chrisbennet

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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I'm a longtime Widows developer but I use Visual Studio for all my Linux projects. I used to use VisualGDB but the Visual Studio is better now.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
What I really objected to, was that I would be liable for estimated loss of profits . I can usually handle 1 or 2 page contracts but when I see something like this, "What other thing are in here." and I give it to my lawyer.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I've never had a problem crossing stuff out. This was an email I sent to a company I wound up working for after we (my lawyer and I) changed their 9 page "standard contract": --------------- Hi guys, Who signs these “standa
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I really like TUL pens. They are a little more than $2 each when you buy 12 on Amazon.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
What I meant, it isn't inherently delicious like steak (IMO). You could probably make SPAM edible if you put enough other stuff with it. BTW: To me, rabbit tastes like boiled chicken.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I grew up eating deer and partridge (ruffed grouse) and in my opinion, they aren't delicious. They don't taste good because the have very little fat. (Moose do taste good for some reason.) To make deer hamburgers you have to add
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Teacher: What does "recursion" mean? Student: "Aaah, verb, to curse again?"
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I've heard a variation of that were the professor is at a bar with a couple of visiting professors. He tells them, in this town pretty much everyone is smart and he proves it by asking the waitress. (The rest of the joke is the same.)
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
!false It's funny because it's true.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Security is "S" in IOT.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Not a book recommendation, sorry, but I do have some advice: You make friends by being friendly - doing nice for others, even strangers, without expecting reciprocation . Some of these people will become friends. You keep friends by contac
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Yes, tooth fillings. "Dental amalgam is a mixture of metals, consisting of liquid (elemental) mercury and a powdered alloy composed of silver, tin, and copper. Approximately half (50%) of dental amalgam is elemental mercury by weight.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I was just lucky. I never had to market myself. Jobs just fell in my lap.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
If you're got a lot of valuable experience, and have a network of former colleagues the can vouch for you, try consulting or contracting. Try to avoid the job shops since they will severely cap your earnings (they basically take half).
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
The sensors in their snout are called Ampullae of Lorenzini. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini#:~:text=... .
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
As a data point, I've had 30+ years of working on projects where I wrote the whole product or I was responsible for a big portion. I did it by working for tiny companies or a tiny teams and later as a consultant. For example; the last
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Zygna was the company that threating to fire employees or take back stock. https://www.cnet.com/news/zynga-to-employees-give-back-our-s...
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
They could have done this in a much nicer way. When they click on the (fake) phishing link, bring up a page that tells that them that it is a test and add some gentle instructions so they can avoid it next time. What I do to confirm a non
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
I used to use them but I had a client that had a problem with them (a technical problem of some kind, like name collision). I stopped using them after that and I found it nice to be able to tell which library the function came from.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
But they lied about how they made money. Martin Shkreli's customers made money but he still went to prison for fraud. fraud: wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
First, you have to realize that facts don't change some (most?) peoples minds. [I know, mind blown!] If the person with the crazy ideas doesn't seem to be swayed by facts, just let it go. "Interesting. I need to look into tha
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
If evolution meant only the apex predator survived, there would only be humans in the world. Things evolve to exploit their environment - the snow leopard lives in the high mountains, the cheetah lives on the hot plains. You wouldn't e
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
When I worked, I tried to get in 5 billable hours a day. That's all I had the mental energy for. I'd work a little longer than that but anything over 5 hours was gravy. I know everyone says to bill by the day but I billed by the m
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Back in 1985 when I started I had the original "The C Programming Language", a book from IBM with the various interrupts to access system resources and the "Pink Shirt" book (be Peter Norton). I once wrote a program in a
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Here's some wisdom: Here's what to look for when finding a wife. I call it the "trifecta": - Easy on the eyes - Intelligent - But most importantly, if you want to have any chance, she needs to have poor judgement when it
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Yeah, I do. It's enough to take care of my sweetheart but not so much that she'll murder me in my sleep. :-) I got it in my early 50's.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
There is a corner reflector mirror on the moon that you could bounce a laser beam off. Of course that doesn't prove that astronauts where on the moon but it at least proves that something visited the moon. https://science.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
Since 2009. I learned stuff about Linux and AI as well as human interest stuff. I like it because our moderator (dang) keeps things civil. The users are fairly adult in their discussions.
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by chrisbennet 6y ago
YVR=Vancouver I had to look it up.

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