mortdeus

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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   If im ever being interviewed by Google, i'm going to say "hold up let me google the solution to that real quick." A good engineer spends about 95% of their time discovering new things to learn about their craft. An even bett
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   Do you have any open source projects? The first thing i'm looking for as a developer when I visit your websites is a link to any code you have written. Which as far as I can tell doesnt exist? A programmer without a portfolio of source
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   There needs to be legislation that allows foreign scientist's visas to be rushed to the front of the line when they have a science convention. I mean just imagine if doctor A had information to present that would help doctor B find a c
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   But the Kardashians are just so much more interesting. Have you seen the buns on that Kim girl?
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   Linux needs to be sold in department stores like Walmart and Best Buy to explode. I think this guy seriously underestimates how disconnected everyday people are with tech. Everyday people don't understand the point of installing Linux
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   IMHO If Microsoft executives really want to begin turning things around for their company, they need to take a step back and really refocus their philosophy towards becoming an innovative software company again.
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   I guess Android has a different kind of sandbox than most typical software fault isolation based sandboxes (e.g. NaCl). Its more reminiscent of plan9's per process namespaces than anything else. http://plan9.bell-labs.com&#x
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   Native Client, Android, ummm, pretty much any environment that is encapsulated in a sandbox.
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   by mortdeus 13y ago

   An ideology of "Its good enough to thwart 99.9% of the population, therefore its good enough for me." is a very harmful ideology to have when it comes to security because you do nothing to deter mass adoption of the insecure techn
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    I wrote a response to your comment but it became rather long so I decided to make it into a blog post instead. http://mortdeus.blogspot.com/2013/09/linux-core-component-po...
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    I just hope nvidia builds wayland support into their proprietary drivers. I mean if nvidia chooses not to support nouveau as their main DRI drivers, thats fine. However the least they can do is make sure they do as much as they can to inve
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    It took me a little more than 10 seconds with google search to find this ebay bitcoin scam. http://bitcoinfan.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-selling-bitcoins-... If something seems too good to be true; it probably is.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    plan9 support is maintained with the main go repo.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    You dont. Just support python 3. If you HAVE to support python 2. Then use a symbolic link.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    Microsoft needs to quit acting like a lil bitch.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    it is gimp isnt it.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    gnome tool kit. Note that gnome is pronounced gi'nome just like gnu is pronounced gi'new.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    The only professionals in this business are the people who are coding while everybody else is typing words that dont compile.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    Eww
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    Unicorn patent. (google.com)

    3 points by mortdeus 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    -> is not a valid operator in go.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    Swap out hard drives, mail them to kim dotcom with a bill. Its a good idea anyways.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    "But some big software companies, including Microsoft, expressed dismay at some of the proposals, saying they could themselves stifle innovation." And what exactly has Microsoft been innovating lately?
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    I wrote a blog awhile back that kinda relates to this. I argued that employers should be focusing on developers with great portfolios of innovative and USEFUL software, rather than focus only on candidates who have earned a degree. If a h
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    You are pursuing the wrong profession if you think challenging problems and impossible deadlines are anything less than hackers ecstasy.
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    read a book?
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    There arent any restricting semantics in Go that makes a pure go implementation of the runtime impossible. go's void* http://golang.org/pkg/unsafe/#Pointer go's syscall mmap function. (Pure Go) https://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/
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    by mortdeus 13y ago

    While I'm sure the President doesn't research all laws he signs, Obama is somewhat tech savvy. http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=k4RRi_ntQc8&desktop_uri=%... I wouldn't be surprised if he made the threat based on his own personal moral i
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    by mortdeus 14y ago

    I think this is the kind of behavior Google wants from competitors. Ultimately companies like Google stand to make the most profit from an America with faster internet connections, and the slow overpriced connections are really making cloud
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    by mortdeus 14y ago

    Im glad you found help. Better late than never.