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by buff-a 15y ago
Given the number of different ways that this policy can be used for "evil", Google's motto is beginning to sound religious and righteous rather than moral. That is, the decision is not justifiable. Its just dogma. Rather like a Christian Cr
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by buff-a 15y ago
I was looking forward to how they sleuthed the thousands of computers at EMC/RSA to determine what the attack vector was and how they found the file. Instead, what I learned was that back in April they knew exactly what file it was, but the
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by buff-a 15y ago
Which is a shame, because that's where I put my second HDD.
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by buff-a 15y ago
Fair point. But I have been in the situation where I've got a RDP that outputs what I originally wanted, but now I want, e.g., to output an intermediate form, and I'm fucked. So writing it isn't all that hard. But changing it after you've w
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by buff-a 15y ago
Mathematica says "Indeterminate" =)
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by buff-a 15y ago
Edison personally created the majority of his inventions. Citation needed. From what I know of Edison he was skilled at teamwork, business and PR. Which would make him more like Jobs.
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by buff-a 15y ago
We are effectively saying that each user should generate an average comment score of 1 point per day to break even. Anything you make beyond 1 point is considered an excess return for the day. We then simply take the Sharpe ratio of the av
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by buff-a 15y ago
There is a useful and effective fiction called "property" that I continue to support. However, when 3% of the people earn 50% of the money, and use this fact to complain about paying 50% of the taxes, then it may be time to demonstrate th
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by buff-a 15y ago
Unggghhhnnn. 15mb/s for 4k random writes???? Was this a cheap, budget SSD or is there some staggering bottleneck on that particular mac that is bringing it to its knees? But, yeah, an SSD can breath life into an older mac book. I've got a y
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by buff-a 15y ago
I need some milk! Let me add that to my shopping array. Back in the real world, I see non techies deal with lists every day. Ordered lists. Given a list, with numbers in the margin, they can easily answer "Who came first?" or "What's next o
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by buff-a 15y ago
(IANAL. This is my opinion. Welcome to correct me.) If checking the IP leads to a result, such as blocking the user "blocking the user". What does that mean? It means not giving the user what they asked for. It is absolutely doable with p
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Lights out for Light Apps(gamasutra.com)
2 points by buff-a 15y ago|0 comments
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Mark Cerny Says Single-Player Games Will Be 'Gone in 3 Years'(industrygamers.com)
2 points by buff-a 15y ago|0 comments
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by buff-a 15y ago
Simulating a steam engine in your head doesn't actually pump water out of coal mines. However, "simulating" checking an IP address against a list produces exactly the same thing as the claimed invention: information . If your patent prod
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by buff-a 15y ago
None of the research has been about open programming environments. The article quotes two studies that did not study open programming environments, and the rest is opinion and speculation, albeit from some respected people. So when they
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by buff-a 15y ago
Are they though? The app I write that you download from the store doesn't infringe the patent. Its only when its combined with the OS libraries and executed by the user that a system that infringes the patent exists.
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by buff-a 15y ago
Sample question, choose one option: a) we are winning the war on terror b) we are losing the war on terror c) unsure This right here tells me "More of the same". How are they going to change things if their very thoughts are cons
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by buff-a 15y ago
Using logical fallacies[1] to complain, and then claiming that those remarks were merely "observations" is a hallmark of egos. [1] http://www.fallacyfiles.org/guiltbya.html
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by buff-a 15y ago
"They then asked me about a time where I disagreed with a superior and how I handled the situation" "I told them that every situation is different and that to me... there's no one right answer." I would have made the same mistake right out
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by buff-a 15y ago
It will take somewhere between 30 minutes and the rest of your life.
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by buff-a 15y ago
Or a direct link to their website: http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgew...
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by buff-a 15y ago
Complaining about ego minimization is a hallmark of egos.
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by buff-a 15y ago
But this is why such organizations fail (EDIT: or succeed sub-optimally with a horrible culture that doesn't resemble the fairy tale policy document) . They create a culture of "policies and the like" in which individuals are supposed to be
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by buff-a 15y ago
Sigh. All that happens is that we have to pay more to service our debt. Please explain to me how that hurts rich people, and therefor why this is going to be a problem for anyone but tax payers and their children. As long as the media does
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by buff-a 15y ago
No, the analogy is someone steals something from an American, while the American is in the UK. That gets tried in a UK court. No, wait. Someone steals something from an American while in the UK. This 23 year old publishes a list of where to
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by buff-a 15y ago
"UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities (Array or Dictionary - iOS) lets iTunes and the App Store know which device-related features an application requires in order to run. iTunes and the mobile App Store use this list to prevent customers from inst
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by buff-a 15y ago
It is an extension of themselves. Any process that involves elections in the US is now basically corrupt and open to the highest bidder. They sleep by telling themselves that the "enemy" is doing it too, and how they wish the world wasn't t
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by buff-a 15y ago
In no way am I excusing what was done to this guy, but when will people learn that accessing a computer without permission has anything other than serious consequences. As far as the law is concerned, he might as well have raped the CEO's w
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by buff-a 15y ago
javascript, 3D, and mathematica. A very smart, yet very pragmatic fellow. Hired.
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by buff-a 15y ago
From http://www.livestrong.com/article/167826-how-to-do-a-wrist-p... Only perform this exercise if you are at an advanced fitness level. The hand position required for wrist push-ups places increased stress on the wrists, increasing ri

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