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Ask HN: US laws affecting private user data?
2 points by rebootthesystem 9y ago|2 comments
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Writing tiny apps for small constrained systems isn't difficult at all. That's what we did thirty years ago. One neat trick is to use threaded interpretive languages (FORTH). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apo
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Absolutely. There are plenty of companies out there that fit the profile you described. I guess my point is that this isn't representative of the majority at all. It isn't even representative of the top 500, 1,000 or maybe even
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
A company isn't a charity. It's a business. It's there to make money. It does this by delivering a product that solves a problem for someone (or another business) and, by means of the value it offers, it can generate reven
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
These are long and complex topics hard to discuss on a platform like HN. In general terms though, this view that business is bad, evil and greedy and that it (as an amorphous mass) conspires to abuse workers, drive down wages and hoard cash
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
> there is no legal (or historical) basis for the idea that maximizing shareholder value is the primary concern of a corporation Please folks, stop posting comments if you don't have the slightest concept of how businesses work. OK
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
> That means that 1) wages are too low, and 2) taxes are too low. No, it does not. There is no correlation there at all. Not one person I know who has ever run a business would make that connection. Why? Because they understand busine
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Thank you for bringing attention to this. Experiencing this on our W10 workstations. I hope MS does something about this immediately. It's maddening.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
As I read through some of the comments on this thread what jumped out at me is that products today are designed with DFM in mind rather than DFR. Design for Manufacturing vs. Design for Repairs. Industrial products are different. There&#x
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I think you missed this part: "Public access to Martins Beach, and to all land seaward of the mean high tide line in California, is guaranteed in the state’s constitution and mandated within the Coastal Act of 1976."
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I love APL, used it professionally for about a decade. I hate the APL ecosystem.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Well, of course, "When in Rome do as the Romans". Not saying OO has no place. Of course not. That would be crazy.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
> Unlike the people I met in the Silicon Valley, only a handful of our tech-oriented students had participated in hackatons, contributed to open-source software, had started a personal blog or answered questions in online help communitie
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
You missed my point. No problem with any of this except their use of tax money to fund it. If they need a capstone project they can pay for it themselves. Don't create a bullshit grant for something that will not be delivered. I mean
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
It's just a silly observation. I come from a generation that had to create products like AutoCAD to run on CP/M systems with 64K of RAM and precious little permanent storage. As an aside, few people know that software like AutoC
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I'm sorry to have to be negative on this. I look at a bunch of this stuff that is DOD/Armed Forces funded and all I have seen for decades are nothing less than what I would call scams. Total waste of taxpayer money. And this isn
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
That's the problem with kids these days. Everything has to be a friggin class. You know we did some pretty amazing things with computers before OO. We even landed people on the Moon. Can anyone program without OO any more? Just sayin
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
You might want to read-up on table driven state machines. I'm not sure you have a full view of what's possible.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I am always surprised to see how many software developers I come across who have no experience whatsoever applying FSM's in the course of their work. I can unequivocally say that FSM's have made me tons of money. By that I mean t
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
How about steering the car with his right hand on the bottom of the wheel to make it look like there's a problem with the auto pilot? If someone wants to claim there's a problem with any auto pilot they better have a camera view s
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Chasing technology is a huge mistake. Your end users, your clients, where the money comes from, could not care less if you are coding your website in Visual Basic (is that even possible?). Nope. They are after a solution to a problem. T
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
This would be FAR, FAR more believable if the guy placed both his hands in view. You can't see what the right hand is doing. I remain skeptical. Does he show his hands in the rest of the video? I stopped watching after a few minute
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
You missed my point. That microprocessor has thousands of transistors. And then you need software.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Single part? That circuit has THOUSANDS of components. And, on top of that it needs software? Nah, this can be done with a one transistor, one resistor and little transformer one can easily DIY wind. No software required. https:/&#x2
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Exactly. There are many mid-range colleges where a great education can be had for a lot less than $300K. Here's a good article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-elite-colleges-lead-to-highe... Quote: "What we
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
Still no multiuser capabilities. Truly disappointing. Not upgrading. Not interested.
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
> reconsider mortgaging the house (figuratively) to No, this is real. One of my kid's friends is going for Mechanical Engineering at a school that will cost her $60K per year. And she is committed to go past and Bachelor's and
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by rebootthesystem 9y ago
I have a feeling you've never spent a significant amount of time dealing with IP and patent attorneys. You can't threaten to sue. That can backfire in a major way, having lawsuits filed against you. The idea of reaching big settl
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> Patents aren't worth the paper they're printed on unless you have money to defend them Exactly. This is something I think most don't understand. Patents give you the right to sue. That's it. They don't provid
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> Tesla added that Vandermeyden had been granted numerous positions over other more qualified candidates and was given special treatment and opportunities for advancement that were unwarranted based on her qualifications Wow, they should

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