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by jenkstom 9y ago
The brain's ability to be "Disciplined" varies widely based on genetics. IT careers seem to attract those with executive function disorders more than most fields.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I've pondered the above statement for a bit. It could go either way. From a demand side (hiring), it's very positive. "We have increased our talent pool AND lowered cost." Win-win. From a supply side (employee/contr
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by jenkstom 10y ago
As an EMT who may some day use this, I respectfully disagree. This network is for first responders, not some arm of the military. This sort of system will be used to respond to terrorist attacks, not support them. It will literally be used
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by jenkstom 10y ago
The Republicans are (and have been for almost a decade) trading human suffering for political gain. Keeping up with medical bills for a serious illness can be a full-time job. It's tragic, and until everybody after the baby boomers wak
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by jenkstom 10y ago
These chatbots have the same issue as in the movies - the lips don't move out for many of the "R" or "U" sounds. It's very annoying. I really don't understand why they don't do that, there's obvi
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by jenkstom 10y ago
The wife and I are coffee nuts. To some extent, anyway. We also like to go "camping" in an RV. I used to do french press, but the ground beans would get old too quickly and I don't have much interest in a grinder inside a tin
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Send vintage telegrams by contacting a radio amateur. The US still has a large and active group of volunteers that will send a "radiogram" for you. Contact a member of the American Radio Relay League near you or see arrl.org for m
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I'm back with a bit more information, discussing applications. Which mostly seem to be other X-as-a-service offerings. Microsoft has a blog related to their blockchain-as-a-service at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us&#
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum are quite amazing. Whether they are the "end game" for their technologies has yet to be seen. But we are only beginning to see the applications of this technology. Bitcoin was more or less the first to pr
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I have three five year olds. I been looking into this and I'm considering some of the "programming" games available for android since they have android tablets. They have to work without being able to read, though, so that&#x
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Plain old Django.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
This link is broken.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I and my family were forced off of road because of an Obama sticker on the back. Don't tell me Trump supporters are any more tolerant than that. Maybe where they are a minority, sure, but in the red states there is plenty of straight u
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by jenkstom 10y ago
It's not any different in, say, Oklahoma. Just the reverse.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Isn't this what the "Web of Trust" issue addresses? Sure, it's complex and would take a lot of time to understand and propagate, but it's a possible solution.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Programming from the Ground Up teaches x86 assembler from first principles. All on a free OS (Linux using asm). There is a free version available online, but if you want to support the author you can buy it from amazon. https://w
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I too often see a fundamental misunderstanding of what made Delphi so great. Yes, you can drag and drop controls onto a form in a lot of tools. It can compile native code. And yes, Object Pascal was nice to read and maintain. But the real i
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I've decided not to apply for several jobs because the equipment they offered to buy me was equipment I had no interest in using. I have zero interest in a Mac, and not much interest in developing on a Windows computer directly (althou
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by jenkstom 10y ago
We've had a lot of success with pfSense. BGP works, IPSEC works, most things work quite well with no headaches. My previous employer used a Watchguard firewall and to be honest pfSense was a much better experience all around. Except fo
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Today on Hacker News I learned what a demagogue is.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
I need that app. Why does anybody start with Apple in today's world? Isn't android 80% of the market?
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by jenkstom 10y ago
This. In a business law class my instructor told me you should never sign a contract you are offered. Change it however you like and send it back as an offer. Or if you are being asked to sign something on paper mark it up with your pen, in
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by jenkstom 10y ago
"..some interest in a budding industry." Yeah, probably. There is a lot of money that will be made in the recreational marijuana industry. When this gets addressed at the federal level the floodgates will open, since that will fix
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by jenkstom 10y ago
After buying a lot of backpacks, I settled on the 5.11 12 hour RUSH as a good compromise in size. It is just large enough for my Dell XPS 13, or probably most 11-12 inch laptops. Plus it has a lot of organizational features and flexibility.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
There are always incentives not to automate. I think people forget this sometimes. Look at the cotton gin, there was massive opposition to it.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Keep your fingers crossed for artificial intelligence. It's going to be a wild ride.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
If nothing off-the-shelf works, then you may need either a customization of an existing product or an entirely new product. If there's nothing out there like it, then this is a competitive advantage for your company and you should cons
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Very easy... finish paramedic school. EMS is the perfect antidote for a lifetime of sedentary computer programming. Plus, you get to work with people - or at least you'd better learn how to work with people.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
This is one of my favorite stories that hardly anybody knows about. I actually did consulting for Oneida briefly a long time ago, and I don't think anybody there had a clue that it was started by a communist sex cult.
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by jenkstom 10y ago
Ohhh... now they've done it. As an EMT, I can attest to the fact that "Ambulance Driver" is insulting. "Drivers" don't know how to provide patient care. And if they're including paramedics in that, then I

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