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Re:Index, Count, Offset, Size on Saturday February 21, 2026 @04:18AM (#47098960)
I've never yet seen a linter option for assignment alignment, but would definitely use it if it were available
As a parent of early-teen children I don't want a ban, I want better tools to supervise and educate my kids about using SM safely.

- Searchable history of all content that has been viewed on the app

- Age-based content/functionality restrictions, with sensible defaults

- SM account DOB set from device DOB, with no override

- Parental controls implemented consistently across all apps

- Free comprehensive public education programme for parents about using SM safety

Some of this already exists, but not widely and is rarely done well.

Re:Wolves Became Dogs on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:41PM (#46556557)
A good (if slightly dated) book on the subject:

How the Wolf Became the Dog by Mark Derr

This is an active, and fast-moving, research area and I'd be keen to read something more up-to-date.

Re:'New' Python modules of 2015 on Thursday December 24, 2015 @05:28AM (#10787753)
I've got a lot of love for py.test right now. http://pytest.org/latest/

I feel I'm able to write much more concise test scripts than I could with unittest.

Re:Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify, all without the internet on Saturday September 26, 2015 @07:24AM (#10282772)
"Most people I spoke to in Cuba work for the state and have zero incentive to deliver anything above the bare minimum. They get paid the same either way. Even the private restaurants lack the fervor of a competitive business, since the economic environment they work in is still completely controlled even if they themselves are private."

Interesting article, but this statement is completely opposed to my own experience. I went to Cuba 4 years ago and nearly everyone I met had something running on the side. One guy said that "everyone has two jobs, they job you're given and the job you love" (he was a tour guide who did photography on the side).

I a country where many (admittedly not all) basic needs are taken care of by the state, the people are able to pursue their own aspirations, as the guy featured in the article has done.

"zero incentive" = neo-liberal bollocks.

Re:This Professor only has a PhD degree on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:31AM (#5486696)
My dad earned 'the equivalent of' an MSc in the air force in the 70's. Those qualifications didn't translate well in to the real world back then.
Re:Douglas Hofstadter has a new book on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:22AM (#5486619)
I wasn't a fan of 'Strange Loop' either. I'll be buying this one though.
Re:I'm a loser and I want to change that - now on Sunday March 17, 2013 @03:20PM (#5390596)
> I don't have too much time left. My 20ies are gone.

In the first decade of life, you are who your parent want you to be.

In the second decade of life, you are who your friends want you to be.

In your third decade of life, you discover who you want to be.

In the fourth decade of life, you become who you want to be.

You've got all the time left. You've only just started.

I'm also 30, and only now do I feel that I'm emotionally and intellectually mature enough to claim my life as my own.

Good luck.

Re:Putting healthcare in hackers' hands on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @01:32PM (#5287398)
So... hospitals can reject the uninsured even more quickly...?
Re:Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:41AM (#5165082)
We've put together a mini-site to further explain the history, archaeology and science of the discovery.

http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/

Re:All APIs are Web APIs, everything else is Bullshit on Thursday January 17, 2013 @12:05PM (#5073646)
Firstly, I'm not a Windows developer so please forgive any platform specific errors in my response.

If you're talking about runtime libraries that let you interface with an operating system, then for me, that's not an API.

Even if those libraries are available for every language available on the OS. It's still not an API.

An API should be language agnostic. Granted there may be language specific libraries providing wrappers, but the API itself must use an open protocol, making no language requirements. Otherwise it not an API.

Re:Why we've decided to stop producing TNW Magazine for Android on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @08:08AM (#5066624)
This is exactly the problem the web was invented to solve.

A lot of apps are just a desperate attempt to get brands in front of eye balls.

Re:Why we've decided to stop producing TNW Magazine for Android on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @08:05AM (#5066622)
Walled gardens. sigh
Re:Go Paperless in 2013 on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:03PM (#4993744)
Not for me.

I like paper. I like pens. I like to get away from my computer and phone. I like to scribble, sketch, doodle, draw and take time to discover thoughts.

Paper will always be in my toolbox.

Re:Buy Nothing Day on Friday November 23, 2012 @03:13PM (#4823505)
ditto
Re:I Don't Want To Be Part of Your Ecosystem on Friday November 23, 2012 @02:19PM (#4823300)
It's a barter/trade system, not capitalism.

Capitalism is primarily about generating profit, and there's no profit without money.

It all went downhill after the Enclosure Acts.

Re:The People's Bailout on Friday November 09, 2012 @04:30AM (#4762032)
Sometimes I forget how fortunate I am to have the NHS. Thank you for reminding me.

Ask HN: The iPod Mile and other non-SI units...

In discussing a data import we're working on, the unit "items-per-hour" started creeping into office conversation.This set us off down the path of talking about non-SI units for things, swimming pools of this, bus-lengths of that.Then I remembered a similar conversation from a previous workplace where we invented the "iPod Mile" as a measure of storage capacity.Assuming an iPod with 10GB...

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It's not especially robust, but restricting access to .edu email addresses helped to enforce the image of exclusivity, which only made the possession of an account more desirable.

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