bbatchelder

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by bbatchelder 5y ago
Speaking of HVAC on a generator - have you heard of the Hyper Engineering SureStart devices? They put less stress on the generator and compressor when starting up. I got them installed on both of my AC units, and they work great on the gen
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by bbatchelder 5y ago
I live in a rural part of Florida, and we have experienced outages as long as 2.5 weeks. I went with the 26kw air-cooled model, and getting that installed along with a 1,000gal propane tank (and 800 gal of propane) was done for $18k. Our bi
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by bbatchelder 5y ago
This tactic is pretty boofed now that remote work is normalized.
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by bbatchelder 9y ago
Anyone know if there are performance impacts from the macOS updates released recently to address Spectre/Meltdown?
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by bbatchelder 11y ago
I can't help but chuckle a bit at the situation of all these public promises being made in the wake of the firing of Victoria, and the person responsible for having to deliver on these promises noping the fuck out when seeing they are
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by bbatchelder 11y ago
Subway used to be a go-to option for me when I was craving a sandwich. Now, I'd only go there if there was no other option. Far superior options, IMO: * Publix deli subs * Jimmy Johns * Firehouse * Wawa
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by bbatchelder 11y ago
Horrible analogy is horrible
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by bbatchelder 11y ago
They may still support it, but it can be a technological dead-end. Just like Silverlight.
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by bbatchelder 12y ago
Don't put it in the resignation letter. If you really want to let them know why, tell them in the exit interview. If they don't perform an exit interview, well that tells you they give no fucks about what you think anyways, so you
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by bbatchelder 12y ago
I just got an eye exam at a LensCrafters a week and a half ago. I received my prescription from the optometrist without asking. The only thing missing is the pupillary distance measurement. There is not even a place for it on the prescript
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by bbatchelder 12y ago
>If I was a casual computer user that just needed to update Facebook once in a while, they'd probably be fine Congratulations, you've identified the target market for the new MacBook.
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by bbatchelder 12y ago
Probably shouldn't buy that debt, then.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
I have not seen this behavior, and I use the fuck out of CTEs in SQL Server.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
I worked for a start-up for quite a while working on this problem. We had a system for CTPAT enrollment of a supply chain, but that proved to go nowhere pretty quickly. We ended up being part of the Advance Trade Data Initiative (ATDI) whe
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
A lot of people have already given their fingerprints to the US Govt - children whose parents enrolled them in "kid safety" programs, teachers, anyone that ever applied for a position of public trust or any kind of background sear
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
Apparently that can be defeated with Photoshop.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
Last I heard, the next breakthrough is expected to be the exploitation of quorum sensing. Tricking the bacteria into thinking there are already more than enough of them so they at least stop reproducing.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
Yep, first thing I tried was making an optical cavity.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
What do you do when your phone is lost or stolen (or broken)?
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
What about listening to the radio, talking to a passenger, or just zoning out and daydreaming? These can all be just as dangerous as using a phone while driving.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
It should be easy enough to corroborate - tax returns, W-2 and/or 1099s, paystubs, even bank statements showing cash flows if not direct deposits.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
You should really read the article.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
It obviously conveyed the author's meaning. Not sure what more you look for in a word.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
This is great. I see myself spending hours here in the future.
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by bbatchelder 13y ago
Link to the Crypto StackExchange thread: http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/3645/how-is-cipher...
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by bbatchelder 14y ago
In the late nineties I had a "dual-celly" workstation. They were all the rage then (especially if you visited Hard OCP and/or arstechnica back then). IIRC, there was a special adapter that sat between the CPU and the socket which did some
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by bbatchelder 14y ago
You may already know this, but the "Game Mode" on modern TVs is just turning off the 120Hz/240Hz interpolation that is done to "improve" the picture (or is required for certain 3D systems to work). The interpolation introduces significant l
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by bbatchelder 14y ago
Just curious how you got fucked by Workflow Foundation? We use it in our app. We haven't moved to .NET 4.5 yet, so not sure if this some looming issue not on out radar, or perhaps you used it in a specific way no longer supported?
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by bbatchelder 14y ago
Firstly, this website and its textbook make a pretty good primer: http://www.warehouse-science.com As far as efficiency best practices - I can offer some names of concepts to look into: - Picking Methods - Order picking, Multi-Order (Bat
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by bbatchelder 14y ago
> First, all normal precautions would be taken (no common digit patterns - 1234, 1111, 2222, etc). Why? All you are doing is further reducing an already limited key space. This authentication scheme is bad, and you should feel bad. :)

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