the_rara_avis

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by the_rara_avis 2y ago
I'm sorry, what? Who was complaining about generated slop ANSI art back in that time? Did I manage to live and participate through a period of time and miss some massive controversy? Educate me, please. I understand you being upset by
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by the_rara_avis 2y ago
Pulumi is free: "Pulumi is true open source, uses the Apache 2.0 license, and does not and never will depend on BSL-licensed software in any way, HashiCorp owned or otherwise." ( https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pul
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by the_rara_avis 6y ago
Here: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/107919/1/Hope_economic_consequences...
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by the_rara_avis 6y ago
I'm unsure whether I'll ever forgive Google/Verizon for only offering 2 years of support for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. After all the promises of "this is our flagship phone and we'll absolutely support it!" and
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by the_rara_avis 6y ago
John Jackson has a (currently) 6 part series: https://altrightorigins.com/2020/06/19/hsu-irresponsible/
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by the_rara_avis 9y ago
Your opinion of the paradox put aside - Karl Popper was a well-regarded 20th century philosopher, not some flimsy rando-streamer with 20 subs on Youtube.
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by the_rara_avis 9y ago
I love that someone took the time and effort to fix the bugs in E.T.: http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/
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by the_rara_avis 10y ago
I am a tab hoarder and cannot survive without https://www.one-tab.com/
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by the_rara_avis 10y ago
It does because one of the getting started tutorials features a GIF that suggests newcomers star their repository.
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by the_rara_avis 10y ago
This seems to be pretty comprehensive: https://lwn.net/Articles/686767/
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by the_rara_avis 14y ago
Agreed. That game is a gem. Have you seen Open Outcast? http://www.openoutcast.org/
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by the_rara_avis 14y ago
After using Dapper and Massive, I have settled on PetaPoco. I've used it in multiple deployed data access layers now and have no major complaints.
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by the_rara_avis 14y ago
FWIW, I've flown with an Arduino kit (wires, etc.) in the US and encountered no issues.
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by the_rara_avis 15y ago
Slightly off-topic: Forcing sign-in to read full answers strikes me as an odd path to take - reminds me of expertsexchange.
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by the_rara_avis 15y ago
Agreed. Malcolm is an author and entertainer. It would be a perilous decision to place his works on the same level as a peer-reviewed scientific journal. I wish we could expect readers (particularly journalists) to ingest everything with an
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by the_rara_avis 16y ago
It won't. In just about all cases, C# doesn't do backtracking to infer types. See Eric Lippert's posts: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2010/10/04/no-ba...
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by the_rara_avis 16y ago
I was hoping I would get a "bing!" sound when I pressed J. Sad panda.
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by the_rara_avis 16y ago
If I'm reading this correctly, USPS doesn't want your electronic device to be activated: "Cells or batteries properly installed in equipment must be protected from damage and short circuit, and equipment or devices containing cells or batte
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by the_rara_avis 16y ago
What a cute little slideshow...