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by nxc18 8y ago
Read Windows Internals. It's a very different design from Linux. Worth learning about another approach to operating systems if you're at all interested. WNT evolved (spiritually) from VMS and has a lot of unique things in its stru
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by nxc18 8y ago
To be fair, I totally agree. And I do my best to explicitly not look for any particular degree - that doesn't mean HR isn't going to declare in all the job postings "bachelor of science in computing or related field required&
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by nxc18 8y ago
> Consider a student who went to school to get a degree That's the problem right there. You don't go to school to get a degree - you go to school to get an education and build a network. Often, especially in the case of your in
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by nxc18 8y ago
This is disgusting. A younger version of myself fell for this nonsense - its embarrassing to admit, but I think its worthwhile to point out that there are ordinary people that get caught up in it. This kind of thing really breaks down trust
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by nxc18 8y ago
Esri offers an ArcGIS for personal use program. $100/year gets you ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and a bunch of the apps. I've never used MapPoint so I don't know how it compares - I expect the ArcGIS stuff is more powerful but
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by nxc18 8y ago
Still doesn't mean anything until you prove it is significant in the end result (sweetener causing weight gain). I've lost 60 pounds this year drinking huge amounts of diet soda. I've made more progress than when I tried cutt
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by nxc18 8y ago
Yeah its really bad. I reviewed my (exclusively adult) tumblr when they started hiding things and it was comical what did and didn't get banned. Shirtless guy on the beach? Banned! Completely naked person with genitals in full view, po
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by nxc18 8y ago
You're right I was overtired and was thinking of the people who actually squat over the toilet. Maybe the squatty potty would actually be the solution in this case. My comment still stands: if you're using the toilet in a non-trad
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by nxc18 8y ago
I've done LSD and thought this was particularly interesting and insightful. I was skeptical of the idea of trying to apply a formal framework to it, but the results of the model are the closest I've seen to an explanation of my ex
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by nxc18 8y ago
Just try not to shit on the seat please. The other people who shit sitting down will appreciate it, as will the custodians. I bring this up only because I always wondered how people miss such a huge target - it seems squatting is a reasonab
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by nxc18 8y ago
Some companies would be decimated (literally) by a move from 60k to 130k... But it would definitely cut down on abuse or result in a big raise for the locals.
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by nxc18 8y ago
It's really cheap and really rugged. I didn't think I'd like the tablet/tent modes, but I actually do find them convenient and do them a lot. Really I needed a device exclusively for light browsing and writing - and what
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by nxc18 8y ago
I got a chromebook because I needed a device with a keyboard I could use from my couch/patio. I've been extremely impressed - I can use Android apps, and they work well, due to tablet mode support. Being able to have a Linux lapto
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by nxc18 8y ago
Had similar experiences when trying to code in front of a boy I liked... I was a bumbling idiot. Similar thing driving with a guy I liked in the car - regular near crashes including spending some time in the wrong lane (admittedly in an amb
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by nxc18 8y ago
There have been a few implementations in the past, including tonecheck. https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/20/tonecheck/
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by nxc18 8y ago
Can’t read the full article due to paywall. Two important points: For anything team based, skill, beyond basic competence and trainability, doesn’t matter very much. A team full of mediocre team players is going to perform better than a tea
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by nxc18 8y ago
Just today I was really contemplating how miserable life with Xamarin is. In the morning, visual studio crashed first thing with a ‘non-fatal’ error. Then I was making a bug fix in a Xamarin.Forms app - changing a string in the UI. I deploy
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by nxc18 8y ago
My 2014 rMBP shit the bed recently. Don’t feel comfortable buying any of the newer MacBooks (I hate mine at work). Apple should make a MacBook Pro SE; old form, updated internals.
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by nxc18 8y ago
Swipe and comma button in a reasonable place.
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by nxc18 8y ago
Just updated on my iPhone 6s that I dumped due to slowness. It’s just as fast now as the android I replaced it with and LastPass works with all my Apps now. Only thing missing now is good keyboard support (disclaimer: haven’t tried since up
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by nxc18 8y ago
Every software engineer needs to read this. Managing people is it’s own skill all its own. Programming skills don’t translate. Business folks: please create parallel technical and managerial career paths. This can go all the way to the CEO
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by nxc18 8y ago
This is very interesting stuff. I'm a man and have identified as gay for most of my awareness of my sexuality, but started experiencing attraction to women sometime in college. I think I'm bi now, but preferences seem to vary cons
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by nxc18 8y ago
Totally agree, this bullshit makes me want to scream. People do the same thing with emails. Have a Hotmail account? People assume you're a Luddite even though, in 2018, Hotmail is basically office 365 Outlook, which is actually just as
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by nxc18 8y ago
I can't sleep (unless I'm extremely deprived, at which point I'm really just passing out) until after I've done the unwind things mentioned in the article and have been away from work for ~3 hours. It doesn't matt
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by nxc18 8y ago
Yes, we can have security and privacy. People drastically over estimate the risks from things like terrorist attacks and high crime. Just think about the number of people and hugely vulnerable systems (even existing security is a joke - why
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by nxc18 8y ago
I don't know, if in fact the plaintiffs are being silly (losing lots of money can make people do silly things), I don't mind. I like when organizations are willing to call out bullshit. Whether or not it actually is bullshit is fo
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by nxc18 8y ago
Wow. That's really horrifying. Imagine losing your rights to decide your own medical treatment because overzealous doctors made up a 'mental health problem'. I lost a huge amount of respect for Mayo clinic today.
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by nxc18 8y ago
That's nonsense. Having a cellphone != understanding the technology and how it works. People don't get this stuff, and something as fundamental as your civil liberties should not be predicated on a black box no one person can unde
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by nxc18 8y ago
HDMI isn't dead and it pisses me off that they sacrificed it in exchange for any amount of thinness. I don't notice how things my laptop is day to day, but I definitely notice when I can't plug into a projector.
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by nxc18 8y ago
The noise level seems to be rising everywhere. I can't think of anything other than fine dining where I live that isn't obnoxiously loud at all times. The frustration is that you just don't have a choice these days. I particu

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