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by rue 16y ago
Tangentially, http://sup.rubyforge.org implements a GMail-like interface, full-text search and such but works with (essentially) any source.
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by rue 16y ago
It implies that there is a disparity in effort vs. reward, which to many seems unfair (not to mention the truly rich have no need nor use for all their money). It is not that rich people do not deserve riches (well, some don't). It is that
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by rue 16y ago
I agree with you that the composer-style arm flailing is not great (even if intuitive to non-techies), but I do consider smaller, closer-proximity gestures a perfectly viable direction of research. > I'm not sure how learning a set of
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by rue 16y ago
More efficiently than the example or in "Minority Report"? Sure, even if a less-sophisticated computer user (such as a cop) might not. You cannot, however, use a mouse + keyboard faster than performing very small gestures mainly with finger
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by rue 16y ago
I thought it was common to invent new terms or repurpose neutral ones rather than subvert common, loaded terms for your own purposes? I would not call it "oddball", I would call it either "intentionally misleading" or - granting benefit of
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by rue 16y ago
I do not understand, at all, where "stealth" comes into your definition of terrorism, or why everyone else should follow that definition? Traditionally at least, terrorism has been " the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce,
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by rue 16y ago
I am not sure where I disagreed.
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by rue 16y ago
To be precise, it apparently cuts the risk of death by 60% for colorectal cancers, and 21% overall for cancers. It is still quite significant, but it does not actually prevent the cancers, just reduces their fatality rate.
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by rue 16y ago
URLs really have very little to do with REST beyond uniqueness, even though it is popular in "RESTful" APIs to encode objects in URLs. A POST /keypair/create or whatever could just as well be POST /1234567890123. The important bits of REST
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by rue 16y ago
I am not sure I understand your argument. I am not talking about a soulmate here, just someone who does not freak the parent out sitting next to them…
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by rue 16y ago
Hopefully, as a security-conscious developer, you are also looking at alternate solution providers to reduce the potential risk of making all your info available to Google.
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by rue 16y ago
Americans have had the technology to turn the volume up when commercials start, if so desired, for even longer than that.
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by rue 16y ago
Maybe you should try it with someone you get along with well first?
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by rue 16y ago
As with most things, being exposed to different influences tends to make you a better programmer. So does fairly routinely getting a grasp of a big or otherwise alien codebase. It might not work for everyone, of course, but it is probably b
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by rue 16y ago
I read those a few years back and they obviously come highly recommended, but in the same vein of historical fiction the best this year was: "Drood", by Dan Simmons.
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by rue 16y ago
I do not think that is accurate. A guy using fifty-year-old technology can still be useful (COBOL, for example). Knowledge (of the problem domain) should definitely be of more recent vintage.
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by rue 16y ago
Most people can learn to be OK at most things, with enough time or a "breakthrough". A significantly smaller number can be great at them.
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by rue 16y ago
I think the definitions are simply wrong. Talent is the genetic (and nurtured) predisposition toward something. Being great at something - often conversationally referred to as "talent" - is the combination of predisposition and practice. 1
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by rue 16y ago
Just on the off-chance that you are serious: it is of the utmost importance that the owner is a government, not a private person. The argument is that the government is keeping secrets from its people without the people being able to change
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by rue 16y ago
Dunno, I wasn't there. To me it seems that the U.S. government is probably the furthest-removed from the people among western nations - and Americans are by far the least trusting of government.
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by rue 16y ago
How much space does the mirror take? Edit: not much, <15MiB. Got some torrents seeded now, thanks for pointer.
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by rue 16y ago
Rest of Asia and EU. Bunch of Galaxys here.
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by rue 16y ago
Indeed. A government as a separate entity from "the people" should start going away (and communications technology is a key piece in that evolution).
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by rue 16y ago
Yes, in that the presence of design patterns indicates that the paradigm or language used is not sophisticated enough (for example, many if not most of the GoF patterns are unnecessary in Ruby/Python). On the other hand, some people still h
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by rue 16y ago
You realise that your actions, as described, can be construed as rather creepy and that maybe you should have apologised?
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by rue 16y ago
If you feel the need to pull that in here, at least provide sourcing for your allegations of falseness.
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by rue 16y ago
Also, it doesn't count unless I know you're hitting on me.
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by rue 16y ago
Come on now, many of you proudly tout how you were taught integration in secondary education. Big deal. This person discovered it for themselves, and that is an achievement to be celebrated.
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by rue 16y ago
A "layoff" is (should be) a temporary suspension from work to reduce costs and "termination", well, termination of employment.
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by rue 16y ago
I think the first thing to do is to stop worrying overly much. You have enough funds for 2 years? You are not broke. You have plenty of time to learn and/or find another job, take your time. Find folks in whatever area you are interested in

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