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by alex- 10y ago
Would that be a legal defense? I mean if you wrote a tool to DOS 911 and distributed the link that would install/trigger it I would think you guilty of attacking 911 even if your computer was not involved. I would be surprised if the c
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by alex- 10y ago
Thank you!
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by alex- 10y ago
> American children came top at thinking they were good at maths, but bottom at maths. For Korean children, the inverse was true: they considered themselves poorer at maths than the children of any other country, but were the best. This
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by alex- 10y ago
I use Plantronics Backbeat Fit and have been very happy with them. https://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-BackBeat-Fit-Bluetooth-He...
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by alex- 10y ago
I was introduced to linux cgroups and namespaces via my use of docker. It is a fantastic tool for using these concepts quickly and I don't currently see rocket etc overthrowing dockers dominance in the market place. However I do sense
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by alex- 10y ago
You are right, it must be possible to execute on a vision while keeping shareholders, who don't share your vision happy. But I still feel that it must be harder than having carte blanche with the organisation. Maybe I over estimate the
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by alex- 10y ago
Satya Nadella was appointed as CEO on 4 February 2014. The last 2 windows releases were: Windows 10, released on the 29 July 2015 Windows 8.1, released on the 17 October 2013 So it is safe to assume that the author was referring to the Wind
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by alex- 10y ago
Their is a feeling that CEOs of these large companies are completely responsible for the direction a company takes. I have never served as a CEO, but I can't help but imagine that large share holders are also very dominant figures. One
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by alex- 10y ago
The author called out, specifically, how Azure was in his opinion keeping Microsoft relevant "Nadella got Microsoft organized around mobile and the cloud (Azure), freed the Office and Azure teams from Windows, killed the phone business
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by alex- 10y ago
I find it surprising that this is newsworthy. It appears that Facebook never argued that the image was in breach of its policies. Just that some software it runs had a bug that miss classified this image. Then when challenged they apologize
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by alex- 10y ago
You are correct a DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) is intended to take a target off line or simply slow down the target significantly (ideally making the service useless) While it is very unlikely to cause hardware damage it can be extr
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by alex- 10y ago
It sounds like you are not happy. If that is the case, why not explore what opportunities you have for a better position (whatever better means to you)? If you find something that you are confident is better for you - then you should pursue
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by alex- 10y ago
Spin-ins can be a great idea, and have proved to be very successful for Cisco. However it appears that the article explicitly states: > the search giant does not have special rights in the terms, like first dibs on an acquisition Which t
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by alex- 10y ago
Looks like the number is 5500 - 7% http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/08/17/cisco-report-lay...
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by alex- 10y ago
> How do you keep it up? Personally I find routine to be key. If I run 4 times a week on specific days at specific times, after a few (3) weeks I stop asking my self "Should I go for a run today?" and start telling myself &quot
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by alex- 10y ago
I am reminded of a quote "Happiness is living without expectations" The favorites in a competition will have much higher expectations than the rest.
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by alex- 10y ago
I wanted to understand why the arts were dropped from the Olympics. "In 1949, a report was presented at the IOC meeting in Rome which concluded that practically all contestants in the art competitions were professionals, and that the c
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by alex- 10y ago
Docker is a process launcher that makes it fast and simple to start processes with a unique network/filesystem/process/user space (via cgroups and namespaces).
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by alex- 10y ago
Maybe people in unhappy marriages find the strain leaks into their professional lives?
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by alex- 11y ago
I sometime use the term magic to highlight code that is out of the current context/scope. That ICA, FFT or MLP module is magic... The module maybe complex but it is not magic. However it is something that I probably don't _need_ t
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by alex- 11y ago
The blog announcing it can be found here: http://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/open-source-h-264-remov... Cisco sell a number of products that use H264 and so were already paying some fees (although not necessarily the
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by alex- 11y ago
It is very sad that someone has lost their life. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-2492360 states that between 2008 and 2013 their were 1,889 people seriously injured or killed by a London bus. I can't hel
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by alex- 11y ago
It might comfort you to hear: That almost everyone hits a steep learning curve when moving to new technologies. That teams expect new members to take time getting to know how everything works (they have been there). and that in time you may
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by alex- 11y ago
I always find it strange when a proponent of gender equality does not treat genders equally.