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by hvs 13y ago
As a developer/manager I completely agree with you and have always had good relationships with IT for this specific reason. However, I think many non-technical people (and let's be honest, they are the ones causing a lot of the is
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by hvs 13y ago
In case you were looking for the necessary plea "for the children!" it was here: "God forbid if the day came that a child is abducted from that mall," he says. "We would have that tool available to us, to look at t
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by hvs 13y ago
Amusing, this article was submitted 2 weeks ago and got no comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5973914
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by hvs 13y ago
Read "Crypto: how the code rebels beat the government, saving privacy in the digital age" by Steven Levy. He outlines the whole story of public crypto until about 2000. Good read, too.
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by hvs 13y ago
Oh, is soy a villain this week? I'm sorry, but it's so hard to keep up with which wacked out unscientific belief about food I'm supposed to believe from day to day.
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by hvs 13y ago
It took me to the end of the first paragraph to realize that "Experience" was an adjective not a verb in this situation. (i.e. I read it like "Experience Mexico!" not "Usability Rot")
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by hvs 13y ago
Also filing Garantia Data under "companies I will never work with."
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by hvs 13y ago
This seems like more of a personal opinion of yours than anything based on fact.
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by hvs 13y ago
This is purely anecdotal on my part, but I've been working on a project for a few months and I've been developing it in Go and it has just been a pleasure to use. It's like C with the edges smoothed out using Python sandpaper
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by hvs 13y ago
Please review the submission guidelines for HN: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. tr
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by hvs 13y ago
More amusing is Crunchbase's description of Bebo right under the article: "Launched in July 2005, Bebo has steadily risen to become one of the world’s most popular social networking sites. Users can create profiles on the site for
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by hvs 13y ago
It twas a joke.
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by hvs 13y ago
That system is too complex not to have an intelligent designer.
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by hvs 13y ago
Or simply, "I do not feel comfortable answering your questions without my attorney present." Edit: IANAL.
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by hvs 13y ago
I know many folks in the Rails community wonder why anybody could still be using a years-old system. Once this statement is no longer true, Rails will be ready for the enterprise.
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by hvs 13y ago
Bipolar disorder cannot be solved with therapy. Additionally, clinical depression is different from situational depression. Yes, you are right, that many people would benefit from therapy in addition to drugs, but bipolar disorder, especi
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by hvs 13y ago
All too often, the media as well as average people mistake support for corporate interests as support for "free enterprise." When large corporate interests are essentially writing bills for lawmakers, "free enterprise" is precisely what is
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by hvs 13y ago
Do you know, or necessarily care, who supplied the brakes in your car? Yes? That's probably not the best example since many people actually change the breaks in their car, whereas I believe the point of the OP was that this is a library t
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by hvs 13y ago
Little "l" libertarianism has always had a tense relationship with the Republican party. Certain parts of the libertarian philosophy are certainly incorporated within the conservative philosophy espoused by many Republicans, but the GOP has
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by hvs 13y ago
This is amusing because just today, while I was driving decided to attempt to use Siri (something I do about once a month to remind me why I don't use it). I said, "Nirvana Nevermind". "Sorry, I don't know how to do that." "Play Nirvana Nev
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by hvs 13y ago
OT: His online Machine Learning class last year was great. He is the best professor I've ever had, and explains things so clearly that you understand them the first time. You are lucky if you ever get to work or study under him.
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by hvs 13y ago
I'd be curious where you find these customers that don't care when something gets done. I have yet to find them.
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by hvs 13y ago
I'm going to guess that most people here will flag an Entertainment Weekly article just out of reflex. (I didn't, just saying).
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by hvs 14y ago
Find out where tech women are hanging out and make your job opportunities known there. If you are only going to where tech men are, then you are only going to get tech men applying.
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by hvs 14y ago
If your argument is that you only support individual items that you "like" in the bill of rights, what is your argument for supporting any of them? Either they all deserve to be defended, or the argument just devolves into "I support that b
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by hvs 14y ago
Agreed. As soon as I heard about this, I called my bank and canceled the card (no suspicious activity on it) and then regenerated 32 character passwords for all of my logins associated with Linode. An ounce of prevention and all that.
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by hvs 14y ago
I know where this article is coming from, but I guess I've just been lucky to work with a lot of great PMs that: 1) Are a firewall between upper management and the development team. 2) Organize the priorities of the team and help the develo
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by hvs 14y ago
It's always nice to see a (semi-)free market driving competition and innovation.
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by hvs 14y ago
Using the term "white supremacy" in this context is offensive.
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by hvs 14y ago
Local regulations often have a very significant effect on housing prices and building. See: New York Rent Controls

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