iokevins

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   by iokevins 11y ago

   Separation of church and state does have its moments.
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   by iokevins 11y ago

   Thanks for taking the time to share these thoughts; I appreciate it. His comments resonate with a non-trivial number of people. Since they discuss human values we all share, that makes sense, to me. With respect to feelings of guilt and sha
3. 153.▲
   by iokevins 11y ago

   Per Wikipedia, Oklahoma Wesleyan University serves about 900 students and is an evangelical Christian university of the Wesleyan Church located in Bartlesville, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Their motto is "A university where Jesus is
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   by iokevins 11y ago

   TL; DR: The author seems to use "COBOL" as a negative example of language reserved word complexity. Specifically, he points out ANSI COBOL 85 seems to have the most: 357 reserved words. He contrasts this with SystemVerilog, which
5. 155.▲
   by iokevins 11y ago

   Sounds like you prefer more equality and meritocracy, in hiring--is that right? I'm glad to see we are in agreement about the existence and significance of the problem. Opinions naturally will differ, on strategies to pursue--one note
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   by iokevins 11y ago

   The article uses the Anita Borg Institute’s "Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing" as a window, to assess industry challenges: gender numbers not moving, transparency, awareness, hiring practices, leaky pipelines, percep
7. 157.▲
   by iokevins 11y ago

   Thank you; it seems I may have misunderstood. From the article, "The method chosen, in which the gold particles are crystallised directly during manufacture of the aerogel protein structure (and not, for example, added to an existing s
8. 158.▲
   by iokevins 11y ago

   So-called gold aerogel: 98 parts air, two parts gold and milk protein fibrils. A novel drying technique, using carbon dioxide, produces the homogeneous gold structure. Advantages: lighter weight, smaller material requirement, and porous str
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   by iokevins 11y ago

   TL;DR: producers store juice in oxygen-less tanks, for up to one year, then add natural/synthetic chemicals, to restore taste, prior to distribution. The author suggests people make their own juice, instead.
10. 160.▲
    by iokevins 11y ago

    I think OP had the same idea, but ibtool seems to report, "EOAspectConnector connections are not supported by Interface Builder 3.0."
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    by iokevins 11y ago

    Agreed. Via Wikipedia, "Nib, the generic name assigned to .nib and .xib files, short for NeXT Interface Builder, the default file format for Apple's Interface Builder." More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
12. 162.▲
    by iokevins 11y ago

    Awesome! Nice write-up. And thanks for submitting those bugs back to the maintainers.
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    by iokevins 11y ago

    I found each point illuminating; this one stood out, for me, as a good description of market positioning: "When you hear Volvo what comes to mind? Scandanavians, but more importantly you probably think “Safe car.” How about Honda? Odds
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    by iokevins 11y ago

    Location: Santa Cruz, California, USA (note: open to onsite jobs in greater San Jose area) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No (wife attending university here) Technologies: c, c++, java, sql, linux Résumé/CV: https://career
15. 165.▲
    by iokevins 11y ago

    They seem to say you may choose to continue specifying it, as you prefer (?)
16. 166.▲
    by iokevins 12y ago

    Given the milieu which gave rise to stoic philosophy, I suspect the latter.
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    by iokevins 12y ago

    It seems the author originally published this in 2005; reaching the bottom: "Morrisdale, PA Sept 1, 2005." On the linking page, http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/index.html , it states, &quo
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    by iokevins 12y ago

    Note: this biennial letter follows, nearly word-for-word, the format of letters from previous years, with updates to the various statistics (for example, number of employees). Mr. Buffett included the 2010 letter in that year's annual
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    by iokevins 12y ago

    Text of the memo: Memo To: Berkshire Hathaway Managers (“The All-Stars”) cc: Berkshire Directors From: Warren E. Buffett Date: December 19, 2014 This is my biennial letter to reemphasize Berkshire’s top priority and to get your help on succ
20. 170.▲
    by iokevins 12y ago

    For what it's worth, this link seems to represent an end-of-year status update & funding appeal. It links to several eBay auctions of historical SETI@Home equipment.
21. 171.▲
    by iokevins 12y ago

    Fixed--thanks for the quick response : o )
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    by iokevins 12y ago

    This piqued my curiosity. Minor glitch--I attempted to subscribe to the RSS feed, http://contentmine.org/blog/feed , but it seems to not list any of the blog posts (?)