torstenvl

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   by torstenvl 9y ago

   Except that "smith" had already been adopted metaphorically for the knowledge class. Writers are "wordsmiths" rather than "sentence artisans." It also emphasizes the fact that coding is an iterative process. So
2. 2702.▲
   by torstenvl 9y ago

   You seem to have a very flawed concept of what the word "bias" means.
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   by torstenvl 9y ago

   Direct link: https://archive.org/details/mitpress?sort=-downloads
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   by torstenvl 9y ago

   Agreed. The app has definitely sent a different order than was on screen before; until recently it refused to work with Apple Pay unless your Apple Pay address matched character-for-character what your bank had on file (if one used # and on
5. 2705.▲
   by torstenvl 9y ago

   BNE without a CMP threw me for a loop (ba dum tsss). I hadn't remembered that BE/BNE typically operates based on the condition of the zero flag. Even so, it seems odd to gloss over the assembly while explaining more trivial things
6. 2706.▲
   by torstenvl 9y ago

   Interesting read, but frustrating at times. It felt inconsistent in its level of explanation - not sure why I need it spelled out to me that 40 x 25 is 1000, but the reader is presumed to know C64 assembly.
7. 2707.▲
   by torstenvl 9y ago

   I'm really surprised and disappointed by some of the responses in this thread. It boggles my mind that some people can consider themselves "hackers" and/or follow tech news, but not understand that automation is going to
8. 2708.▲
   by torstenvl 9y ago

   You're talking about the change from Netscape Communicator 6+ to Firebird and eventually Firefox in ~2003. That was a positive change. I'm talking about the the change from Navigator 4.x to the MAS-based buggy crashy slow XUL mons
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   by torstenvl 9y ago

   Deeply disappointing. O'Reilly had some really good things going for it, and it just decided to flush it down the drain. This is on par with Apple moving to butterfly switch keyboards across its entire laptop line, or Netscape deciding
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    by torstenvl 9y ago

    The court didn't directly address that point. The Lexmark contract likely has a choice of law provision, e.g., "this contract will be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California." It would
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    by torstenvl 9y ago

    Any poster that needs to post comments about how any language requiring real understanding needs to disappear needs to disappear.