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by drtz 9y ago
A Tesla slammed into the back of a stopped firetruck at 65mph and the driver walked away un-injured. Why am I not already driving a Tesla?
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by drtz 9y ago
You're describing a plutocracy. People with large sums wealth decide the fates of everyone else.
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by drtz 9y ago
"This isn't not legal advice..." Busted!
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by drtz 9y ago
The popular (> 1 million installs) Chrome extension "Web Developer" was compromised this morning. The hacked version of the extension has already been removed from the Chrome Web Store. If you have the extension installed you s
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Popular Web Developer Chrome extension compromised(twitter.com)
9 points by drtz 9y ago|2 comments
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by drtz 9y ago
It'd be like if Amazon owned the only road to your house and said Amazon couriers get to use the left lane at 65mph and everyone else delivering packages from Walmart or Target use the right lane at 30mph, unless both you and Walmart p
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by drtz 9y ago
The cash itself is owned by the shareholders.
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by drtz 9y ago
I had the same thought as I read the article. In the author's defense there was a single sentence towards the end of the article that mentioned effective ways of lowering driving speeds. More discussion of those methods would've b
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by drtz 10y ago
I'm sure the author's conclusions have some merit, but the reduction in traffic likely also has a lot do with the fact that a lot of parents who would otherwise be working during the day are instead staying home with their kids.
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by drtz 10y ago
Is there data available for this prior to 1978?
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by drtz 10y ago
> 3. Give the developers ultimate freedom and let them do whatever they want. If the compiler never complains, beginners are happy... Example: C. This leaves me wondering how the author would classify assembly or machine code.
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by drtz 10y ago
Is something that can be manipulated by foreign governments and private interests and fluctuates heavily based on industrial demand really a better alternative? Since you mentioned silver specifically, it's worth noting that the entire
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by drtz 10y ago
> Things like touchId were amazing features in their own right though. Touch ID is cool and all, but in 2016 calling it "amazing" is a bit of a stretch. ThinkPads first got a fingerprint reader more than a decade ago: http:&#x
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by drtz 10y ago
One coder's "lazy" is another Engineer's tradeoff of efficiency for design simplicity and development resources.
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by drtz 10y ago
Um, he's making the valid point that none of us have a clue what all is actually in node_modules.
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by drtz 10y ago
No, Sir, I do not like it.
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by drtz 10y ago
All code does not need to be easily understandable by a novice developer. Minimizing cognitive load is certainly a good thing, but using overly simple grammar for a complex task leads to unneeded verbosity. When writing software, as with an
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by drtz 10y ago
"complete control of the entire supply of goods or of a service in a certain area or market" - Webster's Dictionary
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by drtz 11y ago
Get rid of all your other crap that is concealing the things you actually need or want.
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by drtz 11y ago
I hate to continue on a tangent, but coffee is delicious and smells amazing and you'd have to be The Grinch to not enjoy the atmosphere in a good cafe. If you want some tangible benefits just throw in some sugar and cream.
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by drtz 11y ago
> ...he/she sees ordering an Oreilly book on the topic as a valid part of the learning effort. It's easy enough to see the difference between ordering a book and reading it. Regardless, in response to your overall point, some p
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This is what America's gun crisis looks like(theguardian.com)
3 points by drtz 11y ago|3 comments
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by drtz 11y ago
The author forgets to mention that in mathematics = represents equivalency.
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by drtz 11y ago
There have been tons of studies on sleep and how much you need is pretty well understood: - Most people need ~8 hrs of sleep a day. - Any less than what your body needs and you'll be cognitively impaired from sleep deprivation. - Sl