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user55340

12:56 AM

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Finding a job you really want is all about the waiting. If you look today and there isn't a job that you want, then wait for it. Linux administrators are in high-demand, so you will eventually see that Junior position show up. Don't get frustrated. While you wait for that perfect job to arrive, ...

user55340

@RobertHarvey trying to find it... somewhere in south eastern Wisconsin I saw an area with condos(?) such that each had a hangar and a garage... the development had two sets of buildings on either side of a runway (and then the taxi back to your private hangar). I bet they cost a pretty penny though.

user15026

@MichaelT Oh, wow. That's....fancy.

user55340

@AshleyNunn Just think of the commutes you could do from there...

user15026

@MichaelT Yeah, no kidding.

Robert Harvey

1:17 AM

Rosamond Skypark

Rosamond Skypark (FAA LID: L00) is a residential airpark and public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Rosamond, in Kern County, California, United States. It is privately owned by the Rosamond Skypark Association. == Facilities and aircraft == Rosamond Skypark covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 2,415 feet (736 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,600 by 50 feet (1,097 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending May 3, 2011, the airport had 15,000 general aviation aircraft...

The houses there have hangars.

user15026

1:35 AM

@RobertHarvey Daaaang.

Robert Harvey

Yeah, it's pretty cool. There's a taxiway that goes behind the houses.

user15026

That is so excellent.

user55340

@RobertHarvey I found an answer to my not an answer flag question...

user55340

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A: Why was this 'not an answer' flag declined?

I think it's right to burninate, the tag very ambiguous. Should I start now?

user15026

1:55 AM

@MichaelT Looks like you've confused people :P

user55340

@AshleyNunn Actually, its exactly the thing that I was posting about... an answer that well, might have answered some other question, but not this one.

user15026

@MichaelT I figured that was the logic there, nice to know I followed that train correctly!

user15026

Speaking of trains, I should check out that stuff you linked me yesterday now that I am on my home machine.

user55340

If you flag it as NAA, then you agree with my post...

user15026

What to start with...

user55340

1:57 AM

simutrans because you haven't before.

user55340

simutrans.com/en

user15026

@MichaelT Good idea. :)

user15026

Just by looking at it, I think it is a good idea my boyfriend went to bed already because he might not get any more of my time tonight....

user15026

Okay, there are all these pak things I can install - should I pick them all? None? some?

user55340

Start with a standard / classic one.

user15026

2:00 AM

Okay. So I can leave the rest of the tickyboxes unticked, and install them later if I want?

user55340

Some of the other paks, will tinker with parts of the game that you might want to at first.

user55340

IIRC, yes.

user55340

Example: Pak64.Contrast:

user55340

> A minimalistic pakset that focuses on massive passenger networks and urban planning. Default maintenance costs are low, and construction costs high. The player should not feel financially constrained to create creative rail solutions, but should take on the challenge of transporting large passenger flows with efficiency.

user15026

Okay, cool, I will just go with the stuff it selects for now, and go back later if I want to play with the other bits.

user55340

2:02 AM

Or Pak64.HO-SCALE:

user55340

> This is dedicated to all friends who like to play the "model train" style. The trains and tracks are a little bit bigger, allowing more detailed design. Don't care for money or city growth. Switch the game to public player and build everything for yourself. Combine the objects as you would do it on a model train in your living room.

user15026

@MichaelT ooooh interesting

user15026

Okay, a little lost, no idea what any of the buttons do.

user15026

pokes about

user55340

Ok... downloading current version (my version the system was rather old...)

Sabilv

3:22 AM

hi GM

Jimmy Hoffa

4:18 AM

generatePermutations = (function() { return function(curr, k, p) {
  if (k == 1)
    return _.map(curr, function(elem) { return [elem] })
  var result = []
  for(var key in curr) {
    var item = curr[key]
    var nextCurr = _.without(curr, item)
    var combos = p(nextCurr, k-1, p)
    for (var comboKey in combos) {
      combos[comboKey].unshift(item)
      result.push(combos[comboKey])
    }
  }
  return result
};}).call({})

It's code

Mr_Green

5:27 AM

Hi @all

anybody here

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Q: Origin of letter "X" for close Icon

Who exactly presented the idea that letter "X" should be used for closing/exiting a window or an application? According to Medium.com, The first appearance of [x] in GUI design was likely the Atari TOS, possibly influenced by the Japanese batsu and maru conventions. Thanks to a last minute d...

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I asked a question on UX.SE and I am getting a thought that it should be on programmers.SE instead. but I am not sure

Stack Exchange

11:56 AM

Lambda the Ultimate - Programming Languages Weblog: Cost semantics for functional languages

posted on August 14, 2014

There is an ongoing discussion in LtU (there, and there) on whether RAM and other machine models are inherently a better basis to reason about (time and) memory usage than lambda-calculus and functional languages. Guy Blelloch and his colleagues have been doing very important work on this question that seems to have escaped LtU's notice so far. I think it is folklore knowledge, or rather folkl…

Oded

12:09 PM

@Mr_Green medium.com/solve-for-x/x-to-close-417936dfc0dc

Mr_Green

1:12 PM

@Oded I explained the same link in my post.

Oded

Ah. I should really read things before reacting.

Mr_Green

hehe

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