josephkern

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by josephkern 12y ago
> A lot of theories wouldn't need to be tested. It sounds like you are saying Science would have put faith into the accuracy of a single book. The methods of discovery are as important as the discovery itself.
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by josephkern 12y ago
Weapons are tools (admittedly tools for separating nervous systems from muscles as quickly as possible), all tools should be safe and reliable.
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by josephkern 12y ago
The longevity and ease of destruction is probably a primary concern for this media.
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by josephkern 12y ago
Not everyday you see a Top Secret sticker flashed on national television. I bet there are 20 intelligence organizations trying to read the label on that floppy disk.
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by josephkern 13y ago
Obviously not talking about servers here. Those RAID can take more than a few minutes to spin-up.
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by josephkern 13y ago
Possibly the most realistic job posting I've read.
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by josephkern 13y ago
Which is probably true even on a more objective measurement of "enriching". Sturgeon's Law is always in effect.
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by josephkern 13y ago
Google maps and Google earth are used extensively for imagery analysis and intelligence work. They aren't working with the maps team so much as using it as a tool.
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by josephkern 13y ago
sysadmin here; I've been enjoying An Introduction to Programming in Go by Caleb Doxsey[1]. Short, sweet, and right to the point without being terse. There is nothing in this book that will directly relate to using go as an automation l
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by josephkern 13y ago
It was built around software engineering principles (rather than experimental language constructs). The attention to small details (imports via git/bzr/hg, gofmt, go run, etc) deeply resonates with system admins (or at least mysel
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by josephkern 13y ago
My apologies garry, I didn't look at the OP. Personal blogs are personal. ;-) I completely misunderstood your initial comment.
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by josephkern 13y ago
Garry, yes curation is important, in fact, that's why HN exists, to curate and comment primary sources. If the article has already been submitted then why try to resubmit it after copying and pasting the content into another URL? The
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by josephkern 13y ago
I can't work right now, Tim has the cone. (this was a pretty great idea from the manager though)
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by josephkern 13y ago
"Slashdot OP misses the point. You're supposed to upgrade your runtime periodically. They're years behind." Never supported mission/life critical apps in an enterprise that require an older runtime? It's not th
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by josephkern 13y ago
The issue at hand, was the General's use of reading as a way to ensure the things he is in charge of building (Marines), do not go to waste. Long in the making, quick in the breaking. > I have to see something applied in practice, on my
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by josephkern 13y ago
Perfect is the enemy of productive.
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by josephkern 13y ago
I believe the comment about video game developers concerns useability and not fitness. I've been playing video games for many years, and from a useability standpoint, game manuals have dwindled to nothing. If the game does not teach me how
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by josephkern 13y ago
It did get Google into Forbes ...
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by josephkern 14y ago
Marco, you might also think of RSS readers like an archived narrow band search for high volume traffic. For example: I am a security researcher, so I susbscribe (via RSS) to everything security related that I can find: mailing lists, bleedi
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by josephkern 14y ago
> There was an actual book called How to Read a Book published in the 1940s. It focused almost entirely on non-fiction and encouraged the reader to analyze everything ad nauseam. In case you hadn't guessed, this essay is exclusively abo
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by josephkern 14y ago
But now you are in the position where you know your work looks bad. Imagine when you were younger and said, "This, this right here is better than anything anyone has ever written." At least now you have a decent smell test.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Lutusp's Editorial Uncertainty Principle.
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by josephkern 14y ago
You fail to understand that true security is not about passwords or control; true secrity is about risk mitigation . Control is an ignorant tyrants last redoubt. Security is only about: identifying risks and dealing with those risks. All o
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by josephkern 14y ago
Picky is good! We never grow without constructive critisim. And a community of practice may yeild better results than an individual (at least for simple things). > I'd recommend people read that article with a degree of scepticism befor
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by josephkern 14y ago
Firstly, a nice checklist. Easy actionable steps, repeatable, and pretty much most of what you need. Secondly, you are about 4-5 hours away from learning puppet (or Chef) and making this checklist into actual code. Thirdly, you now have a c
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by josephkern 14y ago
Areon with a standing desk (motorized) is a very nice combination. I like having a choice about where/how I work. Just make sure you get long enough cables if your computer is under your desk.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Sorry to hear that, don't be so hard on yourself in the future. This is hard work (even if it is fun). As a post-mortem you did one thing right and one thing wrong. What you did right: You accepted responsibility. Good, this is a hard trait
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by josephkern 14y ago
Already there; they are called aerostats.
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by josephkern 14y ago
How will you be different than bswift.com? As a user of bswift I was given a printed booklet specific to my company and was presented with the easiest web page enrollment and benifit summary I've ever seen. Will you be a competitor to apps
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by josephkern 14y ago
I’m having trouble trying to find an instance of people not waiting on you at work (any work). Either it's real work with real consequences or it's busy work.

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