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by flogic 15y ago
OCR would be grungy whereas the magnetic stripe is the intended direct machine interface. When you attempt to connect a machine to a human interface all sorts of annoying things can happen. Even if it's simple in theory, the amount of error
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by flogic 15y ago
Isn't approving structural changes why we have PEs?
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by flogic 15y ago
Perl's behind the scenes C code is rather gnarly. Trusting a new tool to get it right the first time is a bit much. Once I'm comfortable it's had some time to age properly, I'd be more than willing to deploy it.
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by flogic 15y ago
This is one of the most awesome thing's I've ever seen. I guess it would be a bad idea to use it for production code... Too bad though.
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by flogic 15y ago
I contest the "losing our civil liberties" not being important. If there is any issue that is actually important, it's that one.
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by flogic 15y ago
I see your University is on a race to the bottom. The lack of academic integrity implied buy filtering for "useful content" is astounding.
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by flogic 15y ago
Heaven forbid college students get jobs.
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by flogic 15y ago
I'm not a Clojure programmer but I disagree on point 1. My advise (if it's a huge sticking point) would be to allow both forms.
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by flogic 16y ago
My inclination would be to be much less computer like about it. First start with some observations about the numbers. 24 is one less than 25. 4 * 25 is 100. 36 is 9 * 4. Therefor the answer is (9 * 100)-36=864. Numbers have properties. You
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by flogic 16y ago
Well, I called that one. Where do I sign up to be a technologist. Or do I need to be wrong for that job?
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by flogic 16y ago
I was thinking primarily of "let it crash" and "message passing". They don't seem particularly tied to the language. I'm not familiar enough with the OTP to comment.
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by flogic 16y ago
I like different languages but Erlang is like Lisp in that it has yet to really grab me. The difference being, Lisp has far better odds of grabbing me. As far as I can tell, Erlang's advantages can be cloned elsewhere in more pleasant to wo
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by flogic 16y ago
I believe that's the point. I can imagine though there are instances where it is easier to code up a better algorithmic solution in higher level languages than it would be in C. Lazy data fetches would be a prime example. Obviously, it can
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by flogic 16y ago
Passwords are the problem. They're invariably hard to remember or easy to guess. Or to abstract it out, you're always choosing between resistance to getting lost and resistance to attack.
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by flogic 16y ago
So long as you're not selling yourself as a PE or trying to use non PE work in a situation that requires a PE, you should be allowed to write whatever god damned report you want. Otherwise, we have a serious breach of the first amendment.
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by flogic 16y ago
On the flip side, I like the fact I can make an interface change and then fix the resulting compiler errors. Sometimes I'll execute the change in such a way as to generate more errors than the direct path. Not sure how it is on saving time,
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by flogic 16y ago
There really isn't anything we should do. It's not really a problem. The entire thing is a rant about how he doesn't like the style. He makes a couple vague references to build quality but that's beside the point of his main rant. Nothing g
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by flogic 16y ago
Especially considering there are a lot of worse things to write scripts in than some ghetto lisp. Most people would consider Emacs lisp a bit on the ghetto side, but it's still quite effective. I'm not a big Lisp fan but I'll take a ghetto
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by flogic 16y ago
It's not entirely an unmanned rocket program. True, SpaceX hasn't launched anyone. However the most recent launch was a test of their Dragon crew module. Sort of a spin around the block to make sure the wheels don't fall off if you will.
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by flogic 16y ago
Right but NASA also gets to make use of their previous work when developing Constellation or whatever the new thing is called. We wouldn't have gotten this far without NASA. At the same time however, NASA's space craft development process n
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by flogic 16y ago
I've never quite understood the point of boot time tests. I almost never reboot. Sleep/hibernate seem far more important to me. That sad sleep and hibernation cycle tests could get bad for Linux. My work laptop has an annoying tendency to n
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by flogic 16y ago
Once you're in the realm of targeted attacks you're in a whole different ball game. You have to consider who the attacker is likely to be and what they have access to. If your wallet isn't secure enough you can upgrade to a fire safe or som
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by flogic 16y ago
While I'm reasonably sure they're on the level, getting my random numbers from a source not under my control is worrying.
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by flogic 16y ago
Maybe. There are a number of things I don't find original enough to be worthy of a blog post or don't have enough data to feel comfortable saying. There are a few rare things but they fall under the terms of the exclusive lease my employer
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by flogic 16y ago
Well most people don't blog. We just don't have that much to say.
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by flogic 16y ago
If you're the one being accused, you have to worry about the accusation coloring other people's judgement of you. Most people really aren't logical creatures. People tend to not remember the source or veracity of things they know. So even i
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by flogic 16y ago
I think it's important to not compare this to Windows. Windows is such a complete disaster on so many fronts of course ChromeOS seems like a better idea. The problem I and other have with it is "ChromeOS isn't really a better idea when comp
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by flogic 16y ago
I suspect that at production levels you'll wind up encouraging a mono culture in the host cells. So, the viruses would be poorly suited to the real world.
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by flogic 16y ago
It's a cute idea. Though I think the limiting part is the tube itself. Installing underground tubes is going to be expensive. Maybe it would make more sense to forgo the tube and just use electric vehicles. You could install overhead power
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by flogic 16y ago
I guess it's useful if you're disabled. Otherwise this is a completely silly idea. We've mastered right clicking, left clicking, and double clicking. Why drop that channel of information? The last thing we need to is a novel way of decreasi

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