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I started with PHP and I wouldn't recommend it. It teaches you horrible habits and its type system is equally confusing if you get started or if you come from another language. Plu…

Python comes with a turtle module, which means you can do all the neat drawing stuff you could do in Logo back in the days. Also Python's interactive console provides two helpful f…

I think the book would definitely become a lot more interesting that way. Chapter 1: Stacks Chapter 2: Reverse Polish Notation Chapter 3: Australia Chapter 4: Penal transportation …

Eh. It's the good old escalation argument all over again. Sure, you can fix some problems by cutting the broken solutions and letting it escalate until it solves itself. Sure, the …

I hope you do take the time to read up on the background of such stories before commenting on them. The reason they wanted to homeschool their children is because they are religiou…

Gravedigging a bit here, but WTF dude? I've started authoring websites in 1996 with just Notepad and I still hand-write my HTML on a daily basis. The problem with HTML has been (an…

Nay. I agree that recording private individuals in public places is dodgy (forbidden where I live, even -- and I am thankful for that), but police officers on duty do not fall in t…

Having an AltGr (third-level chooser) key on my native language keyboard, I was quite surprised to see Ubuntu (Linux in general? It's all in xkb's symbols layout anyway) have not o…

I've actually never used the Compose feature in Linux. I prefer dead keys for accents for ease of typing (though it does tend to get hard to remember where you put dead_ogonek when…

It's perfectly legitimate. It's fine to speak to your child in a language that is not the official language in the country you live in. It's obviously more helpful if SOMEONE also …

I've got a green colour impairment. I'm not colour blind. I'm not even green blind. And I'm definitely not red/green blind. If you're thinking about colour impairments, please keep…

Bullshit. Copyright has a lot of problems and the lawsuits aren't doing anything, no matter HOW you decide who to sue. Professional copyright infringement (e.g. companies using pir…