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by npsimons 13y ago
Customers are idiots. To wit: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." -- Henry Ford
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by npsimons 13y ago
Google+ appears to do the same thing with C-PgUp and C-PgDown; if I had wanted those keys to stop working properly, I would have used some ass-backwards browser like IE. If I've got a Google+ post open and I'm scrolling brisking t
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by npsimons 13y ago
Yes, it's called NoScript.
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by npsimons 13y ago
I’m talking to you, Blogger. Is this the same Blogger that requires JavaScript to view plain text? Or maybe I'm getting it confused with blogspot, I can never keep them all straight. In any case, I don't think it's a coin
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by npsimons 13y ago
If someone donates money to support a bill to make it illegal for straight people to marry, then the comparison might be justified. Until then, equating a private, in-born sexual preference (or opinions of such) with attempting to enshrine
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by npsimons 13y ago
I think that this case is doing a lot of bad to the cause of gay rights Indeed; if one were of a more conspiratorial bent, they might be inclined to think that's the exact purpose of this whole farce.
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by npsimons 13y ago
It's been said before[1] and I'll say it again: some things aren't worth your full reading attention. Heck, even if they were, you don't have enough time to read everything[2]. That being said, I am a little worried that
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by npsimons 13y ago
People are more than free to express any opinion they have, including the opinion that bigoted discriminating opinions are wrong, and don't really fit the ideals of an organization such as Mozilla.
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by npsimons 13y ago
Exactly. There's something about water, the universal solvent and universal lubricant. It's probably the same reason that same doctor recommended sitz baths, and a big secret to most bulk forming fiber is that it absorbs a lot of
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by npsimons 13y ago
Ah, thanks for that clarification. I do think that people need to be unafraid to express their opinions, if for no other reason than the slightly cynical one of knowing who you're really dealing with. Sure, it's lousy that there
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by npsimons 13y ago
What evidence, besides the popular vote (52%? Wow, that's a big majority /sarcasm), that Prop8 was popular? How about factoring in the ton of money the Utah Mormons threw behind Proposition 8?
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by npsimons 13y ago
Except for the fact that a large chunk of the support for _California's_ Prop8 came from outside the state (specifically: Mormon Utah), especially in the form of money. How do you counter that "sociopolitically"? That aside,
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by npsimons 13y ago
the hold tradition has on some people is just insane. My quarter-Japanese wife won't let me get one - but of course she was raised in America. And TMI, but I've had a doctor specifically recommend one (or cheap bidet setup) fo
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by npsimons 13y ago
I feel the original thought experiment was not well phrased, and it felt a bit polemic, if not polarizing. I agree, the market will pay what it can bear, and if Mr. Myne doesn't react to that, the market will stop paying. But unless Mr
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by npsimons 13y ago
One of these days, I really need to post my C++ logger class. Don't know if you're doing embedded C++, but I've used this class in VxWorks, and if you're not logging anything (the default build with NDEBUG does nothing),
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by npsimons 13y ago
What happens if people decide to stop paying Mr. Myne to use his machines? Someone else invents it? The fallacy is the same one that most people in favor of "intellectual property" operate under: that Mr Myne is somehow so speci
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by npsimons 13y ago
It is a fallacy to believe that businesses operate efficiently simply because there is a profit motive. Businesses are complex organizations made up of people, with all their failings and weaknesses (if you want to call them that). It is n
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by npsimons 13y ago
So wish I could upvote you multiple times. People these days are spoiled with their precompiled ROMs and precompiled software that runs on mainstream desktops to load those ROMs over universal standards (USB). Even with JTAG embedded progra
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by npsimons 13y ago
As a professional using this kind of information, I have to strongly disagree. This is infinitely nerdy stuff, and I wouldn't have it any other way :)
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by npsimons 13y ago
And there are scenarios where you want to reimplement TCP, after thoroughly understanding TCP. Yes, precisely; thorough understanding, then have a whack at only picking pieces of TCP you want. In my (limited) experience, I've almos
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by npsimons 13y ago
Many times, I find myself just 'C-s' or 'C-r' (searching) in Emacs to the piece of code I want, even if it's already visible, then doing 'C-l' to get it centered. And when org-mode is loaded, 'C-l&#x2
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by npsimons 13y ago
I don't know why you were downvoted; it's the same thing in CS. Why else would we reduce all sorts of algorithms to simpler big-O notation other than to convey the more important concepts of complexity tradeoffs in algorithms? Als
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by npsimons 13y ago
>If you re-invent TCP on top of UDP without a thorough prior understanding of TCP, you will get it wrong. I don't know why this is in there twice for emphasis. Because far too many people do it? I'll admit, my net-programming
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by npsimons 13y ago
Like I said, the rise of slick containerization (like Docker, thanks!) is really awesome and has its uses, but some people are (ab)using it as a bandaid ; I wasn't saying containers are a bandaid. Chalk it up as a criticism of the a
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by npsimons 13y ago
I don't think it's a "conspiracy theory" in the traditional sense (although I do admit that my post was slanted a bit that way). I'm fairly certain it is as Crito said, "unplanned [and] unorchestrated". An
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by npsimons 13y ago
Seconded; it's a cost and politics issue to have open floor plans, and mostly to "put those uppity programmers in their place." Wouldn't want them asking for what they're worth, now would we? And hey, by having them
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by npsimons 13y ago
If this were true, then why don't managers and Chief Officer types have their workspaces in open plans? Just think of the productivity increases that could be gained! No, open plans are almost always for two reasons, ignoring any harm
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by npsimons 13y ago
Pretty much every internet April Fools gag is funnier than SNL these days... That's a really low bar to hurdle.
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by npsimons 13y ago
Good points! I feel (perhaps wrongly) that I already "invest" a lot in myself, but I also feel I could be doing more, or finding a "quick and dirty" solution to an early retirement. I just get frustrated to no end when s
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by npsimons 13y ago
Also, which book would you recommend? Seconded; while I am very skeptical of the "invest to get (a little) rich(er)" approach[1], I'm open to and curious of what books the GP considers good. [1] - Every single way of inve

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