mosh + tmux + emacs I can't believe how few people mentioned mosh. I work on remote boxes "across the pond" all the time and it makes a huge difference. Laptop going to standby, VPN dropping, slow connection, all…
It sounds like it's best to be doubtful and unsure about my knowledge. So as long as I can make sure I'm unsure, I'm good. But can I be confident that I'm unsure? It's turtles all the way down.
Yes, I have been using Fedora this way for a couple years now (ever since systemd made this easy in Fedora 17). Two heads, one running MythTV (most of the time), the other is my workstation.
I don't really get your second paragraph. If you can afford to help strangers, then you can afford to help your friends. What point are you trying to make? I'm not sure. And why do you help your family and friends? Why…
Everybody is biased. Having a somewhat left-of-centre bias myself, I like to read the FT and the Economist precisely because they don't simply reinforce my beliefs.
I also speak three languages, and I'm learning another two. I'm also a hacker. I find programming and foreign languages highly complimentary. In both cases I'm supposed to communicate ideas in a specific vocabulary and…
Do people really ask their friends for recommendations for things like insurance? For lawyers, and other local services, I can see perhaps. Product comparison and review sites, or even Amazon seem to me like bigger…
I prefer anthropology, sociology, history and psychology to fiction when it comes to learning more about humanity.
mosh + tmux + emacs I can't believe how few people mentioned mosh. I work on remote boxes "across the pond" all the time and it makes a huge difference. Laptop going to standby, VPN dropping, slow connection, all…
It sounds like it's best to be doubtful and unsure about my knowledge. So as long as I can make sure I'm unsure, I'm good. But can I be confident that I'm unsure? It's turtles all the way down.
Yes, I have been using Fedora this way for a couple years now (ever since systemd made this easy in Fedora 17). Two heads, one running MythTV (most of the time), the other is my workstation.
I don't really get your second paragraph. If you can afford to help strangers, then you can afford to help your friends. What point are you trying to make? I'm not sure. And why do you help your family and friends? Why…
Everybody is biased. Having a somewhat left-of-centre bias myself, I like to read the FT and the Economist precisely because they don't simply reinforce my beliefs.
I also speak three languages, and I'm learning another two. I'm also a hacker. I find programming and foreign languages highly complimentary. In both cases I'm supposed to communicate ideas in a specific vocabulary and…
Do people really ask their friends for recommendations for things like insurance? For lawyers, and other local services, I can see perhaps. Product comparison and review sites, or even Amazon seem to me like bigger…
I prefer anthropology, sociology, history and psychology to fiction when it comes to learning more about humanity.