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by jussij 7y ago
Only when the first four years are ignored.
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> There has been tremendous growth in the field of UX/UI. Without a doubt, today's applications are much more user-friendly than those from 30 years ago. Back then, users were given features, interface be damned. That 30 year t
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by jussij 7y ago
Now I don't know is this makes things slower, but Windows File Explorer by default never deletes files. It just moves them to the recycle bin. If you want to bypass that step you need to use the Shift + Del keys and for that scenario W
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by jussij 7y ago
> My English still needs work. I had no trouble with your original post. However, in my reply I tried to convey the fact that over time my level of care had diminished. There was a time when I did care. However after decades working in t
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> Because I'm a freelancer, I don't care. I think it goes deeper than just not caring. I too have spent the last 25+ years working as a contract developer and in my earlier years I would say I did care. However, as time has pas
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by jussij 7y ago
So if Clickcease.com can help prevent this, why on earth can't Google itself help prevent this?
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by jussij 7y ago
Google makes it's billions through advertising. Google serves up adds along with it's search results and this guy serves up adds inside his games. These seem like identical business models. Something for free with an advert attach
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This statement applies to software developers of all ages and fortunately it is very easy to identify these kinds of developers. However, using the write an algorithm test for this can be problematic as it can easily eliminate software de
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> So any time you have more than one person writing a program, things will get political. I agree with you that the software industry seems to struggle more with these kinds of political issues. However, there are many human endeavours
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For the 777 it would be even harder to break out a software only a number only because while there will be new lines of code written there will also be many more old lines of code reused from earlier models.
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by jussij 7y ago
firstly that $10 billion covers many more cost items than just the software needed to fly the 777. And going by recent events (i.e. 737 MCAS) it would appear Boeing is not that great at creating reliable software.
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by jussij 7y ago
> Decision making about software is SO bad, so awful, so hideous we try not to think about it lest it rots our minds with despair. And to add the icing to your cake, more often than not there are no consequences for those making these ba
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by jussij 7y ago
Back in 1992 Queen Elizabeth II, for various reasons, described her year as annus horribilis . I suspect Boeing could use similar words to describe the year they have just experienced.
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by jussij 7y ago
Currently that is the case. As the article points out: Most of the world’s ammonia is synthesized using Haber–Bosch, a century-old process that is fast and fairly efficient. But the factories emit vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). How
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There are work arounds on their way: Ammonia—one nitrogen atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms—may not seem like an ideal fuel: The chemical, used in household cleaners, smells foul and is toxic. But its energy density by volume is nearly d
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by jussij 7y ago
The financial results from the link don't show a $800 million loss for this year. From that document in the FINANCIAL SUMMARY section there are these quarterly profit/loss number: Income (loss) from operations Q1-2019
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by jussij 7y ago
Since we are talking hypotheticals, if those pushing for Scottish independence get their way, sometime in the future Scotland may find itself out of the UK and back in the EU.
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by jussij 7y ago
I'm not sure humans have the reaction time to avoid an object thrown from an overpass. On the contrary, over the years I've read on many occasions how drivers and passengers have been seriously injured or killed by the morons who
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by jussij 7y ago
And you can get similar results inside your favorite programmer's editor using something like Jedi: https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi
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by jussij 7y ago
The other side of this coin is it not good enough to just identify problems. There is also the need for an organisation wide culture built on processes, procedures and channels that then enables the company to quickly and efficiently find s
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by jussij 7y ago
I might be wrong but I suspect the "schedular" in this instance is the thing granting write access. Consider a SQL database engine. Many threads/process can be accessing a SQL database at any given time. But if two of those a
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by jussij 7y ago
I really don't understand all the down votes for those questioning the US criminal system and it's treatment of corporate America. The Op was just pointing out the US criminal system does seem to go easy when it comes to corporate
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by jussij 7y ago
With a list of offences that long, the sentence does seem to sit on the side of leniency. A 1.5 year sentence probably means that with some good behavior, the sentence will have be served in less than a year.
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by jussij 7y ago
Which as per my previous comment, should mean companies profiting from cloud will continue to profit from cloud.
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by jussij 7y ago
> It's completely nonsensical to consider that a company this big with this much investment already will exit that opportunity. Most big corporations will exit any market, no matter how big if that market does not turn a profit.
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by jussij 7y ago
> It takes two seconds to decide upon which special-function key to press. I'm definitely in the keyboard camp and I know for a fact this is not the case for me. When I am keying in code what I tend to do is just read the text as it
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by jussij 7y ago
> I fail to find any hint to a reasonable estimation of viability of General Fusion's concept. And hence the reason they are wanting to build a working prototype. They have a conceptual model that needs to be tested.
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by jussij 7y ago
Except there are reports some pilots had already raised concerns about the safety of the MAX, even before both of these crashes. If true, that would indicate these pilot reports were not given the full scrutiny that they deserved.
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by jussij 7y ago
I personally think the problem is not one of technological, but rather one of will. There are many vested interested, motivation by greed who are working hard to fight any action, which is easy enough to understand. What I fail to understan
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by jussij 7y ago
I've watched quite a few of the flat earther videos found on youtube and at least to me, they seem to come across as genuine and sincere, yet very much misguided. I would say this is also a good description for todays climate change

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