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by cosgroveb 15y ago
This thread is quickly becoming /r/MensRights. I also like how yummyfajitas states that young male gamers have traditionally been excluded by society. I'm a geek. I grew up as a socially maladjusted "gamer," but I'm not blaming society for
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Your example, "black men playing basketball" are a homogeneous group by virtue of your definition. Their trash talk, again, by definition can't consist of one group disparaging another using slurs... I hope you like the slam-dunk of setti
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Did I say women were a minority in Texas or the United States? We are talking about tech and gaming here. Are you seriously suggesting women are not minorities in either of those communities?
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Because the only reason they are doing this is because they can't be bothered to force their male attendees to adhere to a standard of common decency. They would rather remove the need for them to be good human beings. Also it is tantamount
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Let's also ban anyone with darker skin from attending because we know that the typical gamer can't help but use the "N" word too. Brilliant reasoning. Edit: Did anyone downvoting me bother to read the article? This is exactly the reasoning
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Did you even read the lede? >Scientists aiming their gene sequencers at commercial seafood are discovering rampant labeling fraud in supermarket coolers and restaurant tables: cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets, and o
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Spolsky on WebPutty(twitter.com)
2 points by cosgroveb 15y ago|1 comments
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
>If all you're doing is writing PHP/Python/Ruby in vim/emacs and running a local Apache/nginx and possibly a MySQL server then it almost doesn't matter what hardware you have... apart from the monitor. OK. If you're developing on a loca
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Is there any way to be sure of an server's ssh fingerprint before logging in? You need to do that offline right? Maybe a PGP signed e-mail from the sysadmin?
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Definitely. It would look like a pretty damn bright star, but not like a second Sun.
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
I probably did the calculations[1] wrong but the value I'm getting for the apparent magnitude of 55 Cancri B at 1000 AU with an absolute magnitude of 12.66[2] is about -3.9121 which, if located in our Solar system, would be bright enough to
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
You wouldn't hire someone based on their resume alone but a resume is usually required. What you're saying is Github is now a requirement which is absurd. Also this would mean I have to use a particular tool for development (maybe I should
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Anecdote in support of your point: I was a developer who sinned in the creation of a terrible password storage system on an internal web-app that had about 50 users (why didn't I just use LDAP???). It was at a Fortune 500 financial. I was f
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Sale prices that are always in effect are not "special" prices.
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
I've never heard of any software being called "apps" on any other platform I used I heard the term "killer app" at least 10 years ago. "App" is not only generic but it's been out there for a long time. Edit: Here's the earliest I can find
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
This is also true in business. You should always remember that you're not just a developer or a programmer but that you're solving business problems. That's the only way to truly make yourself invaluable.
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Software firewalls never took off on the windows platform because asking regular users about just one permission (should app X be able to contact the internet?) proved impractical. Have you used Windows lately? Windows Firewall asks me ev
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Actually, it has been shown that in the absence of substance abuse, schizophrenics are no more violent than the general population. I have a family member with mental health problems. It annoys me to know end when I see yet another episode
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
You can get screenshots from Android but it requires the SDK and USB drivers which is probably a PITA for a designer.
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Maybe a system like Ubuntu's is needed here? Every two years or so designate a version as "LTS" and continue to support that branch with bugfixes for several years. I suppose that's not quite as Agile...
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
"I’m not convinced that they did everything they could to prevent the seizure of non-targeted servers, and their lack of proactive communication with the affected customers is beneath the level of service I expect from a host." I can't spea
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FBI raid of Web hosting firm knocks out sites of more than 100 companies(latimesblogs.latimes.com)
3 points by cosgroveb 15y ago|0 comments
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
I suspect that it's the HNers still toiling away in large companies that are voting for Oracle. You'd probably see about as many votes for DB2 had it been an option.
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Anatomy of a PDF Hack(readwriteweb.com)
2 points by cosgroveb 15y ago|0 comments
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
It's harder and more rigorous to follow the herd in a "frothy market"?
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Yes, I used lish. The iptables answer they helped me with allowed me to restore ssh after I got in with lish.
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
You were complaining about them raising your rent (not about them not throwing in things to please). The cost of everything goes up over time. Get over it. Also your rent over the last four years was lowered by a little thing called infla
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
They were super helpful with an iptables question I had (I locked myself out of the server as well as took down several services I had running). I honestly expected them to say "you signed up for a VPS you should know this... it's not cover
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
It's not like you have a fixed-rate mortgage on that apartment. You don't expect your landlord to let you rent at below-market rates do you? I guess what I'm saying is if you want to lock in a low rent you need to negotiate for a longer lea
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by cosgroveb 15y ago
Well, Texas has tried recently to say that simply having a server in their state creates a nexus for sales tax purposes...

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