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by jerzyt 7y ago
Basically, the strategy is "death by a thousand paper cuts." There may be legit cases for it, but in the end, it's a wrong solution. It could easily explode to be abused for minor complaints where a real class action lawsui
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by jerzyt 7y ago
This is going to be a social experiment on an unprecedented scale. And it will be impossible to roll back, after we learn all the unintended consequences.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Yes, you're right. It really doesn't take a genius to make a sourdough. But you're misunderstanding the tech people. They will take tying shoelaces to the genius level. Same with baking bread. And it's a lot of fun
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Yes. My bread never lasted long enough to reach the room temp.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
For those of us working in tech, it can be extremely satisfying to bake your own bread. I did that a few years ago, starting from scratch, making my own sourdough starter, and baking daily. It's rediscovering what a typical family di
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by jerzyt 7y ago
This should also allow to monitor for mutations of the Covid 19, whereas it would be impractical to do at an individual level. It would give an early warning signal.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
What a wonderful symmetry to the cholera outbreak in 1854 in London, where John Snow traced the sources to drinking water wells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outb...
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Maybe that was the plan all along.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Obviously, there's the iconic K&R, which some people don't like for its terseness. I loved it - pure and to the point. However, the second book that made a huge impact on me was "Reusable Data Structures For C" by R
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I don't know if I can give justice to it but there are scenes, like the pub owner explaining that he had to remove the portrait of the emperor, because the flies were crapping on it. There's just something that's missing in
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What was the most overrated or disappointing book you've ever read?
2 points by jerzyt 7y ago|2 comments
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by jerzyt 7y ago
"Horn of Africa" by Philip Caputo. Story of an accidental mercenary in the deserts of Ethiopia. I now will have to re-read it, thanks to the OP.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
This is a fantastic book, unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a good English translation. I've read it in Polish, which is close enough to Czech to stay much closer to the original. The English translation loses a lot of
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I once had a dream of being in a ballroom of a fancy hotel, and the smell was overpowering. I was thinking that there must have been a murder and they've bleached the carpet. Turns out, my wife was already taking a shower and used a n
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by jerzyt 7y ago
In the mid 90s I wrote and supported a C++ program for moving around and processing data in a semiconductor factory. It ran on Windows and two different flavors of Unix. Half of my time was spent recompiling/relinking and trying to k
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I couldn't find anything either. Didn't expect click bait from Penn State.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Kudos to OpenTable for publishing this data. I've used OpenTable a few times before - I will even more going forward.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I don't underestimate that, but I'm amazed how many crimes still go unsolved with criminals leaving their digital crumbs. I highly doubt that many criminals are smart enough to simply leave the phone behind when committing the cr
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Interestingly, deleting the vim executable won't exit, because Unix has the "funny" habit of keeping a file handle alive as long as it's referenced by a process. Really cool way to mess with some noobs.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
If you don't see it's a joke, Vim is not for you. Stick with Notepad or Google Docs. Obviously, it's not aimed at you :-;
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I once found a system where a third party vendor installed vim as root with suid permissions. I've had a few days of fun before I finally decided to clue the sysadmin about it.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Vivian Darkbloom is not a exactly a coauthor, but what an exquisitely chosen name for a character. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita
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by jerzyt 7y ago
That's exactly my experience and viewpoint.
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Granted, I have never worked with a database the size of Github, so I've never had to deal with sharding issues. But, even though foreign keys can be a PITA in some situations, I prefer the DBMS to do it for me than rely on the applic
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by jerzyt 7y ago
While security is being mentioned as one of the strengths, and I certainly agree with that, there was a version of VMS in the late 80s which wouldn't let you create a password if another account already used it. In a small department
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I have to have a mental model before I touch the keyboard. It's probably wrong on the first iteration, but without a mental model how would I know if the code is doing what it's supposed to?
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by jerzyt 7y ago
I find it ironic that someone so concerned about hidden cameras is advocating hack attacks on the host's network. I run an Airbnb, no cameras, not even on the door. The only sensor I have is on the Nest thermostat to automatically tur
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by jerzyt 7y ago
Kudos to Mazda for saying no to this insanity. Not only is it unsafe, it's a horrible user interface. I'm not able to drive and hold my outstretched arm steady enough to select an item with a finger. For next car purchase I&#x2
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by jerzyt 7y ago
In my consulting career, I've seen major organizations track data in Excel, updating each month by creating a new set of columns. An absolute nightmare to handle. Of course every month the structure changed slightly, to make it more
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by jerzyt 7y ago
By itemizing the stand, they inadvertently(?) exposed how much they're fleecing the consumer.

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