jlarocco

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by jlarocco 5y ago
"Low Code" is a new (to me) buzzword, but Microsoft has targeted that niche for a long time. Specifically I'm thinking of the older Visual Basics (3-6) and the advanced scripting and database features in Office.
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by jlarocco 5y ago
> What other method is there to get ahead as an individual other than out-competing your peers? I think there are a lot of assumptions in that statement that highlight the problem. What does it mean to "get ahead as an individual&qu
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by jlarocco 5y ago
It's wrong to call output parameters a "C/C++ trick" because the concept really has nothing to do with C, C++, buffer overruns, purity, or "other nastiness". The idea is that the caller tells the function its c
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by jlarocco 5y ago
I don't follow any of this too closely, but I thought the whole idea was to get rid of courts by using precisely codified contracts? What's the advantage if the result is the same system as before (lawsuits, courts, etc.) with add
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Eh, I don't know... I suspect the speed up depends a lot on how a person uses Emacs. I've been using it for a few months as well, and I haven't noticed any change. My start up time, as measured with 'emacs-init-time, i
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I have a 27" monitor also, and it looks fine to me.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
The irony is that some parts of the United States had great rail connections in the past, and they were torn up to make way for roads. The front range of Colorado, for example, had trains everywhere in the late 1800s. It was the way to g
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I guess I don't see where the "good" is there? Being a representative isn't supposed to be a "get rich quick" scheme. They already make a lot of money and IMO if they're going to invest in stocks they sho
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> for protection against each other or the NPEs Unfortunately, a patent portfolio doesn't protect against NPEs. A patent portfolio lets a company settle patent disputes with cross-licensing deals, or counter-sue with a "no you
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I don't see what the problem is. Realistically, any company investing in one of these robots is going to make sure it's right for their workflow and that they're using boxes capable of being lifted this way.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> Increased material availability would lead to economic growth and increasing demand. Not for iron and nickel. Iron is the most abundant element on earth and the 4th most abundant in the crust. It's practically everywhere. Almost
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by jlarocco 6y ago
To also play devil's advocate, that could happen with a non-corporate mapper on the other side of the world, too. The solution, I think, would be a mandatory date field specifying when the data was accurate, and only allowing updates w
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by jlarocco 6y ago
That hasn't always been true. USGS topo maps, for example, were originally drawn and plotted on paper and had to be digitized. At one point, I think they had a way to request a digital scan, but there was a processing fee. Now almost
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Not that I doubt your story, but Nikon support is usually pretty good, IME. Last year I cracked the lens mount on my d810, and I took it to the shop where I bought it, and they sent it off and had it repaired no questions asked for a reason
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Here: https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-7-19b-Bala... Or, the same data with a very hard to read circular bar graph visualization: https://howmuch.net/articles/fede
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> This is akin to Fauci saying he didn't think we should be wearing masks, and changing his mind as more data came in. Those aren't similar situations at all. Fauci's comments are based on the data that's available at
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Yeah, it seems like a reasonable policy, IMO. The sellers can change even if the product doesn't, so don't pollute the reviews with that information. Report it to Amazon and let them deal with it.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I'm not sure if it's true, but I recall reading that Tylenol is the most commonly overdosed and misused drug. Combined with alcohol it'll destroy your liver, even in low dosages.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> For those with open minds, it's allowed them to learn new things from people far away with very different ideas. It can do that, but that can also backfire because the current social media platforms aren't trustworthy or tran
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> On the other hand, there is certainly a surveillance camera somewhere quietly humming along for way longer than this, and you could make a photograph by simply averaging all the video frames. Sure, but that's a different thing, ev
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I'll have to take another look! Very surprised to see GLM in that list!
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Besides CFFI there's also cl-autowrap and claw. I haven't used claw myself, but I know cl-autowrap makes wrapping C libraries really easy. It took me about 4 hours and <200 lines of code to have a complete, usable binding f
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by jlarocco 6y ago
"Steve Wozniak wanted a computer. Mark Zuckerberg wanted to engage online with his college friends. Larry and Sergey wanted to find things on the web." These are terrible examples in the context of the article. Apple's comput
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Maybe, but that doesn't make it right, and it won't change unless people are aware of it and fight against it, which is why this article is pointing it.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Yeah, 100% agree, and I wish they'd do it for everything. My state is in the same boat, and I don't mind the taxes, but if the states getting it are going to whine about it, I don't want to force them to take it...
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by jlarocco 6y ago
Yeah, I'm with you. I can think of some improvements (better forum/mailing list coverage), but it's generally pretty good. Lately if I don't find it on DDG I probably won't have much luck anywhere else, either.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
I don't think this is evidence for or against that, though. The wedding attendees used their "personal choice" to attend the wedding and get sick. But we don't know how they transmitted it to people once they left. Wer
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by jlarocco 6y ago
It depends on what you mean by a few of those, but SmugMug is worth taking a look at.
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by jlarocco 6y ago
My impression is that's only true in consumer software and web development. CAD, rendering/animation, high end photo editing, and a lot of other higher end, professional software are script-able, provide libraries and APIs, and wo
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by jlarocco 6y ago
> but it has to be a Mac. Bummer. I just paid $3200 for a lower end Lenovo P620 (only 12 cores), and similarly spec'd Apple machines were running almost $8k, and benchmarks say the Macs are technically slower. These were desktop

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