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by qubex 6y ago
A natural question that arises in this context is: “do those who join the field after the consensus to forget X ever happened behave any differently than they would have if X really hadn’t happened ?”
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by qubex 6y ago
Ncurses: The Next Generation? Very impressive.
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by qubex 6y ago
Beautiful. I’ve got a recent build of Haiku in a VM and I didn’t even know this feature existed! Thank you.
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by qubex 6y ago
I think we’re getting a bit distracted here by the fact that the frequently used “I literally died [of embarrassment]” is obviously figurative because nobody would be able to use the verb “to die” in the first person in the past tense. Wh
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by qubex 6y ago
Then you’re entirely willing to concede that “Quack quack quack, quack quack, quack quack. Quack quack quack quack.” is entirely intelligible because you can easily ascribe multiple meanings to various instances of ‘quack’ so that it makes
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by qubex 6y ago
> You seem to be stuck on the 3rd definition Quite possibly. I concede the point. > It's quite common to refer to things being rendered to another forms I think it’s my mathematical background. I tend to think of these kinds
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by qubex 6y ago
MDI stands for “Multiple Document Interface”. I have no idea what (Windows-specific) construct you are referring to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-document_interface
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by qubex 6y ago
True! “Render unto Cesar”!
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by qubex 6y ago
Very impressive. I wish this had become a common feature of GUIs beyond the browser. One thing I liked a lot about the Windows95 GUI when it was introduced were the tabbed property and settings. They kind of went by the wayside as a general
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by qubex 6y ago
> I’ve yet to come across a use [...] that can’t be inferred contextually I literally think that’s impossible.
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by qubex 6y ago
To rehash the old and tired metaphor: one’s a sprinter carrying a baton and the other’s a herd of marathon runners dragging a sled.
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by qubex 6y ago
I literally hate it. ;)
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by qubex 6y ago
> you could argue about its correctness Yes, I do. But as you say, it’s in circulation. I guess I dislike it in the same way that I consider ‘ literally ’ and ‘ figuratively ’ to be antonyms, but how the former has unfortunately come
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by qubex 6y ago
Good article, but one thing that annoys me deeply is the author’s intimation that a server ‘renders’ a web-page. A server does not ‘render’ a web-page, that’s a client-side (browser) task (unless he’s referring to running a browser in a Rem
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by qubex 6y ago
I think you’ve misunderstood me: Tabs is a form of MDI.
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by qubex 6y ago
I don’t hate it and don’t think I should. I love brutalist architecture. Vast expanses of midcentury concrete and bunker-looking buildings gives me a sense of tranquillity, permanence, and purpose.
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by qubex 6y ago
I’m not arguing for the multi-window alternative. Indeed in MacOS I quite like the tabbed interface for applications. It just amuses me how when the problem re-arose, we solved it differently than we had previously.
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by qubex 6y ago
What I find hilarious about tabs is that it’s basically a full reimplementation of a multitasking interface within a MDI (Multiple Document In Window) context: we came up with windows for different applications and for different documents w
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by qubex 6y ago
For me he was a remote public figure with a cult of personality and a decidedly iffy reputation (throwing things, being abusive, & cetera ). Certainly he presided over the restructuring of a large company and launch of some very innova
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by qubex 6y ago
You’ll find most of them in here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_codenames
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by qubex 6y ago
The cop-out snide answer is “anybody who lives outside the US and doesn’t use dollars as their main currency”. The answer that actually addresses the central question, however, would follow the lines of “if a scrip does not have institution
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by qubex 6y ago
So much for ‘crypto’ becoming an payment system independent of the “fiat currency”-based fractional reserve financial system all the crypto-goldbugs rail against on a regular basis. This just shows that ‘crypto’ has failed at its stated aim
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by qubex 6y ago
That’s the entry point from whence you divine that ‘crypto’ has failed at becoming a payment system (as it was originally envisioned to be) and has instead become a mere asset class for speculation.
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by qubex 6y ago
Helped crowdfund this project several years ago when I was “really into” Processing. Can’t recommend it enough. The author has a great YouTube channel where he works through examples and illustrates techniques such as those addressed and il
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by qubex 6y ago
I’ve never really get very at home with Excel. I’ve used Lotus Improv, Quantrix Modeler, Apple Numbers and XCubes. Then again I’ve got to the point where I build my balance sheets and profit & loss accounts as Python objects...
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by qubex 6y ago
Looks interesting! I had something like a SQLite backend with a full spreadsheet front with all the usual functions plus SQL queries etc. all in a local application. Kind of like MS Access if it had Excel bolted onto its front. I really lik
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by qubex 6y ago
What On Earth are you talking about??
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by qubex 6y ago
I’ve never heard of a crematorium management system, but once when I was doing the rounds at my chemical factory I came across the technician who handled the burners for our boilers. It was October so he was doing a checkup before firing th
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by qubex 6y ago
They were Estonians pressed into service by Germany and who couldn’t be sent back home because their territories had been occupied by the Soviet Union and would have executed them. So... just conscripts like any other, pressed into service
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by qubex 6y ago
I’m not, but thanks.

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