rbobby

15 ms·

91.
by rbobby 6y ago
Most likely explanation. Source: I have a cat.
92.
by rbobby 6y ago
Attribution-Oracle Where "oracle" means predictor and not the database/java folks. Here's my mvp: public static (bool IsOwned, string OwnedBy) GetAttribution(string CodeSnippet) => string.IsNullOrWhiteS
93.
by rbobby 6y ago
Imagine how much further ahead HTML/CSS would have been if the academic crowd abandoned latex 20 years ago. Revisit this comment in 5 years.
94.
by rbobby 6y ago
The unlabeled color is for human synthesized elements without a stable isotope. Thanks wikipedia.
95.
by rbobby 6y ago
A few folks mentioned repositioning so I thought I'd suggest a possibility. Medium/large companies do want to restrict access to production databases. Especially sysadmin level access. Maybe your tool could help companies with thi
96.
by rbobby 6y ago
Years ago I bought this by mistake thinking it was a murder mystery. 50 pages in and I was really confused... good writing but no sign of a mystery. Reread the back cover more carefully and the penny dropped.
97.
by rbobby 6y ago
Very discworldian.
98.
by rbobby 6y ago
Exactly the same for me. I find it so uncomfortable that I won't use any darkmode interface and pretty much always shun darkmode web pages. My worst experience was with jsFiddle. They switched to darkmode only, which ended my use of th
99.
by rbobby 6y ago
The day to day is one thing but the hiring interviews are another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRkvEJqsagU
100.
by rbobby 6y ago
Maybe in a few(?) years you can redo it but make it 8' high :)
101.
by rbobby 6y ago
> and thus nobody 'lost' anything Every illegal download reduces the size of the legal purchase marketplace.
102.
by rbobby 7y ago
> double-tap to zoom Why wouldn't you just zoom with the center point being where the tap occurred?
103.
by rbobby 7y ago
With the odd intonations.
104.
by rbobby 7y ago
Bats are one.
105.
by rbobby 7y ago
JavaScript is a small, reasonably elegant scripting language consisting entirely of edge cases. /s
106.
by rbobby 7y ago
> population has declined by over 99 percent > This year's estimate [...] stands at about 29,000 monarchs, just above last year’s all-time low > Federal officials are considering listing monarch butterflies for protect
107.
by rbobby 7y ago
I think it may have to do with the number of options a person has to earn money. To those with few options a shitty job can feel a lot like slavery. Taking someone to task over the technically incorrect use of the word slavery seems a bit p
108.
by rbobby 7y ago
> He reported the truth. It’s an extraordinary trial this. It's extradition hearings not a trail. Extraditions are pretty common, the statistics I found seem to indicate roughly 1,000 requests per year with about 50% being successfu
109.
by rbobby 7y ago
I would think he's in protective custody because he would be in extreme danger in general population. He's a celebrity and would likely be viewed as rapist and traitor (the facts don't matter, what matters is what the other c
110.
by rbobby 7y ago
Assange doesn't qualify for bail (he is a flight risk/certainty) so he stays in custody until the hearings are done. Made his bed and now has to lie in it.
111.
by rbobby 7y ago
Assange doesn't qualify for bail (he is a flight risk/certainty) so he stays in custody until the hearings are done. Made his bed and now has to lie in it.
112.
by rbobby 7y ago
> Applesoft BASIC Lol. A purist among us sinners :) But yes, Applesoft BASIC. I never saw an Apple ] (heheheh) only an Apple ][.
113.
by rbobby 7y ago
The 6502 changed my life by really hooking me on computers. Got my first professional gig (fixing a bug in a truck driving simulator using Commodore PET Basic) that paid in a pizza outing. An interesting feature of the 6502 was that memory
114.
by rbobby 7y ago
Never had KFC before? That seems extremely unlikely.
115.
by rbobby 7y ago
I had the same question. Functional Reactive Programming.
116.
by rbobby 7y ago
Me too!!
117.
SoftBank Unveils $9.5B WeWork Rescue, Gets 80% Stake(bloomberg.com)
5 points by rbobby 7y ago|0 comments
118.
by rbobby 7y ago
Dr. Who it up a bit and make it stands for "Universal Time Coordinate". Problem solved.
119.
by rbobby 7y ago
My company has an incoming fax line solely for bank notifications. This was an upgrade from the old system where I'd call and speak to someone on the payments desk. Setting up some form of secure email, or just making the information a
120.
by rbobby 7y ago
> paying a middle man for customers that might not have chain loyalty Is chain loyalty a thing with movie theaters though? Don't people decide what movie to watch and then pick a theater? At best I think that in locations with lots

More ›