ErrantX

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by ErrantX 16y ago
I was in a discussion group onceand the tutor asked us "what would you do if your company was sold and tomorrow you found yourself with a million pounds". Of course, most of us came up with various philanthropic ideas and ways to save the w
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Some thoughts on this. First, thought certainly not a Billion dollars, I came into a substantial (relative to my normal circumstances) bit of cash soem time ago. His #1 point is dead on, it was a mistake I made and regret a lot (see: http:
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by ErrantX 16y ago
The questioned is phrased very much in the now e.g. Isn't the technology stack basically a commodity at this point? and And the answer highlights why you should never retrospectively "judge" design choices several years after the fact.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Hmm, this isn't a "Paypal horror story". This is a case of Paypal getting around to due diligence on a new customer and realising that they are not in line with the terms and conditions. You are accepting payments on behalf of other merch
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by ErrantX 16y ago
So, has anyone actually read the actual document. From his tone it doesn't appear this blogger has done so.. Here's the specific piece of text that covers this new legislation: Third parties may wish to store information on the equipment
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by ErrantX 16y ago
I pressed for a long long time to get whiteboard walls at our office. Mostly because it would be a cool/hip thing to have, and, you know, cool and hip makes you productive right? Seriously though; it is pretty useful when brainstorming. But
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by ErrantX 16y ago
If I recall correctly he did ask for proof that it was theirs before he would hand it back, but I seem to remember they refused and basically threatened him into returning it.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Why? Web Applications and Web Servers are two very different things with different language requirements. Seems sensible to pick the strongest languages with which to build the whole package.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
For the geeky types, she has an Erdős–Bacon number of 6 :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_number... EDIT: it is 6, not 5, sorry
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Most of the layers do their own form of "due diligence" though; the problem is that too often that is based on gut instinct rather than facts. Don't get me wrong; instinct is a crucial part of it. But when there are zero facts to support th
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by ErrantX 16y ago
As someone who works on investigations into such offences; this weighs on my mind constantly. There are perhaps one or two cases (out of several hundred) that still have me lying awake at night. In deeper moments of reflection I know I ma
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by ErrantX 16y ago
What exactly is the context on this? Am I right in gathering he did something silly and people are attacking for it? Welcome to the internet....
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Yes, but. Imagine you wrote a piece of code and then spent a couple of hours optimizing it to remove various bottlenecks etc etc. You submit the patch, it sits there for a couple of days, then a designer (bear with me) comes along, takes a
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Same and same. This wasn't ''bad'' per se, and as an aspiring indie author I've faced the same issues so can empathise. But an excerpt full of constant "I" and "He" really trips up the flow and is a classic newbie author mistake (the first
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Yep. I am a happy Prime user; since getting it my Amazon purchasing has risen dramatically, stuff I would go elsewhere for I get from Amazon. I've toyed with getting a Kindle, but while I would buy the books I don't really want to shell out
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Well... he is the boss so, yes, at the top of the responsibility ladder. BUT the article says he is paid less than the ''pilots''. Flying a plane is not necessarily a dangerous job, but is has risk, requires skill (with reasonable initial i
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by ErrantX 16y ago
>Open Source is about the developers. Free Software is about the end users (or, it's supposed to be). Yes, this. This might be an unpopular view but "free software" (in the sense talked about here) is unencumbered for the users only .
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Yep, I quite enjoyed it there. However, you do have to act appropriately to their (very different) customs or it gets awkward. Helps if you are working there.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
No need to apologise, at all. It's not you that is making the situation and I honestly wouldn't bother apologising for those that are. Problem is; it is only a minority (IMO anyway) and a fairly small one. But they tend to be vocal/obviou
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Heh indeed! We landed in Israel and I realised I had handed over the wrong passport (as we work in the region a lot we all have a 2nd passport for Israel, it is just sensible), cue face to palm moment. They "detained" me for about 45 minute
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by ErrantX 16y ago
I suspect you'd end up with the opposite problems in such places; i.e. too much lawlessness :) Kinda hard to be non-lethal when your target is surrounded by men with automatic rifles and little compunction about killing you (they are, after
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Make the mistake of entering Israel with a passport stamped for an Arab country and you will probably put the US second :) Perfectly civil.. but a LOT of questions, over and over and over.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Wow. I found this account of her: http://www.audiojournal.com/zora.html She sounds amazing; having achieved an amazing amount (academically a PHD by age 21!). The rest of "The List" is mad.. weapons, vehicle training, politics, history, h
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by ErrantX 16y ago
I'm not sure that's so unrealistic. Batman utilises "shock" tactics (i.e. appearing in the middle of a group before they can react). He also promotes a fear factor; where he is viewed as being generally invulnerable - which means criminal
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by ErrantX 16y ago
Pfft, no vision! However, this thesis seems mostly sensible. I think the crucial answer is that the "Skillz" of Batman are attainable, and there is a reasonable proportion of people in the world with potential to attain them, BUT the proble
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by ErrantX 16y ago
The EU borders are somewhat more formal than US state borders. So while it is not a good similarity to the US border control, it's equally unlike state borders.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
British, White. I'm not sure it is really related to that, my colleagues (a mix of Asian, Arab & British looking people) all have the same sort of experience. I think it is a product of being a) foreign (in general) and b) young.
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by ErrantX 16y ago
The intriguing thing is that out of about 15 US trips only one had a bad border experience (and that was a work trip where we took our own equipment, which was understandable).
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by ErrantX 16y ago
I have to admit, as difficult as it is, he makes a good point here. I'm nowhere near as well travelled, but we do a lot of work in the middle east (some of the nastier parts too), which is a place you would imagine a white westerner would c
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by ErrantX 16y ago
For a certain type of job; this would be good (but definitely supplement it with a real resume!!) For most jobs it is useless. For a certain other type of job it is an instant turn off. With that said; marketing is one of the only areas I a

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