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by buckbova 10y ago
Happy? My favorite quote from a Dennis Leary standup and I think his best recorded routine. “Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette butt, or a chocolate chip cookie or a five second orgasm. You come, you smoke the butt
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by buckbova 10y ago
Kind of like webtop. http://www.geek.com/mobile/motorola-webtop-3-0-brings-ics-to... Not sure why the idea didn't pan out. Maybe lack of apps that translated to the bigger screen.
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by buckbova 10y ago
And so can IDE generated code from drag and drop controls. Visual Studio and many others have this out of the box but there's plenty of companies that do well selling exactly this like telerik. I personally don't and been doing it
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by buckbova 10y ago
> To get there, programming tools should first use our language. For instance, to turn a button red, we shouldn’t have to write code. We should just be able to point to the button and select a shade of red. We've had that for over t
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by buckbova 10y ago
Had this SO link saved since probably soon after it was asked 7 years ago. Still relevant and still being updated. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/549/the-definitive-guide-... Includes: - How to log in - How to
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by buckbova 10y ago
> It was a simpler time. Until you try to program the vcr to record a show while you're watching another show. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101587/quotes?item=qt0238698
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by buckbova 10y ago
And I bet this would be true, if women didn't gravitate moreso to the natural sciences.
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by buckbova 10y ago
Unfortunately the for developers link had no code samples. So you didn't miss anything aside from a sales pitch.
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by buckbova 10y ago
Definitely. We live in wonderful times.
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by buckbova 10y ago
I picked up Angular quickly, insisted everyone in my group follow this style guide. https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide We didn't need an expert.
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by buckbova 10y ago
I think it's something like a big monolithic app is less complex than a n-tier client server app which is less complex than a microservices distributed app which could be less complex than a purely FaaS implemented app, yet to be deter
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by buckbova 10y ago
I wanted a good tutorial/walkthrough on this topic. Has anyone gone through https://pragprog.com/book/brapps/serverless-single-page-apps ? The example material looks good. Overall it could be a bit short.
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by buckbova 10y ago
You can't. Isn't everyone using the same language simple? Convenient? Maybe not.
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by buckbova 10y ago
Existence is tough. Humans have been using mind/mood altering techniques for millenia.
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by buckbova 10y ago
A nation should protect its sovereignty and the welfare of its people. Perhaps the UK would prefer to do its own background check on the man before just letting anyone in.
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by buckbova 10y ago
I really love the open world rpgs like far cry, fallout, witcher, and others. Metroid felt big as a kid, just not sure if it'd hold up today.
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by buckbova 10y ago
I built a nice blue shelter to ride this one out.
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by buckbova 10y ago
I picked the Design section to read first. Perhaps that one isn't as detailed as some of the others. I'm not trying to knock you here as I'm not exactly the audience for a publication of this type anyway. It does give a good
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by buckbova 10y ago
Definitely touch on a lot of topics here. And all looks well organized. It also does look like a laundry list of buzzwords and techspeak. Obviously this wouldn't be used to teach anyone any particular topic in detail but to get them fa
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by buckbova 10y ago
UFC has worked hard to scoop up the competition like strike force and others. They also have strict contracts with their fighters to keep them from competing in other leagues. There's been several anti-trust lawsuits already. http:&#x
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by buckbova 10y ago
SQL Server 2016 release notes: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn876712.aspx
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by buckbova 10y ago
Ha! Having children to get your mother(-in-law) off your back? At which point these grandparents now criticize the way you raise your kids at the same time spoiling them. Worth it? Maybe because, let me guess, the grandparents are willing t
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by buckbova 10y ago
What is a reason to have children that is not selfish unless your doing it to please your SO solely? Of course there's adoption.
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by buckbova 10y ago
Wired was suggesting I needed to whitelist their site but I had disabled and removed ghostery and adblock some time ago. WTF. I haven't been back since.
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by buckbova 10y ago
Perhaps that's PaaS? Lambda and others are now described as FaaS (function as a service). This might help: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Serverless.html Google has a seperate cloud functions offering: https:&#x2F
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by buckbova 10y ago
Things seems to be getting worse in Rio. I hope in the long run the olympics are a net positive. Seems like they have a plan for security. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/does-hosting-the-...
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by buckbova 10y ago
Most have lake, rivers, or access to an ocean. If not this, they have mountains or other natural features. If you're living in a barren wasteland, I suggest you get outta there! Let's take a typical american city, cleveland ohio.
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by buckbova 10y ago
That's a "duh" moment. I think it'd be more relevant to interview retired persons in reasonably good health.
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> "American towns and cities aren’t really built for lots of free time: Public spaces tend to be small islands in seas of private property, and there aren’t many places without entry fees where adults can meet new people or come up
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by buckbova 10y ago
This story is getting flagged off the front page over and over. Clearly there's a segment that doesn't want to see this news or discussion of it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037042 https://ne

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