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by q-big 4y ago
> So you'd get a CS degree, read, learn, and apply the knowledge. > That formula has inverted. > Nowadays, you can build and learn along the way. People's opinions by now differ byt a huge amount whether this is a good or
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by q-big 4y ago
Isn't this story rather a strong sign that many managers are simply incompetent? I mean: how can you seriously manage things if you don't even know what kind of tasks you actually manage?
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by q-big 4y ago
> but was a million miles from Hollywood. According to > https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=distance+Le+Mars%2C+Iow... the distance between Le Mars, Iowa and Hollywood is rather 2152 km (1337 miles). Even without h
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by q-big 4y ago
Archive.ph: https://archive.ph/Dlxvd
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by q-big 4y ago
> Software developers are more expensive than other fields. Software developers in the Bay Area are more expensive than other fields.
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Quora is shutting down the English version of its Partner Program(techcrunch.com)
3 points by q-big 4y ago|0 comments
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by q-big 4y ago
> Working in a company like that isn't inspiring - you do what's needed, but it's hard to see yourself as making the world a better place. There are enough companies that have a potential to make the world a better place.
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by q-big 4y ago
> It’s just a game for them to popularize code breaking Do they really want to do that - considering these talented people might use their code breaking skills against the government? ;-)
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by q-big 4y ago
> This whole article is assuming that smart people can and want to learn anything, which can be true, but for most of cases, it isn't. I consider it as quite plausible that smart people can and want to learn anything. The problem r
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by q-big 4y ago
> I’d rather hire someone who knows four languages that we don’t use, over someone who knows only one language that happens to be the one we use. The more programming languages one knows well, the more opinionated one typically becomes b
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by q-big 4y ago
> I'm shit at it, but the mantra I tell to myself is: "remember when you were a kid? These are other kids that play with the same toys as you. Just talk about the toys and how to make toys more fun. Same enthusiasm!". The
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by q-big 4y ago
> Kids are not some kind of start up scaling problem. Kids require a lot of resources and attention So do startups.
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by q-big 4y ago
> Even before that, much of the UI of DOS itself is Unix inspired The inspiration rather came from CP/M.
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by q-big 4y ago
> Are you getting paid a US wage? OP salaries are very low in that last paragraph. This is the goal: decrease salaries.
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by q-big 4y ago
Read the article https://spuder.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/lack-rack/ "The 21-5/8” racks are the exact dimensions of server equipment."
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by q-big 4y ago
TCP was already standardized in September 1981 in RFC 793: > https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc793 RFC 9293 is a new version of STD 7 (TCP).
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by q-big 4y ago
In the article linked at the end > https://spuder.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/lack-rack/ you can read (emphasis by me): "If you decide to make your own, pay attention to which size lack rack you get
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by q-big 4y ago
A possible counter model to this kind of organization is how the Nicolas Bourbaki collective organized their work: "Subcommittees are assigned to write drafts on specific material, and the drafts are later presented, vigorously debated
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by q-big 4y ago
What does this April fools joke have to do with the revision of the TCP standard? EDIT: Also consider that the "evil bit" is part of the IPv4 header, and not of the TCP header.
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by q-big 4y ago
See the Abstract and Section "1. Purpose and Scope": "Over this time, a number of changes have been made to TCP as it was specified in RFC 793, though these have only been documented in a piecemeal fashion. This document coll
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by q-big 4y ago
This new version of STD 7 (TCP) was adopted yesterday. The previous version of STD 7 (RFC 793) was adopted in September 1981 - nearly 41 years ago.
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RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)(rfc-editor.org)
283 points by q-big 4y ago|59 comments
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Why do developers experience so much imposter syndrome?(chriis.dev)
1 points by q-big 4y ago|2 comments
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by q-big 4y ago
> Why are they taking off when Segway didn't? Price. For renting scooters, there comes in addition that the renting price is often subsidized by VC money.
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The Problem with the Web (2021)(youtube.com)
2 points by q-big 4y ago|0 comments
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Jonathan Blow on backdoors and cybersecurity (2021)(youtube.com)
4 points by q-big 4y ago|1 comments
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by q-big 4y ago
> PCs are still way more expensive. Especially lately. Compare what you can get for $500. You just can't get a PS5 or Xbox Series X level system for that much. On the other hand: currently, you can hardly get a PS5 or Xbox Series X
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by q-big 4y ago
> What's the "killer app" of the PS4? At least for some gamers that I know: PlayStation VR
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by q-big 4y ago
> > This technology is particularly applicable for passports and ID verification > What if you take a picture of a fake passport? This technology blocks 50 % of the possibilities of counterfeiting (before or after taking the pictur
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by q-big 4y ago
> A lot of "engineering types" including myself can be semi blind to the value of the MBA types. Or even just sales in general. I don't think these engineering types are (semi-)blind to this. It is rather my opinion that

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