cubano

65 ms·

541.
by cubano 11y ago
Mencken once said that many Americans, due to their Puritan roots, live in "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." This surveillance and its informants, such as are discussed in this article, seem to me to be th
542.
by cubano 11y ago
I feel the need to push back on this meme. "Hiring is broken" for the same reason so many other things in this world are broken. Because in the end, hiring a political decision, not a rational or technical one. To get hired anyw
543.
by cubano 11y ago
Hmmm...yes maybe that picture of him in the Bowie getup was the giveaway for that conclusion?
544.
by cubano 11y ago
> I sometimes think there's a built in pomposity in the whole attitude of hiring... Of course there is. At a basic level, that's what hiring is. With this now-popular attitude that "1 bad hire is worse then 100 good ones&
545.
by cubano 11y ago
I personally think robber barons exist all around us. They just have smarter PR and image protection from their big media brethren.
546.
by cubano 11y ago
I'm waiting for Morse code API myself.
547.
by cubano 11y ago
Yes totally agree. The best way that I learned OO was when it was explained that, in most cases, its best to take objects as nouns (ie Item, Book, Prices etc) and the object methods should be verbs (ie do_something() or act_on_this() etc)
548.
by cubano 11y ago
Ok, but it surely can be known (and obviously was due to the get_price() interface stub) that every Item will have a Price, so I stand by my intuition that a Price object could be included in Item.
549.
by cubano 11y ago
Why not just bake the various Price components right into Item, besides the get_price action? Every Item should have a price (ie the get_price stub), so I don't think it would be bad design to include it. If Item includes a Price obje
550.
by cubano 11y ago
> I find it willfully ignorant, hateful, and racist ... > It is disgusting, dishonest and offensive how your portray every H-1B visa holder as a "low cost" worker. Your Alinsky tactics will not work on me, my friend...you s
551.
by cubano 11y ago
> Would you really quantify that as the rule of law, or as arbitrary rule? It's somewhat arbitrary within a pretty solid framework, if you want my opinion. My OP and this thread was about macro-level rule of law, my other comment wa
552.
by cubano 11y ago
Yes I will agree to that, no doubt, and its a very good point. I was definitely talking at the Public Defender level.
553.
by cubano 11y ago
No they were not...none of the examples you gave were democratic Republics that were based on the Rule of Law, so I'm not sure what's to discuss here. Comparing the US today with Soviet Russia under Stalin or NK under Kim is so il
554.
by cubano 11y ago
I sure can, and fully expect it to eventually happen, unfortunately. The sad part is, As Tim Cook said, all this will do is push the bad guys to use an encryption app from somewhere else. I have a good deal of experience in the US criminal
555.
by cubano 11y ago
We don't live in a totalitarian society. We live in a society which is governed on the idea of the Rule of Law. Big difference.
556.
by cubano 11y ago
This is so very true, and not only that, they use their ridiculous exclusionary and arbitrary hiring practices as a self-enforced proof that they absolutely need more low cost H1B workers.
557.
by cubano 11y ago
Your nativity on how "criminal justice" and law enforcement works is kinda astounding to me. If a judge orders an injunction against these citizens and they don't comply, he won't fine them, he will jail them, which is
558.
by cubano 11y ago
It was 56-bit maximum key size btw.
559.
by cubano 11y ago
Very good...thank you.
560.
by cubano 11y ago
Actually, I think it was the German Von Bismark who could be attributed to the quote... "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."
561.
by cubano 11y ago
Perhaps you could help me...I am currently looking for a framework to work with a Cordova project I've been hired to create. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work with Cordova?
562.
by cubano 11y ago
How is this even news anymore? It is utterly and completely unsurprising that all the government agencies involved in law enforcement on all levels will fight a never-ending fight against anything that impedes their ability to do what the
563.
by cubano 11y ago
Just as a follow up, Stephanie says she ordered some stuff from you guys, so I'm really happy I got you connected and it worked out. She is crazy talented at her baking and decorating crafts and obviously you both are as well, so hopef
564.
by cubano 11y ago
> I would just like to say that Mongo/Angular/Backbone is not a really valid stack since Angular and Backbone are pretty much competing technologies. You can probably mix them up but I hope no one really does that. Yes yes, I k
565.
by cubano 11y ago
No, I lived the C-explosion of 30 years ago and it was absolutely nothing like what I see these days. It utterly nuts how we are expected a learn a full-stack like Mongo/Angular/Backbone and then 6 months later is like NO we need
566.
by cubano 11y ago
I am sorry to hear about your Dad, and its very ironic in a way...both of my grown sons are super careful about substances so I think I get what you are saying. I often think the only silver lining to the wreck-that-is-my-life is that I lef
567.
by cubano 11y ago
I've been enjoying podcasts for many years now, so this seems like a wonderful resource...great work guys/gals! If anyone is looking looking for something different and educational and entertaining, check out Dan Carlin's Har
568.
by cubano 11y ago
Well you know, lifelong addiction is a real bitch, and every instance of jail was due to it in one form or another. It took me 25 years and utterly wrecked relationships with my brother, closest old friends, and my lovely ex-wife to start t
569.
by cubano 11y ago
Awesome looking site and a real opportunity I think. My ex-wife is a cupcake and deco cake maker and I sent her the link, she is really interested and will be contacting you guys soon. Best of luck to you!
570.
by cubano 11y ago
Let's face it, PHP is the Donald Trump of programming languages. Tons of people love it, but admitting you do is pretty much socially unacceptable. :)

More ›