TheCapn

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by TheCapn 15y ago
At work my stuff is mostly done through puTTY, I set up different profiles for our Dev, QA, and Prod equipment that use green/yellow/red themes respectively. At home its default Eclipse theme (light) but that's mostly because of pure lazine
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I like the tactic the petition used by even if they took the time to treat it seriously this is the only 2 outcomes... 1) The petition gets removed for containing infringing content or worse... 2) The government moves towards removing imgur
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I wrote a post about this last week saying why this sort of thought is wrong. In summary it is basically this: As people of power in a position to make important decisions it is their PROFESSIONAL. ETHICAL. DUTY. to know all the facts that
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by TheCapn 15y ago
You're right when you bring up things like "confirmation bias" where people believe "my opinion is just as valid as your facts" but that is the problem we're seeing here. It has nothing to do with the fact that one side may not understand o
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I've sort of viewed the entire circus in a defeated light. If SOPA goes down another version will crawl up either on its own or stapled to the "think of the children" act of 2012, 2014, or whenever they get enough campaign funding to draft
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by TheCapn 15y ago
"You can't place a restraining order because that's not in the DMCA!" -- "The takedown wasn't a DMCA related takedown." Am I missing something here? Are courts really so blind to the major label's bullying games that this wasn't IMMEDIATELY
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I don't see it on slashdot and refuse to hit reddit from work but my guess is just budget webhosting.
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Those can be specific to small companies too though. I turned down two jobs from startups because of poor pay incentives and work cultures that didn't flow with my own expectations. I'm at a "Big Company" now and the only reason from the li
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I think you answered your own question in the last paragraph. For companies like the RIAA and MPAA they have business interests that are closely tied into the laws that they're forced to recognize. Because of this they create positions with
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Then what is the problem with treating elevators in the same way that traffic lights are treated in many cities: adjust for the time of day. Using my workplace as the anecdote the elevators get massive usage at 8:00AM as people arrive at wo
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by TheCapn 15y ago
That's why I usually pay out a minimum of $20 for the bundle with 100% towards developers. I may sound like an ass saying this but those are popular charities and receive a lot of funding from lots of resources, they can survive without my
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I think its characteristic of people to devalue a different expert's contribution to a project. I am definitely typecast "nerd" and take on projects that have a huge weight on my shoulders. I look at what encompasses a successful project an
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I'm on your side. If dates are an issue then have a change-log noted in the source code file where you create a tag (such as initials+date) and insert that above large code changes so you can see code commit changes based on date within cod
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Long ago (and probably more recently as well) there was a funny little info-graphic regarding which mobile companies were suing which. Has anyone stumbled upon a similar summary of knowledge regarding who is banned from selling where? I hon
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Say what you will about large corporations but at the very least they can get this right. I'm working for a 4,000+ company now and we take these steps very seriously during our Engineering design. Also part of the job is working with vendor
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by TheCapn 15y ago
The only reason I feel this is out of place here is because the very first thing the author says is "if you google[...]" which I would hope most hackers do before they start asking questions of others.
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Maybe I haven't had that phase yet but I tend to believe it occurs when there isn't a finite plan for how everything will work. You start creating abstract classes with the intention that it will do this or that or even whatchamacallit
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I don't think you need to take it that far to say news should end. Personally if each person that was the subject of a news cast had the option to say whether it aired or not would be enough. It sort is along the lines that if the person wa
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by TheCapn 15y ago
A security hole is where some attack vector within the code is overlooked (ex: injection attacks, overflows). A negligent feature is one where the steps to exploit the service were put in explicitly. What one does this fall into? At some po
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Although I agree with you I do find it fishy to say this man holds multiple degrees, with one (at least) being in the sciences. If he's capable of defending that degree then he theoretically should have a grasp on the kind of mathematics ar
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by TheCapn 15y ago
One lesson I took away from my university economics class is that in a large enough market all competitive products are virtually identical. One may offer X better than the other while that 2nd one may offer Y better than the first but for
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Yes you're right. My post came off with a different tone than I intended as I didn't want to state that it isn't a sweet product. I think its a rather cool idea and surprised it wasn't done previously.
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by TheCapn 15y ago
The sad fact of the matter is that "being successful" goes beyond making a good product. A team/person can create a phenomenal indie game but if they don't have the proper skills/hookups to market the product where people can find them they
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Seems like a cool idea but have you considered what role your popularity plays in all of it? I consider myself a casual visitor to HN and more of a lurker than anything yet I still recognize your site immediately meaning you've gained tract
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Agreed. The sooner a site I can live without starts using scummy tactics to drop ads the sooner I drop them. Nothing like losing viewers because you're too hard pressed to run legit content. (Obviously this is my opinion. I understand the w
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by TheCapn 15y ago
1) The entire article is based off the incorrect assumption that every offense is a different person which the author proved to be incorrect in his first example (but ran with it because it fit his argument). 2) "Most people, it seems, choo
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by TheCapn 15y ago
But if you must be something why can't you be "versatile" or "jack of all trades"? Maybe not the best examples given but hopefully you see the point? I work for a company doing shell, C, Java coding... my manager comes up time to time askin
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by TheCapn 15y ago
My interpretation is that he's too shy to ask for help. Most manic depressants are just that, depressed, they hide in their hole and someone has to dig them out (possibly themselves). Posting self-loathing material is subtle for someone to
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by TheCapn 15y ago
I've always felt that the way you write should be the same way you'd talk to the person if you were face to face. I'll be blunt and drop f bombs when I'm talking with people informally so if we're having a round-table discussion regarding a
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by TheCapn 15y ago
Disclaimer: I work for a IPTV provider currently although my job doesn't relate to it directly... my past departments however saw me developing IPTV applications and working to "enhance the viewer experience" so I feel I have a good underst

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