Ha. Googled a book and found that a university prof in Thailand had uploaded 2 versions of its PDF.
On the first, he removed the cover page and all the information — save for the one page with the copyright information.
On his "new site" (auto-redirect one level up), he's removed that page too.
R is great for numbers but seems to have no way to do the equivalent of select * from main where …, which is driving me crazy.
@jws I do find emacs' session management severely lacking and frustrating compared to vim.
Have you looked at emacsclient [taingram.org]?
// @matigo
@matigo I love vim, but things like helm and org-mode just keep bringing me back to the piano-esque quasi-OS that is emacs.
Can never decide whether vim or emacs is better.
But emacs' plugins are above and beyond anything I've ever experienced…
@streakmachine If legalese were simple, lawyers would be out of a job.
From a linguistics perspective the complexity of legalese and its many possible interpretations (especially in the US) is fascinating.
// @matigo @osaka
Dear god, the CS people at Virgin Media and Three are just so…not bright.
Me: I'm leaving on the 1st. Leaving the UK, permanently.
Them: Okay, so we'll set your cancellation date for the 1st.
Me: Brilliant.
Them: And then we'll send you your final bill a few days after that.