aevernon

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   by aevernon 5y ago

   "Bob"'s problem was counterproductive pride and being unteachable. There is no room for ego in a precise profession like ours, and none of us writes perfect code. If "Bob" had learned from his peers during code revi
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   by aevernon 11y ago

   In these discussions about the importance of metadata, I'm surprised that Bitmessage is rarely mentioned. The Bitmessage protocol is decentralized, trustless, and hides metadata such as the sender and receiver of messages.
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   by aevernon 11y ago

   When I was a comp sci student in the 90s, I was testing some code where I used foo@bar.com as a placeholder. Amusingly, I got a reply from The Foo, and now I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who accidentally emailed him/h
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   Things Job Ads Say(blog.vernon.nu)

   8 points by aevernon 12y ago|0 comments
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   by aevernon 13y ago

   Could you give an example of such a comparison? Are you saying rich people are better able to estimate the risks and trade-offs for their decisions?
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   by aevernon 16y ago

   Actually, rsync.net is owned by the same people who run JohnCompanies.com, which is an excellent FreeBSD virtual hosting company.