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811.
by novaleaf 11y ago
and listening to the child's various physiological indicators, so can auto-deploy itself. (and/or notify you of a potential issue)
812.
by novaleaf 11y ago
interesting! I'll try mixing that in when they get to learning backstroke!
813.
by novaleaf 11y ago
I run a tiny startup, and honestly don't see a benefit to using docker. Every service I deploy gets it's own VM (which is automatically provisioned/locked-down by a bash script), and they automatically update when a new revis
814.
by novaleaf 11y ago
water wings are also terrible at teaching kids to swim: they can't properly use their arms wearing wings. I had both my kids (currently 3 and 5) learn to swim by having them wear inflatable vests. When they started they had fully infl
815.
by novaleaf 11y ago
> A pipe running from the top of the San Bernardino mountains carries mountain spring water to Nestle North America's tanks below where its then transported to Ontario for bottling. wait, let me get this straight: a pipe runs from
816.
by novaleaf 11y ago
C# is my favorite (and most skilled) language, but I moved to Node+Typescript when that came out due to cross platform needs (linux) I'm actually getting back into C# because of these broadening ecosystems (and hopefully improved OSS c
817.
by novaleaf 11y ago
I suppose sloppy work like the OP isn't "knowingly"
818.
by novaleaf 11y ago
On a related note, I'm of the opinion that the AI's have already taken over humanity, IE: Corporations. As we develop AI, I see it naturally augmenting the Corporation's ability to make decisions, eventually supplanting human
819.
by novaleaf 11y ago
There's nothing wrong with StackOverflow's modding system, just post a blog complaining and get it to +100 on HN and it will be undeleted.
820.
by novaleaf 11y ago
is this tutorial applicable to WebGL? if not, do you have another tutorial recommendation?
821.
by novaleaf 11y ago
i too remember that, but for some kind of tropical almost-transparent freshwater fish. Their lifespan was supposed to be about 2 years, but we fed it once a week and it lived perhaps 7 years, until it jumped out of a bowl and suffocated
822.
by novaleaf 11y ago
a lot of people out there don't have access to mentors, so I (unfortunately) feel that the self-learning by books approach is still the most practical, generally speaking.
823.
by novaleaf 11y ago
This is exactly what I do on bitbucket (which has had read only repo keys for a while) as repo keys are kind of a pain to use.
824.
by novaleaf 11y ago
i use a cheap android tablet (galaxy tab pro, $100) and a bluetooth keyboard+mouse (the logitech 3 device keyboard, and a msft mouse) $50 each. I ususally don't use the keyboard+mouse, but do when I use teamviewer to remote into my wor
825.
by novaleaf 11y ago
I don't know, inverting a binary tree seems like a pretty easy task. If I were hiring a senior developer (to code as a primary task) I think it's a reasonable fizzbuz.
826.
by novaleaf 11y ago
a bit too snarky of a comment, but interesting tie in to corruption! I didn't think about that, but it does seem plausible.
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WinJS 4.0 Released(blogs.windows.com)
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by novaleaf 11y ago
I was a victim of this. Thankfully only minor damage resulted. I owned a Toyota minivan in Thailand and was in stop-and-go traffic, when suddenly the engine started revving up. I slammed on the brake and the engine downshifted to first to
829.
by novaleaf 11y ago
I dunno. I just ordered $100 in stuff and it's set to deliver "Saturday by 8pm" (2.5 days from now)
830.
by novaleaf 12y ago
So I don't think the #2 assumption (measurement of merit) is necessarily in error. measurement of merit could imply KPI (known performance indicators), which may include things like lines-of-code counting, application usage monitoring,
831.
by novaleaf 12y ago
or, an insider, who waits for the first public news to avoid detection.
832.
by novaleaf 12y ago
The irony is that likely those bots actually did make money. It's the other bots that later "jumped on the bandwagon" (and perhaps a couple humans) that probably lost big.
833.
by novaleaf 12y ago
The idea reminds me of this SciFi story from 1949: http://escapepod.org/2013/10/28/ep419-expediter/
834.
by novaleaf 12y ago
The point that the author's trying to make is that you need to have obvious value to the buyer. If value is not obvious, it is an uphill battle to convince them of the purchase. This applies not just for companies, but for products in
835.
by novaleaf 12y ago
does this include the dynamic reconfiguration feature? http://nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/tcp-load-balancing/#u...
836.
by novaleaf 12y ago
when i look at it, it looks "fake"... I couldn't really describe why, until I saw the foam from 2 waves collide between the rocks at 0:20. The foam shifts down the screen (perpendicular to the two waves). Funny how the bra
837.
by novaleaf 12y ago
I understand and agree with your point, but I have to say: Life IS just about as "magic" as you can get...
838.
by novaleaf 12y ago
thanks, though it doesn't look very usable where I am (Seattle, lots of rain). I actually ended up buying 2 car tents, and built floors/walls for it.
839.
by novaleaf 12y ago
I had to disable Https Everywhere because it makes a lot of sites silently fail in various ways. (loading ajax) a bummer for sure, i like it in theory.
840.
by novaleaf 12y ago
The right poster has better layout, and is more "beautiful" but less readable. I want to get the important details, not admire the use if indentation and italics.

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