"Of course it does mean you need to actually learn how to use a version control system beyond blind forward checkins."
and
"Version Control Is Your Friend"
People have laughed at me for liking MS Visual Source Safe. I am NOT a Microsoft fan by any means. However, the front end is so easy to use that Version Control actually became a convenient tool.
Every other version control system I tried is a PITA in some way. It is true "Version Control Is Your Friend" but it doesn't feel like that. It seems like most version control software projects are determined to make things as complicated as possible.
If I alter code it is going to go through a test release and be tested by other people first.
I've been programming for 14 years and I've learned no matter how trivial a change I make it is very possible to do damage unless the changes are completely tested.
So, I never alter production code, only code that is due to go through a testing cycle.
This technology isn't really needed. Chinese Buddhists have been making faux meats for centuries. They are quite good.
There are also newer, Western faux meats that are quite good. Check out brands like Gardein and Beyond Meat.
Throughout most of human history, meat in the quantity Westerners are used to has been quite rare. The result are ethic cuisines thousands of years old that use little, if any meat, for tasty, complete ( and healthier ) nutrition.
You probably aren't going to enjoy reading this, but labor unions played a big part in people having things like weekends, time off etc.
As to why people are working longer hours despite being more productive you might want to consider that many people are doing more than one employee's job so that the rich people who own the orgs ( know as "job creators" ) can profit more by hiring few people.
[b]There's no insight here, no data. The parent just spews his own feeling that "girls are rule followers" and "boys are smarter". The scientists with actual data found that the qualities were actually "attentiveness, task persistence, eagerness to learn, learning independence, flexibility and organization", but don't let science get in the way of your shit headed misogyny.[/b]
I agree with you that the author you are replying to has a weak opinion. However, that doesn't mean he hates women.
Calling him a misogynist because you don't like his opinion is a false argument ad hominem.
Since this is about Facebook, visualize that picture of the grumpy cat going around and then another picture under it with the caption "Good!"
Instead of reading about a privacy breach where someone was just enjoying life and was dumb enough to post it to Facebook, in this situation the person who got burned deserved to be burned.
I greatly appreciate that you are having a conversation with me instead of just doing the usual Slashdot penis waving dance, but I don't understand your point.
By buying a custom built PC, I got all of the power of an iMac ( in fact the CPU & RAM are still comparable to a modern iMac and many modern PCs ). I got it at a far lower cost and that PC has lasted me for 10 years.
So, I don't see what buying an iMac would have done for me that the custom built PC didn't.
I advise, STRONGLY, all of my non IT-savy family and friends to go Apple, because they will get an easily maintained box that will last with fewer hassles.
However, having used Linux for 14 years that isn't a selling point for me to spend several hundred dollars more, especially with distros in the Ubuntu family.
I don't think quality and value are exclusive. The system I am replacing this spring I had custom built from good parts literally 10 years ago. It still works fine ( I am using it now ). The only reason I am replacing it is that while fully functional the hardware is starting to get obsolete.
The myths of Scientology aren't any more ridiculous than the myths of Christianity, Catholicism, Judiasm, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam or any other religion.
Scientologists have a bad reputation for sketchy things they have done to people, but look at the record of any of the religions listed above.
So what is the difference between Scientology and those other religions. Time. Scientology was recently made. There are adults who were alive when L Ron Hubbard was alive and wrote Scientology.
The other religions were written in the murky past, hiding their shaky, man-made foundations. The other religions have generations childhood & family traditions/inculcation. Scientology does not.
To me, the two sets of things are about the same. I don't think Scientology can be put on trial without a mighty helping of hypcroisy.
The point you made is a fairly standard reply to my point. I put it to the test last year. I went window shopping, writing down part names, numbers and prices as best I could. An iMac was always several hundred dollars for a similar set up of hardware to a PC. The iMacs looked nice, but since I was so careful about comparing apples to apples as far as hardware went, I couldn't stomach paying several hundred dollars more to get about the same thing.
I've never been into computer games. I'm the kind of guy who likes to throw things out and only keep on my computer what I use. I've always hated that there are some games on Windows that are very hard to get rid of.
It sounds like a "feature" to me that I have a choice about whether or not to install their games.
Every few years since the 90s I think about going Mac. I get mentally prepare myself to pay more, but somehow every time I go to a Mac store or the Apple site, no matter how much I've stretched beyond my comfort zone, Apple manages to walk 4 paces beyond that.
I've been planning to replace my custom built PC of 10 years in the spring. I've been using Linux at home since 2000 and Ubuntu since it came out. I switched to Kubuntu in the last year since I really did not care for Unity.
