I'd rather be a snowflake than a lemming or ostrich like you guys.
... put on your big boy pants and learn to deal with it.
Good advise all around; be sure to pass that along to Trump and his team. They're throwing a lot of toddler tantrums themselves - almost like they're little snowflakes themselves (worshiped by lemmings).
I'd add the recent Firefox location (url) bar (I refuse to use the term "Awesome Bar", 'cause it's not awesome) drop-down is a huge waste of space. It seems that the Old Bar extension has stopped working with FF 51 and Classic Theme Restorer only allows some customization of the urlbar -- grrr.... -- but the "new" bar is slower and has way too much unnecessary text on it than the older bar. Sure, the newer one probably looks/works netter on a phone and table with your finger, and I'll adapt on the desktop, but it still annoys the crap out of me to see the drop-down slog its way down 1/3 to 1/2 of the window.
Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (moz) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context.
You might need to install other software to open this address.
... can crawl into an incision in the eye and lift a membrane no more than a hundredth of a millimeter.
Is that the incision width, the lift distance limit, or the membrane thickness? A few extra words and comas -- actually in TFA -- would help:
Using a joystick and a camera feed, MacLaren guided the arm of the Robotic Retinal Dissection Device, or R2D2 for short, through a tiny incision in the eye, before lifting the wrinkled membrane, no more than a hundredth of a millimeter thick, from the retina, and reversing Beaver’s vision problems.
For most Python programmers, the block syntax is one of the things they like the most. It's true that a bad copy and paste or accidentally deleting some spaces in the wrong place can break things badly and potentially lead to subtle bugs. But in practice, that doesn't seem to be a significant problem.
So it can either "break things badly and... lead to subtle bugs" or it's "not a significant problem". As someone else said, "a ringing endorsement".
The fact is you should be indenting consistently anyway, so braces and semicolons are superfluous, and ugly.
Doesn't change the fact that the Python block syntax can cause serious problems and offers *no* actual benefit over using delimiters like {} and using delimiters solves the problems Python's syntax can cause. The simple fact is there's no need for this syntax in Python other than the whim and hubris of the language developer.
Researchers from the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) believe the software will allow doctors to better treat patients with pulmonary hypertension by determining how aggressive their treatment needs to be.... The LMS scientists claim that the software was able to accurately predict patients who would still be alive after a year around 80% of the time.
Hmm... Software predicts patient probably won't be alive after a year, doctors don't treat as aggressively, patient dies shortly thereafter. Sounds like researchers have discovered the self-fulfilling prophecy.
Of course, anyone could make those accurate predictions by simply killing off patients -- of course, not 100% accurate as that would be suspicious.
One big problem with lithium-ion batteries is that they have the tendency to catch fire and blow up all kinds of gadgets like toys and phones.
Tendency? I don't thin you know what that word means.
Given the number of lithium-ion batteries in the world, then number of fires and explosions is rather small, even including the well-publicized Samsung devices and Boeing 787 incident.
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Who thought it was a good idea for essential systems like this to be online in the first place?!
Hackers - duh.
... thousands of /.ers around the World stop to stare blankly at their bowl of Corn Flakes (or whatever breakfast cereal) ...
It's politics, little snowflake: ...
I'd rather be a snowflake than a lemming or ostrich like you guys.
... put on your big boy pants and learn to deal with it.
Good advise all around; be sure to pass that along to Trump and his team. They're throwing a lot of toddler tantrums themselves - almost like they're little snowflakes themselves (worshiped by lemmings).
Well, in the short term, I'm assuming Federal Courts will step in, ...
And... Trump and Fox News will label them "activist" judges, denigrate their heritage or gender, etc... and the shit-show will continue.
( I hope these researchers are certain about their findings ... )
Not as far as President Cheeto is concerned.
Um... That's "High Chancellor for Life Cheeto" - buster.
