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by droz 15y ago
>> so that there is no way to create a Func<void> Does Func<Action> not achieve what you are after?
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by droz 15y ago
SMS verification is useless. Spammers have just as easy (if not easier) access to numbers as ordinary users. That, and most people don't want to share their numbers with some site. For all they know, you are just collecting the numbers and
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by droz 15y ago
Do you know of any other good data analysis applications similar to RapidMiner?
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by droz 15y ago
If this person is going to be around less than a year, then nothing. Otherwise, about 4-8% of a percent.
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by droz 15y ago
In college I used to hold study sessions for undergraduates in computer science. One thing I found was that one-on-one interactions were incredibly simple. Bump that up to may 5 or so people, and the mental effort to keep track of each pers
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by droz 15y ago
Absolutely :)
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by droz 15y ago
This is such a great example of excess. iPad 2: 500$+ Smart Cover: 40$ Evernote Peek: 0$. vs. Pack of index cards: 2$
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by droz 15y ago
Back in the 90s there was an episode of the Outer Limits that touched on this subject. Effectively there was a nexus of information that everyone connected to through their minds. Anytime they wanted to know something, they just looked it u
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by droz 15y ago
Oh what bullshit. Best excuse for not being employed is that you don't need to be. If you've got the cash to enjoy a year or two off to go on a vacation, go back to school or whatever, then you ought to take it.
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by droz 15y ago
When I started college, I had 1000$ to my name. I didn't take out any loans and worked my way through a full load every semester for four years. Graduated and found a job and lived in places well below what I could afford. Every pay check I
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by droz 15y ago
> I think the burden of proof is on you here, open source is the base in which pretty much everything has been built, including this website, the web server it sits on, the programming language it was written in, the operating system th
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by droz 15y ago
I agree with your sentiment about support. If I sold you a product under the premise that it provides the functionality you paid for, and it doesn't, then I will fix the product so that it does. Free of charge. If you (as the producer of th
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by droz 15y ago
> Opening the source does not instil the knowledge that went into making the product. I should have phrased my statement to distinguish the two better, but I agree with your statement. > From which perspective? The user or the progr
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by droz 15y ago
> If everyone kept their software under wraps, their [sic] would be no giant's shoulders to stand on. There would be shoulders to stand on, you'd just have to pay for it.
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by droz 15y ago
by limitation, I was thinking in terms of the number of instances of that code out in the wild.
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by droz 15y ago
I still don't "get" the allure of open source. As a consumer of my product you are not entitled to anything other than the functionality it provides. That's what you paid for. If you want more than that, then you should pay more to get the
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by droz 15y ago
Late nighties was the sweet spot for the FPS: CS, Q3, UT, etc.
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by droz 15y ago
Doubtful. I envision a "brave new world" styled world. Bunch of people in prime condition, "endless" amount of time to pair with everyone else. I somehow imagine that people will continue to go at it like rabbits.
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by droz 15y ago
Many of these criticisms seem to be compiler specific rather than language specific (perhaps with the exception of the os example). * I like knowing explicitly what kind of integers I'm working with and plan on using the full 32 or 64 bits
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by droz 15y ago
I took a pottery class last winter and I observed the positive feedback loop in action. As someone who is not used to constantly bullshitting, it really threw off my chi to listen to an overly peppy woman tell me how amazing my work was eve
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by droz 15y ago
What a crock of shit. This strikes me way too much of the, "I see people doing something I don't do, so there must be something wrong with them." mentality. I like leaving the office. Go outside for a good long, quiet walk along the creek t
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by droz 15y ago
I find it amusing that we declare the end of America by the simple fact that another country may become a greater economic power. I'm just envisioning America popping out of existence -every man, woman, child, cow, car and building going p
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by droz 15y ago
"A linked list of course has no direct analogy in the physical world" First few that come to mind: conga line, necklace, bike chain and DNA. Tangentially, lines of people forming a queue or a push down stack of dishes or the number you pick
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by droz 15y ago
I think I may be in the minority, but I don't think people are thinking of the consequences of this telecommuting push. I like the fact that there is a place where I do work and where I live. I do not want these two places to be the same. M
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by droz 16y ago
I think you should ask yourself what you will gain by having an LLC. * Are you trying to reduce your liabilities in the event of lawsuit (how likely is one?) * Are you trying to get certain tax advantages with an LLC over a sole proprietors
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by droz 16y ago
I would hate to have a self driving car... especially if it were connect to a network. Seems like it would become way to easy to kidnap someone, or drive their car into a wall or any number of other activities.
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by droz 16y ago
I'm surprised by the number of people in msdn comments rejecting the author's proposal. I agree with the author, you can't produce a better project by trying to cram more work that has to be done than the time that is available. Even in our
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by droz 16y ago
I think if a social networking site got "social circles" right, it would take off. I think the main problem that others have pointed out, is that you typically have a persona that you reveal to different groups of people and you typically o
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by droz 16y ago
http://www.goodreads.com/ already exists. It simply lacks a strong HN-focused community. As others pointed out, we also have hn-books.com.
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by droz 16y ago
Really depends on your situation, but do your interviews in pseudo code. Evaluate their ability to translate your requirements into a logical set of events that will satisfy your requirements.

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