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by noizejoy 5y ago
With increasing hostility towards education, we may also regress.
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by noizejoy 5y ago
Or maybe a bit more likely to survive longer: cockroach genome or tardigrade genome :-)
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Another venerable DX7 software emulation worth mentioning is the free and open source Dexed[0], which also doubles as a patch librarian for a real DX7. [0] https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/
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Brings back sweet memories of Multics[0], which predated Unix by quite a bit: [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics
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One veto is enough to kill a resolution, so it’s not quite the same as one-fifth
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With minor modifications I frequently feel that way about various current writers, analysts, bloggers, vloggers, podcasters and influencers (of all genders)
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> ... I see friends apologize for their posts. Canadians?
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>Income taxes are way lower in Alberta than Ontario; moving my remote-ok tech job to calgary was equivalent to getting a five-figure raise. How did you get to the lower income tax amount, given that it would appear from the official Cana
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Side note: Facebook reminds me a lot of the catholic church.
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Having driven in quite a few different jurisdictions over the years, my impression became: The safest driving speed is the one that blends with local driving culture. In some places, that’s well above the posted limits, and in others it’s q
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by noizejoy 5y ago
Just keep looking for different niches until you find one that intrigues you enough to get into it without thinking about money. Maybe that niche isn’t even programming.
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There are many things that are crazy time sinks - either because they are difficult, or because they are emotionally or intellectually engaging. Or because they are mandatory in the context of the person doing them. And the concept of “free
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Albeit the pictures are from at least 1000 km away, since closest approach was from the dark side.
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Possibly more accurate, due to triangulation between multiple towers.
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The spaciousness of North America compared to Europe makes a significant difference in many driving related (and numerous other) issues.
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reportedly yes[0] https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloudflare-r2-storage-aw...
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I appreciate and have created software that needed to be complex with the associated complex underpinning. I also have long been looking for a framework that makes easy things easier.
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I’ve learned over the decades, that “being right” is rather irrelevant when it comes to communication patterns. Language changes and communication patterns, technologies, and how they are used constantly evolve (for better or worse). While
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For music making products (hardware and software) it’s become common for influencers to get products for free without official strings attached. Of course a bad review will most likely stop the free flow of products to that influencer. I’m
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The Samsung case seems to be quite different, though. i.e. the replacement components don’t seem to generally make things worse.
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> the industry seems to have rejected fully integrated blade systems In my probably too simplistic mental model, the blade systems approach got overrun by the advent of multicore processors combined with virtualization and containers. Wh
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Some modern apps don't even need a Ctrl-S to save the current state - even without a file name.
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But does that particular nuance invalidate the general point of the parent post?
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fair enough! :-)
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I hear you, and it’s your prerogative to choose how much to invest in reducing the attack surface for your communication. On the other hand, you could choose to think about communications in an analogous way to your code, both being subject
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by noizejoy 5y ago
If you would have mentioned those other languages in your original post, it might have amplified your valuable and important point even better, rather than triggering some readers effectively accusing you of shilling. I don’t mean this in a
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by noizejoy 5y ago
Having enjoyed using an Elgato StreamDeck on a windows box for a while, my next MacBook Pro upgrade cycle definitely includes a touchbar on the wish list.
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How I made a YouTube copyright claim disappear(vi-control.net)
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It’s been too many years, since I had detailed professional involvement with computer and network security, so I apologize if this question is stupid and I’m not even sure, if it’s even phrased quite right by modern standards: On a computer
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Just another case of the interests of customers (users) and suppliers (developers) not always aligning. It’s not that different with physical tools. Just ask a left handed guitar player about limited choices and/or awkward usability.

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