rzzzwilson

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by rzzzwilson 25d ago
The sooner this guy is impeached the better. That's better than letting his term just run out as it offers more of a warning to other fruitcakes out there: the system _eventually_ works.
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by rzzzwilson 1mo ago
Not just Canadians. Commonwealth English generally uses "Zed". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_the_Commonwealth_of...
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by rzzzwilson 2mo ago
A blast from the past! Back last century I had tried multiple "pile of floppies" installs of early Linux, but they always failed. SLS was the first linux install that worked, possibly because it installed from a CD. Since then
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by rzzzwilson 2mo ago
The "ASCII" page in the Jargon File gives a few names for "-". It even says that the official ANSI/CCITT names are "hyphen" and "minus". https://www.catb.org/jargon/html&#x2
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by rzzzwilson 2mo ago
Getting the lucky break is only half of it. Recognizing a change as a lucky break and being able to take advantage of it is also important.
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by rzzzwilson 3mo ago
I don't see how my comment about using python 3 rather than the obsolete python 2 has anything to do with Lisp.
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by rzzzwilson 3mo ago
Python 3 is not ... what?
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by rzzzwilson 3mo ago
Another vote for getting into the Arduino world, which includes the ESP32. To learn the basics there's still no better route than getting an Arduino Uno (or clone) starter kit and learning about digital electronics. The boards are pro
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by rzzzwilson 3mo ago
A note from the article says: I suggest Python 2.7 for this code No, just no. Use a later version of python 3. The article is 24 years old.
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by rzzzwilson 3mo ago
Don't know about .gov websites, but the ArsTechnica link is a horror in Brave and FireFox mobile browsers.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
My comment was about the lack of any sort of link showing what you claim.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
Surely a simple search on "vpn server cayman" finds some (or a lot) of possibilities. You'll have to dig a little to see if you want to try any of those hits.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
Interesting. A "zero code" implementation?
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
> They care that the product works. And that's the problem.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
No, they were built to deliver some of your money to the app author. That's all.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
I understand what the page is actually talking about. If I thought it was about extraterrestials I would be less worried.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
If whitehouse.gov hasn't been hacked, if this is a serious statement, then it's past time to get very worried about the current US government. We have seen madness like this before.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
Copy/pasted from the page right now, after refreshing: Free Shipping | Afterpay Availbale
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
Nope.
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by rzzzwilson 4mo ago
Might want to proof-read a bit more: Free Shipping | Afterpay Availbale
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by rzzzwilson 5mo ago
Simple answer. Microsoft bought github so I moved elsewhere. I find my life to be less "interesting" if I minimize my exposure to Microsoft.
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
Vi, or whatever actually gets executed when I type "vi" at the shell prompt. Used for python, C or whatever other language I'm using at the time.
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
Physics has nothing to say about social systems. Leave the last sentence out, it weakens your argument.
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Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates (2025)(reuters.com)
2 points by rzzzwilson 6mo ago|2 comments
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
I missed the result. What was the cause of autism?
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
Thirty years ago I spent a year working in central Illinois. I liked the people there but the company I was working for was quite badly managed and treated the employees poorly, in my opinion. Perhaps as an Australian I expected a slightl
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
While everybody is talking about it, any action is unlikely because that would require too many spines to be grown in the executive branch.
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
Any way to change units? My location uses the metric system.
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
Hmm, sounds familiar...
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by rzzzwilson 6mo ago
But then the item I want to view would be harder to select on a phone or tablet. Let's not forget those devices. On my tablet the page currently shows 25 items without scrolling and I can easily select an item of interest without acc

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