kyancey

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by kyancey 8mo ago
> Is this just a huge boon to those too lazy to learn? And what does that mean for later security and tech debt issues? In the same way that GPS is a boon to people too lazy to learn celestial navigation or read a paper map. In the same
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by kyancey 6y ago
Or just use Fossil. It's already a distributed alternative to github. Every fossil install includes a built in web server with bug tracking and a wiki.
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by kyancey 6y ago
Most of the comments here seem to think this is designed to track a perp in your house. My assumption is that it's for people who want to check if the gas was left on or spy on their pet.
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by kyancey 7y ago
Spoiler alert: This will not prevent lawsuits.
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by kyancey 7y ago
Reminds me of how they dropped the Intel Galileo. Since then, I've never been willing to trust that they'll support their efforts.
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by kyancey 7y ago
What fresh hell is this?
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So Where’s My Low Voltage DC Wall Socket?(hackaday.com)
81 points by kyancey 7y ago|113 comments
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by kyancey 7y ago
I agree with the author that the simplicity of learning the language is not the only type of simplicity. There are other types of simplicity like the simplicity of how consistent the language is. For instance, I've felt for some time t
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by kyancey 7y ago
Every time I read stuff like this, I think it's the free software people who miss the point of open source.
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by kyancey 7y ago
As a teacher, just having some kids using a TI-84 and some using a TI-89 is a headache. If I don't have a consistent set, I constantly have to stop and give two sets of instructions to account for minor UI differences. There's no
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Blue Is Not a Primary Color. Violet Is(sjsu.edu)
2 points by kyancey 7y ago|0 comments
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by kyancey 7y ago
I had a similar experience with FedEx until I filed a BBB complaint. That got things sorted out quick.
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by kyancey 7y ago
It's completely rude to send a browser notification prompt without prior warning. The solution to this is html notification prompts that only trigger the browser notification prompt when the user clicks on them. They aren't as int
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by kyancey 8y ago
The first approach is also appealing to very bad programmers who think they're good programmers.
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by kyancey 8y ago
In terms of rational actor theory, it just means you have preferences and you try to achieve optimal results using all the data available to you. It doesn't matter if your preferences seem irrational or are not apparent to others as lo
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by kyancey 8y ago
People don't dump houses when the market drops. Few people sell their house when they're underwater. People tend to live in them until prices come back up. Prices don't drop. Demand drops. Unfortunately, the balloon payments