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   by positr0n 12y ago

   As someone who doesn't know AWS much, what are the major differences between this and EBS?
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   The vast majority of software engineers work for boring enterprises or small businesses that supply software/services for boring enterprises. These software engineers are creating real value in exchange for their salaries, often only a
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   Ironically, there are a few Calvin and Hobbes comics about this: http://i.imgur.com/nv6mLAE.gif
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   Sorry to be that guy, ( http://xkcd.com/1053/ and all), but this isn't new. It was discovered soon after the skills feature came out. Here's a buzzfeed article from 2013: http://www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   It looks the same as Stripe's documentation[1], but I don't see any references to what built it. [1] https://stripe.com/docs/api
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   The Galaxy Note 3 has 3GB of RAM and that was released a year ago.
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   > I also don't recall why the "sleep" command is in there. Probably this issue? http://superuser.com/questions/629227/tmux-prints-12c-whenev...
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   > watering with a hose (a loophole...) Are you sure that's a loophole? I've seen statistics that hand watering and drip irrigation systems are much less wasteful than sprinklers. And sprinklers are the only thing that are banne
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   by positr0n 12y ago

   You (and anyone reading this great list of recommendations) should try cmder. It's a customized build of ConEmu with lots of goodies thrown in. http://bliker.github.io/cmder/
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I had a similar situation. I told my boss "I'm moving to X in the a few months, do I need to find a new job or can I work remotely?" Luckily I was able to keep my current job even though there isn't a large culture of r
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing Basically it's a play on "grass roots" movements. Powerful groups attempt to mimic grass roots, populist movements by hiring a bunch of employees to pose and reg
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I like chipotle and I like real tex mex (I live in Texas). Chipotle is a better replacement for fast food; it doesn't compete in any way with tex mex restaurants in my mind.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    25,000 is a bit on the small side for major universities. The university I went to just kicked off a construction project to increase the stadium capacity to over 100,000. A few miles north of where I currently live, the high school footb
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    Has anyone noticed yet that the date says 2013 instead of 2014? :-)
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    What about encrypting your pem file with AES (using 7zip on a Windows or OpenSSL on *nix) and then backing it up to the cloud?
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    > Completed: Dynamic extraction and use of SimTower graphics, sounds, and other resources from retail EXE file. Isn't he opening himself up to copyright takedown by using the original game assets?
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I can't google for references now, but restaurants like loud dining areas because there is a linear relationship between the dB of background noise and the money customers spend on drinks.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I do this to my son because small children (<3) are such amazing mimics that it's hard to tell if they truly understand a concept without testing positive and negative responses. I could make my 2.5yo kid seem like a genius to stran
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    Extremely similar talks to parents trying to disuade them from helicoptering happened to me at orientation for Texas A&M in 2008, and my sister at Texas Tech in 2013. These are two not particularly prestigious and definitely not small s
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    There are so many weird things about this article. Here is another one: "I don't see how in the hell anybody can buy it that cheap," said Fred Fitts, president of the Corporate Aircraft Association, a nonprofit that negotiate
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    When I'm on a phone or tablet I use http://ihackernews.com , which has comment collapsing.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    You can be a hacker and still know nothing about how modern website backends are designed.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    Since that is indeed popular belief, do you have any proof otherwise? I'd love to hear different theories.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I learned something interesting from a comment on the post: "I was a neuro tech for a long time, doing tests for epilepsy. A 1Hz blink can trigger a seizure, but only in a vanishingly small number of epileptics and only if it's su
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    I hear Somalia is nice this time of year.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    For example, dynos are cycled at least once per day Why so often? I wonder if this is just to protect against memory leaks leading to poor performance from poorly coded apps or if it's an issue with their infrastructure.
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    You don't think there would be a way to "jailbreak" the Glass and get around a software lockdown?
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    Why do we actually see the sun? (physics question)(physics.stackexchange.com)

    2 points by positr0n 13y ago|0 comments
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    as will "domestic partnership"
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    by positr0n 13y ago

    Neat service. I have a typo to report: If you try to create an account that already exists, it says "name alredy exist."