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vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> Feedback very welcome.

Negative feedback is being pruned and buried.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> And something that has completely evaded Rust designers.

“If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.” - Warren J. "Doc" Gates

Programmers are the patsy that businesses and universities use to keep growing ever larger heads of broccoli that consumers eat.

Note the similarities between GUI's 30 years ago and today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_i....

Try to wrap your head around how many API's, tools, training materials, releases, updates and so forth have been done in thirty years which are effectively redundant.

The iWatch will contain regurgitations of the same todo lists, logging, sticky notes, etc. as the Palm Pilot, but without AAA batteries.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> Perhaps we could even reuse previous symbols

You do. The symbol is given meaning by context.

> who would have thought of such an idea.

That would be me.

> genius

Weed, caffeine, and sleep deprivation. Staring at Harris mainframe assembly language core dumps on reams of green bar paper... does things to a man. ;-)

HTML5 and Unicode are wonderful toys. Go play. My notes and early efforts on this go back to 1979. Anyone is welcome to them. It does take quite a bit of effort to transmit, so patience is a virtue here.

(P.S. Don't overlook color.)

(P.P.S. Or animation.)

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Edit: You'd be surprised how easy input becomes. It removes a huge mental load from context switching (e.g. hitting the same button to get Control F4, Control W, Apple W, Alt F Alt C, etc.).

Use a few touchpads which can change the symbols based on current context, and baby - you got a stew goin'.

Take care.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

>>> I humbly suggest you attempt

>> I did

> If you've managed to teach

I attempted by using enforced time limits. I did not succeed.

My child became addicted. I discovered him sprawled out unconscious like a junkie, with dead batteries littering the floor like so many used syringes, and knew he'd managed to obtain a hand held unit from somewhere.

Other comments made light of addiction, yet it's very real for some people. The slingshot response to control, overindulgence, seems to be common. Success stories about alcohol, drugs, pornography, and other adult subjects usually involve teaching self discipline early on with things such as sweets.

Try not to get too frustrated. The challenges of parenting don't last much more than three, maybe four decades.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

It might be interesting to purchase a cheap, digital one with stopwatch functionality.

One could keep track of how much time is spent on their iWatch: reading reviews, purchasing, reading the TOS and manual, customizing, purchasing apps, recharging, answering questions from interested parties, and possibly deleting ads.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> It could be ... Ξ

Thank you.

Somewhere, a transliteration vim plugin is struggling to escape. Based on user preferences it will display:

  def Σ():
      print("LOL WUT?")

  Σ()

-or-

  define sum():
      print("LOL WUT?")

  sum()

-or-

   Ξ Σ
      ⍋("LOL WUT?")

   Σ

-or even-

   IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
   PROGRAM-ID.  Abomination.

   PROCEDURE DIVISION.
   DisplaySummary.
       DISPLAY "LOL WUT".
       STOP RUN.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> Avoid an embarrassing degree of self-reference

Ditto.

for (;;) cout << "https://arachnoid.com/\n";

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> The reason is there's no repeatable, objective way to gather evidence.

Not even wrong.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

Terms such as 'kook', 'bigotry' and 'f-ing offensive' will not further the discussion in a positive way. Ad hominem will solve nothing.

Maybe citing the following will be useful:

Griefers have empirically demonstrated that websites can affect mental processes by using flashing images to trigger epileptic seizures.

Music in psychological warfare and torture is well documented.

The Amanda Todd death is sufficient to show that words have the power to kill.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> psychotic

Choose - mental illness is either real or it isn't.

Seek help.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

I did.

They are.

They're not.

Role models.

Chuck Moore's book was enticing for many reasons (I miss the artwork in my orig copy). No error/exception handling was one. People of all ages must push the boundaries.

I was sincere in my use of humbly. Sarcasm has no place here.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> What happened to what is popularly known as common sense?

In my own experience, I did not gain "Common sense" until I did what you did - move to the middle of nowhere and gain direct experience. Until then, my understanding was gained through media.

> A disease that can be treated by a website is virtual, not real.

Let us begin by defining our terms. How do you define:

.) dis-ease

.) treated

.) website

.) real

.) imaginary

Make no mistake - I'm in assloads of pain with every keystroke but I will rip you a new one on this matter.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> farmer suicide myth

We call it "taking the pipe". I'll be joining others in the complete nonsense in less than two years.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

Would the Wall Street Journal be sufficient?

http://online.wsj.com/articles/gardeners-on-alert-as-pennsyl...

As for word of mouth, until John Deere adds a repeater onto their tractors it's what we have to work with. I'd use my Chromebook, but Google's networking layer in Javascript continues to remain broken.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

They don't have to.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...

The privatization of water and food as population control and hostile takeover of land is very real.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

> there's something I need to watch closely and control,

I humbly suggest you teach them self control. It's usually better to set an example rather than set the rules.

> despite the fact that it's great to have my kids silently occupied and leaving me to get stuff done.

Television is a drug parents give their children when the parents need to relax. - Unknown

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

The efficacy of bibliotherapy should not be readily dismissed. Words, written or spoken, images, still or moving, or sounds can create or alleviate illness in the mind. Idleness will deteriorate mind and body as surely as abuse or neglect.

That having been said:

   "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem 
   be sure that you are not first, in fact, surrounded by a**holes." 
      - William Gibson

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

A Chronology of Analogue Computing http://www.rutherfordjournal.org/article020106.html

The Mechanical Analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/PDFs/Newell.pdf

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

Had you considered growing one?

http://www.coroflot.com/LukeJ/Harmon-Splinter-Wooden-Concept...

Congratulations, and good luck with your product.

vor 12 Jahrendiscuss

"Gentlemen, here's $70,000,000.00(1) and a new word: agriterrorism."

1) https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...