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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
Gristknife
I owe you so much.
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Gristknife
Okay, good, legally free, CAD programs.
Whatch'you know 'bout Computer Aided Drafting?
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
And I owe you for linking me to Epic Mealtime.
I see the Awesomeness.
Zzzzzzzzzz
^^^ I don't know how good any of them are, but take a look at Freecad
for possibilities.
edited 3rd Apr '11 7:46:16 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
When did sodium pentothal become the standard in euthanasia?
Nostalgia
Can anyone identify the source of this image? It's the image on This Index Is Full of Perverts . According to the "image source needed" thread, it's from an adult manga, probably well-known.
Nemesis
@mellon: Its use in lethal injection for execution dates from the 70s, but I can't find anything on its origins as a recommended drug in euthanasia.
A brighter future for a darker age.
Oooh, the '70s? Perfect.
DUMB
Didn't they use sodium pentathol in MKULTRA?
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imokaywiththis.gif
Can someone give me a good picture of why the new Mac UI for Skype is so terrible?
READ THIS COMIC. | Read along as I play through my games collection!
Nemesis
I don't use Skype, but I've heard people complain about too many controls and options forced onto the same window.
A brighter future for a darker age.
Nemesis
@Angry Scientist: "May not 'Miss Pervert' fall in love?" appears to be the title, at least the most common translation thereof.
A brighter future for a darker age.
DUMB
1: Is it possible to get Emacs without a GUI? The GUI version that I can find in my package manager doesn't look right on my netbook. 2: Is there a tutorial for Emacs that won't explode my head?
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Nemesis
Most systems have two emacs packages available, one with X, one without, but you can always supply the command line argument '-nw' (No Windows, I guess) to start up in tty mode.
I learned from Emacs' own documentation, but that's probably not ideal.
I'm still in the credits for X Emacs — I was a beta tester, way back.
A brighter future for a darker age.
DUMB
Ubuntu only seems to have the X11 and GTK+ versions, but -nw should work, thanks. And it won't be the first time I teach myself from docs, heh.
edited 4th Apr '11 12:39:41 PM by Tzetze
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Nemesis
You will be a lot happier if your terminal sends DEL when you hit the erase key, not BACKSPACE, though I think modern versions of Emacs try and handle that a little more gracefully. For a long time, RMS was of the mind that it was your fault if you didn't map your terminal keys the way he preferred.
Aside from that, C-x C-c quits, C-x C-f opens a file, C-h is help, C-h i is info, which contains the manual.
A brighter future for a darker age.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
Ok, this has been driving me nuts; in the big, burning castle panel of this comic, which games are those two characters from?
Literally A Princess
What would be some good sites to read up on user interface design?
Heapers’ Hangout
Anwalt der Verdammten
I think so, but it's been a while, so don't quote me on it.
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
Dracula
How do you say the title of this book? and how do you type it?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/Eric
DUMB
Just Eric is probably fine unless you're being very precise.
edited 5th Apr '11 4:21:36 PM by Tzetze
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Dracula
I always aim for precision
We must survive, all of us. The blood of a human for me, a cooked bird for you. Where is the difference?
o hai
Why is it that when I move my (computer) mouse very fast, my eyes make it seem as if there are more of them on the screen than there actually are?
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Hungry Joe: Immortal
, also called Ad Vitam
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.