maltalex

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by maltalex 8y ago
> Ah, but accountants don't measure productivity, only cost. Accountants don't get to decide the office layout in my experience.
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by maltalex 8y ago
That argument doesn't hold water. Employee time is usually a lot more expensive than the space they occupy. At least in tech. You could save quite a lot of money on furniture if everyone sat with their laptops on the floor. But in real
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It's from Dreaming in Code [0] by Scott Rosenberg. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcenden...
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> But I feel part of the problem is that the companies want to rather hire a plumber (I mean, software engineer) than to buy an off-the-shelf solution. Consider Rosenberg’s Law: Software is easy to make, except when you want it to do
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Apple Passes Over Intel in Search for 5G Chips for the iPhone(calcalistech.com)
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by maltalex 8y ago
> It's not tricky, it's tedious. There's nothing tricky about it. You need a static IP, reverse DNS set to system hostname, "regular" DNS for the system hostname, DNS SPF entry, DKIM, DMARC, and authentication -
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by maltalex 8y ago
Self-hosting is tricky to get right and the cost of getting something wrong is high. One more provider I haven't seen mentioned here is Zoho.com/Zoho.eu They're more business-oriented, and they offer a whole suite of collabor
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> I often wonder what civilization would be like if adults asked the same question to themselves and then lead a life where they focused on that instead of being pressured into "making a living". I imagine we'd have an abu
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I had one of those Lenovo keyboards with a Trackpoint until an unfortunate accident involving a cup of coffee. I went with something more ergonomic in its place, but I really miss that trackpoint... Does anyone know why so few keyboards com
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> For starters, he says, ask your kid this question: 'What would you do if you didn't have to do anything else?' In the western world the answer to that question is often some addictive activity such as playing video games
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Some PC games have ad-tracking software installed(engadget.com)
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Bitcoin Makes Historic First Appearance in US Supreme Court Opinion(ccn.com)
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by maltalex 8y ago
This is very disturbing. From what I’ve read, VW isn’t the kind of company that leaves room for improvisation. So this was probably some sort of process around this decision. How did they end up doing THAT?
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by maltalex 8y ago
The ticket is about “free” as in freedom. VS Code comes with a restrictive license agreement.
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Machines that suck CO₂ from the air might be cheaper than we thought(arstechnica.com)
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To make them even less profitable?
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Ha!
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Okay, so you don't like Microsoft. But that doesn't answer the original question - why is this betrayal?
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> What a betrayal. Why is this a betrayal?
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Counterintuitive examples in probability(math.stackexchange.com)
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by maltalex 8y ago
This isn’t very surprising, this is exactly the kind if stuff Erlang was created for. It’s the right tool for this particular job.
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Apple Looks to Expand Advertising Business with New Network for Apps(wsj.com)
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I’ve installed Windows 10 Pro 1803 on two separate machines in the last month. Both with local accounts.
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I'm asking because domain registration is a very competitive business, so profit margins should be thin. In such a market a company that sells the exact same product for half the price is pretty unexpected. So is the market not as comp
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by maltalex 8y ago
What's the catch though? Domain registration is a pretty competitive business. How come NameSilo can to be so much cheaper?
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by maltalex 8y ago
Never heard of them. How come they're 30-50% cheaper than anyone else? What's the catch?
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Related: "Hype driven development" https://medium.com/@ozgurgul/hype-driven-development-2196a8b...
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Cargo cult programming(en.wikipedia.org)
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by maltalex 8y ago
Consistency is great, but there’s a trade off between consistency and innovation. In a sense, what you’re describing is stagnation.
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Hype Driven Development(medium.com)
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