This irks me in general - but there is a difference between having a "Computer Class" in kindergarten and studying "Computer Science". The analogy is that when we sew, we use fabric, but there is a difference between a sewing class and a the study of "Material Science". Learning how to do math on a spreadsheet or report on a word processor is learning how to use and work with computers, but is different than teaching or learning "computer science" - just as learning how to drive is not learning "automotive engineering".
Can someone enlighten me on how Google search can have "127.0.0.1" entries at all - what they refer to - or if the whole point here was that the request was absurd?
I think a lot of the bashing and criticism of Perl comes from the fact that Regular Expression handling is an inherent part of the language - rather than being left out of the language design and relegated to just another set of functions in just another library. Regular Expressions are inherently hard to read - as they are complicated and dense - but even the most casual novice of Perl would be able to easily identify that what they are seeing is just a regular expression - and hopeful a comment or two would give them some insight as to what the "big picture" behind that particular exgexp was - if there was any doubt.
The alternative would be nasty - let's break out a protracted set of functions, variables, loops, etc to process this piece of text in a more "readble" way? No thanks - let me bang-out the regexp and be done.
Also - At least Perl uses a normal open/close (braces) to begin and end a scope - unlike Python - which relies on the number of leading spaces. (I've been using Python for years - can handle that - but still think it's a very bad idea).
For me - Pearl's biggest downside has been that the world has simply gone to Python largely, and so have I.Whereas I used to love Perl, I find it hard to keep switching back-and-forth.
That being said - I miss the ease at which Perl can fork a subproces, then scrape and parse it's output. Yes you can do this with Python - but it does take more keystrokes. From a linguistics point of view - it comes down to Information Density. Thus, we can argue that Python looks cleaner, but Perl's code is denser.
From what I understood - Microsoft wasn't going to outright "sell" Windows 10 - but it was going to be available on a per-year licence type of deal. If this is true - it would mean that these aren't "free" upgrades after all - but maybe a trap in which you'd be required to buy a "subscription" down the road...
All the more reason that end-to-end encryption should be used for cell phones. Blackberry got this right on their [initial] messaging implementation. I'm guessing Uncle Sam would fight this to the death...
This mentality MIGHT have been true many years ago where computers were exotic enough that you needed some level of expertise to even operate the computers enough to the point where you could RUN the games - but preparing us to code? No. Are we to conclude that playing Candy Crush Saga 8 hours a day is actually beneficial because this is preparing us for a career as a developer?
Yes, but remember that refrigerators "cycle" on and off via their thermostat. So though it may draw 2200 Watts, but only run 10% of the time. So (by my example numbers) on one hand it's easier on your total kWh because it's only using "220 Watts on average", but when it actually does kick-on, it's drawing a full 2200 Watts - which is near (over over) the capacity of the Tesla system we're talking about.
Are we all somehow swoon to think this is a practical solution to some problem? I live in New Hampshire and we get our share of power outages during the winter. EVERYONE has generators. A typical "LOW-END" household generator would start around 5k-6500 watts. Remember, a refrigerator alone is about 2200 watts running. Add in a blower motor for your household furnace - it adds up quickly.When we loose power, it can be for hours or days at a time. I haven't even started to talk about summer conditions when electricity is in demand and people run their AC units.
What would I do with a device that output 2kWs and lasted 2 or 3 hours???
Absolutely no idea why this is something "new". Any oscillating (digital) circuit is an RF transmitter - though this is almost always an unwanted side effect.
There have been a lot of people (too many references to site) who do things like make FM transmitters out of a Raspberry PI.
I used to play with making my Apple ][+ do wonky things to transmit weird noise to my FM radio back in the day...
for a ton of technical reasons I won't get into right now (remapping/wear leveling) SSDs aren't usually able to handle power faults like regular HDs. Too often, taking an unexpected power hit can easily result of massive amounts of lost data, or even loss of the device itself. I've seen this happen at least 20 times. Thete are allegedly some "enterprise grade SSDs" which may or may not mitigate this issue. I'm tired of seeing articles citing all kinds of performance tests that go into absolutely no detail on if you are going to lose all your data the next time you lose power, or have to force-off your laptop because it locked-up on you.
Generate a bunch - and pick the best one - in a art-form where being inexact, and mysterious is considered "artistic license". This program could have generated 99.9999% garbage - selecting a single "good" poem from a single pass doesn't mean anything.
Again - people need to understand it in more depth - it's more than that. Thinks like: never consent to a search, always insist that you want to leave, how to ask if you are being detained. Also understanding the reasoning behind these things - and what their positive and negative consequences are are importiant - and not always intuitive.
I'm not an extreme (left/right) crackpot - but I've read a bunch of their rethoric with respect to "knowing your rights" when it comes to dealing with police - and there is a LOT of merit to it!
This article speaks to the core of it.
These types of "false confessions" always follow the same pattern. Police with little or no circumstantial evidence pulling innocent people into long interrogations. They are happy to talk - because they are innocent, and letting all the facts come out can only help, right?
People need Serious education on how to handle situations like this. What to do and - NOT to do. What their rights are, and what will work best in their interests. Most of the time, the are involved in conversations that they have no obligation to have - and can leave at any time.
IMHO - a Linux "desktop" user GUI app? Really? I'd second-guess the approach, and before you discount me - hear me out...
Linux is all the bomb for the back-end, but not the front-end.
If you want to do that way - go for it. But in the world of Windows desktop (which you've already done), there are a lot of other avenues that seem more important. In several places that I've worked - and a lot of scientific and technical places that are big on Linux - MacOS is surprisingly where the desktop is, and the trend seem to be growing. Furthermore, iOS and Android are important "front-end platforms". too.
