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ddp

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About ddp

I've been writing software since 1976. I've been fluent in APL, Basic, Z80/8080, Fortran, Algol-68, PL/1, Pascal, Modula-2, Ada, Lisp, BLISS-32, MACRO-32, C, and Scheme. I learned me a Haskell for great good but still prefer “The Little Schemer” and OCaml.

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    1112+, plus 25 in Microsoft Authenticator w/ cloud backup enabled, and a Yubikey 5c FIPS for every device I care about.

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    Comment #33587248

    Thanks for positing this, I was using nvALT, I love this app.

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    Comment #33309126

    See also: https://twitter.com/JamieMetzl/status/1583181236134350848?s=...

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    Comment #31914634

    After SICP, I would recommend The Little Schemer https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780262560993

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    Comment #23812119

    Mine works fine too (Windows/Chrome).

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    Comment #23449117

    This site is one of the reasons.

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    Comment #21075628

    Thank you!

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    Comment #17584000

    I haven't used it enough to know what its limits are but there's a lot to like with Windows Subsystem for Linux running either Ubuntu or Debian. Compared with macOS, it's current (…

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    Comment #17550243

    I switched to this: http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/ Now, if I could just find something as brilliant for this Surface Book 2.

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    Comment #17510564

    Well, when it shipped it didn't support Fusion Drives, which were the default when High Sierra shipped. Time Machine backups fell over and quit working (somewhat different issue, a…

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    Comment #17509809

    I helped build Apple 1's. I had a Lisa. I've owned nearly every generation of PowerBook and MacBook and I've had enough. I bought a loaded Surface Pro tablet last summer and I orde…

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    Comment #17405114

    I'm sure they're just as bad as every other Intel chip has ever been.

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    Comment #17221068

    was They also used to make stuff that was fun to use and had a great UI.

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    Comment #17165347

    My dad ran into him on a plane once. I still have my dad's business card that he signed along with a coffee table book of his artwork. What a live he lived!

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    Comment #17157556

    I love my AirPods too but I'm still waiting for the wireless charging mat that works with the iPhone 8 and Apple Watch. Remember that? They announced it a year ago...

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    Comment #17156095

    Or it could be another ill-conceived half-baked product, like most of the stuff Apple has released in the last five years.

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    Comment #17057351

    Oh, that's nice. Can it land on a barge?

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    Comment #16822729

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/stop-sesta-section-230...

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    Comment #16806121

    The point is that ':=' evolved in Algol 68 to solve the ambiguity inherent in '='. C is simply from a less thoughtful and primitive language family and modern languages still seem …