I'd add the recent Firefox location (url) bar (I refuse to use the term "Awesome Bar", 'cause it's not awesome) drop-down is a huge waste of space. It seems that the Old Bar extension has stopped working with FF 51 and Classic Theme Restorer only allows some customization of the urlbar -- grrr.... -- but the "new" bar is slower and has way too much unnecessary text on it than the older bar. Sure, the newer one probably looks/works netter on a phone and table with your finger, and I'll adapt on the desktop, but it still annoys the crap out of me to see the drop-down slog its way down 1/3 to 1/2 of the window.
Text in full-CAPS
Which should have been either: "Text in FULL-CAPS" or "TEXT IN FILL-CAPS" - just sayin'.
moz://a
Hmm... I tried that, but Firefox reported:
(i) The address wasn’t understood
Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (moz) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context.
[ Try Again ]
Yeah, fuck you. ...
Seriously, was that animosity necessary?
... can crawl into an incision in the eye and lift a membrane no more than a hundredth of a millimeter.
Is that the incision width, the lift distance limit, or the membrane thickness? A few extra words and comas -- actually in TFA -- would help:
Using a joystick and a camera feed, MacLaren guided the arm of the Robotic Retinal Dissection Device, or R2D2 for short, through a tiny incision in the eye, before lifting the wrinkled membrane, no more than a hundredth of a millimeter thick, from the retina, and reversing Beaver’s vision problems.
For most Python programmers, the block syntax is one of the things they like the most. It's true that a bad copy and paste or accidentally deleting some spaces in the wrong place can break things badly and potentially lead to subtle bugs. But in practice, that doesn't seem to be a significant problem.
So it can either "break things badly and ... lead to subtle bugs" or it's "not a significant problem". As someone else said, "a ringing endorsement".
The fact is you should be indenting consistently anyway, so braces and semicolons are superfluous, and ugly.
Doesn't change the fact that the Python block syntax can cause serious problems and offers *no* actual benefit over using delimiters like {} and using delimiters solves the problems Python's syntax can cause. The simple fact is there's no need for this syntax in Python other than the whim and hubris of the language developer.
To complete the mashing of jargon, in 2024 - "Objective SPARC Next++" (appending "On Rails" for rack systems).
His asylum expires at the same time as Windows 7 support. I guess Russia will also be upgrading to a newer whistleblower then.
Researchers from the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) believe the software will allow doctors to better treat patients with pulmonary hypertension by determining how aggressive their treatment needs to be. ... The LMS scientists claim that the software was able to accurately predict patients who would still be alive after a year around 80% of the time.
Hmm... Software predicts patient probably won't be alive after a year, doctors don't treat as aggressively, patient dies shortly thereafter. Sounds like researchers have discovered the self-fulfilling prophecy.
Of course, anyone could make those accurate predictions by simply killing off patients -- of course, not 100% accurate as that would be suspicious.
... it always makes my ass twitch.
In a good way?
Unfortunately, generally no.
It's clearly a generational thing. Many older individuals can't seem to understand that dvds are inconvenient.
We understand, but not everything, and certainly not everything worthwhile, revolves around convenience. You'll learn that as you get older.
Microsoft said it wants users to "trust" it.
I hear that a lot from companies and people -- like some newly elected officials -- and it always makes my ass twitch.
They started using Amazon's stack ranking (a.k.a. "rank and yank") review process on them. Researchers were surprised by the resulting mouse carnage.
One big problem with lithium-ion batteries is that they have the tendency to catch fire and blow up all kinds of gadgets like toys and phones.
Tendency? I don't thin you know what that word means.
Given the number of lithium-ion batteries in the world, then number of fires and explosions is rather small, even including the well-publicized Samsung devices and Boeing 787 incident.
Perhaps an old fashioned book burning is in order?
Why not? Samsung makes e-readers ...
A new codec records clear, but not hi-fi, voice in 700 bits per second -- that's 88 bytes per second.
It's 87.5 bytes/s and it's that odd 1/2 byte that keeps it from being too fuzzy sounding for hi-fi.
Rapid and Accurate Super Image Resolution
Sounds like the name of a Japanese game show.
Trump takes credit for this.
Ha, just kidding, one of his biggest campaign contributors, John Paulson, runs a hedge fund heavily invested in Mylan.
There is truly some disgusting pornography that will make me gag ...
Try watching CSPAN and get back to me about gagging.