galeforcewinds

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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
Quite interesting is the bit about hiring the "former lead of GNU Radio" who had experienced pain in getting closed/proprietary hardware things to be useful. I wonder if this will lead to more open platforms. If for no other
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
On Mac: vi On Windows: Ubuntu environment and vi On Linux and BSD: vi On phones and tablets: email client Alternate for all platforms: email client
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
William Gibson's Neuromancer continues to hold up well both for adults and teens. Worth a read or re-read. Travel books can be a good fit for the summer, and Keri Smith's Wander Society is a fun pick. I also like to make a random
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
This video of "Inside the RFID Stickers from a Chinese Cashier-less Store" (around 9:20 and again at 12:20) was a real eye-opener to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QKrHi-G9WQ
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
The courts exist to provide relief to the people and regardless of whether a solution like this were applied, the courts could continue to provide relief. It would be interesting to see a solution which is more self-organizing at a grassroo
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
Have you also given yourself a mobile equivalent for those times when you are traveling, or when your primary environment is unsuitable and you must work at a place with public WiFi?
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
Though your job may be one thing, the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) community provides endless opportunity to do meaningful work on another thing.
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
https://twitter.com/githubclippy/status/1003630360008253441
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
Working remote causes you to trust people based on results not on spec. This can impact your interactions when you expect things like followthrough, consistency, demonstration of commitment, attentiveness to your communications, being on-ta
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Ask HN: Why aren't distro updates delivered https?
3 points by galeforcewinds 8y ago|3 comments
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by galeforcewinds 8y ago
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, What Color is Your Parachute are both absent. Also, science fiction.
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
The lack of vehicles for SF delivery have at times impeded literary acceptance and broader adoption -- take H.P. Lovecraft for instance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft#Literary Format adaptations have ca
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
I have understood some drop in fiction book sales to be caused by the wind-up of the Harry Potter series in 2007. A 2011 article from The Guardian (Datablog section, author uncredited) linked to this spreadsheet of Harry Potter book sales n
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Having technical knowledge and entering a room of less technical policy-makers, it can be particularly important to leverage existing industry messaging rather than winging-it. I would focus on the CIA triad + Accountability + Assurance. I
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
I've always understood abstract thinking to be of broad nature, generalities, non-specific, a vastness. The idea that abstract thinking is devoid of specifics has never struck me as a prohibition that you can't get to abstract thi
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Season 30, Episode 7 (and repeated as Season 37, Episode 1) is "Who wrote the book of Sloyd?" Available at http://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-who-wrote-the-... Also worth noting Season 30, Episode
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Many database platforms support column-level privileges or permissions which could be used to prevent that sort of backfill, by preventing UPDATE on the column that holds the creation timestamp. I've also dealt with databases without c
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Two big pitfalls seem to hit almost all of these "low-level optimization of how the database handles..." type posts: the importance in optimizing the system, and the use of other technologies. Write activity impacts database query
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Kobe Steel reports on improper quality controls of metal products [pdf](kobelco.co.jp)
1 points by galeforcewinds 9y ago|0 comments
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
In my experience, the data points most accurate in Glassdoor are those related to tone from the top and the CEO or owner. I've not seen one that didn't match my experience either as an employee or as a customer. But it's imp
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
While the concept of peer review of intellectual property work products may be relatively new, there is long history of craft guilds applying peer quality controls on physical work products in part to protect the reputation of that class of
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
When no other action has driven change, financial factors seem to often spur movement. Autopsies in NH are paid for by the state, so a surge will surely trigger a deeper awareness in the legislature. There have also been a number of stories
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Similar detail, itemized, and with hardware specs appears to be at https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10369/which-tools-a...
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
I agree that the number of data points needed for study and the number of variables involved are both key factors. The one area that comes to mind where a approach might be easiest is closed platforms like the hardware Kindle reader -- for
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
In my experience, factors include whether there are planned hiring freezes or organization structure changes, the critical experience of the developer for critical projects, and the level of understanding of the manager. In many cases, if t
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Bob Pease once said, "my favorite programming language is solder." That this OS runs on closed, proprietary hardware means we either need a third-party solution, for purchasers to vote with their feet, or for the vendor to be bro
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Measuring the world around you can be fun and humorous, especially when you are measuring with a peculiar reference object like a kid's shoe. I find games of math with kids are most interesting when the adult is on a level playing fiel
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
I'm a fan of the Apricorn Aegis encrypted USB drives (FIPS 140-2). In assessing the risks around critical offline storage, my primary concerns are that the data has an adequate backup, that no one vendor is entrusted solely with data
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
IMO, the board of a public company is responsible for overseeing risk, audit and internal controls, and the CEO is the one person most responsible for ensuring the company acts in accordance with those directives on a day-to-day basis. Tha
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by galeforcewinds 9y ago
Mr. Bruce Sterling authored "Holy Fire" in 1996, a novel which deals with the topic of radical life extension through a protagonist who is an elderly woman. Contemplative, and a fun read. Were he alive, Jules Verne would have been

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