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Nice timeline! As the author of “Action!”, I’ve mused over the years at the poor quality of interface tools / environments. I’m happy to say that Apple is on to something with “Swi…

Nothing was more depressing than growing up in LA in the 1970s, lungs hurting, and 30% of PE classes cancelled because of smog. I remember looking at the sickly yellow light castin…

I just implemented this for an app, and was glad that for the most part Apple followed a standard here, but some of these “peculiarities” referenced are a PITA. Most notably imo: >…

Yeah, but you won't find this accessible to patients in 99.99% of the world's hospitals. In another 10 years, not in 99% of hospitals. In 20 years, not in 98% of hospitals.

Similar to this, can anyone recommend a good book on linking/loading? I'm mostly looking for something about the process in Linux, but a general reference to common techniques woul…

That's ~483 km/h in non-freedom units.

Sure the new Model S and X don't charge as fast as the Model 3 (but 200 kW on v3 is already very good, which means also that they tweak somehow the battery as a whole, including po…

The default isolation level of MySQL is READ REPEATABLE!

Is thinking for ourselves really such a good distinction for ‘modernity’ from past generations? Belief is belief afterall, whether religious or not we’re all still swayed by our cu…

She doesn't look disheveled to me. Are you sure you aren't just doing the predicable? Using stereotypes to talk about mathematicians and commenting on women's "looks" before ever g…

This kid is going to be fighting off job offers.

I've been coding professionally for almost three decades, and the pursuit of elegant solutions makes up about 1% of my paid work. The rest of the time I'm fighting constraints: tim…

Happy that I was sleeping at that time.

I will note that basic Buddhism and the Gnosticism appear to agree. The first noble truth of Buddhism can either be rendered as "suffering is inevitable," or "life is unsatisfactor…

What is it about every HYS in the Science section that attracts the population control nutters? We all add one to the total. Those screaming for our numbers to be reduced fail to n…

The food analogy does not work and is a good example of people talking outside their area of expertise. Dieting on weekdays and "pigging out" once on pizza (what's wrong with pizza…

Why this link can be forbidden for me?

I am curious about the potential for a hybrid wind turbine (clutchable): Generate electricity during peak hours (high price) / Generate storable heat during off-peak hours. Or woul…

I like how Mr O'Sullivan saw fit to mention California in the first sentence. If he hadn't, I would have.

I think it's a matter of discipline. Well it's a nice topic you have. I think public toilets is not for bathing its for emergency reason. The outdoor toilets pittsburgh is successf…