chrismonsanto

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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> Then you become the steward of the project and continue forward. ... The answer was to fix the perceived problems in OpenSSL and make it as solid as it can be. It's splitting talent and resources unnecessarily. But that is what th
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> Yes, you can. It's called contributing to a project. If the "half million lines of diffs" were actually things needing fixing, then the upstream team would accept them. If they are not necessary changes (such as ripping
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
By default, no. Word splitting only happens when you request it: ${=words}. It reminds me of ,@list in Lisp, which is a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I always recommend people use zsh for scripting instead of bash--it gets word splitting right. Most of my sysadminny scripts start with #!/bin/zsh these days. It would be really nice if Linux distros came with zsh installed automa
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I absolutely loathe fixed headers, but I think this script is pretty cool. The headers stay out of your way when you are reading, and when you actually want to use the navigation you don't have to scroll all the way to the top. I reall
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I'm using Python 3.4. All the libraries I need are available, including the world's best database library, SQLAlchemy. It's a more pleasant experience than Python 2.x. And I have the peace of mind knowing that I'm not st
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> If a modern democracy manages to have 80% voter turnout you will be surprise how many safe seats will be not so safe. Are you suggesting that "people who decide to vote" is not a representative sample of the whole population?
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I've never heard this complaint before. I would have never guessed it would be a problem. Anyway, for the clone, you could just use a different command (such as rsync) to download the other Git repository to your HD, and use git clone
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> That said, has there ever really been an issue with speed as it pertains to markdown translation? Yes, speed of translation is a big deal. I tried at least 4 Markdown parsers for Python precisely because I needed the right combination
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
Is this title taking a shot at Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In? If so, I'm not sure what the connection between the two is. Anyone care to explain/correct me?
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I loved Season 2. Season 5 was shorter and felt rushed compared to the other seasons. Still incredible though.
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
You'd think regulations would prohibit nonsense like that.
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
It's very difficult to write an OS that runs on the bare metal of an arbitrary computer. One advantage of virtualization is that hardware differences are normalized, and you only have to write a few drivers. If I was to write an OS for
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
>Edit: Anyone able to inform me how "FYI" could be offensive? You are being trolled.
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I think "retarded" is what is being referred to. It doesn't make any sense to call the terminally-gullible "gay".
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I'm fairly certain I have a finite Erdos number, but it sure is a pain to find it. Someone with more free time than I should make a list of famous contemporary computer scientists by research area and their Erdos number! It would be a
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I think it's worth making a distinction between the Git plumbing and the Git porcelain when talking about performance. The core functionality (the plumbing) is very fast regardless of repository size. The slowdowns people describe are
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
I didn't downvote you, but this is a hot-button issue right now. A lot of people are familiar with what happened, and (perhaps wrongly) assume that everyone else is as well. Assuming that context, your post can be interpreted as "
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> She might honestly believe she was treated in a specific way because of her sex Yes, but the investigation said there was no evidence for a hostile work environment. That's a claim above and beyond sexism: it's quantifying ov
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> The investigation found no evidence to support the claims [...] of a sexist or hostile work environment. So, are they saying that Horvath was lying? I mean, there was a lot of specific stuff she mentioned that seemed inappropriate. I d
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by chrismonsanto 12y ago
> however, it seems like many of the new popular options (cake, grunt, etc.) don't do what, to me, is Make's real purpose: resolve dependencies and only rebuild what's necessary. You might like tup[1]. Its killer feature i
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
cat-v.org is a fun site. I had no idea the author passed on. Thanks for letting us know.
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
He quit Mozilla completely. I am guessing he is sick of all of the pressure. If he came back, there would be an unprecedented shitstorm, probably the exact opposite of what he wants.
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
I run a large community. Here are my opinions: 1) The easiest thing you can do is have a friendly reminder about what is and what is not acceptable to post right next to the comment textbox. When I was in grad school they used to remind stu
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
That's very elitist. Academic philosophers do not 'own' philosophy. What is the harm of us ordinary folk discussing it? (Also, if anything is inappropriate for HN, it's snarky one-liners. Please don't do that.)
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
I really think this is something people have to try for themselves. Also, people should travel more. Japan is such an amazing place. Using an American toilet in 2014 is like programming your next web app in classic ASP. Time to upgrade.
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
> I find the moral compass of a lot of HN posters rather baffling sometimes. From what I can tell, pretty much everyone in this topic thinks that opposing gay marriage is immoral and donating money to Prop 8 is a bad thing. The divide is
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
> We can’t let that happen here: the open internet is not more important than gay rights or any number of other progressive causes, but it should and must be a broader movement. The moment we let “open internet” become synonymous with pr
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
From Eich's position, and assuming he wanted to lead Mozilla, and assuming Mozilla wanted above all else for Eich to lead Mozilla, yes. Lying would have been the best move. In a greater societal context, I'm not sure. I think it i
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by chrismonsanto 13y ago
My #1 question -- is Eich returning to CTO, another position, or quitting altogether? All in all, I think this was a pragmatic move. I am not a fan of this "CEO = literally the company" logic, though. I saw no reason to believe th

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