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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
I remember downloading FastTracker II years ago to grab the .mod music files from Second Reality and burn them to CD. The track that starts at time Index 1:54 on that linked YouTube video brings back so many memories. :)
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
Well said! I'm immediately reminded of the paradox of the 4th down punt in American Football. Put simply, head coaches choose to punt far more often than they statistically should; but, they do so anyway because it ensures they won&#x2
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
Score one for the 3270 emulation. I worked for a small company in the mid 90s whose software was used to connect to the mainframes that airlines used for scheduling. We provided software that allowed for dial-up access to those systems from
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
I remember years ago when I was living in Boston; many of my colleagues were brewing their own beer and were among the biggest "beer snobs" I've ever met. Every one of them, without fail would say about Anheuser-Busch (colloq
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/faq569
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
Disclaimer: I'm a PP employee. While it's complex (and I don't fully understand it all myself), the simple answer is risk management / fraud. Adult content tends to be extremely risky from a fraud and legal compliance pe
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
An interesting question, for sure! As someone who doesn't read a lot of fiction or lengthy non-fiction works, I'm definitely not an authority. That said, my gut tells me that the effect can't possibly be as strong--we don&#x2
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
As someone who started collecting vinyl about 3 years ago, it's about the difference between passive and active involvement in music. So much of our music consumption these days is a largely passive activity. We have music in our headp
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by bcrescimanno 9y ago
Former Netflix employee here. I do hope the EU gets on top of Content Owners soon. In my time at Netflix, we often worked hard to negotiate global content deals; however, it's far more lucrative for the content owners to sell for each
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> I only wish it's possible to attach the app menu bar as well. The global menu bar approach of macOS and GNOME can feel a bit ridiculous on large displays. I personally disagree. It's still highly relevant to be able to "
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I hate it; but, this article sums up a lot of what I've been feeling lately. I've been looking at a lot of the same parts that he ended up with for building my own PC. My heart tells me to run Linux; but, my head says that Windows
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
There are two and they use the same panel: * ASUS PG348Q (I own this one and I love it) * Acer Predator X34 (My colleague 4 seats down has this one and she loves it).
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I very nearly fell into the same trap; especially since I have a 1070 and EVGA was offering a nice upgrade program to the new ICX coolers. Hope your return goes smoothly.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Two reasons: first, the earlier post specifically called out that, "...ultra wide 1440p monitors cap out at 100hz right now, not 144hz." Second, it's all about pixel count. While 4k is still miles ahead of even the 3440x1440
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
One answer (not necessarily the answer ) is to ensure that up-leveled calibration conversations are happening and that next-level managers are informed about their people. It's a delicate balance and, as a director myself, I don'
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
After being contacted through LinkedIn for an entry level PHP job in Spain (I don't use PHP nor do I speak Spanish and I have nearly 20 years of experience) my colleagues decided to endorse me for both PHP and Spanish--so I can absolut
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Disclaimer: PP employee--below opinions are my own and do not represent PayPal. Things I have actually seen myself: * Charging a fee to use PayPal that is not charged otherwise. * Modal dialogs before PayPal describing PayPal as slower &#x2
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I have and I very much enjoyed it. For me, it was also a journey of learning ClojureScript which I've had a lot of fun with. That said, I don't do full-time development anymore so my hands on programming chops are probably waning.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
GraphQL's higher profile comes primarily from it's association with React which has tremendous mindshare at the moment. What's interesting is that, as a lead UI Engineer at Netflix while Falcor was being developed, much of wh
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> I think majority of people who originally wrote the thing left too. Jafar Husain was the primary creator and developer of Falcor and, as far as I know, he's still at Netflix.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
My comment was only meant to discuss people optimizing for the edge case (road trips) vs the common case (daily driving). There will always be people for whom long-distance driving is not the edge case. There's a pretty big assumption
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
As a huge fan of both Top Gear and Grand Tour, I absolutely understand. My comment was less about their assessment and more about how the concept of the road trip comes up every time electric cars are discussed. Maybe I'm wrong in this
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I'm not sure about low speeds; but, I believe all 3 cars technically offer an all-electric mode that will let you drive with substantially reduced performance and with a range of 10-15 miles. That said, my original statement was mean t
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Yes, the car has a radiator to help cool the batteries. I am a former owner who had a coolant leak due to underbody damage. Unfortunately, even Tesla service wasn't aware that their car had a radiator.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
As a former Tesla owner and current i3 owner, I really don't understand why the concept of the road trip is constantly held up as the standard by which electric cars should be judged. I really don't understand why people are optim
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
What's interesting about those 3 cars is that while they are hybrids, they don't leverage that technology to increase economy; they use it to increase power. There are real, physical limitations involved in gasoline engines and th
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
The great Lewis Black has some wonderfully relevant commentary: "The people who told us about sun block were the same people who told us, when I was a kid, that eggs were good. So I ate a lot of eggs. Ten years later they said they wer
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
My first experience with Tesla service was when my car created an alert telling me that there was a coolant leak. When I called them, they told me that it didn't make sense as the car had no radiator. I had to send them a picture of th
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
As a (now former) Tesla owner, there's not a single moment of this story that surprises me. As I tweeted on the day that I was told that I would be receiving $5,000 less for my car than they had offered me and that I would be waiting 2
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
The primary lament of CableCard is that it's so poorly implemented that the vast majority of people aren't even aware that it exists. Moreover, things like "On Demand" content are baked into the cost of my subscription a

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