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by raegis 5y ago
My solution to the excessive fiddling was Debian Stable. I've been using it since 2007-ish and it does not get in the way of anything. But I agree with you on the Mac OS thing--the only tech support I have to provide is babysitting Ti
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by raegis 5y ago
But have the Gifted and Talented programs been eliminated? My children are in LAUSD, the second largest school district in the country, where we have regular Gifted and Talented meetings, including one tomorrow. No one here speaks of elim
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by raegis 5y ago
Unsolicited advice: I suggest taking maximum paternity leave if feasible. I first took leave on my 3rd child, and feel stupid I didn't do it prior. Ironically, I was unable to convince two other colleagues to do the same. It took abo
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by raegis 5y ago
> 1) congratulations, you won the VPS provider lottery I'm not the person you are responding to, but honestly it's not that hard. I used to subscribe to a VPS which recycled its IPs formerly used by spammers, but now I use a c
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by raegis 5y ago
I'm been running a mail server on my personal domain for 20 years. The hosting provider is key. One well-known hosting provider I used to use had lots of IPs on the e-mail blacklists. I found a slightly less well-known provider with
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by raegis 5y ago
I'm completely serious here. Could you give us your definition of "number" which you would teach at this level? Please, please, I'm not trying to be an ass or anything. We could start a great conversation here.
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by raegis 5y ago
Gnome does have it built it, for as long as I can remember. Simultaneously press Control-Alt-Shift-R.
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by raegis 5y ago
They mentioned it is included with Gnome.
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by raegis 5y ago
Yup, I agree strongly. I watched the Lamport videos when on paternity leave, and really enjoyed it. The main benefit for me was that writing a spec in TLA+ allows me to "get my mind right" before writing programs. I was in love
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by raegis 5y ago
An experienced functional programmer can learn F# in a minute, which is fine for console programs. But I tried to write a basic GUI program in F# on Linux and gave up after I reached my googling limit.
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by raegis 5y ago
I have the same story. I ran Gentoo on all my machines for 5 years (2002-2007) and after the umpteenth update which broke printing, I switched to Debian stable and never looked back.
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by raegis 5y ago
> Why do you think they are cancelling AP classes in San Francisco and California under the guise of social justice? Can you document this? I'm a southern California resident, and I keep hearing stuff like this from people online,
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by raegis 5y ago
This is a great question.
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by raegis 5y ago
Can you explain this, or provide a reference?
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by raegis 5y ago
I get less than 5W idle on my T480 using TLP running on Debian Bullseye. Didn't have to config anything. But still it's only 8 hours.
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by raegis 5y ago
I understand your feelings, but I disagree. The first time I stood in front of a classroom (~30 years ago) I was visibly shaking from nervousness. Over the years I've learned that everyone is human, makes mistakes, and sometimes thei
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by raegis 5y ago
The essay is short and poorly written, even for David Frum. I live in Los Angeles and my second child just took the "gifted" exam last month, and my oldest is already in the program. I've heard no local talk about the gifte
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by raegis 5y ago
And the distance between "Levenstein" and "Levenshtein" is only one, so is this an OK misspelling? :)
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by raegis 5y ago
Perhaps the ruling is correct because the judges went out of their way to save a police officer, but would not provide others the same courtesy. But I'm only speculating.
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by raegis 5y ago
OK, agreed, I was wrong on my second point.
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by raegis 5y ago
That sounds like a good first warning. But they persisted even after Greg KH complained to UMN and told them to stop. A more severe punishment for a second offense is needed, IMO.
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by raegis 5y ago
If I dropped by a UMN researcher's office and asked for 30 minutes of their time for something they consider unimportant, they could reasonably reply, "no, I'm too busy with research". Likewise, a kernel developer shoul
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by raegis 5y ago
How did you get access to Chegg? I thought of buying a subscription to check for cheaters, but there were complaints on the net about Chegg charging credit cards on canceled accounts.
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by raegis 5y ago
I suspect this is not a popular opinion, but Google's AGPL policy reads like FUD to me. From the first paragraph: "...extremely difficult for Google to comply with..." and "...presents a huge risk to Google..." and
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by raegis 6y ago
If you're in grad school taking qualifying exams, memorizing theorems is required. There's just too much stuff to digest. Undergrads and younger students have ample time to learn mathematics with serious depth. This is not true
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by raegis 6y ago
Do they forbid using the code, or incorporating the code into their own works? I hear of places forbidding the use of GPL code (even in-house) where they use proprietary software like Microsoft Word with no worries.
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by raegis 6y ago
The supreme court (USA) ruled that you no longer have to pay dues (or the equivalent) if you are not a member of the union.
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by raegis 6y ago
This one has my vote for the weirdest library function ever.
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by raegis 6y ago
If you live in southern California an have a Los Angeles Public Library card, you can view the NY Times by logging in every two days. You do have to register at nytimes.com but it's all free. Regardless, you should check if your local
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by raegis 6y ago
A few people have made incorrect mathematical statements in this discussion, so having a math teacher might be useful when learning this stuff. My unsolicited advice: take your time and learn some mathematics you might enjoy. Trust simple

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