Friedduck

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by Friedduck 10y ago
I can't believe we're having this discussion over 40 years after the passage of Magnuson-Moss, which covered similar ground. (Okay maybe a stretch, but thematically similar.) If we go down this road, you'll be at the behest o
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by Friedduck 10y ago
We serialized some XML as a backup to the data we were extracting (and properly modeling), given that the vendor was prone to changing the schema without proper notification, and that there were some data elements we weren't using at t
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by Friedduck 10y ago
I've had TSA agents look through my wallet, and on a separate flight look through playing cards one by one. I was also let through with no screening once by accident. I've seen them yell at passengers, drift off, sit around talkin
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by Friedduck 10y ago
Short of completely re-imaging the machine, you could delete the offending user profile and re-create it. As people have pointed out renaming a user leaves messy jumble of old and new, and may not solve the problem.
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by Friedduck 10y ago
Skip the article. Domain redirected me to a scam site (recognized I'm on Verizon, so it may not redirect everyone.)
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by Friedduck 11y ago
The H-1B program is a joke. I've witnessed hundreds of people at a single firm who wholesale replaced the existing workforce. Some were qualified but most weren't. Most had no experience and required training. The management of th
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by Friedduck 11y ago
There've been a lot of reports locally of Comcast reporting an overage where none existed. Neighbors saying that nothing in their use suggested they were anywhere close to that kind of use and yet being charged. There were enough anecd
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by Friedduck 11y ago
It still brings me comfort in a small way to see a dead friend in my contact list, or old emails from him. I liked Feynman before and more so now. It's endearing that he's trying to work through it with her.
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by Friedduck 11y ago
It took me a long time to come around to the perspective that we should him as a hero and patriot rather than a traitor, but that's where I've ended up. We don't view the reporters who uncovered Watergate this way--why him?
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by Friedduck 11y ago
The idea that you can institute a policy that will account for all of the variables that underly someone's performance is absurd. I recently left a company that started monkeying with policies like this (they they would make exceptions
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by Friedduck 12y ago
I worked on a couple of large Oracle projects, and they were probably the worst vendor I've dealt with in the last decade. They had the potential to solve really compelling problems, but it was overshadowed by how poor their products w
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by Friedduck 12y ago
Unless you're going to fund the infrastructure costs publicly you're always going to have a few large players that can sustain the capital investment necessary to build. I don't see that happening any time soon ("sociali
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by Friedduck 12y ago
Were I to have had this instead of the O'Rielly book (Sed & Awk) that I learned from. The time I could have saved. My goal: to be able to write as clearly as this.
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by Friedduck 12y ago
I recommend everyone visit Yosemite once. The scale is mind-bending. The falls appear in slow motion because the water is traveling such a great distance. Enormous, ancient trees appear as peach fuzz atop the walls. I can't think of an
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by Friedduck 12y ago
That the FCC isn't clearly on the side of consumers speaks to how bought-and-paid-for the Federal government has become. I write, though, to suggest how fun it would be if guests or neighboring properties started jamming hotel wifi in
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by Friedduck 12y ago
According to WHO only about 4% have a visual impairment of any kind, and how exactly would one design for a dexterity impairment? Simpler to navigate menus? And as wfjackson notes below, the browser statistics appear to also be in question
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by Friedduck 12y ago
I had a great aunt die from a bite by a Brown Recluse. All this did was solidify my fear of spiders in general. What I remember of it (I was young when this happened) was that the bite was misdiagnosed initially as nothing serious and she
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by Friedduck 12y ago
It's nice to hear that I'm not the only one that feels this way. Search for local businesses has become nearly impossible. Whether it's failing to return anything or results that are wholly irrelevant, search and particularly
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by Friedduck 13y ago
My hard-won lesson is to thoroughly review any newly bought laptop performance during the return period and take it back at any hint of trouble, particularly anything that may require a driver update.
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by Friedduck 13y ago
Not precisely my thoughts, but the sentiment's the same. As someone who doesn't trust Google with my information it means Nest isn't a product I'd buy any longer. If, on the other hand, you're a fan of the Google e
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by Friedduck 13y ago
I can't recall the details of what exactly he claimed he'd developed but what I can say is that he wrung more performance out if the iPhone camera than Apple was able to. It's really something impressive in use. I'm happ
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by Friedduck 13y ago
Until we're able to remove the emotion from the discussion I don't see a resolution to the issue in the States. To me it's the number one challenge to our ability to compete. The cost of health care is often the deal breaker
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by Friedduck 13y ago
The naivete of anyone who thinks introducing a 65k year-old culture to modern society is truly, truly impressive. Imagine what it would take to achieve a perfect (as evidenced by the span of time) equilibrium with your environment. We thro
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by Friedduck 13y ago
According to the recent Salinas v. Texas decision it's not even enough to remain silent. You have to assert your 5th amendment privilege immediately. As described in a number of articles, 'you don't have the right to remain
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by Friedduck 13y ago
So are there any decent services out there that'll provide a yahoo/gmail-like experience but without the content scanning? I just want mobile, a fast web interface, and a basic feature set. I'll pay. I'd upgrade to Yahoo pro if it'd get r
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by Friedduck 13y ago
I guess I'd just assumed that everyone was aware of Excel's penchant for converting alphanumerics to scientific notation (any numeric sequence that contains what looks like an exponent.) It also converts long numeric sequences (say, a 20-d
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by Friedduck 14y ago
This fills a need, I'd say. I currently use a service (smugmug) that does this sort of thing and love the way the everpix interface looks. My primary complaint of most of these sites is speed, so this is worth a look. I've never understood
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by Friedduck 14y ago
The sad thing is I think Path responded far better than most others, and they've received a heavy-handed response relative to the abuses of so many others. They were transparent, admitted their mistake, and corrected it. What's the lesson
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by Friedduck 14y ago
Why hasn't there been a boycott of businesses in the East Texas district where all these judgments originate? Or at least some social action against Texas to try to shame them into behaving responsibly? Could it gain traction?
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by Friedduck 16y ago
I have it installed but disabled. I don't want another flash-like product to gain traction, but occasionally I have to visit MSFT sites that require it.

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