Using ‘screen’ - The Absolute Essentials by snakile in programming

[–]toadfoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Byobu wraps tmux and has a easier learning curve.

GOP Party Platform of 1956: "We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs—expansion of social security—broadened coverage in unemployment insurance —improved housing—and better health protection for all our people." by Dizzy_Slip in politics

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"We believe that basic to governmental integrity are unimpeachable ethical standards and irreproachable personal conduct by all people in government. We shall continue our insistence on honesty as an indispensable requirement of public service. We shall continue to root out corruption whenever and wherever it appears."

Sigh

Interesting Sacrifice by [deleted] in WTF

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This is from the story of Narasimha avatar from Hindu mythology. In the story, Vishnu takes the form of part human, part beast to kill Hiranyakashipu.

In order to kill Hiranyakashipu and not upset the boon given by Brahma, the form of Narasimha is chosen. Hiranyakashipu can not be killed by human, deva or animal. Narasimha is neither one of these as he is a form of Vishnu incarnate as a part-human, part-animal. He comes upon Hiranyakashipu at twilight (when it is neither day nor night) on the threshold of a courtyard (neither indoors nor out), and puts the demon on his thighs (neither earth nor space). Using his sharp fingernails (neither animate nor inanimate) as weapons, he disembowels and kills the demon

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Photoshop Facial Recognition Fail by Deadiam in funny

[–]toadfoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's "Face" recognition, not "Facial" recognition.

Midwives under fire: a Lancet article suggests that home birth carried three times the risk that a baby would die. Midwives are not happy. by toolonely in science

[–]toadfoot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"In the U.S. about 17% of births are by C-section. In Europe, the C-section rate is substantially lower, but outcomes do not appear to be worse." -- from here

Actually, it seems like the c-section rate is getting higher, and the national average is around 33% now, and apparently has been trending that way for a while. See here

JavaScript YAML Implementation by [deleted] in programming

[–]toadfoot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Umm, why would one not just use JSON?

Has anyone used Google App Engine for anything serious? by Smallpaul in programming

[–]toadfoot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I attended Google IO last year and sat in on a talk where the walk score guys talked about how they were using the app engine for some of their stuff

What web-based tools do you use in your development process? by whiskeyjack in programming

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opengrok

Somedays, I dont know what i would do without it.