james_morton

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   by james_morton 8y ago

   More likely the hacks are there because requirements changed and the software wasn't initially built to be flexible enough to support change. A rewrite will solve it in the short term - until requirements change again. However, I would
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   Ask HN: Why aren't system libraries/packages distributed using torrents?

   15 points by james_morton 10y ago|5 comments
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   by james_morton 10y ago

   PDF was made for printing, not displaying. As someone who has been in the printing business for a long time, PDF was a god send, no more worrying about missing fonts, no more page margin differences, no more driver discrepancies. What you s
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   by james_morton 10y ago

   Once cyber crime + fraud becomes more commonplace I envision security programmers replacing lawyers.