madiathomas

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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   Intelligence agencies are always years ahead of us in terms of technology. They probably had access to 2TB hard drives 5-10 years before us.
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   I have just installed Fedora Linux 25. So far so good. Only thing stopping me from switching completely to Linux is MS Office. If Microsoft can create a Linux version of Office, I am switching completely. Until then, I will keep on going ba
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   Existence of VB.NET doesn't bother me at all. I develop exclusively in C#.NET but there is a lot of VB.NET language features I wish were available in C#.NET.
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   Do you first ask them if they have personally used the service X first or you assume they know and have used it because it is "widely known"?
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   I don't mind seeing paywalled articles on the front page but I feel I must be warned that it is a paywalled link. The same way we are warned when content is a PDF. That way I won't waste my time opening the link. I don't even
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   I keep on postponing the trip. I always tell myself that I will go next year. Been postponing for 20 years now. People who stay closer to something rarely values it. Most people closer to the national parks will pick Eiffel Tower over going
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   I hope you aren't assuming animals are roaming streets of Africa. I live 60km away from Kruger National Park but have never seen an elephant strolling down a street. Majority of us also go to the zoo to see elephants, just like everyon
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   One little correction -> Meat has zero carbs. All kinds of meat.
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   by madiathomas 10y ago

   From the article: "Then why 6502? Why not a useful assembly language, like x86? Well, I don’t think learning x86 is useful. I don’t think you’ll ever have to write assembly language in your day job - this is purely an academic exercise
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    That sounds like a very good plan. You get a Silicon Valley pay but a cheaper cost of living.
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    Silicon Valley. High pay compared to where I stay. Companies based at Silicon Valley are working on interesting products. Developers in South Africa with University degree and 10 years experience and higher, earn less than $100k per annum.
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    I disabled Windows Update service on my laptop which is using Windows 10. Search for Services, scroll down to Windows Update, disable the service. I live in a country with very expensive data bundles. I simply can't afford to keep Wind
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    I am much happier when I have cold hard cash at the bank than when I am owning shares. The moment I buy shares, I watch my portfolio like a hawk. My happiness starts to depend on how the portfolio is doing. When the numbers go down, my happ
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    In South Africa, elections day is always declared a public holiday. Only essential services workers like healthcare, military etc work on that day. Essential services workers vote before elections. Rest we get a day off. But then again, som
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    Hahaha. You are so right. Majority of people have negative net worths. They owe more than they own.
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    Oracle already won a case that deemed APIs copyrightable. Which is bad for the industry at large. Except for Oracle and patent trolls off course. Google is now arguing whether it copied code in a fair way or not. They can't argue that
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    Bootcamps are filling a void which existed for a long time in the CS industry. Most of the time, A CS grad is hired to do a job that can be done by someone with little programming knowledge. I feel it is a waste of resources to hire a CS gr
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    Thanks for the information. I didn't know that there is so much surveillance from our government. Snooping on journalists isn't on at all. Now I know my text messages aren't safe.
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    In South Africa, we had this kind of checks since 2003. Not only are you supposed to present an ID book, you are also required to bring a verifiable proof of residence. While visiting Mozambique a month back, I used a passport to buy a SIM
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    by madiathomas 10y ago

    In South Africa, we have had this kind of legislation since 2003. It is called RICA(Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act). Shops aren't allowed to sell a SIM card without p
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    Uber drivers and passengers threatened by meter taxi drivers in Johannesburg, SA(ewn.co.za)

    1 points by madiathomas 11y ago|0 comments
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    by madiathomas 11y ago

    I support the idea of dividing C++ into two. That way people can start by learning top C++, use it for some years and start to use features which are on bottom C++ after gaining some confidence.
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    by madiathomas 14y ago

    After seeing your work, I can safely say I wouldn't mind paying you to teach me design.