raylangivens

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by raylangivens 7y ago
I see Dan Luu, I upvote.
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by raylangivens 7y ago
Interesting stuff. I always knew of the different parties involved in a CC transaction, but this explained in a super simple way. Kudos. Weird that there is no about section and wth is the author ?
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by raylangivens 7y ago
I am based out of the Asian sub-continent. I cut the cord on my Netflix subscription 5 months ago. I only have a Prime Video subscription and a Hotstar subscription (for Live football, tennis etc). Netflix started becoming a place which wou
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by raylangivens 7y ago
MSFT employee here, Teams sucks balls. I have only barely used Slack but when I joined the company everyone was using SfB which blew dead goats. Teams is much better than that. But the search is bad, I agree on scrolling, its atrocious. But
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by raylangivens 7y ago
People would misconstrue the increased usage of Linux VMs on Azure to assume Windows Server instances are no longer used for Server scenarios, which is not the case.
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by raylangivens 7y ago
Microsoftie here, a lot of Microsoft's own infrastructure is hosted on Windows Server instances. Won't comment further than that, So Windows for server scenarios is certainly not dead.
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by raylangivens 7y ago
The Indian Government is extremely inept at assessing at technological needs. Aadhar is a good example of what came out of the Indian Government (technically Nilekani & Co.). The pathetic Indian Government websites would show you what t
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by raylangivens 7y ago
Alternate opinion, I work at Microsoft as an Engineer. We (obviously) use Teams for meetings. For one thing, it integrates well with the MS/Office ecosystem (sharing videos is easier etc). But the video conferencing system is really po
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by raylangivens 8y ago
Try ops-class.org from Geoffrey Challen that uses OS/161 for programming assignments, all of the material is free. I'm doing that one now. Highly recommend Operating Systems in Three Easy pieces as well.
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A First Course in Linear Algebra – Free Textbook(linear.ups.edu)
2 points by raylangivens 8y ago|0 comments
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by raylangivens 8y ago
Of all the shows you mentioned the only ones I have watched is, OITB (left it at after watching S04 I think), Master of None (both the seasons), I realise that its a drama that leans toward being a rom-com but I do not watch rom-coms at all
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by raylangivens 8y ago
I am not entirely sold on Netflix Originals. The way a network grows, NTFLX is a network, is by creating quality content that stands the test of time. Great works of art that you constantly want to re-watch Mad Men, The Sopranos, The Wire,
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by raylangivens 8y ago
I have been reading through these and find them really unique in a good way. I got a new perspective on a lot of stuff I already studied I have a Bachelors in CS and graduated 1.5 years ago. It doesn't feel formal like a textbook and y
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by raylangivens 8y ago
There is a plethora of Linux based distros out there. I recently bought a Lenovo L480 with DOS. I ended up trying out Elementary since I liked the UX. A day or two after using it, it already started hanging on me and wouldn't boot. The