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by m0nastic 16y ago
The small part of me that was mildly curious about Chrome OS when it was announced has been completely absorbed into the remaining part that sees no use case for it. I hope I'm wrong though.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I would think that it would make a terrible super-yacht. The interior would have to be completely redone, and I think the average fuel consumption for a non-nuclear powered aircraft carrier is ~ 6 inches/gallon. The only appeal of an aircra
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by m0nastic 16y ago
One of my biggest clients is a financial company whose core trading product is based on a commercial product they bought in the 70's (whose manufacturer subsequently went out of business in the 80's). It's continued to run for 30 years, and
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I know some folks here don't like watching videos, so here are the points I'd take away (and I think they echo pretty strongly what Thomas has been saying here): * Don't do your own cryptography, use SSL and GPG. If your problem isn't able
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I'll have to show this to my girlfriend later. She's been diagnosed as Schizophrenic, but has never agreed with that diagnosis.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
From the author's tone in the post, I expected the linked Rails blog entry to be much different. Rails is moving source control to GIT. They published a blog entry about it. Some of the comments remarked that using GIT in Windows is sub-opt
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I'm actually a fan of the HP Z600 Workstations. You can get dual-processor six-core Xeons, and unlike the Mac Pro, you can start with one CPU (and pick up a second one at a later time). The case is pretty well-designed, and it's quiet.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
Oops, I thought they had already shipped the Linux version of the PDK, but it looks like you're right. Thanks.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I'm a little surprised no one mentioned WebOS; the phone runs Linux and the PDK is in C (although as pointed out in the reply below, the PDK is only available on Windows and Mac right now). I would also look at Meego (what Maemo became afte
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by m0nastic 16y ago
Yeah, this reads to me like "Pepsi CEO on why we need more than Coke".
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I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that once in a former life I was tasked with writing a program for a coworker who I absolutely hated as I was leaving. He was going to have to maintain the program, and he wasn't really a programmer (contrary t
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I disagree on both your pizza choices, but I may just be a pizza snob ;) Sweetwater is actually my favorite restaurant in the area. Everything there is awesome, and it's priced very reasonably. There's good eating in Northern Virginia, it's
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I'll throw in my comments about Washington D.C./Northern Virginia. I've lived here about ten years (first five in Northern Virginia, the past five in downtown DC) Pros: 1.) The tech community here is actually quite good. It definitely feels
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I just ordered a copy, and for what it's worth, I'll gladly buy either a "Learn R The Hard Way", or "Learn C The Hard Way".
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by m0nastic 16y ago
Just out of curiosity, how will you verify that your clients actually own the site they want scanned? And what sort of contract will you have in place for outages caused by the scanning, liability limitations, etc? I absolutely think you co
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I don't think Apple's decision is going to be a death-rattle to Java on OS X, but it provides an interesting perspective. If nothing else, it's provided the groundwork for my next software development project. The vast majority of tools my
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I wasn't mentioning that as an example of world travel, I was mentioning it as an "experience", which the article suggests are more useful than possessions. My point (which I didn't convey properly) was that by most accounts, that expeditio
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I'm the same way. My girlfriend and I argue about it frequently. I am happiest when I can sit in my office and be left alone. I don't like traveling, I don't particularly like the "outdoors", and I'm not big on vacations. A couple years bac
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I once got into an argument with someone about whether The Law of Attraction abided by the Law of Conservation of Mass; because if it did, than it didn't seem any different than stealing.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I was actually referring to making a phone, not buying one; but I thanks for the link. It could come in handy if I need a phone for development.
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I feel like I got a good impression from the picture he posted (which had the added bonus of letting me know that I charge more for a portrait shoot than Michael Vincent...which is odd because he's a much better photographer than I am) ;)
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by m0nastic 16y ago
My experience with "The Secret" involves attending a New Year's Party with my brother several years ago where we stayed up all night playing drums with a group of people. When the morning came, and we all got up to go home one guy said to u
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by m0nastic 16y ago
While that's true, he seems to reiterate over and over that his aim from the beginning was just to "make money"; which while I have nothing against (I'm certainly not a socialist), I think is detrimental to actually creating something worth
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by m0nastic 16y ago
As far as I know, any phone that runs Android is "Officially Android", of which there are a number of Chinese handset manufacturers making handsets. Many of them don't have access to the Market, or run Google's applications, but I don't thi
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all Android phones have three sets of restrictions: 1.) Restrictions imposed by Google, which you are free to ignore if you stick to just the released source code of Android (like the Market or their proprietary apps) 2.) Restrictions impos
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I cringed about twice every sentence; his writing style is terrible. Which isn't to say the message isn't useful to people (although I nearly spit out my soda upon seeing him go on about The Secret). It sounds like he has a good sense for c
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I would say yes, although his issues against the app store have been somewhat remediated by Apple's latest easing up on developer restrictions. I don't see this as an either/or scenario. As a developer, I can be dissatisfied with both Apple
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by m0nastic 16y ago
Yeah, I concur. He's talked about it on Twitter (people have asked why he mentions specific products) and he said that he just likes to include things he finds interesting. I think for the current trilogy it actually works really well, as i
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Considering the publisher, it should be available in pretty much every digital format (I think all of their books are).
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by m0nastic 16y ago
I thought these were some interesting additions, although it seems like for almost half of them, it's "this company's headquarters are really cool, you have to see it...but you won't be let inside."

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