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Comment · 8 years ago
Try these:
1) http://gutenberg.net.au/birthdeath.html
2) http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/deathdates.html
Comment · 8 years ago
"Powered by Huawei" -- ironic, isn't it?
Comment · 8 years ago
Dell Precision M6600 [0] purchased used for $250. I especially like the 17.3" anti-glare display.
I don't buy new PCs anymore--I buy used from someone I know, or wait until Dell Refurbished [1] has a sale.
[0] https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/en/prec...
[1] https://www.dellrefurbished.com/computer-workstation?filter_...
Comment · 8 years ago
The "publishers" I was implicitly referring to was the plaintiff.
Comment · 8 years ago
I just donated $100 to PGLAF because they are fighting the good fight. Their donation page [0] includes "Think of this as a contribution to your grandchildren." However in this instance I think of it as a contribution against publishers (ab)using the justice system much like so-called patent trolls.
> Q: The plaintiff is S. Fischer Verlag, GmbH. Is that the international conglomerate?
> A: Yes, it is part of a family of companies all under single ownership and control or majority stakeholdership, from Germany, reaching around the world. S. Fischer Verlag, GmbH is a unit of Verlagsgruppe Georg Holtzbrinck GmbH. Internationally it is known in the US and elsewhere as Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC. Readers in the US know this as Macmillan, which is one of the largest publishers in the US by revenue, and owns many familiar imprints. US readers might also recall that Macmillan was one of four companies accused by the US Dept. of Justice in 2012 of price fixing. The companies eventually settled the antitrust claims, including by giving credits to customers who had overpaid for eBooks.
[0] https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Project_Gutenberg_N...
Comment · 8 years ago
Already posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16394828
Comment · 9 years ago
Here is another excellent resource for AWK, written by William Shotts, the author of "The Linux Command Line" http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_awk.php
Comment · 9 years ago
"The Linux Command Line" by William Shotts is a good read also, and is freely available from the author via his website http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php