cpks

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by cpks 12y ago
The most important thing in life is for life to have meaning. Trying to change the world -- even if you don't succeed -- does that. Trying to make adsense profits go up by 0.1% -- perhaps a bit less so.
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by cpks 13y ago
Craftsman multimeters are red. Hahaha.
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by cpks 13y ago
This is a textbook response to a harassment issue. It is extremely professional. You put the accused on paid leave. You do not fire them. If the accuser is correct, this prevents further damage. If the accuser is incorrect, this prevents pe
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by cpks 13y ago
Linux had a much more friendly and welcoming community attitude. OpenBSD/NetBSD developers had a bit of an anal-retentive BOFH streak to them. Linus used strong language, but he was very easy-going. He invited folks in, and allowed cod
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by cpks 13y ago
Just about the smartest thing Microsoft could do is port Windows to run on the Android/Linux kernel. Ironically, they would buy themselves a tremendous amount of hardware support that way. They'd lose very little in the process. T
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by cpks 13y ago
Virtually all games I've bought recently have had this inane obnoxiousness. One of my favorite games was 'Choice of Romance: Affairs of the Court.' You play it. You want to go on to level 2? Pay. Level 3? Pay. Not have to wai
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by cpks 13y ago
The Python community may take this as a wake-up call to realize Python 3 was Python's Vista/ME/Windows 8, rolled up into one. My proposal: Call it a development version, and ask the community to upgrade when Python 4 fixes GI
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by cpks 13y ago
Investment decreases your risk. Before investment, you have a 50% shot at zero or negative ROI. You have a 35% chance at salary-level return. You have 14% chance of a low multimillion dollar return. You have maybe 1% odds at a very high ret
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by cpks 13y ago
If you make it harder to pay, people will but less and when they do buy, they will more likely use cash. That is not a net win for credit cards.
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by cpks 13y ago
I can safely say I won't tolerate less than 20Hz, 50ms. Anything below that, even if the color 8-bit and a little wonky, and the viewing angle poor, and it is a bit dim, I'm taking it. I guess the other considerations are price an
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by cpks 13y ago
Dude. Sweet! If the price is reasonable, I'll buy 2-4 for my desktop. I'd love to have the knock-off cheap dead pixels Korean version even more, actually.
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by cpks 13y ago
I used to get car sick as a kid. I haven't felt queasy from motion in over a decade. IOS 7 was the first thing that brought that feeling back. I think the problem isn't so much with motion as it is with the unnatural motions. You
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by cpks 13y ago
And MIT didn't sue him...
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by cpks 13y ago
Last time I saw something like this, threats from the Russian mafia to the selling party were involved. No kidding.
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by cpks 13y ago
They are disease-infected, I presume.