If you really wanted the Linux support - I would be (and have been) included to go the HTML-5 route. You get Linux, and many other front-ends for free.
In short - unless there is a pretty specific reason to believe you're going to have Linux users on the front-end, I'd stay away.
P.S. This is not going to be "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
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This irks me in general - but there is a difference between having a "Computer Class" in kindergarten and studying "Computer Science". The analogy is that when we sew, we use fabric, but there is a difference between a sewing class and a the study of "Material Science". Learning how to do math on a spreadsheet or report on a word processor is learning how to use and work with computers, but is different than teaching or learning "computer science" - just as learning how to drive is not learning "automotive engineering".
Can someone enlighten me on how Google search can have "127.0.0.1" entries at all - what they refer to - or if the whole point here was that the request was absurd?
I thought it was all about controlling the "flow of energy" through the "Body's meridians"...
The alternative would be nasty - let's break out a protracted set of functions, variables, loops, etc to process this piece of text in a more "readble" way? No thanks - let me bang-out the regexp and be done.
Also - At least Perl uses a normal open/close (braces) to begin and end a scope - unlike Python - which relies on the number of leading spaces. (I've been using Python for years - can handle that - but still think it's a very bad idea).
For me - Pearl's biggest downside has been that the world has simply gone to Python largely, and so have I.Whereas I used to love Perl, I find it hard to keep switching back-and-forth.
That being said - I miss the ease at which Perl can fork a subproces, then scrape and parse it's output. Yes you can do this with Python - but it does take more keystrokes. From a linguistics point of view - it comes down to Information Density. Thus, we can argue that Python looks cleaner, but Perl's code is denser.
...the religious rhetoric of TempleOS...
Yep - MOD UP! Mobile is very hot. Definitely uses Java, but makes it practical and "real-world" if you're not into all the Enterprise stuff.
From what I understood - Microsoft wasn't going to outright "sell" Windows 10 - but it was going to be available on a per-year licence type of deal. If this is true - it would mean that these aren't "free" upgrades after all - but maybe a trap in which you'd be required to buy a "subscription" down the road...
All the more reason that end-to-end encryption should be used for cell phones. Blackberry got this right on their [initial] messaging implementation. I'm guessing Uncle Sam would fight this to the death...
This mentality MIGHT have been true many years ago where computers were exotic enough that you needed some level of expertise to even operate the computers enough to the point where you could RUN the games - but preparing us to code? No. Are we to conclude that playing Candy Crush Saga 8 hours a day is actually beneficial because this is preparing us for a career as a developer?
Yes, but remember that refrigerators "cycle" on and off via their thermostat. So though it may draw 2200 Watts, but only run 10% of the time. So (by my example numbers) on one hand it's easier on your total kWh because it's only using "220 Watts on average", but when it actually does kick-on, it's drawing a full 2200 Watts - which is near (over over) the capacity of the Tesla system we're talking about.
What would I do with a device that output 2kWs and lasted 2 or 3 hours???
Oh, now suddenly "separate" CAN be "equal" when it comes to schooling? I see an easy and colossal lawsuit in someone's future...
P.S. DIE ALREADY!!!!
Is this "Throwback Tuesday"? I had to re-read it a few times to make sure I wasn't reading a VERY old article...
There have been a lot of people (too many references to site) who do things like make FM transmitters out of a Raspberry PI.
I used to play with making my Apple ][+ do wonky things to transmit weird noise to my FM radio back in the day...
for a ton of technical reasons I won't get into right now (remapping/wear leveling) SSDs aren't usually able to handle power faults like regular HDs. Too often, taking an unexpected power hit can easily result of massive amounts of lost data, or even loss of the device itself. I've seen this happen at least 20 times. Thete are allegedly some "enterprise grade SSDs" which may or may not mitigate this issue. I'm tired of seeing articles citing all kinds of performance tests that go into absolutely no detail on if you are going to lose all your data the next time you lose power, or have to force-off your laptop because it locked-up on you.
Generate a bunch - and pick the best one - in a art-form where being inexact, and mysterious is considered "artistic license". This program could have generated 99.9999% garbage - selecting a single "good" poem from a single pass doesn't mean anything.
lol - mod up!
Why do the comments in the file make me think that I am reading the rants on a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Soap???
"U.S. Senate taking a vote on whether Denocrats all suck or not".
Again - people need to understand it in more depth - it's more than that. Thinks like: never consent to a search, always insist that you want to leave, how to ask if you are being detained. Also understanding the reasoning behind these things - and what their positive and negative consequences are are importiant - and not always intuitive.
This article speaks to the core of it.
These types of "false confessions" always follow the same pattern. Police with little or no circumstantial evidence pulling innocent people into long interrogations. They are happy to talk - because they are innocent, and letting all the facts come out can only help, right?
People need Serious education on how to handle situations like this. What to do and - NOT to do. What their rights are, and what will work best in their interests. Most of the time, the are involved in conversations that they have no obligation to have - and can leave at any time.
Linux is all the bomb for the back-end, but not the front-end.
If you want to do that way - go for it. But in the world of Windows desktop (which you've already done), there are a lot of other avenues that seem more important. In several places that I've worked - and a lot of scientific and technical places that are big on Linux - MacOS is surprisingly where the desktop is, and the trend seem to be growing. Furthermore, iOS and Android are important "front-end platforms". too.
If you really wanted the Linux support - I would be (and have been) included to go the HTML-5 route. You get Linux, and many other front-ends for free.
In short - unless there is a pretty specific reason to believe you're going to have Linux users on the front-end, I'd stay away.
P.S. This is not going to be "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
...sounds like they got it!
"Currency of the Future". - Karl Hevacheck