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by redcap 17y ago
Just aslong as they say how they have to work around the FooCorp fuck up rather than saying something like "Dunno how we did it, it just works".
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by redcap 17y ago
Unit tests have sometimes been a great help, especially for regression tests, but they can get in the way, especially if you actually want to ship. I can see the benefits of getting the 1.0 to market first (if buggy), getting some market sh
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by redcap 17y ago
Rather than the big picture of long term health effects, my first impression on the brain regeneration issue. You suggest diet changes that could certainly help you live longer, but do they help the brain specifically to stay healthy? The
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by redcap 17y ago
I'd argue that the frequency of security updates points to a fairly immature security architecture - it might be ages before they get anywhere near other sufficiently secure open source projects (although comparing it with linux is a bit li
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by redcap 17y ago
Why you need to take holidays and/or make sure you're getting enough sleep.
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by redcap 17y ago
I wasn't aware that sharing your browser history with every website that cares to check it was a 'feature'.
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by redcap 17y ago
I think the main problem is the lack of braces means you have to rely on white space to figure out what the hell is going on. That's the main reason why I religiously put open and close braces on even the smallest if/else blocks as it drama
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by redcap 17y ago
Although there probably is a lot to be learned about just what Apple et. al. are doing in terms of fucking developers around with their app stores/etc, I do think that the attitude of "shut up and code" is also quite valid. Hopefully people
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by redcap 17y ago
Has anyone ever fronted up to Google and ask to see some customer service there? Over the past few months there have been a number of stories about Google's bad customer service particularly in relation to the AdSense/etc programs, so I'm c
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by redcap 17y ago
Of course, if it's wet weather, you'll want to increase that - say to a 4 second rule.
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by redcap 17y ago
Really not a good comparison. a) the culture is so much different - a lot of acting for the good of the group rather than the individual, and b) there really aren't _that_ many people who study martial arts.
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by redcap 17y ago
My take on a lot of classical music is that they seem to be trying to hard, doing too much with the instrument (been listening to some piano pieces by Liszt, Chopin, etc recently). That and I really don't appreciate a lot of high treble so
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by redcap 17y ago
And no other 'classical' music does it for you at all? You'll excuse me if I find that hard to believe. Probably because I haven't really listened to Bach (youtube et. al. are blocked for me so I can't go and listen right this instant).
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by redcap 17y ago
It's the mythos - breaking out hackers as something 'cool' - despite all the dumb hollywood stuff in the movie.
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by redcap 17y ago
Putting aside the security aspect, I think that the terms hacker and programmer as still disparate. They're separated by structure. If you still through and design something you're programming - putting a fair amount of thought and structu
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by redcap 17y ago
Maybe, but as numerous people have said before, there are likely thousands of businesses that have internal websites that only work with IE6.
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by redcap 17y ago
But is it because young adults these days don't have to grow up as much as teenagers had to say a century ago? You can effictively stay a child emotionally for a very long time.
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by redcap 17y ago
Pretty much to the point - just do it. Although Rupert Murdoch's already decided to do this for his arsenal of papers. In Australia it will work for the financial paper The Australian Financial Review, but we'll have to wait and see how it
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by redcap 17y ago
Or go for a swim. In fact I'd suggest either of those over pounding your feet against the concrete.
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by redcap 17y ago
No, but it helps. Spec fiction authors are thinking ahead and pondering how things might be - based on to some extent how things are now. You don't have to be barmy, but as the author suggests, you have to think differently - which of cour
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by redcap 17y ago
There's a whole lot of videos on the BBC site (and presumably on youtube as well) about all the interesting things that crows can do with the tools at hand (or beak). The avian equivalent of Macguyver?
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by redcap 17y ago
IANAL and haven't looked hard into the issue at all, but surely the Jailbreak developers are in danger of being sued for some DMCA infringement? (ref xbox mods for ppl who want to play Japanese games)
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by redcap 17y ago
I presume there is no loopback as this is an editorial reboot and hence no one has emailed the new team.
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by redcap 17y ago
Anyone know who the Cliph they mention is? I did have a brief look on google without much luck. I'm presuming it's someone who's passed away based on the introduction mentioned there.
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by redcap 17y ago
I'm in Japan at the moment and bikes are already fairly strictly controlled. You have to register it with the authorities when you buy it and there are several places near major train stations where you are specifically not allowed to park
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by redcap 17y ago
As a query, have you looked into lisp at all? I've seen (through HN) examples of stuff like derivatives expressed quite elegantly using Lisp. Using C for maths programming sounds fun and all, but I'm sure there's got to be a better way of
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by redcap 17y ago
Also good for exception/error handling for languages that don't have that capability built in. E.g. the SQL script I've been working on today has a number of gotos in it.
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by redcap 17y ago
I don't know about respect for the hacker, but I can't believe that anyone who pretends to be a security professional can get away with weak passwords if that's the case here (and presumably for astalavista). My confidence in their ability
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by redcap 17y ago
I was wondering what the hell they were talking about when they said the tabs were on the "bottom" when they weren't - they're still out the top of the application. Someone's posted links to sidebar tab mod, is there one that actually puts
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by redcap 17y ago
Personally I'd love to see more recipes that are - cheap - quick to cook - healthy - tasty As it is, there's a hell of a lot of books that presume you want to make something fancy.

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