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YEAH!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Game over Flash!
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer.
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I propose a more visual syntax and a keyboard-usable UI for generating regular expressions. One man's take
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I absolutely agree that regex's are typically not good for reading. Great in uses such as search/replace, but for not so hot for use in code.
One of the things I liked about Microsoft's (discontinued) MGrammar project was that they just used the same syntax for lexical and syntactical constructs, so matching an identifier looked like:
Upper = 'A'..'Z'
Lower = 'a'..'z'
Letter = Upper | Lower
Digit = '0'..'9'
IdFirst = Letter | '_'
IdRest = IdFirst | Digit
Identifier = IdFirst IdRest*
While a bit more verbose, it rendered the result much more readable.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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With the release of Linux 4.6, here's a look at some of the features we can hope to see merged over the next two weeks once the Linux 4.7 merge window opens. And the crowd cheers as the tortoise takes another step!
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When I first learned about the Julia programming language, I became very enthusiastic about it. However, as I learned more about the language and experimented with it, I because increasingly disenchanted with it, and I’ll explain why in this post. I think we should start seeing other languages.
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Quote: O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
It all begins with denial...A good girl from the wrong family...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Windows 10 has been with us for a little over eight months now, which means there are only about four months remaining to get a free upgrade from an older Windows operating system. As the clock counts down, Microsoft has begun to auto-schedule PCs to upgrade to Windows 10 with or without consent from end users. Just gonna go home and check my settings, brb.
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Sean Ewington wrote: Microsoft has begun to auto-schedule PCs to upgrade to Windows 10 with or without consent
My wife's laptop was taken over by the Win10 virus. She was unable to move the mouse due to GetWinX eating all of the processor.
Me: "Okay, let's update." <click>
GetWinX : blurgh! <fail>
I tried 3 or 4 different ways of upgrading. Was unable to download updates or even use the PC.
Finally, I downloaded an ISO for win10 to a USB drive and wiped the entire machine / installed.
Oh, it's very easy for the non-technical user, I am sure.
modified 16-May-16 16:35pm.
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It is irritating, how Microsoft treats us...but it is relatively easy to stop the scheduled upgrade...
Look for this: gwx.png (66.1 KB)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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What's really a pain in the ass is that even though you hide the various Win10 updater updates in WinUpdate, they come back each time new updates are available.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Apple deleting music from Apple Music subscriber’s accounts has been a problem since the service launched last year, but after a blog post titled, “Apple Music stole my music. No, seriously,” by freelance composer James Pinkstone, the problem has taken center stage yet again. If Apple comes for my Justin Bieber collection, we're going to have words.
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Sean Ewington wrote: If Apple comes for my Justin Bieber collection, we're going to have words.
That would almost be a good reason to buy Apple.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Sean Ewington wrote: If Apple comes for my Justin Bieber collection, we're going to have words.
"Halleluiah!", "Praise Lord Jobs!", and "iTunes 4Evar!!!!11!1oneone1eleventyone"?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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If you need security clearance from the federal government, it’s probably wise to stop being an idiot on social media. Government is effective and efficient. #Truth #ProudCitizen
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Google is seeking drivers to test its driverless cars in Arizona. If you meet the requirements, you can earn $20 per hour to sit behind the wheel. "2:01 PM. Still nothing to report. Reflecting on my inadequacies as a human being."
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"2:35 AM - I wasn't masturbating. I was cleaning it, and it went off."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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"2:37 AM - Geeze! How long can one girl take so long in the shower. Note to self - bring hedge clippers tomorrow night."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The problem with Oracle v. Google is that everyone actually affected by the case knows what an API is, but the whole affair is being decided by people who don’t, from the normals in the jury box to the normals at the Supreme Court—which declined to hear the case in 2015, on the advice of the normals at the Solicitor General’s office, who perhaps did not grasp exactly how software works. Bust out the puppets, whiteboards, and condescending voices! It's education time.
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The Website Obesity Crisis[^]
Articles giving out about how websites are too bloated, are themselves incredibly bloated. A living example of "do as I say, not as I do".
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This guy is an idiot. I admit that a lot of sites blindly add hi-res images and HD videos), but most of the "bloat" is from sh|t we're forced to use (mvc, css, javascript, and in some cases, the ads tacked on by the web host) in our web pages to make them visually acceptable to the mindless end users.
My personal ASP.Net web site is pretty much plain text, and page sizes are 10-20k. Granted, it's not a visual or multimedia extravaganza, but it doesn't have to be. No ads, little javascript, and I try to keep pics below 100k.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The freedom of financial independence....
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I'm writing today to see if you will support us in an upcoming W3C vote on the charter of the Media Extensions Group, where we will be proposing this compromise. P.S. And more cats, pls.
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