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1980: C
```
printf("%10.2f", x);
```

1988: C++

cout << setw(10) << setprecision(2) << showpoint << x;

1996: Java

java.text.NumberFormat formatter = java.text.NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); formatter.setMinimumFractionDigits(2); formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(2); String s = formatter.format(x); for (int i = s.length(); i < 10; i++) System.out.print(' '); System.out.print(s);

2004: Java
```
System.out.printf("%10.2f", x);
```
2008: Scala and Groovy
```
printf("%10.2f", x)
```

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Coffee got a bird put on it….

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The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life precisely because it has been an open-to-all land of opportunity where entrepreneurs, thinkers and innovators are free to try, fail and then try again.

Ron Wyden, articulating the Freedom To Innovate Agenda

Sen. Ron Wyden: My Letter to the Internet

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Great stop-motion animated short about books, thanks to @boingboing.

The Hobbit from 1966, care of Gene Dietch’s credits.

Bright sunny Kyiv, as compared to the gray sunless winter we see stretching before us now. Happy thoughts!

Thanks @joelneely!

Thanks @joelneely!

Vienna, New Year’s Eve 2011. Having come back to the city for the first time in 10+ years, I have found it a magical place.

Vienna, New Year’s Eve 2011. Having come back to the city for the first time in 10+ years, I have found it a magical place.