Other lecturers have replicated this experiment, sometimes with the subject (often a student) simply standing still, rather than standing with their head against a wall. With no reference point for keeping the head still, some subjects end up leaning forward slightly after the ball is released... you can guess the result.

Anaconda has been a lifesaver, because it can be installed and managed quite easily without root privileges (it even installs pip). Some of the sysadmins where I work are slower than molasses when it comes to installing python packages (as in, it takes months of repeated emails from multiple people to get anything done), and what is installed is often years out of date.

I hear a strict, nine-month regimen of acupuncture and veganism can work wonders for your health... especially if you are trying to beat pancreatic cancer.

Please don't do this here.

Just because a repo starts out private, it doesn't mean it has to be private forever.

Exactly this. I generally begin my projects as private GitHub repos and then make them public once they have a MVP-quality demo of some sort.

I also make heavy use of GitHub's issues/milestones system, even on private repos, to keep myself organized. I'd probably use GitLab a lot more if I knew of an easy way to port issues and milestones over to GitHub when I decide to make a project public.

On a related note, can anyone recommend some good external issue tracking systems that integrates well with both GitLab and GitHub?

> Sirens, rooftop fans, construction and upstairs neighbors who clomp about like a team of clog-dancing Clydesdales are common conditions of city living.

It's amazing how oblivious some people are to the fact that every step they take is actually a huge stomp. I'm surprised their ankles don't shatter from repeatedly hammering their full body weight down onto their heels.

Isn't it uncomfortable for them to use their heels like pistons? How does it not hurt?

#1 through 3 are all saying the same general thing

#5 no longer matters because there are online dictionaries that let you draw the character you want to look up

#7: What's wrong with Hanyu Pinyin?

But it is true that the gulf between English and Chinese is bigger than the gulf between English and a lot of other European languages.

Agreed. I quite liked the level of detail in this article, but probably because I'm already interested in the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

In general this rambling style is a complete turn-off for people who (1) aren't already familiar with the topic and (2) don't have 40 hours a week to spend reading. It boggles the mind how many supposedly tech-focused articles are pumped full of human interest fluff. For example, any article that starts with someone's physical description ("John Smith was hunched in front of his computer, his messy brown hair almost completely obscuring the screen.") is almost guaranteed to be of this ilk.

I still can't believe there are some jurisdictions where you are legally required to let the cops sneak up on you.

A lot of the best graduate textbooks are pdfs of lecture notes. 40 pages, no nonsense.

Applying the Wadsworth constant often helps as well.