airlabam

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by airlabam 15y ago
What about Neuromanc--oh. 1984. Drat, that's a good 9 years later. Well, I was/am still very fond of Neuromancer and can't wait to get around to reading more of Gibson's other work, along with Dick's work. Does Lem address Gibson at all at
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by airlabam 15y ago
Oh wow, thanks for this one. Immediately noticed a reduction in eyestrain. If you're found the GUI buggy (as I did), try the command line interface (xflux). The CLI app works fine for me.
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by airlabam 15y ago
It's one thing to be cynical, it's another thing to reflect that into a normative statement about how a broad group of talented people act. Awfully contentious, that. I suppose Martin Luther King did what he did for the sheer rush of it all
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by airlabam 15y ago
Couldn't you already do that by just setting up a Eucalyptus cluster? From Wikipedia entry: "Eucalyptus is a software platform for the implementation of private cloud computing on computer clusters. There is an enterprise edition and an ope
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by airlabam 15y ago
Interesting article, but I definitely do believe that it is a bit muddled and oblivious. Yes, you should not study Ricardo Villalobos as a template to emulate any more than you would for Mozart -- if you like that music, you digest it and e
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by airlabam 18y ago
Very nice, concise writeup on getting the idea to the ground. I must shamefully admit, I've been quite guilty of ideating a lot of the no-nos you've talked about!
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by airlabam 18y ago
WHOA, as a CS/Music Theory major and as an FP hacker, I must say, this is mindblowing stuff that I've definitely thought about but never implemented. Props to this guy. Good next steps after these would be notations for tonal, contrapuntal
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by airlabam 18y ago
>>Erlang isn't a magic bullet. It might make migrating processes fast, but it won't speed up migrating data. Could you explain why to me? I just can't remember. I think I might be suffering from mnesia.
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by airlabam 18y ago
"$79.95 is nothing to pay if it saves a vet visit per year and keeps you from losing a fingertip or having your parrot call Grandma a whore." The last reason was actually kind of the reason I've been wanting to get a parrot. Inappropriate?
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by airlabam 18y ago
As long as we're talking about programming and (teehee) ego-dissolution: "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." - Jeremy S. Anderson