misterm

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   by misterm 16y ago

   I switched from windows to linux as my main OS a little while back. Currently, I run only linux, but I have previously run a dual boot setup with windows 7. That was just a speedbump. Now, if I want to update anything I type the following i
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   by misterm 16y ago

   So I'm on Linux - specifically Debian. Where do I start with LaTeX? Do I have to use a specially created editor such as Lyx?
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   by misterm 16y ago

   I disagree with your opinion of the liberal arts, but I will certainly agree that getting practice writing unit tests for your code on homework assignments will be a boon in the long run.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   The book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! sounds like it would be a great read for you. http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Char... As far as mailing lists go, I also would be interested in this.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   OO in perl is a little bit weird if you aren't used to it.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   That's almost as bad as telling a depressed person that they are overreacting and to just "cheer up". Incredibly stupid.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   I still don't have access. I emailed someone, got no response, so I gave up on it.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   Is anyone still using this in a production environment? I don't think I've ever seen a language like this one before.
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   by misterm 16y ago

   What is really the saddest thing, is that wikileaks is absolutely the only oversight/resistance that we have towards abusive American foreign policy, or abusive policy in general around the globe. The average citizen has absolutely no say i
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    by misterm 16y ago

    If you think the United States "try to act ultimately for good and that there be minimal self-enrichment", then I am just going to have to frown. American foreign policy has a very rich history of being very abusive to other countries when
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Wow, something from coding horror where he isn't trying to sell us something?
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Dancer is very easy to get started with, and very simple to deploy. If you have a small project with using perl in mind, it might be worth checking out. The documentation is okay, but getting better surely. If you have any quick questions a
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Ignorance is bliss.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    I'm going back to C. I've always wanted to learn it so I could contribute to the FOSS that I use everyday. It's a great language.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Admittedly, there seem to be better solutions out there, but I suppress the "start" page in my .emacs file and start with an empty scratch buffer, or a shell prompt instead. I can just switch the buffer to use the prompt.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    This is a frivolous lawsuit. There is no reason anyone would sue a private company for not using their software.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    I think Paul is wrong about further stratifying the Lisp community.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Why were they collecting this information in the first place? I don't understand how they could just accidentally grab passwords.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    What about running a command prompt from within emacs? I spawn one in my .emacs file with: (shell).
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    by misterm 16y ago

    I would like to try to make one just to experiment a little bit; I've never really made a javascript driven website before.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Yes it does. Thank you for the explanation. For anyone unclear about REST, try this: http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Sorry, I'm a little late to the party with respect to javascript. Could someone please explain to me what this means in english? Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and c
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    by misterm 16y ago

    check out http://www.linuxcertified.com/ , I got a decent laptop from there for pretty cheap. I am very happy with it. They come preloaded with your choice of linux distro, including the ubuntu option.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Perl is still very much alive and well.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    I could believe this. I feel like most of my discomfort just comes from sitting in the same position over a certain stretch of time, maybe an hour or two.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    I feel like I would absolutely hate standing for any extended period of time. Doesn't this tire you out?
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Even when I'm wearing glasses, which admittedly, is mostly when I'm on the computer, I always find myself slouching forward, or really tensing up my shoulders. I should probably just strap myself to my chair.
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    Ask HN: How do you prevent slouching at your desk?

    38 points by misterm 16y ago|70 comments
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    by misterm 16y ago

    The article was also a pretty weak criticism.
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    by misterm 16y ago

    Or, why the best numbers to choose are just 1,2,3,4,5. (Or really, 33,34,35,36,37 (so you don't have to split the money with people choosing dates).