MarsAscendant

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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> it took me about 3 minutes to rectify my "for fun" scraper. Did you mean to say "rectify" as in "fix/adjust"? It sounds like you might have meant "reify" – as in, "create" – but I
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
In case you don't do this already: You can use Bandcamp Downloader [ https://github.com/Otiel/BandcampDownloader ] to download the artist's music – including any or all albums and any of the songs – just by ent
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> Being capable of intelligence and being intelligent are not necessarily the same thing. My argument was against what I saw as a notion that human beings must always express the intelligence we all undoubtably possess, simply because we
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> Except we're supposed to be intelligent. I don't think we are. We sure as hell can be. Seeing bright minds at work is a special kind of inspiration, and its own mental turn-on for me. People aspiring to do well by their desir
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> Humans in general are pretty shitty That's a sentiment I never understood. I'm not to deny your feelings, or claim that my view is somehow superior. It's been my observation, however, that people are generally okay, lean
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
"Sorry". Jesus. Sure .
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> In theory, formal language instruction is precisely the right way to learn a new language. Surely that's not true: otherwise, children wouldn't have learned their native tongue(s) the way they famously do. Not sure what kind
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> 1MB just isn't good enough for a reasonable image. That didn't make sense to me: the small (~700px wide) images I have in the library are all 50±20kB. I went to Pexels, which hosts free stock photos, and I took the first one
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
That's fair. My experience with Medium has so far ranged from neutral to highly-positive, with a lot of articles on cutting-edge web design technology or methodology. If you don't wanna read it, that's fine. I'm just say
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
My solution was to use an extension – Make Medium Readable Again – that, as of its features, removes the intro fullscreen ad. It's available for Chrome and Firefox, as far as I'm aware.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Just because it's easy to get rid of, doesn't mean it should be there in the first place. There's a lot more to say about such practices, but that's the gist of it.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Is there still a concern about the profit? I'm assuming you're working for a for-profit company, where one of the goals – if not the goal, ultimately – is to make cash. (I don't mean to insinuate any sharply-materialistic o
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
I suspect it has to do with connotations. When you hear "heavy" as used to describe something, you automatically assume it to mean negative. "Half is heavy" has a more negative connotative meaning than "Twice as l
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> Except Ukrainians and Russians are the same people I don't think that's for either of us to declare. I'm at least quarter-Ukrainian from my father's side (I think my parental grandfather was Russian, but parental gr
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
What would entering a union mean for the developer? I've read that it would increase their protection (legal, and sometimes financial, I suppose?), and that it's supposed to improve working conditions (because unionized workers wi
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Not "someone working 20 hours a day", but someone with enough dedication, discipline, and experience to work 20 hours a day sometimes because the workload is massive, and the pay is good (I'm assuming), and they do it well
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
> It never was a country on its own until 1992 That's beside the point. Right now, there's a growing nationalist sentiment growing in Ukraine. If you go to Ukraine and shout this historical fact in the streets of, say, Kiyv, yo
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Sure. "My name is Bond. James Bond."
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
I was referring to the anti-Russian sentiment brewing in both countries. Russia has, after all, engaged in a military conflict with Georgia on behalf of South Ossetia in 2008. The two countries have been enemies since some time before that,
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Thank you.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Referring to Georgia as a "former Soviet Republic" is similar in tone to calling Ukraine "a historic part of Russia". There were both what they've been called, sure, but given the current state of relationship bet
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Like I said: you get what you give.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Thanks. I like what you named the syndrome.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
The reason I disliked Arnold Schwarzenegger's biography, Total Recall , was that it white-washed his path in life. It's clear now that he's been a successful businessman, with great achievements in bodybuilding and physical
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
Systemantics , the book the article is based on, sounds like a good addition to a system designer's library. Any reviews from people who've read it?
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
That's seriously neat. I never realized quite how many writing systems there are in the world, or were historically. It's good presentation. With a bit of work, it could be an amazing first-impression tool for people interested in
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
They could use with a proper grid, instead of the system they're currently using, which is absolute positioning via a false, JS-driven grid. The design is pretty good, but you can't get away with `position: absolute` these days un
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
1. I never asked for any of that response, nor did the situation imply that I needed to learn about the points stated to make a better decision. 2. There's a general passive-combative conversation about browsers going on ("I like
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
My liking one thing about Firefox needn't entail my wanting to use the whole browser.
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by MarsAscendant 8y ago
I don't think fatalism is the philosophy to adopt here.

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