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List of Armed Groups in the Syrian Civil War(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by vince_refiti 11y ago|0 comments
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PostgreSQL vs. MS SQL Server(pg-versus-ms.com)
145 points by vince_refiti 11y ago|135 comments
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Is Science Dangerous? (2002) [pdf](nobelprize.org)
27 points by vince_refiti 11y ago|12 comments
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by vince_refiti 11y ago
Dell 610, currently with Xubuntu. Also runs NetBSD and FreeBSD. Works fine. Battery lasts 20 mins. I can meet you Central Station or Nundah Station.
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by vince_refiti 11y ago
Not a great start-up idea unfortunately.
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Kawa – fast Scheme scripting on the Java platform(lwn.net)
4 points by vince_refiti 11y ago|0 comments
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Appropriate Uses for SQLite(sqlite.org)
84 points by vince_refiti 11y ago|36 comments
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by vince_refiti 11y ago
What is the origin of the name Chicken Scheme?
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
The bread-fruit tree is ubiquitous in Samoa and it is a food staple used much like potatoes. My father planted a tree in the early seventies in Fasito'outa that is still feeding families in the area today. It has been used for famine r
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Just read the Wikipedia entry for Gerson therapy. It is one of the most idiotic things I have ever read.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
This has also surprised me. And it seems the main reason is that of indentation. I do not feel this is enough reason to use 'define' instead of 'let'.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
This is the kind of thing sorely missing from other language teaching - once you learn the basics, how to write good, idiomatic code? Btw, I can also recommend Kent Beck's Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns is you are learning Pharo Smal
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Some religious institutions have been owning and leasing out property for centuries.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
TIL, "In fact, the famous five and six-digit number tattooed on the arms of Auschwitz inmates began as a punch card system identification number."
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Yes. There was a time when people actually tested the backups.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
The Spanish government has screwed the Spanish economy up. No thanks.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Last time I looked, Rackspace (at least the Sydney, Australia centre), supports FreeBSD.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
No, that's not the reason. I have come across many rural towns in Australia where business owners will not let Aborigines use the toilets, or demand a fee. That is why.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Only if you and your friends are known members of criminal gangs.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
“But they should move away from disease-specific funding into health-system strengthening.” Disease-specific funding goes to research organisations. Health-strengthening funding goes to politicians. Given the history and current state of co
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Similarly in Australia [1] [1] http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/private-school-no-go...
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Gorse, as I understand it, was brought to New Zealand to be used as fencing between farm fields.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Their neighbours the Australians brought in the cane toad (Rhinella marina) to control the cane beetle.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
The deadly animals in Australia are the same everywhere - people. The wildlife does far, far less damage.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
And everything in Fossil is stored in SQLite, not flat files like most other systems. Seems weird at first, until you think about the advantage of storing things in an ACID database.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
In Ada, I remember reading that you can limit the inheritance depth.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Good. I missed reading it when I posted. Thanks for the info!
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
I am surprised you are not using OpenResty, like Lapis.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
Don't they still subsidize their agricultural sector, and dump stuff on the international markets and hurt non-EU farmers? I consider that to be very uncompetitive.
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by vince_refiti 12y ago
The European Union should be broken up.

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