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by pragmar 9y ago
I'd say it depends on whether you're fundamentally serving documents or an application. The new breed of js frameworks probably isn't the right choice for Wikipedia, and jQuery probably isn't the right choice for Spotify
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by pragmar 10y ago
I should clarify. My comment was in regards to the views of society, broadly, and the political class in particular. What I was trying to say--the justice system that elected representatives have constructed speaks to a cruel, vindictive th
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by pragmar 10y ago
> Was this the outcome society wants me to have? Unfortunately, yes. Drug enforcement and sentencing may be on a slow decline, but moralizing every perceived character defect is on the rise. There's no more effective way to do this
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by pragmar 10y ago
I'm from the only remaining US state without a mandatory seat belt law, New Hampshire. As far as I can tell, we pair off equally with our neighbor to the west, Vermont, in road fatalities[1]. The two states are very similar in geograph
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by pragmar 10y ago
I want to believe, I really do. Intel can't offer a compelling reason to upgrade my 5 year old 3930k--there's no question that the desktop market has stagnated in the face of a weakened AMD. Can anyone enlighten me as to what vide
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by pragmar 10y ago
Archos Jukebox was pretty great--had SPDIF IO and an accessible 2.5" hard drive (upgradable). Wasn't pretty, but in terms of functionality, it was amazing for its time. Rockbox firmware was icing on the cake. https://en
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by pragmar 10y ago
CentOS is in a tricky position with regard to ALPN/http2 support--there's absolutely nothing on the horizon. A continuing shift to Ubuntu in the webserver space is almost certain in the mid-term.
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by pragmar 10y ago
Software updates in general are just getting sloppy, this isn't limited to Apple. The Windows 10 anniversary update had issues as well. Makes me long for the old MS service pack model.
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by pragmar 10y ago
I think this trivializes the scope of what the BBC developed. Even with well automated processes, you'd still want a human doing light QA given the wide diversity of content. The BBC has been at it for over twenty years building ad hoc
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by pragmar 10y ago
It's a value argument. You've framed it in terms of stability, life expectancy, rule of law; someone else may frame through a different lens (family, leisure, etc.). You can substitute hunter/gatherer for 1960s or 80s politic
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by pragmar 10y ago
This is exactly what works for me. To add to this strategy, I tend to note (not fix) easy todos and leave them as a warm up for the next day. It can be difficult to start cold on hard problems.
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by pragmar 11y ago
I may be reading between the lines, but it sounds like it's the business side of things that is becoming miserable. If you still enjoy writing software, it might be worth worth exploring opportunities outside of self-employment. Workin
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by pragmar 11y ago
The Pew study looks at household income. I guess that is one way to look at it, but it never struck me as a reasonable model. When you look at wages, the story is far more concerning. Focusing on wages surfaces the fact that households have
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by pragmar 11y ago
It's good to understand the trade-offs and not blindly be adding binaries and configs, but source control conventions should boil down to what works best for you and your team. For configs, I've found a reasonable solution is to i
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by pragmar 11y ago
My team's been using a project management tool to document dark corners and eccentricities within our systems. It sort of works as a searchable DB of notes, and the more I contribute, the more I get the same "who's ever going
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The Garden and the Stream: A Technopastoral(hapgood.us)
6 points by pragmar 11y ago|2 comments
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by pragmar 11y ago
It's clear that secondhand smoke does harm others, but the extent to which it does is a matter of debate. There's non-tobacco funded research that indicates it's not a significant risk unless you live with an in-home smoker
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by pragmar 12y ago
The need is for the caffeine--the easiest way to get off the diet soda train is green tea, and to ease off the caffeine from there. Others just don't find water satisfying for other reasons, which I can relate to. I tend to drink a 60&
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by pragmar 12y ago
I think developers looking for Unreal performance from Unity 3d will be disappointed. What Unity has over Unreal is C#, great interactive tools (a live stage within a running game), and the ability to publish to just about anything.
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by pragmar 12y ago
Superfish is the tip of the iceberg. Microsoft really needs to get the hardware vendors in line before these preinstalls bring down Windows. Causal users make no distinction between the the crapware getting preloaded and Windows itself.
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by pragmar 12y ago
I'm always annoyed when I see UUIDs in my directory structure, it's the same feeling I get when I see a big mac wrapper littered in my yard, or MSOCache in Windows system root for that matter.
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by pragmar 12y ago
You might think about keeping an eye out for jobs in higher-ed if there are any colleges or universities nearby. At least in the US, higher-ed jobs typically have generous vacation benefits and a better than average work culture. Unfortunat
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by pragmar 12y ago
I've two minds about the proposed change. On one hand, anything that can make it more difficult for governments to engage in dragnet surveillance is a public good. Though, I have reservations that the CA model is not what should be end
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by pragmar 12y ago
It could have something to do with CPU throttling, though I'm sure there are other factors at play. Once the temperature crosses the threshold, performance will deteriorate significantly. My guess is the better performing games operati
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by pragmar 12y ago
Apparently, smoking related fires are deadly, but rarer than you'd think (causing only 2% of residential fires, though surprisingly 14% of deaths). But point taken with regards to smoking in bed, which is apparently still a thing.. h
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Important changes to your WebINK account(webink.com)
1 points by pragmar 12y ago|0 comments
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Against Solutionism (Evgeny Morozov)(youtube.com)
1 points by pragmar 13y ago|0 comments
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by pragmar 13y ago
I'll gladly defer to an astrophysicist on matters of the universe, a plumber on piping, or a mechanic on auto repair. I think the problem is the field of social sciences is kind of a wasteland. While I can respect the skills and analys
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by pragmar 13y ago
For anyone with hung request - http://www.lobste.rs isn't working for me, but http://lobste.rs is.
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by pragmar 13y ago
Cached - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qjCebmD...

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