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by kfcm 15y ago
I'm in no way associated with UF, but I don't think the answer for why this is proposed is too difficult. Take this: CISE, the only department at UF engaged in Computer Software research, will become a teaching only department, and i
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by kfcm 15y ago
From The Tao of Programming, 3.1 ( http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html#boo... ) There once was a man who went to a computer trade show. Each day as he entered, the man told the guard at the door: ``I am a great th
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by kfcm 15y ago
You know, if you feel wrong and guilty about something, it's a good sign YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT! You may not face legal repercussions, but I sure as Hell would never want to have anything to do with someone who's so treacherous, devious, moral
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by kfcm 15y ago
I guess if this works for him... And people will give him kudos for designing and making this. But it really looks to be overkill. When I was in college many years ago--and I imagine it's still done--we solved this problem by making loft/b
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by kfcm 15y ago
Depends. For servers, FreeBSD and OpenBSD hands down. Desktops are two different systems--Windows and Ubuntu Linux. I need direct access to the hardware for development (CUDA) on both, so I can't VM. Windows is needed simply because Linu
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by kfcm 15y ago
1980. Junior High. "Brand new" PDP 11/44 running RSTS via a DECWriter II terminal over a 300 baud dedicated line modem. Still have some of the green bar paper with the logon headers.
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by kfcm 15y ago
The title is a bit misleading. OS/2 (especially Warp) wasn't a failure from a technical standpoint. Rather, IBM treated it like a redheaded stepchild which detracted from its core systems of mainframes and AS/400s, because--you know--this
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by kfcm 15y ago
I agree with you (generally) on principal. However, employers don't like individuality. Individuality costs money and makes more work. Just conform to the cookie-cutter employment contract/workspace/toolsets, and don't rock the boat.
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Why Working for a Corporation Is Better than a Start Up (bigthink.com)
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by kfcm 15y ago
Don't let your experience with this one company demotivate you. You had what they wanted (they sought you out, not the other way around), and were willing to work with them on contractual terms. From the sound of it, you did things correc
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by kfcm 15y ago
There's just one problem with your post: you're thinking like a technologist, and not like an end-user. End-users don't want to have to learn an entirely new UI (read, a different way of doing things; or, "Where's my Start button? Everythi
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by kfcm 15y ago
The Linux desktop is dead. Face it. Accept it. How do I know this? Go to a developers' or tech conference, and what is the prevailing OS? 9/10 times these days, it's MacOS. As much as Apple may be control freaks, they did desktop UNIX r
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by kfcm 15y ago
You've obviously never worked for a government agency if you think anything could 'just happen' one day. It's hard enough to get things done that you ARE legally allowed to do, let alone anything remotely questionable. That
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by kfcm 15y ago
Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/538/
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by kfcm 15y ago
First, what is your employee really after? Raise, title bump, or both? If a title bump is included, then the question becomes--is that what the company wants? If he becomes a manager, will one of his team want to be team lead? If a dire
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by kfcm 15y ago
Saw the best explanation in a college newspaper: Girl: “Do you know what Pinterest is?” Guy: “Yeah, it’s like porn for girls.” Girl [blank look]: “What ...?” Guy: “Girls enjoy that as much as guys enjoy porn.” http://www.mndaily.com/2012/0
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by kfcm 15y ago
Just opening the door for business casual G-men [video]: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/382781/business-casual...
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by kfcm 15y ago
>At least on farms/agriculture, we get a chance to be outside with nature, and stay healthy/fit (even though it is much harder work). At one time (just 20 years ago), your statement would have been fairly accurate. People still walke
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by kfcm 15y ago
Remember, this article was written about 12 years ago. That said, there are times when tossing out the whole thing and starting over is absolutely the right thing to do. You can identify these apps by when the 8x5 sticky index cards describ
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by kfcm 15y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with these being guidelines. But--having been in this industry for 25 years--I know too many people would treat them as hard and fast rules. It's just simpler to check off boxes than to assess the capability of a pe
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by kfcm 15y ago
It might be a good idea to make this a "sticky post", and keep it in the top 10 until March 15 (or 16th). Maybe even automagically move it up the closer we get to March 15th.
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Western Digital says drive manufacturing to pre-flood capability by September.(wdc.com)
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by kfcm 15y ago
"Social responsibility" produces a better overall society? How? By encouraging a lack of personal/moral responsibility? By legitimizing theft? By acclimating people to expect copious benefits without having to pay for or otherwise earn t
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by kfcm 15y ago
"Social responsibility" is a scam to part productive people from their hard-earned money and give it to the leeches of society who sit on their asses waiting for the next reality tv episode. If a woman wants to have kids, that's fine. Don'
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by kfcm 15y ago
But does the scale read "1 mile = 1 mile"?
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by kfcm 15y ago
Of course, you could just go to Spamhaus itself and attempt to remove your domain from the DBL: http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup.lasso?dnsbl=domain It could be your registrar is just running an automated process based upon that.
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by kfcm 15y ago
It is essentially a line of credit, sort of a cross between a term and demand loan I would guess (without more details of repayment terms). Many banks have something similar, only it's called "overdraft protection". Of course, as someone
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by kfcm 15y ago
I was coming up with the exact same questions--and conclusion--as you while reading the post.
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by kfcm 15y ago
Here's some news for you: the vast majority of companies don't respond, and it cuts across all economic sectors and positions (tech, non-tech). Myself, friends and colleagues have determined companies which do respond are the (rare) excep
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by kfcm 15y ago
I use a cocktail of AdblockPlus, Ghostery, NoScript, CookieMonster, and BetterPrivacy. I've used Flashblock in the past, and may use it again, but there are a couple of flash game sites I frequent and BetterPrivacy takes care of the persis

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