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by samf 7mo ago
Right, and a nice thing about software is that retirement doesn’t mean you have to stop doing what you used to do. I’m retired (I know, I’m very lucky), and I’ve done as much or more coding since retirement than I did in my job. But to be f
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by samf 8mo ago
https://samf.work/ This is pretty new, and I'm still trying to figure out what it will be. For the moment it's a blog, and it's mostly my astrophotography work, with some random code and nostalgia thrown in.
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by samf 1y ago
In my case I stick with ][ for the sake of nostalgia.
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by samf 1y ago
I'm the same way, and "clear" or ^L isn't what I'm after. I want the history to still be on my screen, but I want the vertical separation too.
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by samf 1y ago
Ha, yes, I was thinking of the theorems that refer to "odd prime" to exclude 2. :-)
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by samf 1y ago
This is the best answer. We could declare 4 to be a prime number, and keep the rest of the definition the same. Instead of just saying "no", you could ask, "okay, what would that do for us?" If there isn't a good an
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by samf 1y ago
Some examples are in these comments, e.g. the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. The Sieve of Eratosthenes is an amusing outcome, where 1 is the only prime if you take it literally. But also mentioned elsewhere in the thread: if we declared
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by samf 2y ago
Very cool! I couldn't tell from the article if Kaliningrad will remain on a grid with the Baltics or become its own island.
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by samf 2y ago
Rogue Basin or Rogue Temple?
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by samf 2y ago
The WWE didn't invent it, they perfected it.
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by samf 2y ago
One thing I used shape tables for was for a fade-in effect. I would draw my spaceship one pixel at a time, choosing the next pixel at random. (I made a tool to help with this, or else it would have been too tedious!) The shape tables were r
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by samf 3y ago
I've often thought about how this sort of thing could be used for site security, much like cameras are used. E.g. it could hear a person's footsteps, and hear a person breathing, and it could distinguish between a person and an an
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by samf 5y ago
I haven't used this, but it should be mentioned: https://tauri.studio/
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by samf 5y ago
Yes, this is a major problem when you introduce ACLs into unix-like systems. A comment in the article mentions the "Richacl" work. A key problem with this work was that even "chmod 777" might not get you out of a situati
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by samf 6y ago
Good info; I came here looking for experience with managed databases. Does anyone have experience with managed instances on other platforms?
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by samf 7y ago
Surprised not to see del.icio.us there.
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by samf 7y ago
Is anyone else having problems with vim? Specifically, I can't see my cursor since upgrading. I don't really remember what my cursor looked like before the upgrade; maybe it was a red block? But now you can't see it. My curso
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by samf 8y ago
I use pastebot on the mac. It should be easy to add this as a "shell script filter", but sandboxing prevents me from getting unidecode. Has anyone else accomplished this?
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by samf 8y ago
I worked out that sequence while ignoring my assignments in elementary school, and I've been mildly obsessed with it since. I don't think I'm OCD, but this thread is kind of freaking me out. [edit] I also use my fingers to co
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by samf 9y ago
Do the numbers being held register as disconnected to anyone calling them? It seems like that might cut down on some of the junk calls by the time they're released.
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by samf 10y ago
I've been seeing the same doctor for nearly two decades. She does the same routine every time she takes my blood pressure: "So, (puts on cuff), do you have any trips planned? Anything fun coming up? (pump pump pump)". I laugh
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by samf 10y ago
I've always wanted to trick someone into sending this to the printer: %! initgraphics clippath fill { copypage } loop Please don't do this! It'll run you out of toner and paper as fast as possible. I'm just su
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by samf 10y ago
It might help if you were immersed in it, as opposed to a small amount of time in school. But would you be able to function those first few months, that's the question.
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by samf 10y ago
At least the author should have someone proofread it. There are grammar and spelling problems throughout.
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by samf 10y ago
Thanks!
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by samf 10y ago
Thanks, I just turned that on!
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by samf 10y ago
Not disagreeing, but I'm not seeing that on my wife's iphone. She got a 16 gig phone (big mistake), but we were thinking that getting everything on iCloud would make up for this. We pay every month for iCloud storage. That's
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Vim-go 1.6(github.com)
1 points by samf 10y ago|0 comments
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by samf 11y ago
I love this option. I type "/tmp" when I'm about to create some short-lived scratch files. Those saying "you can just alias that" are missing the point. Where do you stop with the aliases?
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by samf 11y ago
I found an image here: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/07/amazon-launches-snowball-a-...

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