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by doktrin 12y ago
No, while he did make assumptions about the author's experience he directly addressed multiple points from the piece. It wasn't "just" about authority. Assumptions were made about authority based on bush league level mis
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by doktrin 12y ago
I feel ya. We're definitely a critical community, both for better and worse.
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by doktrin 12y ago
So, you can't really just appeal to the author's authority without addressing a single one of the parents points. Is he wrong? Do the statements from the article make sense to you? Because the stuff he quoted looked like a bunch o
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by doktrin 12y ago
I only skimmed the piece, but it has a self-contained TL;DR at the bottom ("morals"). If I were to make my own abridged TL;DR, it would be "aging is a human tragedy that we can and should fix"
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by doktrin 12y ago
Can you help me understand what makes Quadrix '4D' Tetris? I'm genuinely curious, because it looks like a fairly standard 2D game.
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by doktrin 12y ago
The reasoning is essentially that if it's possible, then it's been done. If it's been done, then the odds that we are in the original universe become extremely low and the chance we are in one of the turtles-all-the-way-down
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by doktrin 12y ago
> At which point, the question becomes, why not just observe the real universe? I don't think the 'why' is the right question to ponder. It's really a matter of 'if'. We lack the context to adequately answer
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by doktrin 12y ago
Well, yeah, since learning to use GDB is almost literally the entire point of the binary bomb assignment.
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by doktrin 12y ago
Are you hiring security engineers? I would think stuff like this would be expected knowledge in the field.
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by doktrin 12y ago
These are fantastic labs. I took 15-213 at CMU while already working as a software developer. It was still tons of fun and quite educational.
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by doktrin 12y ago
At the moment it looks like most of the attacks are originating from China.
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by doktrin 12y ago
I don't want to split analogy hairs but 5 hours of intensive programming is orders of magnitude more exhausting than any single max weight lift.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> Hopefully the Linux version isn't too far away! I agree. I had problems building atom from source on a linux box that sits behind a company firewall (due to it effectively blocking the git protocol). Can't wait for the Linu
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by doktrin 12y ago
Thanks for your response. I'd like to dive a little deeper into the basis for these claims. My current stance is that there isn't sufficient reason to adopt Haskell for use in production. > Write software faster with fewer bug
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by doktrin 12y ago
In the context of web applications, what do Haskell or Clojure bring to the table that makes them worth the learning curve?
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by doktrin 12y ago
In a previous startup, I worked in an "open office" room with 4 other developers. Two of us used cherry MX brown key switches, and no-one seemed to mind. Blues are a different story. Personally, I can't even stand hearing my
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by doktrin 12y ago
Completely agree. The only reason I'm using a full sized Das instead of a Filco tenkeyless is simply that the latter are harder to find in the US. In my case, my employer only orders office supplies through certain retailers which limi
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by doktrin 12y ago
Accounting has always struck me as a field that is un-appreciated by the masses, but valued quite highly by those somewhat more in the know. For instance, a background in accounting is highly valued in investment banking.
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by doktrin 12y ago
The Jack Daniels C&D letter should be a case study in public relations. While not universal, people really do respond quite well when faced with civility and respect.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> I get the impression that Morgan Phillips avoids saying she has a background in CS due to not holding a degree in it. I think she has every right to state that she does have a background That seems a bit semantic to me. She's ba
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by doktrin 12y ago
> Take, for example, the story of a former software developer identified by the press only as Bob. This is an old story, and despite all this time it feels as ephemeral and weird as when it first surfaced. Is it, in fact, true? Several
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by doktrin 12y ago
> I bet i3 needs a little tinkering too. IIRC, the only real tinkering I did was to re-jig the navigation shortcuts to resemble VIM bindings. From a user's perspective i3 is comparable to xmonad, but configuration wise it's a
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by doktrin 12y ago
I think what strikes me about DE upgrades like this is that they don't appear to add anything fundamentally new or promise to provide me with a meaningfully improved or more efficient experience. For my part - ever since switching to i
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by doktrin 12y ago
> Here is a good example of a complex Haskell app: the Haskell web based IDE at fpcomplete.com. Technical merits aside, I think this actually re-enforces the parents point. I mean, you're basically saying that one of the best exam
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by doktrin 12y ago
I can't say how much this post speaks to me. I've felt similarly for the last month or so, or ever since I was assigned my current project. I don't have any actionable advice, so I'll just share my current situation. Wit
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by doktrin 12y ago
Likewise, my grandfather most likely had Parkinson's towards the end of his life. My father has had essential / familial tremor for 3 decades or so. I did at one point did check out my genetic risk factors as determined by 23 and
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by doktrin 12y ago
While substantive data is always nice, this has always struck me as a bit of a "duh" factor. Lectures are omnipresent because they're cost effective. Pedagogical effectiveness is an afterthought. Anecdotal : Honestly, I&#x2
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by doktrin 12y ago
If I understood the article correctly, a more appropriate title would be " Resveratrol health benefits 'overhyped'* : > Studies have shown that consumption of red wine, dark chocolate and berries reduces inflammation, le
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by doktrin 12y ago
> As a developer, I want to think about code. If I have the choice of learning something new, or digging into a new skillset it is going to be about code- not project management. Obviously this. I suppose I might attend an agile confer
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by doktrin 12y ago
> Neither should be taken lightly I'm not disagreeing with what should be the case, but the current reality is that the decision to use drones in lethal strikes is taken far more lightly than any equivalent measure using convent

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