bxparks

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   by bxparks 6y ago

   I think technically you are correct about --help being valid. But in practice, I use --help only in an interactive context where the exit code does not matter so I've never been bitten by the subtle difference. I tried using $0 years a
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   The problem I have with bash arrays is that I use them so infrequently that I cannot remember its syntax. I have to look up the manual each time, and it's difficult to find things in the bash man pages.
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   You mean like this? echo "message" 1>&2 Yes, that's probably a good idea, though I cannot recall this causing a problem for any script that I've written so far.
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   I start all my bash scripts from the following template, then modify it as needed. It is not fancy, but I think it supports the lowest common denominator that is compatible with other flag processing systems in all other languages that I am
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   I would be curious to know what the issue was, so that I can fix it. I have used it with both ESP8266 and ESP32, and do not know of any problems.
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   @samm_cz: If you need more flexible timezone and DST handling (for example, if you need every timezone in the world from the IANA TZ database) take a look at https://github.com/bxparks/AceTime . Also, the commenter on y
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   Yup, I have the same problem with UML diagrams. I always end up drawing the UML or ER diagrams by hand (i.e. manually), incorporating the tables/fields/relationships that seem interesting, leaving out the things that aren't.
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   I think my problem is that many of your sentence fragments are not complete sentences. You keep dropping the Subject and/or Verb of the sentence. In the above post, "But spent the last decade... ESL speakers.", you dropped th
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   by bxparks 6y ago

   Yeah... I can't understand what the writer is trying to say. I read it 3-4 times.
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I understand your sentiment. But the highest marginal estate tax rate is currently 40%, for amounts above $1M (after deducting applicable exemptions). That seems high enough. The problem is that the estate tax system is so complex, so full
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Code can be wrong. Documentation/comment can explain what the code was supposed to do.
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Yes, I think that the highlighted statement is overly hyperbolic. A better one would be something like: "A major effect of software is to facilitate bureaucratic complexity, therefore it is beneficial for some projects to fail." T
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Great quote. Aside: I thought it originated from John Keynes, but it looks like that earliest written record goes back to 1983 to a financial analyst named Gary Shilling: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09&#x
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I thought that I had used Macs with HFS+ filesystem that was case-sensitive a long time ago, but I'm not 100% sure anymore.
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I swear that my Windows 10 File Explorer had this problem. Here is a user complaint about this problem from Nov 2019: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cant-r... Here's another p
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I definitely prefer case-senstive. I didn't realize that MacOS had switched to case-INsensitve at some point. So the following drove me crazy for several minutes: $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/virtualbox -rwxr-xr-x 1 root
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    At the risk of over generalizing, I think 2 things are going on: 1) They hire a lot of smart but inexperienced people. I've noticed that those kinds of programmers often write clever and overengineered things, which means overly comple
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Yup, and Reader mode on Firefox Mobile is disabled. Couldn't read more than a few sentences. Just out of curiosity, what controls whether or not reader mode is enabled?
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    The solubility of some minerals, such as lead, increases drastically with higher temperature ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z4s48mn/revision/2 ). Hot water will have much higher concentrations of
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    That's interesting. But don't drink the hot water from the hot water tank. It can be dissolved with unhealthy minerals and chemicals. A few years ago, I had to replace a couple of hot water tanks. When I drained them, the last few
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Agreed, the Toshiba Chromebook 2 is nice, 4GB RAM, good keyboard, beautiful screen. But the web has become so slow and bloated, it's not very usable anymore. It now works as dedicated recipe terminal in the kitchen. It is still getting
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Not sure why you were downvoted, so I gave you an upvote. You have a valid opinion, expressed with a bit of amusing hyperbole. I agree with the gist of it, I don't trust any cloud connected smart devices, because I know how the sausage
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Things are not so black and white in most non-trivial projects. The team could conclude that there is an 80% chance of success, while you may think there's only a 40% chance of success. If the project fails, does that mean you were rig
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I find that the Java 8 java.time API [1] easier to understand than Joda Time [2] when working with timezones. In particular, the OffsetDateTime and ZonedDateTime classes in java.time seem well-designed and easy to use. The equivalents in Jo
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    How about the Dell Precision 5550 or 5570? https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Precision-5550-5750-First... * 1920x1200 or 3840x2400 * 64MB RAM, ECC w/ Xeon CPU
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Except for the part about "Three AA batteries power it for up to 700 hours". Not having to carry a power adapter nor worrying about battery life is really nice.
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    To me, the first indications that Apple was no longer interested in software professionals were: 1) Removal of USB-A ports, 2) Removal of the ESC key. I bailed out of the Mac world right then. The subsequent software issues (dropping of 32-
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Thanks for taking the time to respond. This is great information that points me in the right direction regarding the capabilities of the framework. I will probably need to actually use it to have more intelligent questions. I normally write
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    Very impressive work, but I am not familiar with auto-API generators, so I have some basic questions: What if the foreign key reference was not an parent-child relationship, instead was a one-to-many relationship between 2 first class entit
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    by bxparks 6y ago

    I just realized that the name is probably pronounced "pyco py" instead of "py copy". I spent most of the day thinking that the name didn't make any sense.