- including many well respected professional guitarists. That includes a guy you might have heard of: Les Paul. S
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by nocman 6y ago
If it were true in my case for instant coffee, I would be ALL over that. Instant coffee is not even in the same category as brewed coffee. I am by no means a coffee snob. I do grind beans right before I brew, but they are the lowest p
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by nocman 6y ago
Referring to them as "the crackheads" might be a barrier gaining understanding of their choice of tools. :-D My guess is that was intended as hyperbole, like saying you think they are "crazy" for doing so. Still, I&#x2
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by nocman 6y ago
"All of it is valuable, but not all of it is valuable for work." ^ you could make the argument that almost all of it is valuable for work. The connections you make with other people, even on things that do not relate to work, c
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by nocman 6y ago
Thank you very much for pointing this out. This video is one of those things you could watch every year for a number of different reasons -- all of them important ones.
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by nocman 6y ago
I like it better, and the other developers like it better. It is a very good fit for our jobs, and has advantages that all of us very much appreciate. I haven't done a company-wide survey :-D However, I have not seen complaints from
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by nocman 6y ago
> 2. You can't mix WFH with work in office. It's either one or the other. If you have a single employee working remotely - you should transform all the processes to WFH-style. ^ This is not true. Where I work we have a mix of p
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by nocman 6y ago
Wow. All I can think is WELL DONE Jared! I can't imagine taking all of that on if someone else was paying for it, let alone financing so much of it yourself -- not to mention all the sweat equity you obviously put into it. So many peo
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by nocman 6y ago
Now you're really dreaming (on both of those). :-D
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by nocman 6y ago
like Borland Sidekick? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland_Sidekick
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by nocman 6y ago
Thank you for taking the time to reply to this. This was one of the most interesting replies I've read in a while here.
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by nocman 6y ago
All of the proctored exams I've ever been aware of have either a human supervisor in the room at all times, and/or a video camera pointed at the student the whole time. If you open a second computer they should know about it.
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by nocman 6y ago
Perl has its share of problems, but it is still a very useful language, and it is still used far more extensively than a lot of people think. And yes, it is still used for new projects, and no it is not necessary to sacrifice your mental

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