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Comment Re: (Score -1) 467

Have them set up a basic LAMP server. That's how I learned Linux. Or for something somewhat more practical for them, how about a seedbox or a mythtv-box. Frankly, the best way to learn linux is to just get your hands dirty.

Comment Re: (Score -1) 467

+1 nano. Around 10 years ago during my CS undergraduate classes everyone could just pick what they were used to, but students that were still getting used to this here shell thingy were nudged to use nano first during the unix introduction class. Easy to pick up and get stuff done and graduating to emacs (or vi if you like colons) is relatively easy.And to the sibling post about nano not conforming to any standard: you're right. But when you've barely touched the surface of programming it's a relief to have

Comment Re:Whats next (Score -1) 336

How was communism the vehicle that allowed Hitler to gain power? By being an opposition he could use to sway his people to Fascism? I also doubt the US communist party would want to install a Mussolini, as Mussolini was a fascist and fought communism just as Hitler fought communism. (Communists was executed together with Jews and political opponents in the fascist regimes) But Hitler was a great threat, and he would no doubt take USA if he could.

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At a University level the lecturer is supposed to point you in the right direction instead of spoon feed you like a teacher often has to do.Conversely I've seen many teachers that were complete rubbish at their jobs and had been through the system. The worst was a "specialist grade three teacher" that refused to teach grade four because that meant she would have to teach fractions!As for the premise of the article "College Students Lack Scientific Literacy" - I could have told you that twenty years ago. T

Comment Re: (Score -1) 184

I take it you don't read for long periods of time. E-ink definitely causes less strain on the eyes than when I try to read on a monitor. It's not a matter of stockholm syndrome, it's that trying to read for long periods of time on a monitor sucks. Sure it's workable, but it isn't the same as ink standard or electronic.

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