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by amirmc 12y ago
Let's not extrapolate what we think they mean from what they actually say. Most people don't challenge their own opinions so even the 'locking your door' argument helps them begin to articulate more precisely. From the
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by amirmc 12y ago
Something that would be interesting is to follow code styles across people who've pair-programmed. Kinda like the apprenticeship model, I wonder if you could detect specific styles that get adopted and evolve over time.
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Brewing MISO to serve Nymote(amirchaudhry.com)
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Local MirageOS Development with Xen and Virtualbox(skjegstad.com)
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by amirmc 12y ago
Redefining 'civilian' also reduces civilian casualties. "It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a
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by amirmc 12y ago
> "They are plotting and coordinating these bad things via communications with one another" Yes, but has anyone considered the means they might be using to do this? Why assume it's electronic? Check the wikipedia page
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by amirmc 12y ago
At best this seems like an arms race but at worst, there are actually battles being fought (of a kind). I wonder what the digital equivalent of a nuke would be such that govts decide that diplomacy is better. Some kind of Digitally Affected
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Docker image “verification”(lwn.net)
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by amirmc 12y ago
Are you seriously comparing docs in a different language to a colour scheme you dislike !? That is an utterly ridiculous comparison.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Letting the colours and fonts get in the way of something you admit 'could be amazing' seems a little short-sighted.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Js_of_ocaml is pretty cool and is used by folks at Facebook for Hack and Flow. For another example of its use see the awesome IOCaml notebooks. http://andrewray.github.io/iocamljs/
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by amirmc 12y ago
Nice article. Something it doesn't point out, which can become one of the elements in the cycle of name/blame/shame, is the creation of 'heroes'. This is the figure who throws themselves at the issue and brings it
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by amirmc 12y ago
There's lots more coming in 2015. We've had many requests about how to begin contributing so we put together some Pioneer Projects. We're constantly adding to this list and they're suitable for various skill levels. ht
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by amirmc 12y ago
I find it ridiculous that anyone worries about officer safety in this way. It seems almost perverse to me. If we're worried about officers prematurely killing people how does giving them military-style tools make that any better?
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by amirmc 12y ago
I don't think you're a shrinking minority at all, especially since the article itself mentions that people are concerned. The problem with this approach is that you also give up control. Want an extra feature or bugfix? Petition F
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by amirmc 12y ago
I find that logic utterly distorted. Give a bunch of humans guns, the right to use deadly force and then for some reason worry about making them 'feel safe' -- oh, and also absolve them if things go wrong (or even if they break t
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by amirmc 12y ago
I find this attitude confusing. You're suggesting that cops are the ones who need to be made to feel safer? That by making them them feel safer they might be less likely to start shooting? Who is protecting who in this brave new wo
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by amirmc 12y ago
> "Many companies give employees a 10 year exercise period after they leave" I suspect many companies don't do this, as there'd be no need to advocate for it otherwise.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Your comment seems to completely absolve the company that hired these people. Why give them a pass but not the people they're paying to do this?
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by amirmc 12y ago
I'm impressed but I've got to wonder how big the market is for this. How many people (of either gender) want to hack on their sex toys?
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by amirmc 12y ago
> Leave. If he's got options, they'll be vesting -- typically over a 4yr period. He's 2yrs in so if he decides to leave, then he'll lose half of them. If he's willing to do that, then he'll have to exerc
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by amirmc 12y ago
> "...real satire of Islam can't be done without significant risk of violent reprisal..." Thought experiment: Can the same really be done for (say) Judaism without fear of being labelled anti-semite, losing your job, or
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by amirmc 12y ago
And here's the tweet itself. https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/553734788881076225 I'm pretty sure that if he'd said this about Jews, it would not have had 7k retweets and he'd also have
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by amirmc 12y ago
Religion is legacy software (FTFY) -- as we all know legacy software is a pain in the ass to deal with and definitely not as easy to replace as your comment suggests.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Honest question. How many 'early stage' startups would hire an English major straight out of college? The only way I see this working is if they already know the founders beforehand or if there are varying definitions of 'ear
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by amirmc 12y ago
I edited to reflect that the business model was adopted. It doesn't alter my point.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Those companies start somewhere and these days are certainly driven by technical folks. Even Google was a small team once and yet the business model adopted was to harvest user data in order to target ads. Twitter took a similar route. I
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by amirmc 12y ago
I agree with the premise of the article but there's more to consider than just the blockchain. There are three issues that must be dealt with when trying to make it easy for developers to create decentralised systems that can withstan
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by amirmc 12y ago
> You seem to be implying that these two concepts are mutually exclusive. They're in fact completely independent of one another. My point here (perhaps poorly made) is that people behave as though they're mutually exclusive.
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I think this thread demonstrates (at least part of) the issue. If you've been hired then you're already past the first hurdle. The attitude that you somehow have to 'pay your dues' is part of the overall problem and is

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