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by ak39 6y ago
Yip, I meant all the big companies like Google vs Microsoft vs IBM etc.
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by ak39 6y ago
COM is still the only binary object-to-object cross language interface on Windows. Late-binding COM is still a good thing. What is somewhat dead is the idea of building server-side enterprise middle-tier in COM (COM+). That died when the
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Ask HN: List of biggest software companies by lines of code
7 points by ak39 6y ago|6 comments
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by ak39 6y ago
Forgive me, I pictured your experience and it made me laugh. :-D
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by ak39 6y ago
Great word
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by ak39 6y ago
Another note from the underground. The problem is, like Dostoesvky wrote through the mouth of the Undergound Man, the human requires pain and misery in his daily existence in order to have a default want-to-live or want-to-thrive instinct.
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by ak39 6y ago
Yes, but drugs should only be administered by suitably trained and educated professionals such as EMT and health care professionals. Not police!
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by ak39 6y ago
Is your comment based on personal evidence or otherwise?
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by ak39 6y ago
I agree with this philosophy. I see the writer has used popular memes to convey the problem with humour. I would also add this quote from the movie "Heat": "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willin
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by ak39 6y ago
Hiring help for things that you can't or won't do but needs to be done. Other people helping you with tasks is the biggest force-multipliers human society has known.
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by ak39 6y ago
"Fake it till you make it" meme?
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by ak39 6y ago
Source please.
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by ak39 6y ago
Please add to this otherwise excellent list: LATERAL JOINs (PGSQL). In SQL Server & Oracle they are CROSS APPLY & OUTER APPLY. This will change your SQL habits forever. Lateral joins give you the power of iteration in set-based oper
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by ak39 6y ago
I'm the same age. But I am also guilty of old habits when attempting new frameworks or languages. For example, I always want to set up the environment with the least amount of "auto loads" of libraries etc. I do not use NPM.
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by ak39 6y ago
Half the muscle requirement is used up just to set up the "environment" for new fangled technology/framework even before Hello World can be compiled.
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by ak39 6y ago
This is a profound comment. Thank you.
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by ak39 6y ago
Dancing isn't easy for folks who are rhythm-challenged like me. Try the Jerusamela on for size. Warning: make sure the vase, and precious items in the living room are packed away before you practise. Some attempts: https://w
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by ak39 6y ago
Interesting. I see the examples don’t cite “technical analysis” of price action of stocks. Is that also an example of Ludic fallacy?
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by ak39 6y ago
Love it, thanks!
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I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [YouTube](youtube.com)
7 points by ak39 6y ago|0 comments
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by ak39 6y ago
Can you imagine the maladaptive psychology required to wield a knife to calmly dismember, decapitate and butcher another human being?
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by ak39 6y ago
Because coding is like the art and science of distillation. Cheers.
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by ak39 6y ago
Good comment. Fully agreed. The accounting equation and therefore the double-entry system, once fully appreciated, probably ranks high up there in the pantheons of Humanity's achievements right alongside E=mc2. The non-"scientist&
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by ak39 6y ago
That COVID wasn't mentioned by reports is itself information. I believe that had Grant tested positive for COVID, the reports would have mentioned that. The fact that it isn't mentioned, makes it unlikely that it is COVID related.
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by ak39 6y ago
The OP did not say "because a celeb died therefore ...". You said that. It may be insensitive or bad timing to be mentioning COVID as a speculation for Grant's death right now, but it doesn't rule out the possibility.
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50% of clinical trials of medicines we use today have never been published(2016)(youtube.com)
2 points by ak39 6y ago|0 comments
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by ak39 6y ago
How can the system rely on “no response is construed as failed”?! Bad design right there.
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by ak39 6y ago
Is this an example of "evolutionary psychology"?
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by ak39 6y ago
Most systems in production already have key use cases that stand in for unit and system testing. Find those and use them after every new feature or change to the system. I support an existing reporting system with several hundred tables a
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by ak39 6y ago
If communication friction and overhead is the primary thrust for microservices (where you obviate said overhead by keeping to small teams), how do you address and manage the need for communication between teams? Obviating communication co

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