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by le-mark 2y ago
That would only would be an issue if there is untrusted code running in the same jvm. The security manager was a really difficult way to stop this. Another approach I’ve used is to scan the jar and disallow all but whitelisted classes in th
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by le-mark 2y ago
> This isn't hard. Or it can be near impossible. Large orgs can have dedicated onboarding programs for junior developers, this can work quite well. Small or medium orgs can have one or a few senior developers who are passionate abou
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by le-mark 2y ago
Apparently how powered radars are fairly common on US navy vessels, and injuries not uncommon from walking in front of them or otherwise being exposed. One would think there exists a body of knowledge on exposure to at least this sort of “h
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by le-mark 2y ago
What’s the layperson’s interpretation of this?
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by le-mark 2y ago
A lot of these systems stored the year as two digits. So 19 to 20 wasn’t the problem. The problem was mainframe based systems are/were almost entirely based on fixed length data representations; cobol copybooks, tape and dasd datasets
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by le-mark 2y ago
Imo the best reason to learn/use Linux is because proprietary operating systems will eventually disappear, sooner the better imo.
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by le-mark 2y ago
That GitHub account is… interesting.
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by le-mark 2y ago
What is “ECU” and “EV” in this context?
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by le-mark 2y ago
It’s great when people learn things and write about it, that behavior enbiggens us all. But “X is stupid” screeds shows a lack of appreciation for historical context and why things are the way they are. No one had a grand design for the web
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by le-mark 2y ago
Is the project you’re on a rewrite or a rehosting? Do you think an open source cobol jcl cics rehosting platform could gain traction?
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by le-mark 2y ago
There’s actually a lot of academic work around this from the 1990s; static analysis, reverse engineering, business logic extraction, re-engineering. All leading up to Y2K. There were quite a few commercial applications too. That all fizzled
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by le-mark 2y ago
In the army I knew a guy who did something so dumb a new regulation was added to the army regulations around UCMJ or what could be prosecuted. I have long forgotten the number unfortunately. But the point is that no statute or regulation ca
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by le-mark 2y ago
A friend is in a similar situation, they work for a small, state government (US) agency and pay for the only solution on the market. My friend often complains about the software and lack of support. The kicker is they’re only paying $25k a
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by le-mark 2y ago
What’s the best way to sell these? I have a 30/40’s Smith Corona (inherited) I’ve put in garage sales a few times with no takers.
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by le-mark 2y ago
Seems to be one constant here, yourself. And you know how the saying goes…
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by le-mark 2y ago
> UI design is my passion. So great, I really miss writing like this. Reminds me of Steve Yegge blog posts, among others.
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by le-mark 2y ago
7-11 used to have really great fresh brewed coffee. It been about 10 years since I moved and no longer go there. But it used to be the best gas station coffee around imo.
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by le-mark 2y ago
> This is my first time writing a blog post. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it! Great job! Self publishing things like this were a hallmark of the early internet I for one sorely miss.
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by le-mark 2y ago
The last rider that finished and it’s not like if you or I go out and try to ride a hundred miles at 25 mph solo. Drafting and team dynamics play a significant role is energy expenditure.
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by le-mark 2y ago
There are a lot of factors around military members and civilian law enforcement. Generally civilian law enforcement will let the military handle their own under UCMJ. Under UCMJ they can lose rank, retirement benefits, or get jail time and
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by le-mark 2y ago
Lua has debug hooks that can be used for the purpose; for example an instruction counter coupled with a pool allocator should get one quite far. I would never trust third party bytecode, only source code. Is anyone familiar with Roblox luau
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by le-mark 2y ago
There’s a long history of users and consumers having unrealistic ideas of technology true capabilities. How many times have we encountered users who think poor quality images can be computer “enhanced” to show detail that’s not really there
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by le-mark 2y ago
This company purports to sell a forth inspired 144 core chip I haven’t seen discussed much at all; https://www.greenarraychips.com/ Apparently they had angel funding of some sort at some point.
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by le-mark 2y ago
Joe Armstrongs dissertation is also an enlightening read; https://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf
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by le-mark 2y ago
My understanding that as of a couple of years ago most of the “clones” had various issues from pcb layout bugs causing ddram access issues, to poor documentation and poor Linux kernel support. Also availability was often a challenge. Gettin
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by le-mark 2y ago
Very nice! Thank you! Kids like it in zen mode, it holds their interest for a while at least (seems like a good sign).
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by le-mark 2y ago
I vaguely recall a company with a rfid like ball and player tracking system that was seeing some adoption by colleges. Maybe someone knows more?
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by le-mark 2y ago
Feature request; my third grader needed to work on certain numbers like 3’s and 9’s, also the random number generation seemed limited when I played. Also agree zen mode is needed. Also how about adding n seconds when a correct answer is ent
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by le-mark 2y ago
Consider a video game that consists of a single screen and when the player character walks off one side it appears on the other opposite side (same for top and bottom). The playing field in this case is a torus. Now consider the case of two
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by le-mark 2y ago
I kind of fell out of love with openscad. I couldn’t find a workflow that didn’t involve tweaking x/y/z and width height etc parameters all the damn time. If anyone has any tips about workflow I’d love to hear them.

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