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by ThJ 8y ago
In Norwegian, there is no word "software engineer" because an engineer title requires an engineering degree. There is a "computer engineer" degree, but it focuses primarily on computer hardware engineering. There is also
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by ThJ 8y ago
Cultural differences? Look, we're not famous for our hospitality up here, but we are polite.
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According to my mother, I was an unusually bright kid, and I started to use computers as soon as I knew how to read. Having been part of a trial to start primary school at 6 instead of 7, I reckon I would've known how to read properly
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Would this be the reason why my DigitalOcean payment failed today?
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I'm on a team of 4 people working on a giant accounting spreadsheet simultaneously. It wouldn't be possible without collaborative editing. Previously, the same team has worked on white papers simultaneously. In theory, we could&#x
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I wish I could understand the mentality of these men. Hostility is one thing, but who taught them that talking like that to anyone is right? Why don't they feel rotten inside? What is it that prompts such bile to emerge from certain
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by ThJ 8y ago
I keep seeing these posts on how to block European users to avoid the GDPR. As a citizen of Europe, seeing these posts consistently making it to the front page is disappointing. It would seem that Silicon Valley perceives the GDPR as more o
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I had a herniated disc last fall. It took a good 2 months to get to a point where I could walk and sit properly again. It still hurts my tailbone to sit for more than a few minutes. I can sit for longer if I use an ergonomic chair. My chair
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by ThJ 8y ago
He talks smack about OOP but launches into talking about his latest code project instead of explaining why it's bad. This guy would presumably also hate relational databases, since you have to think in a similar way in order to design
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Have you seen what a spec'ed up Mac costs? Also, almost zero upgradeability. It's a bit of a hassle to install macOS and upgrade it to new major versions, yes, and I wish that was easier. If I was made of money, I'd buy a Mac
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The writer of this article is comically reverent of Apple and John I've, and I say this as the owner of multiple Apple products.
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Ah, yes, of course.
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With native apps, it's at least possible to preserve some semblance of privacy and control over your own data. Granted, most native apps are just thin UI layers on top of a REST API, but certain things aren't possible to implement
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The Nordic diet? You mean beer and tacos every Saturday?
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It had the ironic tone of a causerie, a genre that for some bizarre reason isn't well-known in the English-speaking world.
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by ThJ 14y ago
I can relate to what the OP is saying. The mainstream meaning is changing, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. And I'm entitled to find it ridiculous. It's also annoying to lose a shade of meaning in the language. I find myself having
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by ThJ 14y ago
Oh for... While newspapers may report on drone strikes, that's not their primary function. The primary function of this app is obviously to make a bold statement about the atrocities of war. Apple doesn't want to publish an app that is desi
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by ThJ 14y ago
As a 29 year old hacker of the old-school Jargon File kind, I think the guy is talking about suits. People used to faking a smile, schmoozing at parties and stroking people's egos. Pointy-haired bosses. Salesmen. A lot of you young startup
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by ThJ 14y ago
The 3-D Secure VISA system in Norway is based on BankID ( https://www.bankid.no/Dette-er-BankID/BankID-in-English ) and uses Java. Everyone with a computer and a bank account has the Java plugin installed. Internationally, the majority of o
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by ThJ 14y ago
Musician and audio engineer here... Skull Candy? Hahahaha! Get a pair of Audio Technica, Grado or AKG K-series headphones and get back to me. After seeing all the snake oil that is sold as audiophile equipment, I immediately stopped trustin
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by ThJ 14y ago
I used to hang out at Dean's forum some 8 years ago. My cousin was doing a lot of drawing at the time, and he had a bunch of printouts of Dean's drawings, so that's how I learned about him. He had an animated movie project going on at one t
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by ThJ 14y ago
Norwegian here. This article is missing some major context. The Norwegian Data Protection Bureau merely stated that it believes the Norwegian Revenue Service and Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund are using Google Analytics illegally.
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I hadn't planned on posting any articles to Hacker News at first, but after I wrote this blog post (mostly just to distill my own thoughts) I realized that it might be of interest to other people, so here it is!
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Product Creation: Have you got what it takes?(nordicnerd.blogspot.no)
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Window functions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_function MDCT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_discrete_cosine_transf...
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Who cares about that? They're the most profitable tech company on the planet. They make more money on that market share now than anyone else. The fact is that Apple's market share is so huge that the author's comparing it, not to Samsung's
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I'm surprised. Not everyone here is blindly worshiping the big startup god. I see so many posts here about new websites that do mildly useful things, but where's the revenue stream? I'm the maker of an art community (ArtGrounds) and a multi
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This prompts an interesting question: Is identity theft the act of procuring personal information without permission, or is it the act of using this information to misrepresent your identity? Is it both, necessarily? What if you don't harm