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by powerslacker 8y ago
Oracle is living on borrowed time. They secured vendor lock-in by selling custom solutions to big name industries -- hotels, finance, etc. Now its common knowledge that buying Oracle is selling your soul. There's no way out once you&#x
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by powerslacker 8y ago
That sounds pretty good. Open source? I'd love to read it, and possibly contribute if its in my skill set.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
I hate when people just downvote posts that don't align with their politics.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
I would spend well over $42,500 for an extra 820 hours.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
This article started strong and then about half way through turns into incoherent raving. The author clearly has only the foggiest grasp of basic programming concepts. This thimble of knowledge seems to have been gathered with the sole int
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by powerslacker 8y ago
Let me get this straight: wealthy Saudis invest money in American companies, American companies do well and make billions, investors profit, Americans profit. Profits get reinvested so that investors make more money. But wait! Saudis come f
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by powerslacker 8y ago
It definitely has not. Let's say company X allows company Y to access data that is personally identifiable. X is located in the EU, whereas company Y is not. Y promises to allow persons to delete their data upon request. However, there
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by powerslacker 8y ago
It wasn't always this way. Quora's user base expanded heavily and the quality of content suffered. When the community was smaller questions and answers were more informative. Its slowly becoming a glorified Yahoo answers.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
How's about instead of regulating magnets we regulate parents? If your kid is seriously injured or dies from eating too many magnets you have to pick up trash off the freeway for five years. I'm not saying human life is only worth
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by powerslacker 8y ago
> You’ve had a bachelor’s degree for three months. It cost $100,000 to earn, all before interest. $100,000 well spent. Possibly the best article I've read in years.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
AppEngine + Go + Gin.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
really interesting piece.
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by powerslacker 8y ago
xmpp/irc + otr. how about instead of spending taxpayer money reinventing the wheel you just train gov. employees to be tech literate?
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by powerslacker 8y ago
I see your point and agree with you to an extent but there are certainly degrees of voluntary. A transaction at gunpoint is clearly not voluntary. But what if I take you out partying, get you loaded up on tequila shots? Can you still make a
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by powerslacker 9y ago
1. Grit - being able to slog through a tough problem for weeks or months with few signs of success or progress. Sometimes you are going to need to bang your head against the desk for a long time before you get answers. 2. Humble - as a soft
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by powerslacker 9y ago
I've never felt so terrified and fascinated at the same time.
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by powerslacker 9y ago
You are unfortunately right about the embedded scenario. It always ends up being a C/Go abomination - and eventually you end up asking yourself...why didn't I just use C?
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by powerslacker 9y ago
I've seen a lot of stuff on Pony as well and it looks promising. Have you built anything with it yet?
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by powerslacker 9y ago
I think JSP is a great contender, and I see your point about overengineering. PHP with type-checking is alright, but if I'm going to use a scripting language I'd prefer Python or Ruby.
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by powerslacker 9y ago
I wrote some PHP last month and I still hate it :) Though it has improved dramatically.
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by powerslacker 9y ago
I write Go on the daily and I really enjoy it. But hey, whatever floats your boat!
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by powerslacker 9y ago
you got me to make an account and move the gif, I hope you're happy with yourself