My plan is to install the KDE version of MINT and run a copy of Windows in a VM for odds and ends.
I've been reading a lot of opinions about Windows 8. A lot of online tech magazine authors have the opinions about Metro that I thought I would see.
Interestingly, I've read some favorable opinions on comp.os.linux.misc. The users there are doing what I plan to do. They run linux, but with windows in a VM for an odd use here and there.
They HATED the amount of advertisements that came with the Windows 8 install (and offered tips about how to purge them ), but they had some respect for how solid Windows 8 is technically.
They did not like Metro, but surprisingly, they said it is not that bad once you get used to it. OTOH, they are only using Windows for an occasional odd usage like running Turbo Tax or Netflix streaming.
It is always interesting to find non-predicable, pat opinions.
Some dairy foods can have as much or more cholesterol and saturated fat as meat.
There are substitute milks made out of almonds, rice, hemp or soy in many supermarkets now. You can use those or fortified orange juice to get plenty of calcium without the digestive stress or the many health, digestive issues of cows milk
The situations where I would get use out of a mobile device AND be in a free wi-fi area are even RARER for me than situations where I would just get use out of a mobile device.
So, I'm not compelled to spend the money.
Anything I would do with a mobile device I would do with work or home PC otherwise.
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"Of course it does mean you need to actually learn how to use a version control system beyond blind forward checkins."
and
"Version Control Is Your Friend"
People have laughed at me for liking MS Visual Source Safe. I am NOT a Microsoft fan by any means. However, the front end is so easy to use that Version Control actually became a convenient tool.
Every other version control system I tried is a PITA in some way. It is true "Version Control Is Your Friend" but it doesn't feel like that. It seems like most version control software projects are determined to make things as complicated as possible.
"As a vegetarian for the last 40-odd years"
+ 1
"Re: Speaking as a vegan"
+ 1
I don't alter production code, ever.
If I alter code it is going to go through a test release and be tested by other people first.
I've been programming for 14 years and I've learned no matter how trivial a change I make it is very possible to do damage unless the changes are completely tested.
So, I never alter production code, only code that is due to go through a testing cycle.
One nice thing about the old fashioned ritual of buying printed books, with cash, from brick and mortar stores is privacy.
Your interests, your thoughts, your reading choices are registered with big brother (Amazon, the credit cards, potentially the government ).
Maybe you aren't planning the next big takeover. Maybe you just enjoy the simple please of reading without everyone else
This technology isn't really needed. Chinese Buddhists have been making faux meats for centuries. They are quite good.
There are also newer, Western faux meats that are quite good. Check out brands like Gardein and Beyond Meat.
Throughout most of human history, meat in the quantity Westerners are used to has been quite rare. The result are ethic cuisines thousands of years old that use little, if any meat, for tasty, complete ( and healthier ) nutrition.
LOL, yes that is about the response I expected to get.
You probably aren't going to enjoy reading this, but labor unions played a big part in people having things like weekends, time off etc.
As to why people are working longer hours despite being more productive you might want to consider that many people are doing more than one employee's job so that the rich people who own the orgs ( know as "job creators" ) can profit more by hiring few people.
Articles like this aren't new?
Instead of getting into another "femnazis vs misyogynists" pissing contest, why not talk about fixing the problem, helping boys and men?
[b]There's no insight here, no data. The parent just spews his own feeling that "girls are rule followers" and "boys are smarter". The scientists with actual data found that the qualities were actually "attentiveness, task persistence, eagerness to learn, learning independence, flexibility and organization", but don't let science get in the way of your shit headed misogyny.[/b]
I agree with you that the author you are replying to has a weak opinion. However, that doesn't mean he hates women.
Calling him a misogynist because you don't like his opinion is a false argument ad hominem.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misogyny
Since this is about Facebook, visualize that picture of the grumpy cat going around and then another picture under it with the caption "Good!"
Instead of reading about a privacy breach where someone was just enjoying life and was dumb enough to post it to Facebook, in this situation the person who got burned deserved to be burned.
I feel very fortunate for two reasons.
1. When I started using the internet in the late 80s I was paranoid enough never to use my real name.
2. My real name is shared with a well renowned uber geek programmer.
About once a year new people in my life will contact me to ask me if I am "number 2"
I greatly appreciate that you are having a conversation with me instead of just doing the usual Slashdot penis waving dance, but I don't understand your point.
By buying a custom built PC, I got all of the power of an iMac ( in fact the CPU & RAM are still comparable to a modern iMac and many modern PCs ). I got it at a far lower cost and that PC has lasted me for 10 years.
