armored_mammal

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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Seems oddly low. I know the US is notorious for low speeds, but 3.35 Mbps for Google fiber? Does their measurement actually measure what I intuitively think measures? I've used two different ISPs in recent years and both sustained 10+ Mbps
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
When I've been involved with a public university there are lots of disclaimers and notices that stuff done via University email is not private and isn't subject to requirements for a warrant should the institution want to review it, etc. Ho
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Probably people buying from their Android devices being counted under the 'Linux' flag?
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
...on the other hand nothing is patent free these days. If the diaphragm were invented today we'd all be getting our lungs ripped out for patent infringement.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I agree with. The only problems I've ever had with it have turned out to either be problems with the actual hardware or problems with the clients, not problems with Pulse Itself. I will admit having a lot of a hate for figuring out which au
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Personally, I think the 'no sales' thing could have worked if their prices were lower. The couple of times I've been in a JCPenney since this started everything was depressingly expensive for what it was. It's one thing to not discount, but
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
So I'll agree with many of the commentators that several of the practices suggested aren't 'ideal.' However, they are easy and possibly better than having no 'practice' at all. Just as an example, the shared user account with unique SSH key
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I only play one or two games from most of the bundles, though every bundle I've gotten has had one or two that made it worth it. And like most other Linux users I've usually paid around $10. But I haven't bought any bundle that didn't have
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I think it's more likely that Linux will end up having a small performance benefit over Windows all other things being equal.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Do the videos work? Did you follow the 'special' instructions to install the 'special' version of Flash that will work with Steam? Because I sure didn't, and so no videos in the Steam client play. Though that's probably even worse than bein
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I can't use vim effectively because I constantly try to navigate using WASD. I know I can bind it, but the thought of rebinding every command and then being dependent on towing the configuration to every computer I'd ever use scares me. So
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermae_Romae Apparently they could build bath amazing bath houses because of time traveling to modern Japan.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I mostly remember college careers fairs as a place where big companies tried to get you to apply for their internships. Microsoft and Google and such usually had their own separate events, and I'll grant they were more serious about hiring
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Nope, because mega-corps only do internships or '3-5 years' experience.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I really think that this game could use some people from the demoscene to create emergent algorithmic graphics for it. It seems like it'd be a good match.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Maybe you should focus on finding smart people (if you actually pay decently and are located somewhere somebody in their right mind would want to live) and then consider training them in your 'high-specialized' whatever you need.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Probably you paid off a good agency in India to fix you up with jobs, then. You're right that it's a little more complicated. A family friend is here from India on some kind of visa where she is able to switch employers, but she has to leav
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
There may be some body shops with incompetent people, but I think there are plenty of competent H1-B holders. The proper framing is that their visa can be held over their head to extract 14 hour days 6 or 7 days a week and other working con
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I think the way H1-B visa holders are basically beholden chattel to a specific enterprise is especially repugnant. Anyone who reads through job listings for engineers (all types, as in real engineers) and programmers will also conclude that
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
It seems odd that his whole file would be an entire 23 pages in its entirety, and amount to 21 releasable pages without a single page relating in any way to anything other than publicizing the PACER records. Surely they have more...
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
The comment was referencing the fact that you can make a gun for yourself without a serial number as long as you don't sell it or do anything with it that is defined as 'transfer.'
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Yes, the fact the article refers to > than 1k (but still not terribly expensive) printers using 'advanced polymer' instead of ABS makes it yet another article about using pure ABS plastic on a sub-1k printer... I'll agree that metal is
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Just thinking about the author bringing up metrics and aligning motivation, it might be possible do both across multiple departments by having moderate bonuses based on customer retention and satisfaction. (I guess that's similar to profit
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
You could just take the obvious shortcut and rate them all as 'D's or 'F's, because you know they pretty much all will be 'D's or 'F's.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
So it is possible to say something similar while maintaining journalistic integrity. Surprise surprise. This is journalism. Broder's sloppy crap was not. Note the real issue, not that Mr. NYT's exaggerations and lies were 'close enough.' Th
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Yeah, I'm sure it's not anything unusual. Probably I'd have not even paid attention except that their TOS was short enough to breeze through to begin with.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
From DigitalOcean's TOS: "You agree that you will NOT use DigitalOcean's services to: violate any applicable state and federal law and regulation, including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, patent, anti-piracy, or other intell
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Ammo has actually been getting more expensive for years.
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
I sort of wonder if maybe they're trying to drive up ammo prices?
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by armored_mammal 14y ago
Personally, I think the law is outdated and poor if pretty much anybody can run afoul of the laws while being completely clueless and befuddled by them essentially on accident.

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