Question: How much of the title do you need to read in order to guess it's an article from dice?
Answer: None at all. If you're on Slashdot, it's a given.
By a strange coincidence, "None at all" is exactly how much suspicion the ape descendant Arthur Dent had that one of his closest friends was not descended from an ape, but was in fact from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Arthur Dent's failure to suspect this reflects the care with which his friend blended himself into human society, after a fairly shaky start. When he first arrived 15 years ago, the minimal research he had done suggested to him that the name Ford Prefect would be nicely inconspicuous. He will enter our story in 30 seconds and say, "Hello, Arthur."
The ape descendant will greet him in return but, in deference to a million years of human evolution, he will not attempt to pick fleas off him. Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.
Even if I use a Mac, I do know that they're way more expensive than alternatives, especially outside of the U.S.A. Even in Canada, Apple doesn't rectify its prices often enough compared to the exchange rate.
I'm a Mac user and I was picking Ubuntu when someone asked me for a Linux distro until recently (hearing bad things about it on Slashdot), so I was wondering "why Mint" since I also keep hearing about it as a "starter Linux" too.
Someone should mod you informative for that link to distrowatch.
All the main companies selling them use UPS to ship to Canada.
Sadly, I didn't even have to read the rest of your post to know you were going to talk about the brokerage fees. It really is insane.
I don't know why companies are so keen only offering UPS, FedEx, etc for delivery. Not everyone wants to get his orders "right fucking now", some of us prefer to pay as low as possible as long as the package arrives in good shape.
I would bet the Arduino and clones* are extremely popular in Canada because of the Chinese vendors on eBay. Free shipping, most orders arrive within two or three weeks and I only ever got duty fees on one package in over a decade, and it that was over 75$CAD in declared value.
An "Arduino Pro mini" is around 2.50$CAD, shipped. If you don't need a serial port in your project and you can use the ISP pins to program it, it's perfect for embedded projects, USB HID devices, etc.
My problem with the whole "there aren't enough girls in CS" thing is that everyone assumes that males are specifically targeted and tracked into computer-related academic/research/career paths.
Well that's not really a problem. Even if there's not a natural 50/50 ratio of males/females that want to go into computer-related careers, now that it's a law, the government will be able to force girls to choose those careers at gunpoint if needs be.
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There's a joke in there somewhere, I just can't find it.
And what would androids dream about? Electric sheep?
Still, if someone does want to send me a few hundred thousand bitcoins, the address is 18LQHMjKSCSU3g4f29TfmtfxHXUfnh7juB.
I meant DogeCoins, sorry!
Alright...
Someone should send me a few hundred thousand bitcoins at D9scjyKETYZesSmhjCR4vye4bc6iDqXPd6.
Not so much whoosh as doing a follow-up on the VB reference. VB = Microsoft = USA.
No you didn't!
Don't worry, the legal and the marketing departments will have that fixed very soon.
Answer: None at all. If you're on Slashdot, it's a given.
By a strange coincidence, "None at all" is exactly how much suspicion the ape descendant Arthur Dent had that one of his closest friends was not descended from an ape, but was in fact from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Arthur Dent's failure to suspect this reflects the care with which his friend blended himself into human society, after a fairly shaky start. When he first arrived 15 years ago, the minimal research he had done suggested to him that the name Ford Prefect would be nicely inconspicuous. He will enter our story in 30 seconds and say, "Hello, Arthur."
The ape descendant will greet him in return but, in deference to a million years of human evolution, he will not attempt to pick fleas off him. Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.
I heard the first patch recommendation came from the marketing department, but management refused their idea of cutting one leg of each Toyota owner.
If the plane had used apps, it would have systemD!
No you didn't.
Yeah, stupid morans!
Someone should make a whitespace language comprised of only spaces and tabs.
Even if I use a Mac, I do know that they're way more expensive than alternatives, especially outside of the U.S.A. Even in Canada, Apple doesn't rectify its prices often enough compared to the exchange rate.
I'm a Mac user and I was picking Ubuntu when someone asked me for a Linux distro until recently (hearing bad things about it on Slashdot), so I was wondering "why Mint" since I also keep hearing about it as a "starter Linux" too.
Someone should mod you informative for that link to distrowatch.
When you need low-cost web hosting, PHP is quite often the only choice other than Perl.
And Perl code looks like someone who vomited RegEx all over the place...
Try ExpressionEngine and its fun "parsing order" from Hell.
PHP is heaven in comparison.
I forgot to mention, NewEgg.ca does have the Raspberry Pi, I just don't know if they ship them from a Canadian warehouse or not.
Sadly, I didn't even have to read the rest of your post to know you were going to talk about the brokerage fees. It really is insane.
I don't know why companies are so keen only offering UPS, FedEx, etc for delivery. Not everyone wants to get his orders "right fucking now", some of us prefer to pay as low as possible as long as the package arrives in good shape.
I would bet the Arduino and clones* are extremely popular in Canada because of the Chinese vendors on eBay. Free shipping, most orders arrive within two or three weeks and I only ever got duty fees on one package in over a decade, and it that was over 75$CAD in declared value.
An "Arduino Pro mini" is around 2.50$CAD, shipped. If you don't need a serial port in your project and you can use the ISP pins to program it, it's perfect for embedded projects, USB HID devices, etc.
Anyone knows if a Raspberry Pi 2 model A/A+ is in the works? The Pi2B is too big for my project and the Pi1A+ is too slow.
Why Mint in particular, compared to the other distros?
Why? Is Microsoft going to buy Apple? Is Apple going to "buy Linux"?
It does help with the bad smell though.
Well that's not really a problem. Even if there's not a natural 50/50 ratio of males/females that want to go into computer-related careers, now that it's a law, the government will be able to force girls to choose those careers at gunpoint if needs be.