nknight

31 ms·

271.
by nknight 15y ago
You're not. It seems to drive some people nuts that I obsessively type "vim" instead of "vi" even though most of the time the default differences won't be an issue. It's to be expected, people are threatened by anything different, no reason
272.
by nknight 15y ago
There seems to be a small minority on the git mailing list who are split between questioning the workflow of anyone who needs this, and the obligatory and inane "it's documented, it's not a problem!" attitude
273.
by nknight 15y ago
The habit of Windows apps to have entirely custom UIs is relatively unknown on Macs. It's not impossible, just (thankfully) much more rare.
274.
by nknight 15y ago
Sometimes, perhaps, but simple malloc/free are much faster and more predictable than what you see in GC'd languages, often mitigating the problem. On top of that, many critical paths can avoid even those by confining their memory allocation
275.
by nknight 15y ago
> The CEO and board have a legal responsibility to use those funds in a way that maximizes shareholder return or return it to the shareholders. Please stop spreading this and related myths about the legal obligations of corporate offi
276.
by nknight 15y ago
No, west coast, my reference points are mostly SJC/SFO/PDX/SEA/TPE. An hour between doors closing and taking off is largely unthinkable. I'm not even sure it took an hour when I had to go through ORD in really crappy weather a few years ago
277.
by nknight 15y ago
That really doesn't have anything to do with what I said. Whether users can or do understand technical details is orthogonal to whether they routinely think about or change operating systems and for that matter, swap other major "components
278.
by nknight 15y ago
Actually, people don't even think about the operating system on their computer much. They're somewhat more conscious of it, but by and large, they buy a computer and use whatever OS happened to be on it. They'll upgrade their OS when they b
279.
by nknight 15y ago
I feel like I'm missing something. He needs a "stack of magazines" to read during taxiing, take-off, and landing? To my knowledge, I'm not a slow reader, nor do I have an unusual amount of patience (quite the contrary), but I can't imagine
280.
by nknight 15y ago
AMD/ATI GPUs happen to be a lot faster for hashing than NVIDIA's. Partly because of a key design difference, and partly because they happen to have a fast 32-bit right rotate instruction. Details here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GP
281.
by nknight 15y ago
> Isn't creating one of those Windows installers also complicated? Not for years now, no. The process for creating an .msi for a basic stand-alone app in Visual Studio is pretty simple and well-documented.
282.
by nknight 15y ago
> and applications which have been signed by Apple Applications are not signed directly by Apple, but by developers who have received certificates from Apple. Apple signing applications would be a rather broken trust model.
283.
by nknight 15y ago
> not stocks (on average) ??? My (non-retirement) portfolio began with $1000 weeks before the 2008 crash. Despite the horrific timing, those shares are now up 6%. Overall (with continued intermittent investments and zero attempt to ti
284.
by nknight 15y ago
It's "easy and affordable" until you get seriously ill and they drop you for failing to disclose your childhood acne, or just refuse to approve the treatment you need. Private insurance is cheaper than group coverage for a reason. The insur
285.
by nknight 15y ago
In which arena, exactly? Systems that cost millions of dollars? Help build 'em, seen the disaster from the inside, I know all about the massive bullshit involved with selling to Fortune 100s, and I know that you and most other companies inv
286.
by nknight 15y ago
You're really missing the point. If your product doesn't already meet the needs of a particular customer, it's not a product suitable for that customer. If the customer wants you to make it suitable, talk about the cost of that. Otherwise,
287.
by nknight 15y ago
I walk in to such facilities carrying a backpack full of assorted gear and two camera-equipped smartphones, nobody ever says a word. They know there's no practical way to enforce the rules.
288.
by nknight 15y ago
You're treating your customers with enormous disrespect. If your chosen example is really Sun Access Manager, why don't you expect the developers using it to understand how it works? You're assuming we're morons. Absolute drooling morons, j
289.
by nknight 15y ago
> If customers tried to set that up with a web form they'd screw it up and hate our product. Then your product, its documentation, or both is crap. There are two kinds of "enterprise" solutions. The practically turn-key, and the kind
290.
by nknight 15y ago
Without success because people like you have been fighting them every step of the way trying to hold back progress. It's hard to overcome inertia, and it's almost impossible when there is an organized resistance. It becomes absolutely insan
291.
by nknight 15y ago
The US has five times as many people spread out over 32 times the area. Palm Beach, Florida has an average household income of over $109,000. South Alamo, Texas is at $13,906. Climates vary from arctic to tropical, state and local taxes ran
292.
by nknight 15y ago
Arrogant people preemptively declaring failure and trying to enforce their baseless declarations on others is what brings innovation to a crawl.
293.
by nknight 15y ago
Those same, clueless organizations prohibit use of Ubuntu, too, because RHEL is the only thing they've certified. None of this changes how badly misleading and disingenuous Mark's statements are.
294.
by nknight 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_washing I could see the laser maybe working on ballpoint ink, which AFAIK stays more on the surface due to its high viscosity, but I think like check washing techniques, it'd have trouble with the more l
295.
by nknight 15y ago
Might I suggest a job search? I'm not some paper fanatic, I rarely print anything out and I'm physically incapable[1] of making substantial use of a pen or pencil, but any company spending two hours on the subject is one I don't think I wan
296.
by nknight 15y ago
> In 2011, we spent 700 billion on the defense department, and we spent 1,205 billion dollars more than we took in. We also took in hundreds of billions less than we would have if not for the avoidable economic implosion and earlier i
297.
by nknight 15y ago
I really don't see your point. Microsoft's basic business model hasn't changed, their products are just evolving. Drug companies make new drugs and refine old ones all the time. Other than whining by obviously-biased spokespeople for the dr
298.
by nknight 15y ago
> You don't need to be an industry expert to grok that those numbers are wildly unsustainable. Tell you what. When these companies stop being the most profitable in America, or even just when their EPS starts declining, I'll believe y
299.
by nknight 15y ago
Free/open source software is not a gift, even an MIT license does not give you total freedom to do whatever you want. To make a pure gift of code to the world, you would have to put it in the public domain (and even then there are odd leg
300.
by nknight 15y ago
Purchasing, yes. Purchasing . That's a rather important word. Consider its implications for a while, and I suspect you'll see the point.

More ›