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Mine too. I'm giving my current rig another two years.

I thought the link was headed to Fight Club... :)

Yes.

When I was in junior school, a goat (named Billy, of course) used to stay in a part of a garden which was really steep. One day I happened to stroll in, and before I knew it, there was Billy between me and the gate. He had the beadiest little yellow eyes and he proceeded to lower his head and aim is horns at me, as he accelerated toward me on a narrow ledge. I ran out of fear and before I knew what was happening, I found I was flying down the steep slope, landing at the very bottom. I have no idea how nothing happened to me, but that day I learned first hand about how fear lends you wings. I've never forgotten Billy (it's now part of our family lore and I even took my daughters to my old school and the very place all this happened) though I never bore a grudge against Billy or goats in general.

It's a pain if it isn't organized well. When it is organized well, it's the best.

I have mpd+emms set up with an always on emms playlist window and dedicated dired window for my music collection.

I can't say the same for my book collection though. I tried calibre but didn't like it. Been experimenting with some custom scripts that work but are in dire need of indexing and optimization.

Playing music off youtube is now the norm in my circle. It's definitely going to dent sales.

I don't like spotify and similar services, and try to buy my favorite music online if I can, but invariably am forced to torrents because it's hard to get where I am.

I'm amazed the music and movie business is finding it so hard to adapt.

I came back here just to thank you for that. For others interested, newpipe is available on F-Droid. It has options for pop over video playback as well as background audio playback. Sure beats the always on Youtube app.

It supports the importing of subscriptions but doesn't seem to handle playlist import currently.

Sounded more like sarcasm to me, but I could be wrong.

Ditto for me.

A very beautiful repl indeed - It's got spit and polish!

I feel the same way at the same age. I've been feeling that I've been at my intellectual peak for many years now, and keeping my fingers crossed for the years to come.

Spot on. I believe the crux of the issue lies in the present bias toward officer safety, leading to an almost anything goes situation if the officer claims to have felt endangered. Which is quite ridiculous because the danger is always there. It's just not an acceptable reason to blast away.

And bought a copy... ran it and the accompanying sample game, and it looks perfect for the job!

We had tried Lua and Love before but find pico-8 sets a better environment.

Thanks for sharing. It looks like just the platform to get my daughter started.

I'm inclined to agree with you.

Indeed. And it seems like ages since the last one, so I'm really enjoy the current gush of talks.

Spot on. You described it very well. As a citizen of a country neighbouring India I find this reality saddening.

Thanks. "Skill through effort" is wonderfully worded - a perfect value to pass on to the young ones.

It's the same for me on reddit. After following only the subreddits that interest me, the engagement upped my knowledge and enthusiasm. Prior to that I didn't get reddit at all - now it supplements my HN addiction.

Mine too. Thank you.

At the end of the day, that is the best insurance, if one can do it. Even better is mind training - for the real slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

I left my Facebook account idle for about 6 years now, and didn't miss it at all.

Now I'm trying to delete it and I can't find the link to "Your Facebook Information" no matter where I look. This is where the delete option is according to Facebook's help section.

Anyone having the same problem or is Facebook deliberately burying that link?

One powerful use of Excel is through Apache POI. Replace VB with the language of your choice, run all your logic and tests in that language, and spit out a spreadsheet at the end of it, all neatly formatted for your end users.

How much of the successful 'politics' would you say is actually sycophancy?

I'd be keen to see what 'Crazy Train' does.

Thank you - this sounds like a little gem.

At least you have a repair option. It's too late for me - I'm retired. ;)

As you say, that is an extremely moving letter. I would never have associated Doom with therapy - thanks for sharing. (I am a big fan of John Carmack and the id team.)

Yes, I see what you mean - it's easy for the collective level of class disruption to overwhelm the teacher, however good he/she may individually be.

I appreciate the first point which I believe is a vital factor. Regarding the order of the second and third though, wouldn't the quality of teachers determine whether there are disruptive kids in the class in the first place?