newton_dave

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by newton_dave 19y ago
... Well, hopefully that isn't the only way to turn the lights on and off.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
... By putting your finger on the active stuff? It's designed for a mouse, where there are normally actions taken after moving the pointer. If there's no continuous UI presence on the playing field it's kind of... erm... pointless.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
Oops, clicked by accident. Then typed.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I, for one, welcome our new algal overlords.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
All your meme are belong to us.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I wasn't aware I need sarcasm tags here. Sorry.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I'll still argue that people having jobs isn't, and wasn't, what holds "the framework of society" together.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
> The first sign of trouble is the sheer weight of CLTL. Was this simply an issue of trying to put (what should have been?) library functionality into the language? I've never been sure at what point one should stop adding the next keyw
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I'm a dead-tree fanatic, but I've also found that it's the blog entries (when available) regarding functionality that do more digging than a book (usually) has the time for. A blog entry is strongly-targeted to the specific issue; that's wh
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I can't believe any of my software is slow with modern CPUs.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I'm not sure I'd lump Objective-C in with C++ :/ C# and VB run an awful lot of Windows software, too.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
> It helps keep the framework of society together. A joke, yes?
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by newton_dave 19y ago
> People with lots of years in one field don't have the courage/curiosity to learn something new. Or they may enjoy their field, or they learn new things and apply them in their field, or their field is dynamic enough that it provides n
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by newton_dave 19y ago
> I would recommend starting to dabble with a smaller language first. Something like Python or Ruby would be an excellent place to start. While I'd also recommend starting with something other than C#, I'd be hesitant about using the ph
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by newton_dave 19y ago
They started earlier; that's not what I would consider the normal definition of "outlive".
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by newton_dave 19y ago
Go outside? The human mind works well in 45-minute intervals (obviously this isn't always practical, but even working on something related-but-easier for 10-15 minutes between two 45-minute intervals) so I try to step away from the computer
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by newton_dave 19y ago
I have some of those between by igneous and metamorphics.
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by newton_dave 19y ago
No, I brush my teeth every day because it's a relatively low price to pay for the health of my teeth in case I am alive tomorrow.