Comment Re:Isn't just the keyboards (Score 1) 459
Actually, laptops open stand on edge just fine, as the keyboard/screen makes a nice V. Then connect a real keyboard (which is the subject of this article, anyway) and you've solved _two_ problems.
Actually, laptops open stand on edge just fine, as the keyboard/screen makes a nice V. Then connect a real keyboard (which is the subject of this article, anyway) and you've solved _two_ problems.
But unless it's IPS, rotating an LCD will shift colors because the viewing angles aren't the same for horizontal vs vertical. It also messes up font smoothing since the order of sub-pixels isn't the same (unless the OS is aware of that)
Still won't work for a laptop
It's really not so bad. I'm reading slashdot on my landscape monitor, but VIM is always open in the landscape LCD non-IPS monitor (23" LG) and it's fine. With a dark background and light fonts, there is no discernable issue of font smoothing, and the viewing angles are limited but more than adequate. When I do open an application that has a light background and dark fonts (such as a PDF) one can detect font-antialiasing issues but it really isn't a bother.
From the first lines of the first file on Github:
def x(m1, m2):
assert type(m1) is bytes
assert type(m2) is bytes
return (int.from_bytes(m1, 'big') ^ int.from_bytes(m2, 'big')).to_bytes(len(m1), 'big')
assert x(x(b'abc', b'def'), b'def') == b'abc'
Maybe that was added after you posted. Note that it ostensibly has a 'test' (assert) but with functions named h(), x(), I find the code very unfriendly indeed.
Honestly, I think this argument can be put to rest. The sales figures do not lie.
While It's nice for you that you are happy with Metro, the interface is not moving computers off the shelves. There are a lot of people who will risk staying with XP, and the security risks that go along with it, rather than switching to Metro.
The same could be said of any Linux-based OS. The sad truth is that people prefer "familiar" over "good" and so are stuck thinking that they like Windows XP.
I don't understand how these people ever by a new car, especially if the wiper control or headlamp switch is in a different place.
Very cool, thanks.
Additionally, Python accepts in-line comments in Regexes. That alone makes it an above-average choice.
Are you NSA?
GP is a karma whore, not (necessarily) NSA. Very easy to identify as they post "the slashdot line" without saying anything substantial.
Tiger nuts? Grass bulbs?
You laugh, but I just recently ate Matzo balls in soup.
Replying to remove bad mod. When for 'insightful', hit 'redundant' instead. Sorry.
I hear complaints about thrid-party developers (mysqlf included) not supporting Python 3, but...
One of those typos makes me laugh, especially given the context.
Let's say I have something in python that was developed on python 2.5 and is in maintenance now. The correct question is why would I demand python 2.7 suddenly?
Actually, I just recently started a new project and I'm coding it in Python 2.7 despite the fact that I much prefer Python 3 (byte/str makes sense in Python3, str/unicode in Python2 was and is a mess). The reason is that Python 3 does not have a decent MySQL connector. I hear complaints about thrid-party developers (mysqlf included) not supporting Python 3, but core Python language bindings that we depend upon don't yet even support Python 3. Here, let me quote to you directly from my project's FAQ:
Why no Python3 support?
There is no MySQL connector for Python3 yet.
According to `git blame` I added that entry on 2013-12-04, just about a month ago.
Here is the project for those interested in a database explorer with a focus on breadth, not depth:
https://github.com/dotancohen/squeal
I've seen a few Slashdot links to this "medium" website recently. I think it hosts single pages from different authors in a format that is supposed to be comfort able to read on a tablet computer. Just my guess, I don't have a tablet that will show this type of page (just a hacked e-ink Nook running Android).
I now check where the link leads before clicking it in the fine summary as well as the comments. If it leads to "medium" I don't even follow the link anymore.
That is my point. All projects start off this way.
You have unimaginably gigantic explosions and these scientists just say "Boy we really need to dust now."
At least your mom writes dates in her diary entries. None of the blog's posts have dates, so when you're reading them you have no idea if the info is one week new or ten years out of date.
I must say, though, that this thing is a bear to build on my Kubuntu 12.10 machine. I'm not done yet, and I don't see the end in site. It is _not_ a simple
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
