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by kyberias 9y ago
Doesn't induce confidence in prospective users when the author describes the software as "manages Java stuff".
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by kyberias 9y ago
Do you really think that text-book question about ACID determines whether the applicant is a good DBA? I know something about databases but I couldn't remember all the letters.
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by kyberias 9y ago
I didn't remember it either, but Windows 95 actually allowed to exit to DOS. https://guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/startupshutdown/shutdo...
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by kyberias 9y ago
No-one claimed it's only about C#.
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by kyberias 9y ago
What exactly is Tesla intending the Autopilot to be used if the driver has to keep hands on the wheel?
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by kyberias 9y ago
Seeing UV is not relevant here. The beaks _fluorescence_ under UV. They absorb UV and emit visible light. They don't emit UV.
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by kyberias 9y ago
Using email for 30 years and TIL that dot's don't matter.
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by kyberias 9y ago
This article didn't demonstrate any risks involved in using 'class' in Javascript by devs familiar with other OOP languages. What exactly is the non-common feature in Javascript OOP that exists in other OOP languages and ther
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by kyberias 9y ago
These days: - Martin: Clean Code - Martin: Clean Architecture - Fowler: Refactoring - Feathers: Working Effectively with legacy code
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by kyberias 9y ago
Those are not books are they?
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by kyberias 9y ago
Maybe just once tell the readers what AMP stands for.
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by kyberias 9y ago
We don't allow you to change the definition of "security through obscurity" just like that! Using a public algorithm with secret key is BY DEFINITION _not_ security through obscurity. On the contrary.
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by kyberias 9y ago
I don't think it's fair to say that _most_ Windows components are _incredibly_ tightly bound together.
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by kyberias 9y ago
> "it looks much more pleasurable to read" > Column alignment is pretty subjective No, there's absolutely nothing subjective about this topic. It's objectively easier to compare numbers and see differences when the
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by kyberias 9y ago
Apples and oranges. Or some other fruits... Microsoft's repo in question here is only for the WINDOWS OS. Google has all their code in one repository. And it's not git. Microsoft's repo may well be the biggest git repo.
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by kyberias 9y ago
"If you must show a table, do it properly." Then shows a table of numbers that are not aligned to the right with the same number of digits. 25.5 19 78.2 Yeah, that's not how to "do it properly". I wonder
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by kyberias 9y ago
No spoiling of fine movie plots! :)
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by kyberias 9y ago
But... who proposed a re-write?
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by kyberias 9y ago
And may I add that he STARTS THE EMAIL with this (the point): "I'm upset, because I expect better quality control. In fact, I expect some qualitty [sic.] control, and this piece-of-shit driver has clearly seen none at all." T
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by kyberias 9y ago
You claim that "he's making communication worse". Well, you don't know that really. He using strong language could actually make his communication more effective. You can wave your hands and say it's "bad behav
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by kyberias 9y ago
I didn't mean otherwise. It was an example of criticism, so obviously not written by Linus.
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by kyberias 9y ago
What fucking manual?
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by kyberias 9y ago
How is the user supposed to know that "play" needs to be typed?!
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by kyberias 9y ago
Well, I honestly think that categorizing people into these "jerk" and "asshole" categories based on some sampling of email communication is completely unfair. Linus Torvalds as a _person_ is a JERK because he's rant
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by kyberias 9y ago
There is nowadays some constructing criticism to Linus's outbursts on the mailing lists: On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 05:44:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > [snip] Don't shit on (new) contributors like this. Noralf has done good
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by kyberias 9y ago
Don't call people "jerks".
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by kyberias 9y ago
You're right. My point was, however, that it wasn't an x86.
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by kyberias 9y ago
Well, I guess at the time there just wasn't any demand for Windows for Alpha or MIPS workstations. PCs had huge demand.
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by kyberias 9y ago
Yes from scratch. Names matter little. From your source: "Microsoft's internal project name for the new OS was OS/2 NT, because Microsoft's intention was for the new OS to succeed OS/2 yet retain the OS/2 API a
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by kyberias 9y ago
Thing to note is that NT started with portability in mind and the first processor it was running on was a MIPS.

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