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whenever you walk into a casino you are constantly being watched, but the dealer isn't the one who does it
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If you posted this message on the door of a casino, I imagine not many people would go inside. What people think is: "I could be rich and never have to work again."
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I just replaced my VT100 with an XTerm and I have to say I'm really impressed.
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if you really want a GUI tab, I suppose you're right i'll take the TUI tab with the added bonus of not losing my work when the window is closed any day.
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I rocked the boat to save a failing project and then I had to bust my ass working 24 hour stints for several months to make sure it succeeded while I watched incompetent people go on vacations. His advice is legit.
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I don't consider ChromiumOS to be GNU/Linux. The kernel itself doesn't count -- obviously the kernel has little to do with the user experience. Android is much different than the experience of an X11/Gnome or KDE desktop
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20 years from now I would wager very few people will still use desktop workstations
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Hardware support imo is pretty good on Linux, if not better than on OS X/Windows. Especially legacy hardware. In themselves, each desktop is OK, the problem is that the UI experience is fragmented across several different toolkits (i.e
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The one area where I don't advocate for GNU/Linux is in graphical user interfaces. The year of the Linux desktop will never come. For whatever reason, the cathedral can make a much better GUI than the bazaar.
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do you write documentation, though?
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a good programmer is almost certainly a fast typer of course a fast typer does necessarily make a good programmer
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it would probably benefit patients
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Once when I was without money, I had to cancel a gym subscription. Inside the gym, the manager informed me of how I couldn't cancel because of my contract. This was a mom&pop level gym, too. It's also worth mentioning that he
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only 3k probably the cost of the alcohol and hotel rooms he declined
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in most cases, regulation in the US is basically a mouse trying to "regulate" the dinner of a lion by sneaking away a morsel or two
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Is it just you that you make enemies every 3-5 years? No, it takes 2 to have an enemy. We live in a society of conflict avoiders. Conflict is human. You can decide whether it’s worth it for you to stand up for what you think is right. Some
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it is a solution to his python grievance somewhat having a decent standard library saves you from needing to use a bunch of 3rd party modules that may or may not need to be compiled
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borland C++ 3.0 included make
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Hey this is Doug from T-Mobile. I'm just calling to let you know that we've sold your phone number and you'll be getting a new one.
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To those who say Twitter has such expansive network effects it can't be replaced AOL was replaced Twitter is AOL QED
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i hadn't heard about this guy until he got a fine that 1000 is a small price to pay for this advertising
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I read K&R 20 years ago and today it's still the closest programming book to my heart -- yeah there's more modern choices but the exercises are unmatched, it's short, and it's one of the most fun books you'll ev
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I think he only invests for himself now. According to wikipedia he closed scion capital in 08. What's his fund now?
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books and lectures don't "work" you work -- the work is the thinking you do if you do the thinking you'll be able to answer the questions
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compare the UK to the US honestly, I think the UK is a freer country I love the monarchy
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the irony is that the CEO probably does less work than the assembly line worker
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as an American this also makes me sad, the Queen is one of the leaders of the free world and in her passing, the world has lost a great leader
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you could start by using actual data your 80:1 stat seems pretty dubious -- do you have a source for it?
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Here in my garage, just bought this new Lamborghini here. It’s fun to drive up here in the Hollywood hills.
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needs pictures model it after the already successful site that exists for this (flippa) if you want to compete with it you must at least match it first then you need to find a way to have an advantage over them (one way would be to curry fa
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