So, I don't see what buying an iMac would have done for me that the custom built PC didn't.
I advise, STRONGLY, all of my non IT-savy family and friends to go Apple, because they will get an easily maintained box that will last with fewer hassles.
However, having used Linux for 14 years that isn't a selling point for me to spend several hundred dollars more, especially with distros in the Ubuntu family.
Use it, save $
I don't think quality and value are exclusive. The system I am replacing this spring I had custom built from good parts literally 10 years ago. It still works fine ( I am using it now ). The only reason I am replacing it is that while fully functional the hardware is starting to get obsolete.
The myths of Scientology aren't any more ridiculous than the myths of Christianity, Catholicism, Judiasm, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam or any other religion.
Scientologists have a bad reputation for sketchy things they have done to people, but look at the record of any of the religions listed above.
So what is the difference between Scientology and those other religions. Time. Scientology was recently made. There are adults who were alive when L Ron Hubbard was alive and wrote Scientology.
The other religions were written in the murky past, hiding their shaky, man-made foundations. The other religions have generations childhood & family traditions/inculcation. Scientology does not.
To me, the two sets of things are about the same. I don't think Scientology can be put on trial without a mighty helping of hypcroisy.
If American companies used the same units of measurement as most of the rest of the world I would guess that would lead to more sales.
The metric system is also used by the sciences and science leads to MONEY.
I was fortunate enough to be a small child in the 70s. I learned the metric system in elementry school and it helped me greatly in my science classes.
I never learned the standard American system until I studied architechture in college.
The metric system is much, much easier to use.
The point you made is a fairly standard reply to my point. I put it to the test last year. I went window shopping, writing down part names, numbers and prices as best I could. An iMac was always several hundred dollars for a similar set up of hardware to a PC. The iMacs looked nice, but since I was so careful about comparing apples to apples as far as hardware went, I couldn't stomach paying several hundred dollars more to get about the same thing.
I've never been into computer games. I'm the kind of guy who likes to throw things out and only keep on my computer what I use. I've always hated that there are some games on Windows that are very hard to get rid of.
It sounds like a "feature" to me that I have a choice about whether or not to install their games.
Every few years since the 90s I think about going Mac. I get mentally prepare myself to pay more, but somehow every time I go to a Mac store or the Apple site, no matter how much I've stretched beyond my comfort zone, Apple manages to walk 4 paces beyond that.
I've been planning to replace my custom built PC of 10 years in the spring. I've been using Linux at home since 2000 and Ubuntu since it came out. I switched to Kubuntu in the last year since I really did not care for Unity.
My plan is to install the KDE version of MINT and run a copy of Windows in a VM for odds and ends.
I've been reading a lot of opinions about Windows 8. A lot of online tech magazine authors have the opinions about Metro that I thought I would see.
Interestingly, I've read some favorable opinions on comp.os.linux.misc. The users there are doing what I plan to do. They run linux, but with windows in a VM for an odd use here and there.
They HATED the amount of advertisements that came with the Windows 8 install (and offered tips about how to purge them ), but they had some respect for how solid Windows 8 is technically.
They did not like Metro, but surprisingly, they said it is not that bad once you get used to it. OTOH, they are only using Windows for an occasional odd usage like running Turbo Tax or Netflix streaming.
It is always interesting to find non-predicable, pat opinions.
What is the point of your post? Undigestable cow's milk sugar is still an integral part of milk for most of the world's adult population?
Why drink something that will give you digestive discomfort, take special pills to drink it or drink a processed version of it when there is no need?
Just stop using cow's milk.
60% of the global population can't digest milk once they become adults.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-08-30-lactose-intolerance_N.htm
Health researchers at Harvard have even come out and said cows milk isn't a necessary part of a healthy diet, it is something that is TOLERATED in a healthy diet if people don't get too much:
http://beforewisdom.com/blog/milkandbones/experts-lose-the-cows-milk/
Some dairy foods can have as much or more cholesterol and saturated fat as meat.
There are substitute milks made out of almonds, rice, hemp or soy in many supermarkets now. You can use those or fortified orange juice to get plenty of calcium without the digestive stress or the many health, digestive issues of cows milk
The situations where I would get use out of a mobile device AND be in a free wi-fi area are even RARER for me than situations where I would just get use out of a mobile device.
So, I'm not compelled to spend the money.
Anything I would do with a mobile device I would do with work or home PC otherwise.
The recurring monthly payment isn't about the hardware, it is about the SERVICE fees ( internet connection ) that you would need to make it useful.