TheTarquin

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by TheTarquin 17y ago
Cool! Coming from a CS program that thought of design as " scoff that thing they do over in the art building", I will definitely check that out. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Sieve of Eratosthenes Implemented in CSS(azureabstraction.com)
1 points by TheTarquin 17y ago|0 comments
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
Agreed on all counts. BioShock was awesome (its use of music and art-deco design was amazing), but System Shock 2 was simply one of the best games of all time. Deus Ex also rocked, though its sequel was decidedly sub-par.
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
Oh cool! I didn't know that. Learn something new every day. Hmm, . . . , that's very interesting. I wonder if the etymology of SHODAN is from the Hindi shodan? Maybe it's just a coincidence?
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
That was my initial thought as well.
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
I just have to include the iconic SHODAN quote: "Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?" I wonder if the creators o
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
I learned something like this a few years ago when I was a contractor. If the skills I had were in the job description (e.g. "C# programmer wanted! Need someone experienced with embedded systems!"), I charged myself at fairly high rate.
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
There's hardly a regulation that's been passed in the past century that hasn't opened up opportunities for abuse. If the potential for abuse is enough to make a law a bad idea, then there would be precious few laws ever passed. Which, I mu
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
I'll preface my comments by saying that, as a libertarian, I'm a fan of pretty much anything that opens the US up to greater immigration. That being said, this reads to me more like a publicity stunt than an actual gateway to bringing succ
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
Out of curiosity, what's a more reliable or representative source for browser share information? Here's a TechCrunch article that actually quotes IE6's browser share at 20% - http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/02/internet-explorer-browser-s...
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
It may also be (may not, dunno) that a lot of YC applicants are first time entrepreneurs. Many may come from a technical background where they're used to being the topical expert in most of their meetings with "business types". So, they b
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by TheTarquin 17y ago
To be honest, I don't think that the day when "most developers just stop caring" will actually kill IE6. I work making custom web-based help systems and most of our clients (who aren't software firms) base their browser support requirement
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Congrats. A no go for us this time, but we'll rally the forces and try again next time around.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Huh, interesting graph. Great way to show both country and age cohort comparison.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Personally, I think it's because many clients are used to years of hearing "programmer" and "web designer" as two separate jobs. If you're writing desktop apps, well, you're a programmer. If you're doing web-based stuff, you must be "just
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Integrity. You're doing it wrong.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Insert rant about nothing being Hacker proof, etc. etc. Headline should read: "Particular Linux install/config remained unhacked for X amount of time under Y conditions."
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Creative Labs: Where No Good Deed Goes Unpunished(globalnerdy.com)
2 points by TheTarquin 19y ago|0 comments
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Did anyone else see that picture and wonder if NASA's pick up some spinners and ground-lights to go with that gold paint job?
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Interesting. I guess the point I was getting at (which, on rereading my post didn't really come through at all), is that they seem to be blaiming other software developers without actually defining how they attributed said crashes. Perhaps
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
I'll be the first to admit that the extent of my knowledge of graphics cards and drivers doesn't extend much past how to install them. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that on the dual-boot systems I've used (mostly machines designed fo
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
Interesting. So it'd probably work alright if not too much of my face was bloody/bruised?
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
It is a good client. My personal preference is for direct downloads, but if you pressed me on why, I would be unable to give a reason other than simple preference. I kind of like cutting out the middleware and not needing Yet Another App
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
You are completely correct. Amazon's client, as clients go, is fantastic.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
I would have to respectfully disagree on that score. While there is no accounting for taste, I think that there's a lot of excellent music being done these days. I've even heard a few albums in the past few months which are among my all-t
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
I have, but most of the music I listen to is music that I review, and I insist on paying for that music.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
There've been some interesting articles on this topic in 2600 the past year or so. There was one (can't find it at the moment, will post a cite if I can dig it up) about viewing the information in sealed profiles and another about using an
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Top Ten Obsolete Ports(crave.cnet.co.uk)
1 points by TheTarquin 19y ago|0 comments
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
It's ambiguous to say "30% of Windows crashes", since the article reports that it's 30% of Windows Vista crashes. And not to be glib, but if your Vista is crashing, I'd be more inclined to blame a shoddily made OS than graphics drivers.
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by TheTarquin 19y ago
I do. It helps that we're both extremely busy, so our "dates" often wind up being the nights when we both have portable work and can hang out together while we grind away.

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