Glanford

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by Glanford 6y ago
One of the problems with treating terminals like other text input contexts is that they're inherently different and you're going to constantly run into issues when the context switches to displayed text. For example, you could get
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by Glanford 6y ago
In this particular case 'it's' can also be possessive although it's considered non-standard, so to be correct you can always treat it like a contraction of 'it is'.
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by Glanford 6y ago
That's what I was thinking as well, it's not uncommon to find translations of the Icelandic sagas along side original manuscripts or even Beowulf for that matter, but it's understandable if his class was one on Aristotle or p
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by Glanford 6y ago
It's important to remember that modern translations exist because language and cultural contexts change over time, this is true for both classical and more recent texts. A classic example would be Homer and his wine-dark seas or green
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by Glanford 6y ago
Nobody is asking that warehouse workers or store clerks be paid ridiculous amounts like $120k/yr, a fair liveable wage will do, failing that a lot of the problems would be resolved if such companies scaled back whatever policies they h
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by Glanford 6y ago
Full quote for context: >Plenty of companies, indeed entire industries, base their business model on being evil. The insurance business, for instance, depends on the fact that insurers charge customers more than their insurance is worth;
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by Glanford 6y ago
While that is a problem it's a fairly harmless one to have, the company can't profit any more off of your work than anybody else can and you're not really losing anything by the company doing this. Contrast this to using the
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by Glanford 6y ago
>Is GCHQ having such difficulty finding staff? They're trying but apparently there's not enough ballet dancers to fill all the roles.
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by Glanford 6y ago
Both are due to the same photoelectric effect according to Wikpedia, however it doesn't seem like xenon flashes are the most suitable thing to erase those chips and I don't think ultraviolet lights would cause the same issues on t
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by Glanford 6y ago
In general try to stick to the larger distributors or suppliers like Mouser, Farnell (or CPC in the UK), RS Components, Digi-Key, etc, or your countries closest equivalent assuming you have good consumer protection laws, if their target mar
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by Glanford 6y ago
A considerable controversy exists over the fact that the IPs were allocated to the global amateur radio community to be self-administered, but due to the sale the 044/8 block is now administered by ARIN. The sale hugely benefits an A