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by partisan 9y ago
While I am sure it comes from a good place, I wonder why there is a prescription being given when he states he is happy the way he has it and has no interest in living any other way? Coulent he be genuinely happy with his life and in no nee
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by partisan 9y ago
The lack of sense of humor here is stunning. Other comments here are deep in conspiracy-land. Forgive me for contributing a differing, humorous viewpoint.
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by partisan 9y ago
One possibility plucked straight from a thriller: a nuke or dirty bomb is somewhere in the area and they are scanning for it.
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by partisan 9y ago
Targeting .NET and SQL Server, the LumenWorks CsvReader in conjunction with the SqlBulkCopy class. The performance quite good and avoids issues with permissions and file access when attempting to automate bcp commands.
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Ask HN: Bad meetups?
2 points by partisan 9y ago|0 comments
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by partisan 9y ago
I don't know if it is just silly. Their IP is in the wind. The third shift is a real phenomenon for brands manufacturing in China even under good circumstances. I am simply extrapolating from that reality.
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by partisan 9y ago
The day after Apple stands up to the Chinese government, Foxconn will be producing phones that no longer have the Apple logo, but will otherwise be Apple iPhones. There is nothing Apple can do. In the name of profits, they have put their en
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by partisan 9y ago
Some go to the other extreme and add indexes on all columns without consideration for what is actually causing the performance issue. I had a former coworker who would routinely put an index on every column in a table when creating the tabl
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How police brought down a tech-savvy prostitution network(projects.seattletimes.com)
5 points by partisan 9y ago|1 comments
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by partisan 9y ago
MCMXC a.D. By Enigma Music for Programming Music for the masses by Depeche Mode Syro by Aphex Twin The inevitable end by Royksopp Dead can dance by Dead can dance Ghost in the shell soundtrack by Kenji Kawaii I also listen to a lot of podca
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by partisan 9y ago
A wise and respected co-worker once told me "know your limits" when I asked him how he managed to stay at a place for 10 years when it did not provide professional challenges or growth. At the time, I was young and "unlimited
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by partisan 9y ago
This is all I require.
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by partisan 9y ago
People have become comfortable with casual colloquialisms in places where they were not previously appropriate. I've noticed lately that many reporters and contributors on news programs have been saying "so", "you know&q
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by partisan 9y ago
> calculate... the average time it takes me to finish a book Out of curiosity, why?
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by partisan 9y ago
Or luckiest, considering that he or she will not be named, and once again, someone gets away with absolutely unacceptable behavior.
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by partisan 9y ago
I saw a commercial for this on Bloomberg TV today. It's the first time I've heard of it and though the idea is interesting, the website and descriptions it provides makes me wonder if it is a viable company. The proposition they m
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Airborne Wireless Network(airbornewirelessnetwork.com)
2 points by partisan 9y ago|1 comments
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by partisan 9y ago
Because everybody has a language that tickles their fancy. You could replace golang here with any or every other language and you would have someone say "I use this stack in production and it's great!".
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by partisan 9y ago
I can imagine someone using component entity systems where they don't exactly make sense. I worked with a manager who considered using it, under a different name and not tied to game dev, in a very LOB application because he thought th
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by partisan 9y ago
Thank you for the kind words! I am happy to report I left that position after 13 months, but consider the plight of the skilled tradesmen who work under those conditions and do physical labor. I was just sitting at a desk programming.
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by partisan 9y ago
I worked for an employer who had a large percentage of union employees. All employees were held to the same rules and as a result, you could only be out sick twice in one year. The third time meant you were written up. If you were out more
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by partisan 9y ago
How do you get away with asserting that he has likely done this "many many" times? I do agree that an apology under these circumstances is not ideal, but what should he do, exactly? Dig a hole and jump in? Not respond at all? Just
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by partisan 9y ago
In the short term, this could benefit the truckers. Rates may go up as each of the larger customers raises rates to attract them. In the long term, truckers are best served by having competition in the marketplace. If there is only one big
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by partisan 9y ago
When I automated the documentation of nightly job processes using Tivoli Maestro configuration files and Visio, my employer didn't know what to do with me so they promoted me. It never crossed my mind not to say something. I wasn'
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by partisan 9y ago
I used an IRC client called BootFucker Pro back then that had all of the weaponry built in. Those were the good old days.
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by partisan 9y ago
So minorities should only be cast when the subject matter relates specifically to them? I don't think that would leave them with many potential roles. There are so few meaningful roles for minorities as it is. Surely that isn't th
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by partisan 9y ago
Tragedy and Hope by Quigley.
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by partisan 9y ago
I've recently had such an experience though not in gaming.
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by partisan 9y ago
We have in the past. Eventually we tell each other our passwords after updates. We sometimes have to access something when the other cannot.
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by partisan 9y ago
Also, please put the number of games in each category. Or if there are new games in the category this week or since your last visit?

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