MaDeuce

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by MaDeuce 1y ago
And contact lenses too. A HBS case study I remember from grad school: "Optical Distortion, Inc" A new product, contact lenses for chickens, is to be introduced by a small firm formed to market the product. An entry strategy must
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by MaDeuce 1y ago
Thanks for reminding me that I haven't been to the Lost Art Press site in a while. I have a few of their books; they are fantastic. If you are interested in quality woodworking tools and high-quality woodworking books (both in terms
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by MaDeuce 1y ago
These were my go-to guys for sciencey stocking stuffers at Christmas for my kids. Their catalog was always a joy to read, with excellent puns. Like the guy who wrote the linked article, a GoFundMe for a for-profit enterprise rubs me the wr
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by MaDeuce 2y ago
You're spot on. The IBM XT was introduced immediately after I graduated and went to work. My employer's employees got a 20% discount from IBM, as IBM was a client. I bought an XT (PC + 10MB hard drive) for $4K (list price $5K).
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by MaDeuce 4y ago
Zuar | Sr. Software Developer (Python) | Austin, TX or Remote (US only) | Full Time We're a rapidly growing profitable startup in the ETL space. Our seven person development team is hiring a Senior (8+ years) Python Developer (backend
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by MaDeuce 6y ago
One of my favorites is "Zippy the pinhead" quotes (M-x yow). I believe this has been removed due to copyright issues, but it is still available if you look. Zippy's quotes could be sent to the doctor via M-x psychoanalyze-p
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by MaDeuce 7y ago
Not the OP, but my experience with Lyme 25+ years ago in New Jersey was similar. I took oral and IV antibiotics over multiple years. The antibiotics I recall taking are Claforan, Ceftin, Augmentin, Penicillin, Ampicillin, Rocephin, Doxycy
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by MaDeuce 7y ago
In the Texas Hill Country bluebirds used to be common. I'm not claiming that their decline is due to house sparrows, but it's clear that house sparrows can be quite harmful to many cavity-dwelling native birds. They can be extre
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by MaDeuce 8y ago
Nor did I. I've been using gimp a few times a year for 15+ years -- i.e., never enough to build much muscle memory. Your suggestions will make a huge difference for me.
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by MaDeuce 8y ago
I was first exposed to Awk when I started work at Bell Labs in the late 80s. Until then, I'd been using either Lisp or C exclusively and was really blown away by how simple some things were in Awk. I used it with impunity to munge al
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by MaDeuce 10y ago
Probably not. A hardware description language (HDL) is used to program the behavior of the FPGA (that's the FP in FPGA). The HDL is usually stored in flash or EEPROM. As you mention, flash supports a finite number of writes; I'
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by MaDeuce 10y ago
Same thought here. I was imagining that some sort of timing analysis / fingerprinting could possibly be going on. But to what end? A valid password is a valid password whether it comes from user that takes 2 minutes to type it in, a
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by MaDeuce 10y ago
In my opinion, the title is a little unfortunate. I almost didn't click on it, as I was expecting a video of someone putting an apple laptop in a blender or some such. It isn't that at all. Rather, it's actually quite inter
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
The laptop is really a bit of a red herring. If the person is the sort that would be inclined to retaliate against the company, they could have taken a copy of the pii whether or not the laptop was in the picture. You could offer them paym
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
Here are a couple of ideas, none of which do exactly what you want. However, they may give you some ideas... PDFMiner[1] is a python toolkit for PDF. Among other things, it extracts text from PDF files. It also has a tool that lets you f
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
Dude, you are too young at 29 to consider yourself a failure. You're not even half done. I see nothing but good advice so far -- challenge, exercise, lighten up on yourself. However, I'll offer up something completely different.
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
Not sure what type of diagrams you are looking for, but PlantUML has a handwritten 'skin' for the usual UML diagrams. http://plantuml.com/handwritten.html
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
The best way to make “your house pet’s life more wonderful” is to ensure that it is consistently obedient at any time without having to resort to bribery. IMO, the best training guide/philosophy is that of William Koehler. “The Koehl
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
Could more accurately titled: "Free Demos of BobCAD CAD-CAM Software that You Can Purchase from BobCAD".
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that users will continue to be able to export all of their data (not just contacts) after tomorrow. The link provided in the above post only pertains to upcoming restrictions to the Linke
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by MaDeuce 11y ago
10+ years ago, a software development manager that worked for me had obvious problems with public speaking, even to small in-house groups (5+ people). She attended Toastmasters and, after a couple of years, was a changed woman. She now ma
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by MaDeuce 12y ago
No idea about your background/skillset, buy you might want to consider volunteering with an organization that pairs technical folks with disabled people to build custom solutions to help with their disability. This is particularly tru
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by MaDeuce 12y ago
Pretty much the same story for me. When I first joined the Labs, I got a 5630 (the successor to the 5620), also called the 630 MTG. At the time, it was an impressive piece of equipment that was a huge improvement over a regular tty. I fou
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by MaDeuce 12y ago
Anyone with an interest in the Holmdel facility will likely enjoy this photo album of the now-empty site. http://www.newenglandruins.com/bell-labs It was an impressive building at the time. Having worked there for years, it
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by MaDeuce 13y ago
I've been using Pelican for over a year and have been pleased. It's mature, but still has active development and a strong community. A few major features: * markup languages (reStructuredText, Markdown, etc.), * code highli