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by domador 7y ago
Though I've grown up with programming languages that have zero-based indexing, I've never become a "native speaker", as I always mentally add or subtract a one as needed when trying to understand code involving list indi
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Ask HN: Are we already fixing the Year 2038 problem or are we procrastinating?
1 points by domador 7y ago|1 comments
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by domador 7y ago
Thanks for the additional example of a vacancy situation. In this case, I literally meant it when I said "I" can only think of sad situations", which is why others' examples are helpful. My main point is that this a dor
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by domador 7y ago
Isn't dropping out also a bit sad? (Or sometimes very sad?)
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by domador 7y ago
I disagree. Both the email and the alternative you mentioned sound callously insensitive to me. The school should not let either of these situations take place. This notice and the handling of the housing situation should have gone to a p
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by domador 7y ago
It's hard for me to think of a situation where a dorm-room vacancy-notification email to a student would be a good idea. I can think of only sad situations that would produce a vacancy, in addition to the one in the article (for examp
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by domador 7y ago
I was particularly upset, after watching Zero Dark Thirty, to find out that it was nominated for various Academy Awards, given its justification of torture. Portraying torture positively is particularly more troublesome than on "24&qu
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Harvard cancels digital security talk led by spyware-linked lecturer(theverge.com)
1 points by domador 7y ago|0 comments
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by domador 7y ago
Or its boring, corporate parent got bored of its fun, little, upstart adopted child. I can't read press releases of this kind without thinking "soulless corporate decision based just on money". Maybe Hipmunk was making $$ b
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by domador 7y ago
Sounds like self-censorship in dystopia full of secret laws. I'm glad Google isn't running a country.
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by domador 7y ago
You are likely right. Yet I wonder if a) Fog Creek had that high a profile when they put that advice into practice, and if not... b) The people that Fog Creek had such a high profile among included its prospective/repeat customers (as
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by domador 7y ago
There's a phrase that macho men should start telling each other ASAP: "Cry like a man!" (This would mean to cry openly, deeply, and bravely, since a great many sorrows require good grieving and crying is a healthy outlet for
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by domador 7y ago
Rather than blaming abstractions, wouldn't it be better to blame the structural pathologies built into these huge companies? Maybe the abstractions to blame are the ones on the corporate ladder. Among other things, there can be poor
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by domador 7y ago
What if "being good" means "no legal arbitrage" and "no jurisdiction shopping"? What if it means "not really, really going out of your way to find ways to pay less tax, including by buying legislation&quo
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by domador 7y ago
I loved this game! Having said that, the main change I'd make to this and other similar games is to have an option to limit and adjust the number of actions the AI player can perform on each turn. There always came a point where the
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by domador 7y ago
Do the members of this dystopian-sounding promotion committee at Google actively develop software themselves (when they're not promoting or failing to promote people)? Is this a case where those who can't develop software judge t
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by domador 7y ago
The following, classic comic speaks more to Windows-style UI pathologies, but it seems appropriate here as well: http://okcancel.com/comic/4.html
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by domador 7y ago
You got that right! I'm all for dogfooding, but at some point, it can turn into kool-aiding, if you don't take a look at how people out on the street are actually using your products (or trying to.)
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by domador 7y ago
I'm not an Apple enthusiast and the main reason is their products' underpowered, oversimplified user interfaces, from the standpoint of a power user like me. One manifestation of this is a chronic lack of buttons on their hardwar
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by domador 7y ago
Having a credit card is STILL frightening. Specifically, I don't like how little verification takes place, how easy it'd be for someone else to start using my card if they gain physical possession of it, and how I wouldn't f
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by domador 7y ago
Ironically, this rant is posted in chunks on Twitter, making it hard to actually read it in a fluid manner. How about a blog post with paragraphs instead?
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by domador 7y ago
What's sad is that if you are right, then some tech companies are only better than a restaurant because they give you more money. It's very, very sad when one's life and career are reduced to just making money. It's als
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by domador 7y ago
Hmm... I'm unable to access and read this article. Medium displays a 410 error and an ominous message: "This account is under investigation or was found in violation of the Medium Rules." Given the subject matter, I'm
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by domador 7y ago
This sounds in part like a classic case of wealthy, indifferent elected politicians being out of touch with the "riff-raff" they purportedly represent and act in the best interests off. (This "riff-raff" would include p
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by domador 7y ago
Maybe they need automatically-updated signs in the front that announce the number of parking spaces available in the back.
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by domador 7y ago
I'm on the fence regarding whether it's unfair for the a news source to attribute this sin directly to Google via its headline. "Actually, it was our contractors who did it" seems like too common and easy an excuse for
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by domador 7y ago
How about a bit of both? I definitely value my deep personal relationships, which are few, but log in to Facebook every couple of weeks or so. I also get the occasional invitation through Facebook.
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by domador 8y ago
Private company have the OPTION of selling themselves out. Public companies have no choice but to do so. (I might be oversimplifying, but hey, it's a rule of thumb!)
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by domador 8y ago
My rule of thumb: If a company is a public company, it can't help BUT be evil. Corollaries and commentary: 1) Evil arises from public companies' duty to generate as much money as possible for their shareholders. Private companies
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by domador 8y ago
Incentives help, but not always as much as we expect. People and even companies are not always very rational. I wonder how rational the bosses at Takata were regarding incentives as they kept making and selling unsafe airbags.

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