Company research institute Updated 2025-07-16
Ah, some of the coolest places on Earth?
Experiment Updated 2025-07-16
Review site Updated 2025-07-16
Blog Updated 2025-07-16
Mailing list Updated 2025-07-16
It boggles Ciro Santilli's mind that people use mailing list to collaborate on projects!
The only explanation is that the dinosaurs who created the projects are unable to adapt to new superior technologies.
Yes, Ciro is talking to you, big fundamental projects from last century: Linux kernel, GNU Compiler Collection (gcc.gnu.org/lists.html), Binutils (sourceware.org/binutils/), etc.
Some of you are already using Bugzilla for the bugs, so kudos. But if you've seen their benefit, why you still use the mailing list for patches?
Advantages of mailing lists:
Disadvantages: everything else:
Not sure:
  • you can have infinitely many trackers to replicate data in case apocalypse happens in some part of the world.
    Although I'm not sure this is an advantage, as you don't know anymore which one is the canonical trackers an advantage, as you don't know anymore which one is the canonical tracker.
    And all web interfaces already have an API to export messages, and someone has already scripted it to import from any web UI to any web UI for you.
    And GitHub offers infinite precise history transparently on its API.
Chemist Updated 2025-07-16
Infinitesimal Updated 2025-07-16
Just use limit instead, please. The French are particularly guilty of this.
Limit (mathematics) Updated 2025-07-16
The fundamental concept of calculus!
The reason why the epsilon delta definition is so venerated is that it fits directly into well known methods of the formalization of mathematics, making the notion completely precise.
The IT Crowd Updated 2025-07-19
Video 1.
Anti-Piracy Ad by The IT Crowd (2007)
Source.
Video 2.
Bomb disposal robot scene from The IT Crowd
. Source.
Video 3.
Fire scene from The IT Crowd
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Reproduction Updated 2025-07-16
WEHI Updated 2025-07-16
Poor renaming choice.

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