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by qntmfred 12y ago
nice post. we do something similar, except using MS Web Deploy. We also explored Octopus but wanted an agentless mechanism. We're also keeping our eye on Desired State Configuration
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by qntmfred 12y ago
they need to start optimizing the shape of nacho cheese jars so that i stop getting rim cheese all over my knuckles every time i dip a chip
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by qntmfred 12y ago
yes please
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by qntmfred 12y ago
New York Public Library here. the selection is definitely better than smaller library systems, but the experience still sucks compared to something like netflix. between finding the books I want in the catalog, never mind a decent recommend
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by qntmfred 12y ago
the experience is typically atrocious however (looking at you overdrive.com) and the selection limited. netflix is easy and reasonably comprehensive. hopefully amazon's product will be as well.
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by qntmfred 12y ago
just use siri then http://myechoapp.com/
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by qntmfred 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_United_States_po...
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by qntmfred 12y ago
you said idempotent 5 times fyi
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by qntmfred 12y ago
I'm in the same position as you, although early thirties. Have always been interested in the brain since a kid, have thought about pivoting my career to the brain sciences a few times. It's not easy to go back into academia (which
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by qntmfred 12y ago
I think mean means what you think median means. Known what I mean?
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by qntmfred 12y ago
http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/
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by qntmfred 12y ago
there is something oddly satisfying about stumbling upon compiler bugs. here's one i discovered a while back http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11303732/x86-vs-anycpu-re...
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by qntmfred 12y ago
Doesn't bower install from a local cache if network request fails? npm on the other hand... per docs at https://github.com/bower/bower oh....
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by qntmfred 12y ago
and The Italian Job
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by qntmfred 13y ago
yup. I also stopped participating there in 2012 or so. It's really quite a shame. I still find my way there from Google pretty frequently, but I don't bother asking or answering questions anymore
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by qntmfred 13y ago
these changes were in the works long before ballmer left FYI
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by qntmfred 13y ago
13 June 2013
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by qntmfred 13y ago
Windows 8 is a big step backwards from Windows XP?
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by qntmfred 13y ago
just saw this last night as well http://gitshots.com/
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by qntmfred 13y ago
for .NET work I prefer https://github.com/schambers/fluentmigrator/wiki
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by qntmfred 13y ago
This is why instincts are relevant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisit...
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by qntmfred 13y ago
i wasn't aware that we had any accurate projections of the world's energy needs 30 million years from now
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by qntmfred 13y ago
the technology could solve the world’s energy problems for the next thirty million years oh, ok
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by qntmfred 13y ago
really? if anything since I first heard about D-wave everything i have heard is in support of their claims. especially the last year or two
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by qntmfred 13y ago
not to mention NYC, and especially so since he specifically mentioned whether New York could grow into a startup hub to rival Silicon Valley
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by qntmfred 13y ago
Posted 16th May 2013
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by qntmfred 13y ago
I know everybody on HN hates Microsoft and perceive .NET as an enterprise (ie boring and/or subpar) but since I switched from primarily PHP to primarily .NET in 2007, I've worked with a number of great teams with both starups and
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by qntmfred 13y ago
That and making money.
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by qntmfred 13y ago
what took so long?
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by qntmfred 13y ago
you think Microsoft did this, huh? show me a large tech company that hasn't done this.

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