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CA, apparently, grows almonds for the entire United States, and 80% of the world's almonds, too.
Except for nearly all of them, sure.
You don't think they can address both needs? What are non-MIT schools teaching when they teach CS if it's not SICP? Is everyone else just a vocational school?
Re:California is torn between clashing Anglo traditions on Saturday October 26, 2024 @07:49PM (#41958641)
Get rich quick by farming?
Re:Making your own hot sauce on Sunday August 04, 2024 @08:32PM (#41157268)
Most of the time that's Tabasco sauce.
Re:Can Reading Make You Happier? (2015) on Sunday August 04, 2024 @11:17AM (#41154089)
Catch-22
Re:Why *not* parse `ls` (and what to do instead) on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @12:27PM (#40790469)
How common are they?
Re:Emacs 2011-2023 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @05:21PM (#40034593)
It's okay to use different tools. Don't worry about it so much.

FWIW, I spent a lot of time in Notepad++ with my own syntax and settings setup for a specific video game I made mods for. And then I learned Linux and really bought into BOTH Vim and Emacs. And then I stopped playing around with computers and pretty much forgot about all of that stuff. No hard feelings.

Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:52AM (#37544531)
I'm a type 1 diabetic and get to monitor my blood sugar level, and there's just not much difference in between these oatmeal styles when it comes to digesting the carbs.
Read the job ad and mirror back to them the terms and language that they use. If the job uses X_lang, probably make sure to put how good you are at X_lang with the presumption that they're going to call you on it if you say you're an expert.