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clima change is normal in the history of the earth, so there ice ages and times where NO ice in polar regions.
The ocean level is swinging around about 50 meters higher and 100 meter lower. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
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can we also blame climate change for humans showing up on this tiny little blue planet?
clearly that was an error too.
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The human race is evidence that even gods make mistakes.
I guess you could say they are only human after all...
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I am not objecting to that ... as long as we are willng to take the consequences of it. Like, to follow up your example, every area below an altitude of a hundred meters being flooded. If that is OK with us, why worry about the climate?
Or, the artic and antarctic ice melting (well, this is related to the ocean level), with whatever effect that will have on the average temperature on Earth, possibly killing off major parts (or all!) of humanity. If that is OK with us, why worry about the climate?
Sure: We have got air condition systems, so global heating won't bother us. Our electricity bill may go up somewhat, but we can affort it.
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Scott Adams isn't big on climate change and that's essentially what this strip is about. Please let's not let this thread devolve into a debate on the subject.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It is remarkable that such open criticism is tolerated. In the UK not one single news outlet, public commentator, personality, or celebrity is not 100% on message.
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because the UK is ridiculously left win anyone who disagrees is pilloried
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This intolerance on other opinions is a hugh problem. Only open minded discussion leads to better solutions. I am afraid about upcoming dark ages, because I lived in socialism and know its consequences.
Press F1 for help or google it.
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Yes, you do know. Shame we don't listen to you.
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Dunno if that was simpler than most, or I just got it right away. Good one though!
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I seemed to have screwed up BOTH Win7 VMs, so I decided to start over.
On my dekstop, I was smart enough to have made a snapshot of the VM aftr getting the VM working with the display, USB3 and networking, before installing any dev tools. This allowed me to delete the snapshot and create a new one, and only have to install the dev tools again.
The loaptop was a different story, and I had to delete the entire vm and start from scratch. I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again.
What a crappy kind of weekend...
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Quote: I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again
How about starting the installation by a story...
0. Grab bottle of Shiner.
1. Walk in to your desk.
2. Open your laptop.
3. Turn on the power.
4. Google and download the tools.
5.More stories...
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I've keep a few VM's in different stages.
First one is base OS with basic utils and settings the way I like, then take a snapshot
clone that (after snapshot) and add dev utils, database tools, libs (but not the databases), snap shot
clone that, install & pref-set visual studio, snapshot
clone that, snapshot, add local databases, snapshot, do work, occasional snapshots (so backup only needs the last snapshot file)
the last [pre-clone] snapshot on each machine, (particularly the first one), provides for testing on a fully clean settings (untainted by something quick-modded during dev/app install and not recorded in the installer script/notes, i.e. reg setting/dll often overlooked) and fully clean/restore it after for the next time.
... if say added some garbage extension/setting to vs, can snap back to the clean vs
... if say database upgrades, can test the upgrade. if wanted few months later roll back snaps/clones and re-build "new machines" using it as the base version.
lately moving from vs17 to 19: cloned pre-vs and installed/pref set 19 - fully clean, no 17 baggage issues
(and just in case of problems kept the vs17 ones around till I was sure I could ditch them.)
think like those guys like linus on youtube when they test soft/hardware: they have a store room of different machines to pick from - some clean/re-cleaned, some [part] modded, some old, some different o/s....)
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Okay, that was an analogy.
I was trying a little piece of Python code. Got a bit surprised with the "positional"-indentation requirements in code. Just like how it used to be in older programming languages like Cobol. (I'm not sure if any other recent programming languages enforce these)
For example,
If x is a:
do
is different from
if x is a:
do
It's funny, and doesn't this sound rudimentary and a bit annoying? 
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The first version will not work as it has a syntax error. It should be:
if x is a:
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fixed ! Thanks
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It sorta makes sense, and in theory at least should encourage correct indentation.
But ... that won't save it. Survey Results - If you know C, C++, C#, Objective C or Java do you also know Python?[^]
Just the "no need to declare variables" sends a shiver down my spine. That's actually worse than VB could manage - and that takes some doing!
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OriginalGriff wrote: "no need to declare variables" sends a shiver down my spine.
Er, isn't that exactly why the "var" keyword was invented? A few years from now no one will be using proper typed variables any more.
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Oh, no, no, no, no!
Python's version is worse: you don't need to declare the variable using "var", or "Dim", or anything - just pick a name and assign a value. So if you misspell it ... that's a new variable.
Just like FORTRAN was back in the day (1977). And that caused a probe to miss the planet Venus completely, so what it does in a banking app, or a Boeing 737 Max is not something you want to think about too hard, really.
Strongly typed variables should be mandatory in all languages used in the 21st century!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Python's version is worse
I agree, but you can still do quite a bit of damage with var.
OriginalGriff wrote: Strongly typed variables should be mandatory in all languages used in the 21st century!
That is definitely true; but will teachers explain that properly to their students?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I agree, but you can still do quite a bit of damage with var.
In what language?
JavaScript? Certainly, but JavaScript doesn't really get much better than that...
In C# it's still a typed variable, so it's exactly the same thing as explicitly using the type name except instead of the type name you use var. So no damage there, except to readability.
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