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I've always liked http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html , obviously it's perl specific but most of it can be applied to other implementations.


In perl you can use:

    use re 'Debug';
or even better

    use re 'debugcolor';
and watch the state machine matching.

Very useful for debugging.

http://perldoc.perl.org/re.html#%27Debug%27-mode

Another great resource is:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Regexp-Debugger/lib/Regexp/Debug...


The worst thing about it for me is that I have two computers not compatible with windows 10 (super old graphics cards). Yet the upgrade prompt continues to appear.

I know the machines aren't compatible because I upgraded one using the nagging prompt and... kaboom.


Not only that, people asume that windows is easily upgradable, but it's not. If you buy an OEM laptop , which is the norm, if the manufacturer doesn't provide updated drivers you might end with a bad user experience. I have to ASUS laptops at home (N56VZ and U36SG) and both have hiccups and short freezes using windows 10. The only thing differente between Windows 7 or Windows 8 is that i don't have updated drivers from OEM. This made me realize where buying an expensive mac might payoff in the long run.


Check out Never 10 from Steve Gibson. Should set you up to prevent this.

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm


Why don't you roll back the the patch. Just search google for the KB number and uninstall. Then go into windows update and hide it. I did this on a couple of systems at work. edit: oops, I missed someone already posted it below.


And then MS silently reenables this KB. Yup. About 6 times so far.


Strange, I have not had that come up yet. Maybe I have not installed the updates which cause it to auto re-enable yet :-)


The Sistine Chapel Background is only in the Science SubReddit, which also has a lower-case t for the reddit icon. It got a chuckle out of me. :)


The game you're thinking of for DOS was called 'Block-out'. I used to play it on my Dad's computer all the time when I was little. =)


I agree. I enjoy the content of the site, but having to scroll after reading every couple sentences gets to be annoying. I shrunk the text of an article in order to read it; however, that made the code snippets too small to read. I'd advise them to change the ratio of the code-snippet font size and body font size to something closer to 1.


How is making a dating site for people with HIV/AIDS a "totally stupid" idea? I think there's also a dating site somewhere for people with herpes and other STDS. Sounds like a good idea to me.


Agreed. This is a site with a purpose. These people are in a unique situation where traditional methods of meeting people become complicated (to understate things). I think the person who made this list misunderstood or did not consider what role this could play in an HIV + person's life.


Something like http://www.electricsheep.org/ ?


When you speak of extreme specialization I can't help but think of The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. http://www.plexus.org/forster/index.html

Sometimes I worry that there aren't enough inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary thinkers. Of course, it may just be because I'm around a lot of academics who seem to be highly specialized.


Don't feel too bad. I did the same thing :(


So maybe my logic is off here... But does it follow that academic performance correlates poorly with workplace success?

Edit: I'm not attempting to justify low grades. Just curious if that could be a valid corollary (not sure if I'm using that word correctly).


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