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by bungie4 8y ago
Just for a point of reference, I've been a Cabinet Maker, Welder, Powder Coater, Skid nailer, punch press operator and more. Believe me, I understand blue collar. I was in my 30's before I worked professionally as a programmer. I
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by bungie4 8y ago
I wouldn't. I'd learn a trade. Not to be facetious, I'm serious. I love programming. I never played video games, I spent my free time learning basic and then assembler in the late 80's. At the time, I was custom cabinet
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by bungie4 8y ago
I miss GFA to this day.
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by bungie4 8y ago
In North America and Europe, it's common for motorcyclists to quickly layout routes when touring using google maps. They (google) have made a UX that makes it ridiculously easy (as compared to something like Garmins Basecamp -which sh
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by bungie4 8y ago
It was my undertanding that the Bedouin wore full body clothes to SLOW evaporation. In the desert, your sweat evaporates to fast (because of the near 0 ambient humidity) not giving it enough time to pull heat out of your body. Thus, making
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by bungie4 8y ago
First off, I stand up and applaud the Gates Foundation, and everybody, who work to improve the lives of everybody on the planet. WRT: Extreme Poverty, a few years back, we had a political party who tackled the problem of poverty by redefini
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by bungie4 8y ago
Good timing. I'm currently working on an existing app that is targeted specifically at those with accessibility issues as part of a larger service offering. More so towards those with hearing issues. This is a good first step, I have
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by bungie4 8y ago
Yup. But the issue is a financial one, not a technological one. All manner of things can be accomplished at the origin. But all the other links in the chain must have access to the companion technology (read money). This is just not availa
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by bungie4 8y ago
Exactly.
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by bungie4 8y ago
I work in 911, Telematics, alarm, PERS space. We are a PSAP (Public Safety Answer Point) The device might send a Geocode, but reverse geo-coding (turning a long/lat into a human readable place) is a highly inaccurate thing. Secondly, m
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by bungie4 8y ago
I learned to write on a blackboard with both arms at the same time (an ability which has had me labeled a freak!). In this case, it worked great so long as nobody saw you do it, and, the phrase wasn't two long.
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by bungie4 8y ago
First class comment. I can't tell you how many times I point out the data model is flawed (even when it should be obvious) only to have the project turn it into something you don't want to step in. The most recent one was clearing
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by bungie4 8y ago
Ha! Self-gloating. I cancelled my Visa just yesterday. Part of my self-imposed program to return to a simpler life. But it's some sort of weird Schadenfreude justification that it hasn't happened to me directly. I'm rolling m
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by bungie4 8y ago
When my Nexus 5 dies, I plan on going back to my old Sony-Ericsson feature phone. Just before I retired it I put in a bigger battery. I can fit 3 of them in any pocket I care to choose. It ran 2 weeks on Standby before giving up the ghos
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by bungie4 8y ago
You mean like Yahoo?
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by bungie4 8y ago
Every 2 weeks on payday, Google reminds me that my electronic pay receipt is due. Thanks! Glad your looking out for me. Dumbass. Even more ridiculous, it doesn't remind me when my phone or credit cards are due when they notify me.
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A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code(bloomberg.com)
223 points by bungie4 8y ago|40 comments
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by bungie4 9y ago
Nicotine is a stimulant, not a depressant. Do you take Meth to 'even out'? Me, I just quit smoking entirely 3 years ago.
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by bungie4 9y ago
Accept a job, NCA/NDA had a clause that gave them rights to any intellectual property I had developed in the PREVIOUS 20 years. I refused to sign. I was looking for work again after that pay period. Sidenote: The company I now work for
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by bungie4 9y ago
According to the owner of this company, it takes at least 3 days for somebody with absolutely no computer skills to learn programming. Apparently its the career path of choice for telephone operators in a call center. What is funny, after p
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Demand for programmers hits full boil(bloomberg.com)
2 points by bungie4 9y ago|0 comments
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by bungie4 9y ago
The issue in my case is that the opportunities are limited based on location. Workers in this town should be making MORE than average owing to lack of benefits that a big city has. Theirs a reason they pay as little as they do. The 'go
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by bungie4 9y ago
Cost of Living Adjustment.
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by bungie4 9y ago
Last month I was told I'd be docked a portion of my COLA because my time estimates were always longer than my actual work time. This was because management NEVER, EVER gives me anything close to a specification to estimate properly fr
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by bungie4 9y ago
A) I wasn't referring to the methods in the article, instead, from the previous poster. B) The way I mentioned, is 100% legal, C) its also useful to mere mortals.
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by bungie4 9y ago
Yup, winnings under $10G are not reported to revenue Canada. Want to launder money? Go into a casino and have a good time for a few hours. Do not spend more than a couple of hundred. Revenue Canada asks where the money came from? "I &#
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by bungie4 9y ago
Also, how to deal with down the road queries wrt; churn when you have deleted the data. I'm calling self inflicted technical debt because of shortsightedness or, dare I say it, lack of acumen. :D
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by bungie4 9y ago
I usually use a date as a soft delete. If it's non-null, its deleted, and, you get to record the actual date of deletion. I've never found it to be a problem. In fact, I find it's more of a problem to physically delete. You j
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by bungie4 9y ago
I was a Yahoo site of the day, equivalent to reddit/hn/sd/ph hug now. It was bonkers. No notification just BLAMMO!
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Bell Canada Data Breach(cbc.ca)
2 points by bungie4 9y ago|0 comments

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