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by bradford 6y ago
> This looks like a hefty amount of boilerplate to achieve practically nothing. I have yet to find a good way to avoid boilerplate in handling command line input on my console applications. My naïve self feels that it should be standard,
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by bradford 6y ago
I've watched the video and I agree. My take: there's a large security perimeter that's already been breached, and the video shows one chokepoint of the perimeter that hasn't yet been breached. The officers at that checkp
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by bradford 6y ago
> You use structure, design away the complexity, implement constraints, error checking and tests. I've never thought of Excel as an ideal tool for any of these things. I'm struggling to think of how it would have change-verific
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by bradford 6y ago
Right, It's not a new drug, but its efficacy for treating COVID-19 has not been established. Using it to treat COVID-19 prior to completion of medical trials is premature and has the potential to cause more harm than good. "widel
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by bradford 6y ago
> But the media is critical of it because Trump mentioned it. What an odd conclusion to draw. I think it would be more accurate to say: Trump is being criticized for hyping a medication that has not yet undergone medical trials. There&#x
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by bradford 6y ago
Wow. I really thought of myself as a Super NES fan, but I learned two things today: 1. Doom was released on the Super NES. (I enjoyed the DOS version but never played it on the SNES). 2. the Super NES supported multiplayer for some games
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by bradford 6y ago
Ok, would you say that it is analysis a la definitions provided here? ( http://thespeakernewsjournal.com/difference-news-opinion-ana... ) I'll admit that the piece you linked blurs the line between analysis and opinion.
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by bradford 6y ago
The piece is marked as 'Analysis by Stephen Collinson'. I tend to think that's an opinion piece and treat it appropriately. You call it unfair, non-objective reporting. You fail to identify that it's not reporting at
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by bradford 6y ago
> Windows had updates before it had telemetry. This is not entirely correct: for as long as MS has offered updates via the internet, the update service has required some information from the users machine. If we went back to 2003 with t
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by bradford 6y ago
The parent comment that I replied to was asking about transparency and I tried my best to answer. > Why doesn't MS just stop forcibly collecting data from my machine? Updates. At the minimum data collection level for client SKU (set
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by bradford 6y ago
Windows lets you view the data that is being gathered on your machine, this would include the package manager: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/diagnostic-... MS adheres to GDPR export/de
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by bradford 6y ago
I've tried having this conversation, you're right. Making headway is really hard and one of the primary reasons is that the topic is very complicated. There are many employees at MS who deal with those complexities as a full tim
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by bradford 6y ago
I'm confused. In the first code block, what value is returned if foo is equal to null? If it returns null, what's the difference between: >return foo; and >return? foo; ?
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by bradford 6y ago
> The statistical community has not been doing well with the coronavirus epidemic. I'm curious how you concluded this. Can you (or anyone) recommend a reasoned evaluation of the existing models? We've got a few months of hindsi
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by bradford 6y ago
My career as a software developer is indebted to vi. text editing can be a thankless, soul-sucking chore without the proper tools. I've seen otherwise intelligent individuals abandon a software career because they never quite figured
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by bradford 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_directory
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by bradford 7y ago
I know that it's a bit dated with respect to modern c++, and it's also a partial rant, but when coming across such articles I get a chuckle from yosefk's C++ FQA: What is "const correctness"?( http://yosef
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by bradford 7y ago
Thanks, I'll check those out! I'd also like to mention cooks illustrated (they are online at https://www.cooksillustrated.com/ , but my primary experience is with the printed magazine form). I don't know if I&
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by bradford 7y ago
So, my wife bakes a lot and I'm witness to the crazy precision that it involves. Perhaps that's what partially inspired my comment: I felt that the lack of verbosity in instruction was impacting my ability to get a recipe to tast
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by bradford 7y ago
The programmer/engineer in me has been deeply unhappy with recipes (both online and in print). The recipes in this online book are no exception. Chief complaint: the ambiguity of description means that ten different chefs could follo
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by bradford 7y ago
If you want to trigger a conversation you could just as easily say: "lets discuss this" And avoid putting the burden of ambiguity on the author of the original code under review.
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by bradford 7y ago
Sometimes, it's really hard to find information that confirms a negative. (i.e., confirming that a scenario is not supported) A while ago I was trying to plan a trip to Death Valley and I was exploring backcountry camping as a possibi
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by bradford 7y ago
MS employee here (I work with data but not in Office). My opinion: I don't find this acceptable. At the end of the day, sending data to a third party without the customers awareness is a violation of trust, regardless of how narrow in
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by bradford 7y ago
I haven't taken the test, but I think the parent comment is alleging that this test is merely begging the question. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question ]
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by bradford 7y ago
I've worked with wood for a few years now, and I wish I would have found Rex Krueger's channel earlier ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4SLNED1DiNPHComZTCbzw/vid... ). I'd say his primary intent i
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by bradford 7y ago
This information is useful, but I'm often disappointed at the super-granular focus of information offered by knot-tying manuals, and this guide is no different. For example, take the truckers hitch ( https://www.animatedknots
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by bradford 7y ago
I've extensively used Diff tools as an analytical aid across many different domains. It has uses far beyond code change tracking! Specifically, I like vim's interactive diff'ing capabilities (although any interactive diff to
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by bradford 7y ago
FYI: The title is copied as-is from the article, but it doesn't do a very good job of selling the content. Capitolhillseattle.com is a neighborhood blog, the 'Broadway Grill' is one of the diners in that neighborhood, and it
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How a carding kingpin got caught(capitolhillseattle.com)
87 points by bradford 7y ago|34 comments
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by bradford 7y ago
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you're making two points, and neither of them are entirely correct: 1) Microsoft had telemetry in Windows Phone. 2) The security/privacy mindset hasn't died alongside Windows Phone. I

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