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by latj 12y ago
The author mentions that SVN is going to have branching. Users have had the ability to use branches in SVN via SVK for over a decade. Thats not the reason we switched to git. We switched to git because it made more sense and worked better,
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by latj 12y ago
I asked a serious non-gender related question and never got an answer. A significant portion of MIT is the R&D extension of the pentagon. If an MIT researcher brings up an ethical issue related to the application of their research, does
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by latj 12y ago
Perl is still used in bioinformatics daily. People can write for days about why to use x instead of Perl, but at the end of the day, people can use modern perl 5 to do anything anyone can do in any other technical community. The only seriou
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by latj 12y ago
Imagine if someone learned how to legally print money and their first action was to tell the world-- then I would be extremely skeptical.
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Hackhands.com deducts from tips?
1 points by latj 12y ago|0 comments
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by latj 12y ago
Las Vegas is not his hometown. He moved Zappos to Las Vegas from SF for a more favorable tax environment, cheaper cost of living, etc. And, about the comment about water shortage-- doesnt a significant portion of California's water flo
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by latj 12y ago
Speaking of Nexus 5... It is the only phone I've ever owned that has shattered. It was in the LG QuickCover case and fell from a height of about 15 inches. As it fell the case opened (as if it was designed to do this) and it appeared t
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by latj 12y ago
The world needs fewer Peter Thiels and more Elon Musks; Fewer Steve Jobs and more Woz's; Fewer Rupert Murdochs and more Pierre Omidyars. Fewer Bill Gates and more __someone_who_just_gives_their_wealth_in_cash_to_the_poor_and_in_the_end
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by latj 12y ago
These are probably staged photos taken for use as propaganda. The probably train far from this location. This is just where they stopped on the side of the road to take pictures.
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by latj 12y ago
> Which is possibly (probably?) correct in this case, and many other issues we as tech people care about. There are plenty of issues that average 'tech people' dont care about that other professions might. I have not seen any e
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IPO or "partnering" with Marriott or ________?(airbnblive.com)
2 points by latj 12y ago|1 comments
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by latj 12y ago
No, the war on drugs is not the root cause. If there was no war on drugs there would be a war on alcohol or gambling or sex or homelessness... - Who benefits from a war on drugs? 1. prison industrial complex - guard unions, vendors for food
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by latj 12y ago
Yeah, I think I agree with you. Here is how I score it. * Is the company good for workers? Some fulfillment center workers say "no". From what I know of the company and people who work there I'm going to say a solid "pr
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by latj 12y ago
I have mixed feelings about using Amazon as our model of success. On the one hand, Amazon monopolizes some product categories. It has had almost no net margin for two decades. In those 20 years it has failed to pay a single penny in dividen
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by latj 12y ago
Yes, I understand. But sounds of goofy to refer to them as FOIA. If you say "FOIA" people assume you are referring specifically to the federal law called Freedom of Information Act and that you are probably trying to request a rec
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by latj 12y ago
I'm under the impression that FOIA does not apply to records at state or local level. Am I wrong?
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by latj 12y ago
Is there a website that has information like this listed so that it can be updated over time? And perhaps where items could be discussed? For example, is the suggested key size still the same as 2010? Thank you.
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by latj 12y ago
Why do you have to keep selling a secret from employees?
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by latj 12y ago
How is it better than Solr? I havent looked at Elastic Search in a long time, so I really do want to know. Not trying to pick a fight. ;)
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by latj 12y ago
This "end to end" encryption happens in the browser. Google is the browser. Google dont need your keys, they have the plain text.
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by latj 12y ago
Airbnb was not just the website. The original network of hosts WERE airbnb people and friends. That is a huge asset for bootstrapping. And now they have real customer service- which I think is going to be the one thing (within their control
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by latj 12y ago
Its been a long time since I've built a basic HTML/CSS site. Is it easy to make it look good across devices? This is one of the original reasons to use a framework.
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by latj 12y ago
Yeah, I dont want smart people driving innovation. I want everyone to have the freedom to create and live their lives free and unhindered by the threat of violence, the encroachment of propaganda, or economic bullying- even if the bully is
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by latj 13y ago
Sorry to interrupt you but I was about to say the exact same thing.
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by latj 13y ago
"It seems as if he's making a larger point, which is that the right company run by the right person can have a major effect." Benevolent dictatorship is an excellent form of governance. The problem is it doesnt scale well and
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by latj 13y ago
Great now spotify is going to want my heart rate information to figure out if I am asleep or awake while listening.
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by latj 13y ago
My two favorite bits are: -- You sent an “XXX Freak Fest” into my home By which joshmn means "I invited an XXX Freak Fest into my home in exchange for money." -- As such, I’m going to be evicted. Its subtle enough that you miss it
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by latj 13y ago
This is the most elaborate scheme to raise one's relative global uptime I have ever seen.
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by latj 13y ago
How about a coop of home brewers- everyone agrees to brew a certain recipe of beer that month; All the beer gets blended together and redistributed. What does that taste like? I visited a village once that did this with their wine and disti
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by latj 13y ago
Your point is well taken but I think it illustrates mine as well. There are serious problems with allowing a small non-elected group of people to represent the interests of all humans regarding agriculture. But anytime anyone tries to bring

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