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by barik 13y ago
I'm a customer of both DigitalOcean as well as Linode. I use DigitalOcean for random experiments and side projects and Linode for production sites. I haven't directly observed any practical differences in ways that affect me in te
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by barik 13y ago
I don't consider the sort example to be a quirk at all, though some of the other examples are reasonable. It's more a definition of what methods are supposed to do in the first place: a behavior that is applied on the instance of
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by barik 14y ago
With CalDAV being deprecated, the more pressing question for me is, "when are they going to kill the free IMAP protocol?" Individuals who use desktop applications like Thunderbird or even Outlook never see any Google ads. The most sophistic
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by barik 14y ago
It's true that it has history in technological circles, but the politically correct wording appears to now be "primary" and "secondary". Interestingly, in 2003: "Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors
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by barik 14y ago
I've wondered that myself, particularly in regards to the recent evolution vs. "intelligent design" debates in school as of late. I'd be interested to here what other HN readers think. This is the most dramatic instance I experienced, but i
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by barik 14y ago
I have no idea how it happens, but I recall having more teachers that I referred to as "Coach" instead of "Mr.", "Ms.", or "Dr." while in middle school and early high school. I'll add to this since I think these types of stories occurs more
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by barik 14y ago
> Of course my $50+ in notary fees are lost. Somewhat ironically, you could go to a bank to have this done for free if you happen to be a customer of the bank (and many times, even if you're not). Wells Fargo has free notary services fo
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by barik 14y ago
It is no such thing. You are correct that there's a VM -- Dalvik is the process virtual machine in Android, and that a common use case is to use Java bytecode and then convert it to Dalvik, but this is a far cry from being "trapped in a Jav
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by barik 14y ago
> When the computer is affective, I assume the programmer is talking to me. It's interesting that you mention this, and the researchers thought that the same effect might be happening. So they controlled for this, but I don't remember t
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by barik 14y ago
The short answer is: yes. The medium answer is: media = real life The longer answer is there's an interesting an influential bit of scientific work that might shed some light on this issue, and incidentally, it is also not mentioned in the
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by barik 14y ago
Which open source licenses are you talking about? The most common that I can think of is GPL, which does not allow you to remove the copyright notice, although you may add yours in addition to it. The next one that comes to mind is the BSD
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by barik 14y ago
This article was light on details, but I thought it was important to address at least the first point, which has a fundamental misunderstanding right off the bat: "1. Plagiarism is bad. Wrong! If the licensing is right, copy to your heart's
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by barik 14y ago
> code=data This is a really good explanation, and I just want to add a small bit to it, having had to use Lisp as a primary language quite recently due to some AI projects in cognitive modeling. One thing that I've found personally is
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by barik 14y ago
Side note: Very likely, he's not. I think you're just being overly pedantic on verb tenses. Change "I've" to "I'd" if that makes it easier to read. To be back on topic, I had a very similar experience after using Eclipse for several years.
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by barik 14y ago
Correct. You can fork the Android code [1] as you have always been able to do. This is exactly what third-party Android builds do. The restrictions are for the Google's official Android SDK binary package [2], and this should not come as an
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by barik 14y ago
This is an important but nuanced point that seems to be getting glossed over. There is Android SDK [1] which has the terms and conditions. There is Android Open Source Project [2], from which you can easily download the source using git, an
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by barik 14y ago
> You still need to join a University for the credit to be worth something. So maybe students will be able to transfer in many credits, kind of like APs. This is in fact exactly what I think people should do. MOOCs are not an either-or
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by barik 14y ago
I guess it's team or role dependent. When I interviewed with Google the first time I was directly told that there would be no 20% time (my memory is hazy but I was interviewing for something related to AdWords Fraud at the time). And this w
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by barik 14y ago
The NY Times had a fairly good article on this issue, which I happened to bookmark in April 2011. The article is called "Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It’s Your Facebook Wall" [1], and the phenomena is described in the article as FOMO (fear
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by barik 14y ago
As you said, "Dropbox erased the file and synced a blank version across all your computers." I agree. As such, I'm not sure why individuals are so quick to blame the end user just yet. On the other hand, I don't want to immediately blame Dr
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by barik 14y ago
This distinction is really without a difference. Dropbox consistently advertises themselves as both a syncing service as well as a backup service. Their tag line is even "Dropbox - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy," with secure bac
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by barik 14y ago
> I am guessing I could answer enough (how many is enough?) of these 80 multiple choice questions to pass the exam right now. The cutoff scores vary by year, but roughly 70% is a good benchmark for passing. Unless you fail, your actual
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by barik 14y ago
The EIT does, because the first portion is a general Engineering exam. It is generally at the sophomore level of a four-year University. The PE exam, however, is related to your discipline, though sometimes tangential questions may appear (
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by barik 14y ago
It is the last step. The other steps vary by state, but in general, it requires that you have at least four years of documented and progressive experience under the direction of another licensed Engineer. You also need to have taken the EIT
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by barik 14y ago
I'll always remember the words of one my professors when practicing for the EIT/FE. He said, "The EIT doesn't test to see if you know Engineering, it tests to see if you know how to read." I have found that statement to be quite true, and t
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by barik 14y ago
Well, the exam for Electrical Engineers doesn't have them build a circuit either. I assume you're forgetting that you also have to apply to the State Board, documenting your entire Engineering career, which will be the most substantial part
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by barik 14y ago
I think it will become necessary for the areas you outline, particularly in industrial control. Although best practices and standards have been established for electrical systems and mechanical systems, my observations in factory control sh
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by barik 14y ago
Generally, the PE exam itself is considered one of the least difficult portions of the process, though it's still stressful for certain disciplines. The PE exam topics are also generally known to lag reality, regardless of discipline, and o
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by barik 14y ago
Sure, you can do all of these things, and being able to view IEEE papers is not exactly the worst of problems. Now please let me know if I'm incorrect (and I hope I am), but it appears that in addition to viewing research papers your IEEE W
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by barik 14y ago
It is normal if you are out-of-state (that is, you are not going to University in the state of your primary residence, or for most high school students, the state in which your parents reside). I've provided two state schools for reference

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