ergothus

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by ergothus 8y ago
My understanding (based on visiting hawaii as a tourist and not much else) is that no, there's not a US-legally recognized sovereignty, but there is a step back from: * "They voluntarily joined the US" language * the repress
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by ergothus 8y ago
The actual legal issues in question are barely touched on in the article: > But some environmentalists and Native Hawaiian groups say the spread of observatories on the summit has polluted the mountain, interfering with traditional cultu
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by ergothus 8y ago
I was originally hired as a software gopher - my first few weeks were running around with a stack of "floppy" disks to install Word on machines. Then my boss was like "Do you know about this World Wide Web?" (it was alm
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by ergothus 8y ago
Dates and amounts from fallible memory, all in USA. Salary rates made a huge jump when I started changing jobs frequently (which is sad) as well as when I moved to Seattle (after an initial correction, as I came in very "underpaid&quo
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by ergothus 8y ago
> the game has had incredible longevity I'm not a WOW player (or really any MMO), but it's always impressed me how willing Blizzard is to throw out all the investment people have made in learning the game system details. Talen
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by ergothus 8y ago
What is the reasonable defense against this? Intercepting firewalls like bluecoat are notoriously overbroad (and arguably open up MITM attacks on https). Desktop/laptop malware scanners notoriously use up CPU at murphaicly inconvenie
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by ergothus 8y ago
Purely hypothetical, as I dont know anything about this user, but I imagine the number is greatly increased if a site opened other pages when you visit a link, and if it required clicking through some pages to get what you are being promise
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by ergothus 8y ago
You are correct that the value of the delivery does not change with the cost of the item. As a cost impact, it makes sense to instead compare to the time and cost of traveling myself to get the item. But the OPs point is valid if you thin
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by ergothus 8y ago
But there's a difference between narcissism and just covering for a lack of self-confidence. I'm not psychologically trained, so take this with a grain of salt, but I've met exactly one person that I think was a narcissist.
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by ergothus 8y ago
You've dismissed the potential benefits, so it's a hard argument to make, but I very much like the idea of the style of machine that let's you pick electronically, then prints a paper ballot displayed to you - you accept it a
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by ergothus 8y ago
Iirc, it is a state decision. It is hard to get firm answers as there are different concepts that overlap: Is it legal to pay someone to vote a certain way? Saying 'no' does not mean it is a truly secret ballot, but it is somet
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by ergothus 8y ago
You aren't used to hearing about "standing up" new servers?
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by ergothus 8y ago
Is this "here's an article talking about the corporate culture of company X" a recent thing (I can recall Netflix and Amazon recently at least), or is it a long-running trend? (has this happened to IBM, Oracle, GM, American A
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by ergothus 8y ago
Can't argue with the text of the article. I do, however, stand by why _I_ have found that classes are a bad match for this need, and watching the video of the demo did a much better job of suggesting the benefits and reasoning...reas
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by ergothus 8y ago
Are you referring to hooks in general, or the specific useState hook they showed? I love the idea of hooks - the more I can isolate my logic, the better. The useState example I'm pretty ambivalent about, for the exact reason you stat
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by ergothus 8y ago
I don't think the issue is "what is a class". It's more that the lifecycle functions get tied into the class, and you end up with a ball of highly conditional logic. It's easy for newbies to just add stuff to make
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by ergothus 8y ago
I can see both sides. I teach React to newish coders, and classes are easy for them to grasp...and then immediately create labyrinthine monoliths. At work where I do React, we emphasize small components with limited and segmented logic (i
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by ergothus 8y ago
> the identities of "those who are rich" are not completely stable. And yet, for the US at least, it's become more stable than it was.
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by ergothus 8y ago
I did. Digital watches were cool! But then then were bulky blocks of plastic on my wrist, and when I was carrying a phone anyway I did away with the watch. Years later I got the original Pebble, and while it was great for seeing who was
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by ergothus 8y ago
Give me a smartphone: "This is great, I don't need a watch!" Give me a smart watch: "This is great, I don't need to pull my phone out!" Predicting what people will/won't like seems like black magic to
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by ergothus 8y ago
I'm skeptical - You've shown a proposal, not a reality. (and the proposal didn't even mention a "shield" that I saw, but I may have skimmed past it). I didn't see a price tag, nor a timeline. Money can boos
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by ergothus 8y ago
It's been interesting to watch my own thinking evolve: 20 years ago: "I'm sure technology will figure out how to reduce emissions. Sequestering tech is neat, but will only take off if the end product is itself useful in bulk
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by ergothus 8y ago
I attended a sports event (SkateAmerica) recently. I was shocked that they played commercials. At the arena. Not just before things started, but in between competitors while they totaled scores. And they weren't even topical commerc
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by ergothus 8y ago
> There are no downsides but so many upsides I've not used TS, but from what I've read the types from TS are not js compatible, so once you go into TS you have code that just isnt js. (As opposed to flow, where you can just hav
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by ergothus 8y ago
I still remember the moment when I read that fossils weren't bones. Actually, I had read that several times before, but this time the text told me HOW they weren't bones. Mind. Blown.
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by ergothus 8y ago
> another important reason is how productive modern JS is Some people will argue on this, but I'm actually in agreement. That said, it is important to realize WHY the JS productivity is so important: We're iterating a LOT. We
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by ergothus 8y ago
I joined an AgTech firm 3 years ago - this is my commentary, not the view of my company or anyone else there. > I actually assume farmers are very welcoming of technology. The answer (at least in my experience) is a bit more complicated.
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by ergothus 8y ago
So first sale doctrine means nothing? We should all investigate the restrictions on how we use the device before buying? I'm fine if we conclude "yes", but it is worth noticing that this is not the "norm" for most
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by ergothus 8y ago
Any time you try to define what your insurance will cover, all you can get is s nkn binding estimate, yet most places have you sign an agreement to pay in full based on that estimate, even if the estimate is wrong.
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by ergothus 8y ago
I missed one trick - "Remind me". you can tell Slack to ping you about any message at a later time. This is great someone asks something that involves more time/effort than I can give right now. two clicks and I'm bac

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