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Programmer Modes: Arrogant, Sponge, and Mentor(johnbyrd.org)
1 points by qjz 16y ago|0 comments
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by qjz 16y ago
Why are so many teenagers arrogant? Perhaps it's the same with programmers and is just a phase, as suggested by this fascinating essay: http://www.johnbyrd.org/html/bosslevel/ProgrammerModes.html
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The documentation suggests that the private key is not at risk, just the agent session. I typically work from a variety of laptops that contain no sensitive data. I log into a remote workstation in a secure environment that houses my main r
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SSH agent forwarding is tremendously useful, but I'm glad the article points out how trivial it is for the root user on a remote system to hijack a user's agent and potentially connect to other systems. The moral of the story: Only forward
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I love Netflix, and streaming movies has been a big improvement over the experience of renting DVDs. But I'm disappointed in the recommendation system. For me, a movie is either worth watching or it isn't, so a simple thumbs up/down system
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As a domain owner and frequent recipient of such requests, here are a few tips: First of all, don't assume the domains are unused. You have no way of knowing this. I have domains that are critical to my infrastructure but don't necessarily
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Strange that you would pick that one. My school district has experienced a school shooting (with 1 fatality), threats by a crazy hater stockpiling weapons whose plan was foiled by local law enforcement, and a nutjob deliveryman who used a p
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This article pretends that both lists are mutually exclusive. Maybe combined they equal most parents' top 10 list of worries, and the ones that happen rarely are simply the ones that are most effectively prevented. I rarely die, but I don't
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I don't think it implies ownership, but it could certainly mislead users who are not familiar with the purpose of DNS. It's always been trivial to point one of your own domain names at someone else's IP address (or create a CNAME), but this
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It's not even necessary to check the HOST header. Simply use name-based virtual hosts and forbid access to the default virtual host. This denies access to simple drive-by bots that crawl IP ranges and others that request a HOST that isn't c
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Ideally, when a bugfix or security update is applied to the shared DLL, your application immediately benefits and you won't have to roll out your own update. I would imagine that some 3rd party enhancements (plugins, for example) also rely
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Bonus: CSV supports sharding.
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NetFlix simplified my life. The value of that is what I think is underestimated.
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I think you skipped the most important statement in the article: "Check the value of Bebo, Myspace, Friendster, etc. and you'll see the future of Facebook." What makes Facebook any less fragile? Perhaps social networking sites are intrinsic
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Agree 100%. Furthermore, it's important not to conflate version control with data backup. Although they share some traits, they have different goals. For example, if I lose my local working copy of a repository before any commits, I've lost
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The instructions for adding a public key to the authorized_keys file are a bit reckless, as they will wipe out any others that exist. Although not universal (not included with Mac OS X, for example) the ssh-copy-id command is much preferabl
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I can think of three tips that are more useful than any of the ones in the article: 1. Don't subscribe to mailing lists. Really, don't. 2. Answer yes or no questions with a yes or a no. 3. Don't reply if the email doesn't require (or warran
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The only thing new about 3D is that it finally looks good (meaning almost as good as a GAF Viewmaster). But to enjoy it, you still depend upon cumbersome eyewear. I think it will be big in entertainment (films & gaming) and to a lesse
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I'm sure you'll find many hoarders who can justify their entire collections with those three rules.
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A sage once told me, "On a motorcycle, you are the bumper."
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The biological imperative is to procreate. I don't want to split hairs and separate the mechanism from the goal. It's true there is plenty of social pressure to have sex or to be more sexually appealing, short of achieving the goal to have
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I recommend not being a jerk about it. Endangering their registrations is not going to put you in a good bargaining position. The registrar is happily being paid for these domains, and just because an address bounces for you doesn't mean it
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The pressure to have children is biological. If you could measure it, there is arguably more social pressure NOT to have children than otherwise.
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I especially liked the part where smoke came out of the fan vent on my laptop. But seriously, if this is where things are headed, why not just run compiled binaries in the browser? There, I said it.
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What would happen if they closed any of those projects tomorrow? How would one recover the data or justify the time investment? Things like search and maps are awesome, but their strength is that they are passively used. I'd hate to see the
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I find it hard to believe that there wasn't a demand for stronger, thinner, lighter, scratch-resistant glass until recently. There must be more to this story.
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ARTIFICIALLY-INDUCED INTELLIGENCE DETERIORATES AT A RATE OF TIME DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE QUANTITY OF THE INCREASE.
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It's trivial to blackhole a domain if you run your own DNS, without adding any new features to bind. I do it all the time, by becoming authoritative at whatever level of the domain I need. But it takes special consideration and monitoring t
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Try to buy foods with only one ingredient, avoid packaged foods with more than five ingredients, and don't buy anything with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Those three tips alone will have a profound effect on what ends up in your shoppin
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I've read the article a few times, and I'm still not sure what point the author is trying to make. However, this quote from the article appears to neatly contradict the title (if that faithfully represents his premise): How do we manage

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