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by probablyfiction 11y ago
> They decided the prudent course was to let the whole bizarre incident go and hope Maertens never heard from them again. I've noticed that a lot of IT workers tend to be non-confrontational and unwilling to stand up for themselves
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
It's not as simple as that. If someone I've corresponded with has had their account compromised and is sending me messages saying that they've been kidnapped, or have vi@gr@ to sell, I definitely want that filtered.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
Huge sums in relation to the average American worker. I'm being paid below average for a programmer of my caliber, but it still feels like a ton of money because I grew up in humble circumstances.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
Full-time work can be worth it. Financial stability goes a long way towards contributing to happiness. You ultimately have to ask yourself what your goals are, and why you're working. A job should be a tool to help you get what you rea
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
This is what burnout looks like. Unless Yelp has a toxic work culture, it's likely the author brought it on themselves by pushing too hard. After several months, the author will probably start thinking about work again, and begin the j
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
Because modders are using Bethesda's copyrighted intellectual property as the base for their mods. Bethesda deserves a cut because it's their IP.
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by probablyfiction 11y ago
Church. She was a teenager and I was in my early 20s. Fast forward 14 years, and we find ourselves starting a company together.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Do you hear that? It's the sound of a thousand conspiracy theories being launched.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
The messaging wars never really ended. It simply moves to new formats as technology evolves. Through it all, though, IRC carries on. May it always be so.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Back in the 70's when you had people phone phreaking, the barrier to entry was high. You would need access to a box of Cap'n Crunch along with the knowledge on how to phreak. The barrier to entry was low with DRM-bypassing. You d
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
You can't honestly expect people to observe a ban on technology, voluntary or otherwise. Just look at the music and movie industry. As soon as the technology existed to bypass DRM, people embraced it whole-heartedly. If people have a c
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I think your best bet is to part ways with the developer on good terms. The problem you don't seem to see is your company's culture. There have been several good suggestions in this thread (20% time, flexible hours, mentoring, etc
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Apparently we've reached peak Godwin, everyone. Knock it off.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I don't understand what it is that makes companies so short-sighted. They're so focused on the immediate cost of something that they forget the long-term value they reap from customers that keep coming back. Companies need to take
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Some of these are dirty, but I think the majority are smart hacks in the best sense of the word, especially the final story about memory allocation
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Someone (or even more frightening, multiple someones) at Paypal didn't understand the point of CSRF tokens. A new random value for each request is essential to maintain the integrity of the measure. CSRF tokens should never be used as
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I can listen to music when I'm doing routine tasks (copying and pasting, writing emails, or creating simple code). When I need to do something that takes heavy cognitive processing, though, music serves as a distraction and I have to t
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I had no idea that Jackson had a youtube presence. I'm going to have to check it out. His Animal Planet show is hilariously awful, though Mr. Galaxy does seem to know how to interact with cats.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
The ability to ban rogue users would likely have helped them immensely. An invitation-only system would probably have been of benefit as well. Nothing is foolproof, obviously, but their users were working quickly. They only would have neede
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
*en masse
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
The encryption won't prevent spyware from reading information on an active device. Once the user is logged into the device, the spyware will have access to the OS. These are two separate issues.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Because of the money.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
Agreed. The current link is just some guy's opinion and it gets wacky. Certainly not the type of high level analysis I typically expect from a HN link.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
"Spooky action" indeed
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
It would have been helpful if the author explained how this has benefited him in concrete ways, rather than asserting that his way is best and leaving it at that.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
A better understanding of math would directly impact your skill as a programmer. It might be worth it to float the idea with your job and see if they can help you with that. Then demand a raise because of your increased value.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
At 3:36 in the video, when the 'interface' shuts down, it closes into Visual Studio. So not only is J.A.E.S.A. a next-generation AI, it runs natively on Windows. The whole video screams 'scam'
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
No, he wasn't. Marx was about the state owning the means of production, and that isn't the case here. We have a handful of super rich people (oligarchs) owning the means of production.
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I'm in the same boat. A lot of my friends love and use Twitter regularly, but I've never been able to get into it. I feel bad that I don't get it, because millions of people clearly find compelling use-cases for it, but my ex
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by probablyfiction 12y ago
I vote for a megaphone of some type

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