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by alexose 6y ago
Well said. The attempt to divide this into a binary issue is (sadly) predictable. Nobody here should support the use of these gestapo-style tactics from the federal government, ever. For anything. Full stop.
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by alexose 6y ago
He's pointed it out six(!) times now. Aside from the that it really isn't clear (a small yellow patch on the front of an otherwise military-styled uniform, not to mention the unmarked vehicles), the definition of "police&qu
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by alexose 6y ago
I wouldn't call it hyperbole. Men in fatigues, who decline to identify themselves as law enforcement, are grabbing protesters off the streets and putting them in unmarked minivans. There are videos of this. From the article: > On
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by alexose 6y ago
These are absolutely not violent riots. They are organized protests with specific demands, and are generally supported by the people who live here. If we're being honest, then we should recall the way CHOP in Seattle was characterized
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by alexose 6y ago
The reason it seems like an attack is due to the hostile tone of your comments, the burner account, and the unfounded/unsourced accusation that USDS left its partners behind. I apologize if you just wanted to discuss the merits of a st
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by alexose 6y ago
I'm alarmed by the way you've brought up Mikey Dickerson completely unprompted (both here and in the OP's comment section), and that your account is just two hours old. It's fine if you take issue with the Silicon Valle
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by alexose 6y ago
I'm not a historian or anything, but I've seen it ebb and flow over the years. There have definitely been periods where the best opportunities were at small, innovative businesses. I think we've reached a point in the indust
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by alexose 6y ago
I think you're 100% right, but it feels to me like the odds have just shifted over time. Early on it was more like the stock market, then it was like a roulette table, and now it's like gas station scratch tickets. I'm not s
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by alexose 6y ago
I find it very disappointing that the most reliably lucrative career arc for a programmer nowadays is to get hired by a tech giant and stay there as long as possible. And the second most is probably to go to work for a company that could g
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by alexose 6y ago
I welcome anyone trying to leave SV to come live in beautiful Southern Oregon. Great weather, not too crowded, and still drivable to Seattle and the bay. Come help build our little tech scene!
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by alexose 7y ago
In my experience, it's not that companies are choosing any one strategy over another. It's more that companies have no idea what their supply chain actually looks like. Only that the widgets show up at their loading dock every
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by alexose 7y ago
Programming is my day job, so being able to think of solid objects in terms of code just makes sense to me. I find myself using OpenSCAD more and more just for sketching out ideas, and experimenting with shapes that would be hard to make u
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by alexose 7y ago
RapCad as well! https://github.com/GilesBathgate/RapCAD Feature matrix: https://github.com/GilesBathgate/RapCAD/blob/master/doc/feat...
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by alexose 8y ago
This makes me so happy as an anthropologist-turned-programmer.
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by alexose 8y ago
I thought the same thing. After some searching I realized that "Open Distro" isn't actually a linux distro after all. This is a non-fork release of Elasticsearch with the proprietary parts stripped out.
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by alexose 8y ago
Micropython does have a Wifi REPL, although it's not enabled by default: https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp8266/esp8266/tutor...
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by alexose 8y ago
I've worked from home for about a year and half now, so I'm not as much of an expert as others in this thread. However, I do have the experience of doing it completely wrong when I first started. What not to do: - Don't &#x2
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by alexose 9y ago
The question isn't "can Facebook be replaced" as much as it is "why haven't alternatives already succeeded?" I'm thinking of Diaspora* in particular.
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by alexose 9y ago
I can't speak for the IRS specifically, but I can speak for a few other agencies. The problem is most certainly not incompetence at the individual level-- I've met some of the brightest, most creative people in government IT. The
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by alexose 9y ago
I'm a wary of Android only in that I'm so used to the Raspian ecosystem, but I will check it out. Thanks for the recommend!
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by alexose 9y ago
Oh, this is awesome. Can't wait to try it. Thank you!
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by alexose 9y ago
I've done a lot of this sort of this as well. The ESP8266 is so great for simple on/off switches and sensors. But-- there are so many applications for having a full IoT Linux distribution that I can't believe this isn't
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by alexose 9y ago
I see the point you're making, but you have to consider the other side of it as well. Most of these agencies are running ancient software, on ancient OSes, with decades of kludges layered on top to address requirements that change eve
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by alexose 9y ago
Has anyone managed to add automated/wireless charging to an inexpensive drone? It looks like there are a few commercial solutions out there, but nothing for less than $500.
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by alexose 9y ago
It's also possible to control a plant's life cycle, and harvest multiple times per year. On the other hand, it's rare that the economics favor artificial light. Until energy becomes truly cheap, farms are mostly better off w
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by alexose 9y ago
Those kinds of inefficiencies are /everywhere/ in government. They tend to mirror the limited ways departments communicate (see: Conway's Law). Having structured data available isn't a given, nor is the ability to send
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by alexose 10y ago
It definitely takes some experimentation! The window between undercooked and overcooked is extremely narrow for certain things. My policy is that I won't try anything new if I'm cooking for others. I only make recipes that I&#x27
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by alexose 10y ago
There's a "smart" version of the Instant Pot that has its own scripting language! http://instantpot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/How-to-writ...
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by alexose 10y ago
This "meta game" was my absolute favorite epiphany as a biology undergrad! Genomes evolve in ways that allow beneficial mutations in the future-- And genes aren't so much randomly scattered in chromosomes as much as they are
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by alexose 10y ago
I used to work for a (terrific!) company that uses all kinds of natural language processing tools on Twitter data: http://crimsonhexagon.com/ Without getting into specifics, I was constantly blown away by the trends we were

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