sidpatil

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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   > I think, as others have pointed out in the replies, 0BSD or MIT-0 is more suitable for me. Why not go with [CC0] in that case? It's a lot more robust, and recommended by the FSF over options like the Unlicense. [CC0] https:/
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   This line confused me for a while, because it looked like a copyleft provision to me.
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   > I build robots from scratch, and I've turned it into my full time job.
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   > No one was interested in his idea of trying to monitor component use during runtime to pay developers. This reminds me of Project Xanadu's ideas about transclusions and associated royalties. What a coincidence that this was posted
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   You've got a twisted sense of humor.
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   > how come I can trivially change brightness on a laptop monitor but none of my desktop screens? If DDC/CI support was more consistent and universal, this would be really easy to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   "When someone says 'I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done,' give him a lollipop." Epigram 93, Alan Perlis http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   Cool product! This is essentially a modern take on the radioteletype [0], which is much older than dial-up modem technology. You might find it interesting to study RTTY modulation schemes if you haven't already done so. (If you do end
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/duck-pest-control
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > The problem is once you start scaling up you're losing real estate. Sure the picture will look better but you're not gaining any improvements in being able to open and see more things at once. Depending on what you're do
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    About the Time Travel Service(timetravel.mementoweb.org)

    1 points by sidpatil 6y ago|0 comments
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." —Henry Ford
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > Feels like suggesting lowering the speed limit to 55mph because it causes fewer deaths than 65mph. Actually, the 55mph speed limit was enacted as an energy conservation measure, not as a public safety measure. https://en.wik
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > "How do you know what files are directories?" `ls -F` helps with this on terminals without color. > "I feel like I am inside a coat closet!" Some terminals do offer higher character resolutions than 80-by-25. &gt
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    I like TidyTabs [1] and AquaSnap [2] (both by Nurgo Software). They both make window management so much easier. What I'd prefer is an open-source tiling window manager like i3. I've tried bug.n [3], but couldn't get it to wor
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    That statistic is for solar electric generation. A better alternative would be solar water heating, which is cheaper to install and more efficient. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    The East Coast had Bell Labs, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, etc., all of which were absolute powerhouses at various point.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25252543
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > (c) it gives your work that cool Bell Labs vibe If you wanted your work to have a Bell Labs vibe, wouldn't you use troff? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troff
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunn...
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > Korean energy drinks I wasn't aware that there existed foodstuffs containing nicotine. I tried searching for Korean energy drinks containing nicotine, but couldn't find much information. Can you please post some examples?
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9AXBowb0E
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > A mass manufacturer probably doesn’t want to give an impression that they encourage a way of using the units not explicitly mentioned in the manual to avoid any complaints/lawsuits. That, or they may have a product line which is d
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    I'm not sure what you're referring to specifically when you say "proprietary", but most of PowerShell is available under the MIT license. https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell#legal-and-licensing
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > On windows i need to use archaic developer tools like powershell. What makes PowerShell archaic, in your opinion?
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > Meth is such a gross dirty drug, I often wonder if Cocaine were legally available to drug users if Meth ever would have gotten a foot hold. It's dirty due to illicit production methods. Methamphetamine originated as a pharmaceutic
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    I think they're saying that devs won't spend as much time optimizing, since they know that the CPU is faster.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    Posted 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25168549