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by TheCapn 9y ago
I think OP's point is that "not having alternative uses" shouldn't be a negative characteristic? To play Devil's Advocate, is Gold's current value where it is today because it is useful in jewelry and electroni
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Oh common, even you have to believe your statement is hyperbolic. What about the little crud apps people write for convenience? I wrote a weather app that scrapes data that I look at but made it faster so I don't need to load the entir
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I think the negativity (particularly in the tech community) is from the notion that we don't totally know why its value is so huge yet high. I watched bitcoin going from dollars to the first $300 spike and thought "wow, that&#x2
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In a somewhat matter of his defense, in 1997 he was 25 years old... that was 20 years ago. I know my ideals and opinions have changed from 25 to 30, I can only hope he has grown a bit in those 20 years and only to take that article as a sma
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I'd be curious what the cost savings in the end were regardless. An untrained hand takes so much longer to complete a task that a professional is used to regardless of the understanding. Do you want to slog along a journeyman in video
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Sounds like their marketing was just a bit tone deaf. If it is the modern equivalent of the home camcorder then really what's so incredibly scary? I wouldn't have my camcorder out on the counter while a couple friends and I were e
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> How many engineers live like that? Well for one thing the engineer planning the electrical isn't the engineer planning the structure. The engineer who scoped the HVAC isn't the guy who wrote the company's website either.
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On one hand you have the tech sector who likes to run things "fast and dirty". Regulation? Something made to disrupt! Lot's of homemade hackers outside the "established order" doing great things. On the other hand y
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They're meaningfully different in how they approach failure. StrongLifts is worse off in this regard for the reason that they teach reducing volume once you start running into plateaus in order to artificially progress. "Benching
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Depends on what you get out of Reddit. Are you there for the content aggregation or the communities? I imagine those wanting to enjoy content weren't all that happy with the tangent. We've known for years though that community web
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I've always been under the impression that commute satisfaction is related to various levels of consistency. Constant speed, constant commute times. I drive 3x as far at my new home to my job as I did at my previous home but since my w
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The hose may have a collar on it to help it retract back which is often plastic. Stretching the hose to its limit can also potentially damage the hose and/or the nozzle depending on how rough you are with it so back in my gas-jockey da
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The political subreddits are almost a weird case study of trends and tactics right now. If you pay close enough attention to /r/politics over the last month or so you saw general tones of the stories being raised to the top: &quot
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Generally speaking, I use Firefox because I've always used Firefox. At no point have they ever done something that's made me upset enough with my browsing experience to jump platforms entirely. It's familiar, it has the exten
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Incremental changes are less noticeable. Sure they show up on spec sheets but unless you've got both models side by side for direct comparison smartphones have generally reached a level of "good enough". I don't really t
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Didn't he miss a closing brace with the While-While-If structure and only ending with two closing braces?
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I mean.... the article does point out: Remember: There’s a reason we gave the %localappdata%\lxss\ folder ‘hidden’ & ‘system’ attributes You gotta work your way around a couple mild safeguards to go fucking with things.
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by TheCapn 10y ago
Just a fun one... a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script that removes a lot of the Facebook Suggestion/Trend information on the sidebar of the site when it first loads, replacing it with random pictures from /r/aww (or which
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by TheCapn 10y ago
The inode question gave me flashbacks to my interview with Amazon. They wanted me to explain what a hash function is. I kept giving answers for about 3 minutes explaining hashing, common algorithms, reasons to use it and places it applies.
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I like sharing this image with friends when talking about how safety and responsibility matter in software: http://i.imgur.com/SFHjzNg.png - A snippet from the help files for a PLC coding program. If people want to adopt ca
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by TheCapn 10y ago
I'm in the same boat as you with my Nexus 5. I was excited for the Pixel but at $1,000 CAD for the 32GB that does nothing particularly special I cancelled my pre-order. What my current plan of action is to find something of last-gen an
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I just wanted to throw a bit of an extension so this, and keep in mind this is completely of my opinion/observation. A big drive to what I think is fueling the anti-intellectual movement is a misunderstanding of the scientific research
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This has been a big part of my experience. I think the last 3 times I've gone to SO to write a question I spend an hour finding the right code samples, explaining what the problem is and why I need to solve it. Why I've chosen t
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So certification is more than just an exam. Usually it implies receiving accredited post-secondary education and registration with your governing body and going through a mentorship with an existing P.Eng. So in my case I got a B.ASc degree
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Ehhhh... I disagree on a few levels. I do automation projects for friends on the side and every project starts with what is essentially flipping a bit or driving an output and grows from that. Home automation really is a matter of solving a
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Huh, so that's where the /bikeshed in Google Hangouts Chat comes from. I've known about the easteregg for a while but never looked into the naming origins
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How creepy Facebook is finally clicked for me after I gave my neighbor my phone number once moving to a new neighborhood. You know... in case my house lights on fire or something while I'm out. That night Facebook was suggesting I add
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I'm not sure I gather the defense you're making for the US's position. You're arguing that since the US populous is so spread out they have a hard time getting on the same page to advocate for positive change in health p
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Personal uses of Pi/Arduino: - Garage opener/security (door sensing / camera & push notificaitons to cellphone) (Pi) - 2-axis solar tracker with manual control & wind speed sensing (Arduino) - Home VPN Server (Pi) - S
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I would too. But that doesn't mean you can't take up a hobby that is done alone but shared with a club. I got into car work and joined my local auto club. We do meets, drives, and grab beers every once in a while and share experie

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