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811.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
>Someone who understands python and C++ would be trivially able to understand a massive swath of modern programming languages. I see little that having some deeper theoretical background would help. Yes, they will be able to quickly pick
812.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
Sure, and if you learned linguistics you would have been able to pick up those languages more quickly with a better understanding. But like I already said, most should learn languages for pragmatic reasons, what it offers them, not for some
813.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
The same way in that a CS PHD is going to be able to pickup programming languages better and more quickly than someone who has learned C++ and python, they understand the underlying mechanics of language, what makes it work. But a toddler i
814.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I would probably say if you are going to go to learning a third language than you would probably have been better off studying linguistics instead of that second language which will make all language acquisition easier. But hindsight, how m
815.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
>Sounds like these were some kind of raw cognitive tests. Absolutely. Outside some niche areas being bilingual is not going to make you better at general problem solving, will come in handy on occasion in that you will see the problem fr
816.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
It absolutely adds advantage to those interested in literature, it allows you to see your first language outside itself and generally increases your understanding of your first language. I would consider that a cognitive advantage but it is
817.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I think it is the reason given by the second response in OP link which I find dubious in the sense of film aging but makes sense for written documents.
818.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I would have agreed with you if your post was not 20 minutes old, get with the times.
819.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
In what sense? For the preface/intro yes, and that is still common. Before the 1950s hyphenated page numbering was very common especially in technical/educational books and the preface/intro would be 0-1 to 0-n, chapter one b
820.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
Just remembered that Roman numerals were and still are common in legal documents and I have a vague memory that they were the standard for dates in legal documents at one time in the US and a copyright date is a legal disclaimer. Quick sear
821.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I find it humorous that people think this is some sort of deception when it is probably simple tradition. Roman numerals used to be common and are still used in many places like for preface/introduction in many books, is that also some
822.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I have been using slackware with ion/notion WM for about two decades now and little has changed which is why I stick with it, I have no interest in having to relearn my system every update. In all these years I have only encountered on
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by ofalkaed 4y ago
Years ago I got laughed at for saying Haiku would beat linux to the FOSS desktop and I still think that will happen. Have been enjoying watching them pick up steam recently as they near their first release. Edit: I am referring to widesprea
824.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I am currently reading George Mills by Stanley Elkin which is quite good so far, before that it was Freedom by Jonathan Franzen which surprised me and I am looking forward to rereading it eventually.
825.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
He seems to talk around the "Why," what role would these computers actually play beyond making the people capable of building and using them "very powerful" in some vague and unknown way? I admittedly found it difficult
826.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
>And really slow to load. It seems to read a fair amount of data from the drive on startup and with a mechanical drive it really is very slow, with a SSD it is not bad and maybe a second for startup, but it is sort of the browser equival
827.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I don't see why you would need a visa, you are a US citizen working a job in the US. There could be some fun with your taxes depending how long you are out of the country but nothing major, mainly if you try to use your being out of th
828.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
I got stuck with Vivaldi for the past few years, I really did not feel like dealing with browser configuration/installing addons and it gave me everything I wanted out of the box. No complaints, have been trying out other options on th
829.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
They could be had for like ~$100 back then so I parted it out to rescue other synths in need. Kept the CEMs since 3328's were looked down on and just about the only CEM that was still cheap back then, made a few VCF/VCA modules&#x
830.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
No, under that logic we would take the time to consider them before just taking what we want. Most of these problems are not massive things and can be worked around without kicking people onto their asses. Most of the janitors can be covere
831.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
If you want to reduce partisan thought too childish self serving behavior (which I do not think is accurate but am OK with) than yes, that would be centrist.
832.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
>Minimum wage will eventually will get adjusted for the workers in the service sector to have similar lifestyle. So they just have to suffer until that adjustment happens? the middle class needs this now so tighten your belts, we will ge
833.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
How many offices are going to give the person cleaning their toilets and emptying their trash a raise when they go to a 4 day week? Most of those janitors will just end up working 4 days a week for the same hourly wage, so a pay cut but the
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by ofalkaed 4y ago
That is great, makes me wish I still had a Mirage but mine died back around the turn of the century. Mirage was not great as a sampler but a great platform with all the software that got written for it over the years.
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Daves Old Computers – Dunfield 6809 Portable(dunfield.classiccmp.org)
21 points by ofalkaed 4y ago|7 comments
836.
The Seed Biology Place(seedbiology.de)
1 points by ofalkaed 4y ago|0 comments
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by ofalkaed 4y ago
A good mortar and pestal will probably work better, leaves your grindings in a nice easy to scoop from/clean bowl and will give more control over fineness of grind. But if you really want to go manual just get a standard hand cranked o
838.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
What the fuck are they trying to say with this headline? I really hope this is an OPED or they are just trying to be provocative, either way I am fairly it has turned me off of the Washington Post for good. I guess it is impressive how much
839.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
Next month, special restored editions and the cash rolls in.
840.
by ofalkaed 4y ago
Given your name, the practical answer is that there is no difference assuming they are properly selected and implemented in the circuit. The exception being the EI core and SE outputs, EI cores were the only ones made with airgaps last I wa

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