G_Morgan

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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Glad to see this. If Mozilla started chasing corporate then it would be necessary for me to switch browser. I've stuck with them through the misconceptions about memory from people who don't understand how memory management works. I've put
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
That is the other problem. Every database is a mash of semi intentional subtle incompatibility with the standard and a host of non-standard features. When an ORM comes along many try to expose the non-standard features that make sense in so
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
The ability to buy non-standard screwdrivers does not justify the use of non-standard screwdrivers where a standard is just as good.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Yeah the fact it forces you to buy their absurdly marked up HDDs is just a convenient side effect.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
It is also a little more complicated than that. The corporations are themselves uncooperative. They have broken the system by extending it beyond its basic intent for increased profit. They further seek to use the spectre of piracy to give
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Actually we know for a fact such a limit exists. There are physical limits on how much energy can be extracted from a certain mass.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Yeah what this really needs is a bot block filter service where bots that do not conform to expectations can be bulk banned. It is too much effort to do this manually but a larger service can work.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
This code should be well tested by now. Amazon is doing you a failure by being rubbish.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
MS (and possibly Nokia) probably wanted an early public commitment. People were pronouncing WP7 dead on arrival. The Nokia announcement puts real weight behind the platform. In short by kicking up a fuss then they have killed the DOA claims
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Everything is an abomination until you learn how to use it. The difficulty with loop is it takes something trivial and makes it more complex than it needs to be. Simple things are not simple. Complex things are rare and loop doesn't simplif
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Yeah and the major problem with Java generics is they aren't more like C++ templates. Today it is 100% clear that the naysayers were not only wrong about Java generics. They are wrong about generic programming in general. Unfortunately they
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
People don't do it because it is counter productive. Respected people have their supporters. Unless you first bury your argument in adequately respectful terms it will get downvoted. Regardless of content. You cannot say "The Linus rant abo
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
It isn't about relying on the cloud. It is more about incompetent cloud providers.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
Mine is worse. I booked Tues-Thurs off. I only have internet in work at the moment. I'm going to miss reddit now and be without internet until I return to work on the 3rd of May. Stupid Sky and their stupid take forever switch overs.
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by G_Morgan 15y ago
TBH Amazon is so bad at this point that turning off Reddit is as good as trying to keep it running. Of course then you need to deal with the increased suicide rate.
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by G_Morgan 16y ago
The bosses instructions and confused and imprecise. The natural language dance in this scenario involves us repeatedly trying and failing and adding more communication until the various terms being used are precisely defined enough so that