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postdoc74

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About postdoc74

Quantum physicist, programmer, uncle.

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    Not anywhere near Mathematica, but a good replacement for Matlab. From a daily user of all those.

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    Comment #48457597

    A terminal and keyboard based email user agent with support for markdown, all written in Python with Textual https://github.com/juanjosegarciaripoll/pony

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    Comment #48269382

    I've had a lot of fun vibe coding my own text-based email client and reader using mostly Python's stdlib. It is my daily driver and found no problem with parsing so far. It also le…

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    Comment #47229339

    Many banks restrict the number and capabilities of secondary users. In the end I had to get a power of attorney, but for me observing these changes is just a warning. I see a perva…

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    Comment #47222241

    Maybe you don't live in any European country. 2FA with cell phone has become compulsory for most banking procedures in Spain, to the point that I can even no longer assist my paren…

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    Comment #45038402

    I don't know what's new on this. For the last two years all Office apps I own have insisted on saving to OneDrive first. I have always had to explicitly click on the path and selec…

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    Comment #44048848

    I am not familiar with Janet but have been a long time lisp developer. Could you perhaps add a few lines to the readme explaining how the build process for jwno works? Would love t…

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    Comment #42777458

    Not necessarily. A three or four year PhD in Europe is a short time to acquire a solid network (a lot of time is spent in training, unless the student is very proactive) and not al…

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    Comment #42686733

    It's not hate but unwillingness to support a guy promoting extreme right wing Nazi parties in Europe. That's a no go in my agenda. The only reason I don't delete my profile is I do…

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    Comment #41433032

    I believe they are so aggressive that they have broken their shopping cart code. For instance, as Prime subscriber I usually get at checkout preselected options that would be aimed…

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    Comment #38218063

    As former maintainer of ECL, another open software Common-Lisp, I can attest that both CMUCL's and SBCL's are extremely useful as reference implementation for much of ANSI CL. I le…

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    Comment #38187585

    You obviously do not understand tenders and also have a bad faith in addressing this message towards me (García-Ripoll) and Artur. First of all, this tender only received one appli…

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    Comment #37961165

    I love Gnucash, have been using it for my personal accounting for 20 years, but the stock and funds part is horribly complicated. Yet I have not found anything better.

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    I can second this program. I am usually into kettlebells, but for several months I was travelling and required an alternative. This program is an open version of the "Convict Condi…

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    Having a dedicated space makes a huge difference in concentration. However, it also helps you feel relaxed in other parts of the house. I lived long in a single space studio and wo…

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