brianbarker

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   by brianbarker 12y ago

   My fav: $device = $_GET['device']; $state = $_GET['state']; exec( "sudo ./send " . $device . " " . $state ); EDIT: it is for home automation, but also appears to be a CS class group project.
2. 92.▲
   by brianbarker 12y ago

   Utah relies on mountain reservoirs, some of which you're not supposed to swim in. That said, some people do. Our water is great. This is beyond silly.
3. 93.▲
   by brianbarker 12y ago

   So I offended a Python enthusiast. This is why I hate commenting on these types of articles.
4. 94.▲
   by brianbarker 12y ago

   I agree that distinguishing between compound and non-compound statements is terrible. However, so is using whitespace-delimited blocks (sorry, Python). I wish he'd proposed the simple solution Go uses: require braces.
5. 95.▲
   by brianbarker 13y ago

   How does buying access matter? It's like giving access to see other player's cards in poker (because you're a high roller) and then making bets based on it. The rest of the players only see their cards and the river. That&
6. 96.▲
   by brianbarker 13y ago

   Hahaha. Yes. When big brokers can peek at trade data before the public and do HFT before you can even look at a chart and click "buy," it's pretty damn rigged.
7. 97.▲
   by brianbarker 13y ago

   GNU says, "us, too!" Yet another JS framework.
8. 98.▲
   by brianbarker 13y ago

   This sums up my career. We should grab a beer and bitch about work. That's what most of my colleagues do to cope.
9. 99.▲
   by brianbarker 13y ago

   After reading the site my impression is this just a (somewhat) fancier PGP key server. They're tackling the issue of making PGP easier for people, which I commend. Time will tell if it gets traction.
10. 100.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    You've ruined a syntax designed to fix a lot of common syntax errors by replacing all that work with Python syntax. Gross.
11. 101.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    Right, Scrum. That's the one I hate the most.
12. 102.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    Iterative development is the only part of agile that's right. Everything else in agile is just fluff built around this.
13. 103.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I really thought Agile was cool. Then I endured pointless meetings, meaningless planning estimation and observed how people make a career around preaching Agile. I quickly observed the real goal of agile is not to produce software, but rat
14. 104.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    My opinion is not that everyone who has kids is screwed. My observations are that many people don't plan it well. This is possibly not the same issue in the tech centers where the salaries are middle-rich class and people are general
15. 105.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    At least you responsibly considered this. Having a family is a big deal in Utah, and we have too many people who just go for it in their early 20s, no college, no career path. It doesn't end well. I'm not anti-family, but I res
16. 106.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    Then why the hell are all these lame StackOverflow questions making the front page? If I wanted a SO answer I'd go to that site, not HN.
17. 107.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I don't hold much value to this theory for now, but it's not totally absurd given how many truthers think 9/11 was run by the US itself. This isn't as bad as that.
18. 108.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    So this pool has 8,832 members. Even if they're unique, 8832 out of how many possibilities there are isn't changing your odds much.
19. 109.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    Too many, actually. Maybe that's what this solves?
20. 110.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I kick ass. Where do I sign?
21. 111.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcs_9kPfCL4
22. 112.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    The cost and scarcity of ASICs will just centralize the mining power into the hands of a few groups. Not so decentralized at that point.
23. 113.▲
    Ask HN: What's with posting StackOverflow questions here?

    1 points by brianbarker 13y ago|0 comments
24. 114.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    This is the exact problem Hypermedia APIs set to solve. The second answer even chimes in with that.
25. 115.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    With so much focus on the NSA, the other nations will continue increasing their spying capabilities and the game continues with more adversaries.
26. 116.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I had a rough time getting through my Computer Science degree, despite loving software. I still find things I hate. Currently, I've done web apps for a few years and now I'm fucking sick of them. Time to move on to a new area o
27. 117.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    Well it's already here, so no. The pertinent question is how can we dismantle the surveillance state.
28. 118.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I have to leave this here: http://youtu.be/M94ii6MVilw
29. 119.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    ^^ that. I just posted a similar thought. I'm a full-stack web dev, too. Web poo is easy when you already know a lot about programming. I would hate to have started here, however.
30. 120.▲
    by brianbarker 13y ago

    I think a big problem is using web technologies to learn to code. They're used because they're "simple," but that's kind of relative. It's simple when you already have a good CS foundation. When I started in