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by mdip 9y ago
> The domain name confuses people a lot, I've actually received similar comments before. Terrible naming choice from my side Personally, I love it, but I spent most of my teen years as a metal-head/progressive rock fan (which I
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by mdip 9y ago
Well, ya got me, I bit. I think a small part of me bit because the domain, if you look at it really quickly, appears to almost be 'metalmaniac'. And while I'm far from the metal head I was as a teen, there's still a sm
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by mdip 9y ago
It can be a little tricky, but if you know what the adapter is rated to handle it usually isn't too tough to find one that works. About 5 years ago I ordered some 4-port 2.1A Monoprice PoS adapters for a few bucks a piece. I routinel
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by mdip 9y ago
I'll back you up on that one, even though a few of my posts pointed out some things that I think you should have also considered in your analysis. The reality is that this little PC is a solid choice to consider for a low-end home serv
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by mdip 9y ago
I hadn't thought about that - the Atom processor might not be sufficient for typical transcoding tasks, either. While it may perform better than the ARM, can it do a full transcode to H.264 -> H.264 at different profiles/bitra
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by mdip 9y ago
Gah - thanks for pointing this out! I made an error that I'm guessing a few others' did -- I compared the $35USD against the $59AUD price. This makes a little more sense. There are a few things that offset this, though. The eBay
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by mdip 9y ago
Have you ever tried an Atom processor for running Plex? I've always been curious how it would perform. I had an older Atom device running Plex server for quite a while, but back then I almost never needed full transcoding for playba
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by mdip 9y ago
As others have pointed out, there are definitely some flaws with the logic applied here. > It’s faster, cheaper and still relatively small Yes, the Optiplex is going to perform better at a lot of things. The prices I'm seeing are a
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by mdip 9y ago
Equating learning programming with learning a musical instrument was an interesting take. Like most analogies, it fits in some ways and doesn't in others, but the ways that it fits ring quite true. Programming is in large part an a
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by mdip 9y ago
Great read, and I'm not just saying that because I used to work with this guy (sharp fella, but I digress) ... F# has always been one of those languages I have put on "the list" - that list of "gee, I should explore that
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by mdip 9y ago
In the case of Intel's AMT, I'm not sure what could have possibly gone wrong, but it sounds like this is something that has happened in other applications that use Digest Authentication. In the case of Renegade's BBS software
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by mdip 9y ago
> What are the reasons for having this, I mean good business reasons? So, I'll avoid writing anything about NSA collusion or related speculation and talk specifically about what you've asked -- business reasons. The main reaso
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by mdip 9y ago
Wow. Just Wow. After reading about this over several days I would have never guessed it was such a gaping hole. This reminds me of a software bug I encountered in the 90s with a version of the Renegade BBS software (a Telegard hack). In
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by mdip 9y ago
While it'd be neat to see, I think the hurdles that exist in moving from Intel to ARM are pretty high, and far higher than they were when they moved from the PowerPC range to Intel. Just a few off the top of my head: - The Mac platform
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by mdip 10y ago
Interesting thoughts and I haven't personally formed an opinion about where I stand on this one, quite yet. I worked at home for almost ten years until two months ago when I started a job at a tech company at their main office. They h
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by mdip 10y ago
... and here I thought comparing security to burning genitals might have been too much of a farce, but that takes the cake, there. :o)
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by mdip 10y ago
I hadn't read it that way and that's a really good point. If you have too many trusted-third parties in a trust model like this, you run into difficulties with enforcement due to scaling problems, but what we're seeing is the
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by mdip 10y ago
> not doing something is allowing the previous lack of security standards to put all of those people in danger. So glad others are making this point. Not to mention that the CA system is one who's sole feature and only purpose
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by mdip 10y ago
Have local credit unions gotten better at this? I left a local credit union a decade ago because they didn't offer online banking at all and when they finally did, the security practices they used were horrible . Memory may not se
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by mdip 10y ago
To me it was really bold of them to take the tone and stance that they did with regard to these large organizations. They're making the case as to why Google needed to do what it did ... all of these large organizations that will be
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by mdip 10y ago
> These are some of the most important organizations in the world and you'll cause worldwide chaos Thanks for that -- reading this comment connected a few thoughts I was struggling with. Their response felt like "if you don&#x2
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by mdip 10y ago
A good chunk of this article talked about Michigan and the reasoning behind its increasing speed limits, but it somewhat failed to address your point, so I'll do so since I know a bit about this subject (hell, everyone who lives in Mic
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by mdip 10y ago
Michiganian here ... I've watched the speed limits increase over the last few years on all but residential roads and though my take is anecdotal, it's a fantastic thing as far as I'm concerned. I used to drive 62 miles round
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by mdip 10y ago
That's hysterical. Flight Simulator was an incredible product back in the day. My father was a weather, IFR[0] certified small plane pilot. He used MS Flight Simulator to train to get his license back after several years of having le
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by mdip 10y ago
Am I the only one that found it peaceful to watch a drive being defragged? I used to start a job and just ... watch it ... pretty funny to think about now with everything I own either being SSD based or doing defrags on a schedule off-hours
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by mdip 10y ago
You're right about bad employees, but I've not found it difficult to weed those candidates out. At the same time, I don't fault a candidate for being laid off provided they have a good explanation[0] and/or they're
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by mdip 10y ago
You're absolutely right . Hiring at the company worked like this, provided the resume wasn't passed directly from a member of staff close to that team: (1) Applicant applied through web/recruiter/e-mail. (2) Resume was
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by mdip 10y ago
I noticed my electric bill went up a bit when I was moved over to the electronic meter ... not so much that I thought anything of it other than that gee, I use a lot of power and now it seems like I'm using a little more . The problem
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by mdip 10y ago
> I'm still shocked over half of developers couldn't accomplish that task. Makes me wonder what they were accomplishing in their existing roles. I once asked a candidate to write a for loop in C#[0], using my laptop and Visual
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by mdip 10y ago
Just wanted to say that I really like the idea of testing the "homework assignment" on your own team to hone it. I had a similar experience a month ago. It was a similar "4 hour project" but it was open ended with &quot

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