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by pandeiro 14y ago
This is fucking excellent satire. Hilarious.
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by pandeiro 14y ago
http://www.google.com/nexus/#/7
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Seriously.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Minimalism means faster boot time, less cruft in $HOME, generally knowing where stuff is, and more time to comb my enormous neckbeard...
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Not really. Arch takes about 10 seconds less to boot up than Mint on my machine. Then there would be the question of having to wait for both the host OS and guest (virtual) OS to boot up. It's a one-time expense, too, in terms of time. And
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I've been using Arch for the last 7-8 months and I think my love affair with it has already peaked. Everything written here is true re: learning about Linux, having more control, straightforward architecture, bleeding edge software, etc. Bu
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Similarly with health-related queries. When you have a serious problem, you're after any kind of information that might help. In my personal case, several of the ads returned more interesting info than the first few pages of algorithm-ranke
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by pandeiro 15y ago
There's value in "easing into" it, namely you won't have to try very hard, but let me play devil's advocate, based on my experience learning to program in in Linux over the past 3-4 years. Don't waste (much) time with the slick GUIs of Ubun
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by pandeiro 15y ago
who?
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by pandeiro 15y ago
He mentioned he uses awesome, which probably means he's not using Ubuntu. Just my speculation.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Off topic but in response to your conjecture about the Google Translate API: My own is that they are protecting against the harvesting of their AI algorithm's output.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I found it helpful as well.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Yeah, I think you're right, the REPL itself isn't revolutionary, although I felt as enthusiastic as the op when I discovered it existed. Then I tried to use it. It's alpha quality, breaks and has to be restarted quite often. And a large par
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Sorry, my bad, but you can replace Python with some Scheme implementation or anything else that compiles to anything. The point was "compiles to" != "is".
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Same problem as Spine."js", playing hide the salami. Most JS devs still think JS means ECMAScript. Call it what it is. Python packages compile to C but they don't call themselves names like "Django.C", that would be disingenuous and obnoxio
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I like the style and examples and it didn't make me want to commit suicide like certain repetitive, overhyped, chimpanzee-level Python books have, but it needed 3 or 4 more chapters. The coverage felt incomplete and a little arbitrary.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Actually the author isn't using those examples, he claims those are Apple's own examples: "Deep down in the ITC archives I've dug up the so-called infringement claim charts Apple presented to the ITC in its dispute with HTC. Infringement cl
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Tl;dr: "I need to learn a new language and it's different than Java, Python, and C++. WAAAHHHHHHH"
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by pandeiro 15y ago
In my case messing around with conf files improved my understanding of those specific components (acpi, xkb, alsa, modprobe, etc) and the system. By your logic what learning experience isn't a waste? I feel you on pulseaudio though. Been th
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I see. I was not aware that tmux has/can be configured to have a status bar at the bottom. That makes activity updates possible. Thanks also for elaborating about workflow. I use a similar setup with chrome and xterm and a tiling WM. I like
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by pandeiro 15y ago
So you avoid X altogether? How would there be updates without X? And if using X, why not use apps that have desktop update functionality (where that is important)? I'm legitimately curious as I've been experimenting with the same cli apps a
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Give up or don't give up, but agonizing about it accomplishes nothing. 6 months ago I received a new laptop that "just didn't work on Linux." I did a lot of research, tried different distros, hacked on it a lot, and now it is a dream to use
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by pandeiro 15y ago
You mean the same way some people just 'get' Jesus? He strikes me as a serious devotee first, analyst second.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
Exactly. This is implemented fairly well in a few browser extensions, but it ought to be included in core functionality, as even 'sharing' links to your own email becomes a more prevalent paradigm than bookmarks/favorites.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I upvoted you for the 'never a good time...' line lolz, but your last statement is truly absurd. I assume you don't have kids. Nothing replaces a parent, even a flawed one.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
For me it's 12" that strikes the right balance, and even more important than screen size is the keyboard.
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by pandeiro 15y ago
I find it incredible that this is the first post in either thread to have mentioned branding (and disingenuous on the part of the Dropbox CEO to have not mentioned it, as if it played no part).
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by pandeiro 16y ago
I'm definitely sympathetic to this argument; I might even fall into the primitivist hippie camp. Whatever. Yes, I do think I'd be happier running through the jungle naked than sitting here debugging JavaScript to pay off the insurance, bank
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by pandeiro 16y ago
"If agriculture was a last-resort method, why didn't smaller fractions splinter off from the groups and continue their hunter-gatherer lifestyle?" I think he mentions implicitly that agriculture cannibalizes resources that were once diverse
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by pandeiro 16y ago
Not at all, or he wouldn't have used that intentionally awkward-sounding construction. Xenophobes don't talk like that; humorists do.

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