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by aplusbi 17y ago
Wait, this article thinks that Enterprise-y game development is a GOOD thing?
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by aplusbi 17y ago
I was in high school during Columbine. One thing you heard very often was "I this age of Columbine, you can't be too careful," usually used to justify an overreaction to student behavior (I had a friend who would wear a trench coat to scho
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by aplusbi 17y ago
The Mac Book had Windows on it. Why wouldn't he sign it?
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by aplusbi 17y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuOuxRD1Bc
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Presumably they wouldn't turn the heating coils on in the winter.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Anytime a friend of mine has asked me to upvote something (usually on digg) I've read the article first and, if I liked it, I upvoted it. Most of the time I liked it and most of the time I would not have read it if they hadn't asked me to.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Ha! I did the same thing. Went years without soda. Then after I started drinking it again, stopped for a few months. Now ever couple of months I quit for a week or two. One of these days I'll give it up for good...
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by aplusbi 17y ago
"Feynmann", "Fermi" and "Farnsworth" are much better than "server001", "server002" and "server003" but are arguably a step behind "hq-web-001" and "br1-sql-020". I work for a company where most of the servers are just numbered and it's can
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by aplusbi 17y ago
When I attended middle school there was a mandatory programming class. We all got to program in BASIC on some Apple computers. That had a pretty lasting influence on me, and may very well be responsible for my career path. I also just rec
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by aplusbi 17y ago
In addition to this, don't forget that corporations are legal persons. Edit: In the US and England at least.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
That assumes that the only thing that has changed is the computerization of records. In the same time span that we've seen increased computer usage we have also seen increased red tape from insurance companies, malpractice lawsuits, etc. I
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by aplusbi 17y ago
I implemented Tupper's Self-referential formula which depends on an extremely large number (although I suppose that's cheating a bit, the number is actually an encoding of a bitmap).
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by aplusbi 17y ago
I was making an obscure movie reference.* *Trading Places
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Sell frozen orange juice futures.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
>But when it really comes down to it, isn't almost anything a good thing to do "until you figure it out?" In this case, no. Almost anything that doesn't have a predetermined length of service is a good thing t do "until you figure it o
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by aplusbi 17y ago
But in that case you wouldn't be dogfooding anyway.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
I think one of the major things that the CLI has in its favor is the ease with which an experienced user can guide a new user. The experienced user only needs to the tell the new user what to type, and when to hit enter, which can easily b
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Of course with the DRM codecs from Microsoft you still won't be able to watch netflix on Linux.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Technically that's RAID 4, 5 distributes the parity across all disks.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Didn't you guys to Defcon? Where the RFID Mythbusting lecture was immediately before Adam Savage's Key-note?
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by aplusbi 17y ago
On a somewhat related note, if you make a website for a specific event on the top of the first page, clearly visible, you should have: * The date and time of the event * The event location * Price * Any other relevant information (dress-cod
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Many women may not be aware. I know that the feminists I know would not be surprised if you told them that and would agree that it is not fair for men. The feminist fighting for greater rights than men is a stereotype that represents only
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Sounds like Vim's :later and :earlier commands.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Game ideas are worth $0.008333.* * A dime a dozen.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Not at all, as long as you provide an easy and open way to export your data for your users (and potentially your competitors) to use.
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by aplusbi 17y ago
I don't think it's about what programmers want, it's more about programmers idealized view of the world. Programmers believe in meritocracies, and judging people based on their clothing is antithetical to a meritocracy. Many programmers ha
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Reminds me of the NYPD SkyTowers, which from what I've read are generally unmanned and the footage is never reviewed: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=64500&SecID=1000
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by aplusbi 17y ago
Take advantage of the school whenever possible. If tuition covers up to 20 credits, take 20 credits a semester (assuming you can handle the course load of course). If there are discounted summer courses and you are available, why not? Tak
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by aplusbi 17y ago
This is @ pj: There are many different kinds of pressure. The pressure in an interview is very different from the kind of pressure experienced when the database is down. For example, I have no problem at all with on-site interviews but I c
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by aplusbi 17y ago
What was the alternative? Perhaps a military target. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen because of the massive civilian casualties. Full disclosure - My dad is Japanese and lived through the war.

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