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by sedachv 10y ago
You can even keep the Commodore! https://www.c64-wiki.de/index.php/PROLOG_64 https://www.c64-wiki.de/index.php/LISP
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by sedachv 10y ago
Because of things like: https://github.com/google/guice 4k LOC of "lightweight" garbage for... variable lookups?
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by sedachv 10y ago
> I understand the value of referential transparency and how it makes "certain" things easy, but saying that it automatically makes testing functional code easy is a myth. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. > And
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by sedachv 10y ago
> Did you use SCM, automated testing and design patterns 20 years ago ? If yes do you think this was the norm in the industry ? Just because people did not use a standalone program for version control does not mean that they did not vers
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by sedachv 10y ago
Don't forget 4x4 and vintage vehicles. The number of miles driven is one of the biggest predictors for claims and I imagine that most of these enthusiast manually driven vehicles will have low annual mileages. The insurance rates will
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by sedachv 10y ago
> I get that your utility function from money is non-linear, but I would expect a more accurate model to be a step-function I think you just answered your own questions - log is continuous.
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by sedachv 10y ago
> On a more serious note: there's a tectonic shift going on in the US too, it's just not as stark. Young'uns are moving to the cities enmasse, resulting in skyrocketing rents in places like SF, Seattle. The old American Dr
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by sedachv 10y ago
Vancouver real estate is the way it is because it has been targeted by Chinese ponzi schemes, bank fraud schemes, and money laundering: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/out-of-... http:/&
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by sedachv 10y ago
That is how the original IBM PC BIOS worked with basic hardware, more or less. Both Open Firmware ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware ) and EFI ( http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files
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by sedachv 10y ago
Here is the citation: Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction , Martin Helander, ed., 1990. Chapter 21, Section 4, "Key Size and Shape" on p. 483
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by sedachv 10y ago
> By the way, my personal dream is a workstation which is completely based on open hardware and software. RISC-V would be a good foundation. The Free Software Foundation has a hardware certification program for this: https://w
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by sedachv 10y ago
Macbook chiclet keyboards are the worst possible keyboard in terms of key placement and shape (flat-top keys) in terms of typing speed and accuracy. There is a good paper about this in the first edition of Handbook of Human-Computer Intera
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by sedachv 10y ago
> The goal is precisely feel good charity tourism as a safe adventure you don't need to quit your job over, so it seems like good advice to me. That might be the nathan_f77's apparently stated goal, but nathan_f77 also states t
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by sedachv 10y ago
https://www.getwashio.com/ http://flycleaners.com/ https://cleanly.com/ http://www.fazioonthego.com/ https://www.sudzy.co/ http://www.getclothes
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by sedachv 10y ago
> Remember sunsite.unc.edu? That's a throwback. I looked it up and apparently UNC's Sunsite turned into http://www.ibiblio.org/about/ There are a couple of other Sunsites still up. This one looks like it h
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by sedachv 10y ago
> He said it was a constant struggle. But it clearly is possible. That is just confirmation of point 4 of the parent post.
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by sedachv 10y ago
Warren Teitelman implemented a rule-based command correction facility in BBN Lisp in the 1960s ( https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6905 ) that later became known as DWIM in InterLisp ( http://www.softwa
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by sedachv 10y ago
Before switching to Lubuntu a few years ago, Window Maker was all I ran. LXDE is unobtrusive enough that I don't mind it.
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by sedachv 10y ago
Less chrome, no shadows, no rounded corners. Scroll bars on the left side. Two button mouse (not three, but good enough).
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by sedachv 10y ago
IMO the Xerox Star UI and NeXTSTEP/GNUstep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn4vC80Pv6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHFfc3btCI
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by sedachv 10y ago
> That said, this type of over-promising ahead of market reality is what gives cutting edge technology a bad name. Change "deep learning" to "expert systems" and "TensorFlow" to "decision trees" an
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by sedachv 10y ago
> Suburbs are always going to be more hostle towards pedestrians and cyclists, and we are currently seeing a trend of people moving away from them. That trend did not last very long: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/20
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by sedachv 10y ago
> When I needed books from my Uni library, I normally had to request them from stacks, so I didn't even need to go into the library to get them. Is that for reserved course items? A library where you had to request everything would
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by sedachv 10y ago
> - Multics (1964) did away with the distinction between files and memory. It was as if every file was implicitly mmapped, or alternatively, the processes's memory was just another file. Don't forget IBM System i (AS/400),
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by sedachv 10y ago
Ultrasonic sewing machines have been around for decades. They are very limited in the fabrics they can work with and are mostly used for industrial textile products, disposable items, and for things that need to be waterproof, like dry bags
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by sedachv 10y ago
> My diesel Mercedes and Nissan LEAF obviously never get tune ups. You don't do valve adjustments on the Mercedes?
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by sedachv 10y ago
What is creepy is when you are so uncomfortable with your sexuality that you think people watching on the street is objectification.
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by sedachv 10y ago
Is there more you can share at the moment? My wife sometimes works with Stoll software and we are thinking about buying a double bed from them in the near future.
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by sedachv 10y ago
To appreciate the aside you have to understand Lululemon's seminal role in the athleisure trend and the market impact it (making leggings acceptable pants) has had on the apparel industry. Also important to note is the sewing process r
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by sedachv 10y ago
Can someone point to any actual sewing robots that would make this question not a hypothetical? I just searched Youtube and these videos came up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iudSnw--Y8 Automated rows of buttonholes and

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