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suraj
16y ago
Similarly searching for Apache directives (e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=rewriterule ) returns result for apache 1.3 docs. You have to add 2.2 while searching for apache info.
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suraj
16y ago
Soegaard, I was thinking of submitting a patch over the weekend. That way I get to see how a large lisp app is designed :)
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I was trying out racket yesterday and I couldn't figure out how to get the previous line in DrRacket. I tried all sorts of combinations and finally pursuing documentation came up with Esc-P shortcut. You can argue that this feature was firs
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There Are No Famous Programmers
(sheddingbikes.com)
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suraj
16y ago
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Generating malleable terrain by kriging
(the-witness.net)
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suraj
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suraj
16y ago
I have had wrong code delivered on more than one occasion because of workflow of using tarballs and/or backup folders. If you are working on windows, there is no GUI better than TortoiseSVN. Give TortoiseSVN a try, it won't replace the #ifd
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16y ago
Thanks for that interesting perspective. I guess it succeeded because western world effectively stopped development of space programs and nuclear technology. Similar strategy for semiconductor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Electroni
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17y ago
By definition there is only one universe.
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suraj
17y ago
Hmmm, express editions are not yet updated.
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17y ago
Social pressure. Being an engineer or doctor is considered the most prestigious thing in India.
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Secrets of the Nexus One's screen: science, color, and hacks
(arstechnica.com)
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suraj
17y ago
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suraj
17y ago
Anybody hiring in India? Or willing to take in an Indian developer?
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Ars on failure of Palm Pre
(arstechnica.com)
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suraj
17y ago
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suraj
17y ago
> I have used X programs on a mac, and I have never closed the window instead of picking the "file" menu. Probably because Mac menu bar is on desktop and not within the window.
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17y ago
Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs ) article is a good start. Most notably the /proc filesystem which represents the state of kernel was lifted straight from Plan 9 into Linux. As for the success of Plan 9, this
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17y ago
[Plug Computing Wiki]( http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Main_Page ) does a good job of explaining its use. If you are keeping a PC running as server for any reason (torrent, web serving, music streaming, etc.) you can replace
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Fixing the Google account alias problem
(equalsdrummond.name)
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suraj
17y ago
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