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by jsymolon 7y ago
Keep in mind that lots of unsprung weight is not a good thing. Causes lots of issues with wheel control in acceleration and braking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsprung_mass
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by jsymolon 7y ago
Look up the "Little Ice Age" and the "Great Famine of 1315–1317" Then consider what adapting to climate change could mean.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
And raise you, Service Now.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
If you're into hosting yourself, owncloud
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by jsymolon 7y ago
RedHat EL5. No matter, that system is going to be decommissioned and functions will go over to a new EL7 install. It just stalls that project till the new server is ready.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
Wanted to use Python 3 for some processing but the Sysadmin said that only Python 2 was available for that distributions version and "didn't want to frankenstein the box"
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> none of the data was actually resold or used... Yet.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
Also, see the plot from the 1978 Superman movie.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> whiteboard ... it's as old fashioned as waterfall design. Call me old-fashioned then. I like to map out the data flow and process flow a bit. A little planning now, saves quite a bit later. Call it, pre-re-factoring. You don&#x
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by jsymolon 7y ago
Exactly, stop evangelizing and start doing.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
"Don't Fuck With Paste" http://browserengine.net/dont-fuck-with-paste-for-chrome-and...
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by jsymolon 7y ago
Another big thank you. I've used that to build a FORTH interpreter on an AVR micro.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
eh, USPS sortation facility would be better.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> ... can be paid less than a driver, as they’re doing less work ... Major West: And the monkey flips the switch. -- Lost In Space, 1998 Instructions can be, push the big red button if anything happens.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> IT doesn't (and shouldn't) need to know about employee pay Project Budgeting, is one concern. You may not need to know the exact cost, but, having a hourly rate is useful. "A,B & C 80 hrs a piece, how much for the
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> Stasis is neither natural nor sustainable Neither is perpetual growth. Observation of nature shows that growth has bust cycles. aka, population grows till resources run out (food) and then the bulk starve and die.
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> when children would have to go to school in total darkness Please stop with this ... For a few months, there's not enough daylight to avoid the darkness, unless the school day is 4 hours long. Some kids in my area have bus pickups
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by jsymolon 7y ago
> want highway traffic crossing the bike/horse paths at grade For the same sort of big vehicle vs small problems, look at all the problems with trains and car/truck crossings at grade. Spoiler, the train usually wins.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
Closed as being argumentative or objective question. Be specific.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
When design sessions get out of hand, i usually quip, "Would you like a turret on that too?"
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by jsymolon 8y ago
I pulled the screen off and installed an SSD. Easy to do
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> Work was less worried about the near-term risk — he thinks China and Russia aren’t eager to try anything right now — and more about what happens 10 to 20 years from now. But, he said, “sure, $24 billion a year for the next five years w
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> from the 90s. From the 60s. Atlas computer had virtual memory. I originally thought it was the System360. https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1962/
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by jsymolon 8y ago
One of my land-line numbers is so spam filled, i ignore it and use it as the default phone number for such antics. I disconnected the ringer so it doesn't bother me.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> who to audit. Doesn't have to be complicated, pull 10% of the "simple" forms, 90% of complicated. Simple forms would be the 1040EZ, 1040s w/ std deductions & no other "business" forms.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> values initial easy of use much more than long term usefulness. ... to use or learn git ... (in a) pretty GUI. With more experience you'll find that certain operations are easier with particular workflows. Git vs other ... well,
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> To be not defective, the software has to explicitly reject input that it was not designed to handle. In some cases that breaks forward capability. e.g. the case where there is an unknown XML tag. You could reject the tag or message.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
It's not a novel to read through, front to back. Even Dr. Knuth says to skip around and read relevant chapters.
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by jsymolon 8y ago
> ... not a write-only operation (Perl excepted). Really need to squash the Perl is write-only. Modern Perl is quite readable, supported by tests and linters. http://modernperlbooks.com/
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by jsymolon 9y ago
Not sure what to say to that other than the Kool-aid must be good. Here's the thing, i want to be able to pay bills and be relatively insured against losing to a con man. Currency must be boring, reliable, trustworthy. Examples of the

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