mikekchar

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by mikekchar 6y ago
Yes, the "them" refers to the users. If you have users of a binary server, you must allow those users to download the source code. You do not need to allow anyone who is not a user to do so, though. Edit (programmer needs sleep
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Just to be clear the Affero GPL only differs in that I would have to give you source code (edit: previously typed "software") if I supply a binary for you to use over a network. My point was really just that if I have not supplie
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Even RMS, in the past, did not object to all proprietary code. For example games that are a work of art could in some ways be seen as something that might not be modifiable by the end use. He has changed his mind on a lot of topics over
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by mikekchar 6y ago
This is great advice. The other thing about learning a little bit about all the new fads is that you can fairly quickly figure out bits where going a bit more deeply will help you out in general. For example, I would not recommend using R
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Don't play Empire. Or X Pilot. Or MUDs. Hmm... I have a feeling that what I learned in university has become somewhat dated...
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Generally speaking, unless you are a contractor, it's hard to work for a company unless they have an office in the country where you live. So, while it's not an island, a good example of what you are talking about might be Monaco
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I'm 52 and am just starting to look around. Given that I primarily want world-wide remote (I live in Japan), it may be a tad difficult. However, I had no trouble at all attracting interest in my mid 40's when I went to London fo
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I have to admit that I felt that way about it too. In fact, I think everybody felt that way about it at first. It was a work-around. The reason it was never changed, though, was that people didn't find anything significantly bet
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Kind of apples to oranges. Take the difference in salary between a college graduate and a high school graduate over those 40 years. Factor in inflation. Invest that at a 7% return. I'm sure it will easily dwarf $2.25M. Why don&#x2
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by mikekchar 6y ago
A quote from George Mallory about climbing Mt. Everest: People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no use.'There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoe
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by mikekchar 6y ago
This is frequently brought up. Does Twitter want safe harbour? I don't think they need it and I haven't noticed them invoking it. Is that incorrect?
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Interesting. I am also not a "person of faith", but I don't use that definition of faith. Most people I've known who value faith, do so in areas where they are not sure one way or another. Generally speaking, faith is
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by mikekchar 6y ago
My understanding was that it's while it is in bulk storage in warehouses. It keeps the rat population down. I've been trying to find evidence that I'm correct about this and like another commenter has posted, it may be that
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Are you implying that it is an important part of faith to cling to beliefs for which all observable evidence points to the contrary? It seems a bit hard to understand why one would want to pursue such a practice, so I wonder if I'm mi
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by mikekchar 6y ago
There are a few places where you might want to capture state in an object and have one or two functions that operate on it (Command pattern is one such place). However, a long, complex function where you want to hold internal (i.e. tempo
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by mikekchar 6y ago
That's more recent. A long time ago (and I'm working from memory, so best to fact check anything I say, because my memory is terrible) it was common to use a particular rat poison in dry milk (and I forget exactly what it was).
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Another data point. If you have difficulty with people talking about you, definitely don't move to a small town in a foreign country where you are a visible minority. I've yet to experience real negative discrimination amongst
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Realistically, though, a year from now nobody will care. I mean, I started in this industry in the "MS is outright evil" era. How many people did they screw over? If I remember correctly, there was even a guy who was owed a pil
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I'm not sure why I didn't recall that :-P Of course you are correct!
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by mikekchar 6y ago
This is probably the biggest thing I wish was easier to do in Rust. You can make "newtypes" by wrapping the value in a tuple (that gets compiled away), but it's a fair amount of boilerplate or macros to make the newtype usef
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by mikekchar 6y ago
A Japanese car that has similar charm (to me anyway) is the Daihatsu Copen. The original looks suspiciously similar to the Figaro :-) Lately I haven't been so impressed with the styling, but it still has a European roadster look goin
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Nortel, actually :-) I spent a fair amount of time in Silicon Valley North (which I suspect is no longer referred to by that title, or has moved to a new location...)
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by mikekchar 6y ago
There are ways that they could know. It's not terribly easy, but I think it would be ingenuous to say it is impossible. With SMTP (which could easily be part of the delivery of email), it's in plaintext going over the public n
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Upside: Paycheck. Near infinite runway. Career path. Resources to potentially work on crazy projects that are really risky but might have big paybacks. A large pool of developers from which you will almost certainly find a couple with s
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I really like the idea of this. For some applications it would be very useful assuming the implementation is up to it. Unfortunately, just reading the FAQ a see a few red flags. It doesn't allow importing encrypted keys. This is
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Yep. I'm personally waiting for the day when I can get an e-ink laptop. It would be amazing. I don't need color. Just grey scale and even 20 FPS would be fine. But that's not what the greater market demands, unfortunatel
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Pretty much all of the companies I've worked for in the last 20 years have most of these boxes ticked. They definitely exists. To be fair, at most of these companies, I've had a hand in the processes ;-) However I would say tha
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I'm not quite sure how I'm meant to feel about this. Some of the things on this list are truly trivial: I don't care if you use a mouse. I don't like to use one, but it's not because I'm a programmer. Othe
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by mikekchar 6y ago
Focussing and getting your work done is virtually impossible if you are travelling every day. It's just too tiring, and everyone needs a little routine in their day. I'm probably as much as a digital nomad as anyone (I usually
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by mikekchar 6y ago
I've done this kind of thing. It's OK, but actually significantly less fun than you might imagine (if you are working). The problem is that you are working all day 5 days a week and then you are tired during the evening. Everyt

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