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by rgacote 6y ago
I've recently started using shiv to package apps for internal deployment. Relies on the proper version of Python being installed on the server. Briefcase is another option. It bundles everything, including Python. I've just starte
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by rgacote 6y ago
Welcome to the newest "pre-existing condition" in American health care.
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by rgacote 6y ago
Nice, I guess. I gave VueScan my money about six months ago. Works flawlessly with my ScanSnap S510Ms.
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by rgacote 6y ago
I've found that it is typical for people who run these small types of businesses also live in the neighborhood, or close by. Another improvement is that people who both live and work in the community have time for more community engage
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by rgacote 6y ago
If you're having fun now, wait until you get to PCI for payments.
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by rgacote 6y ago
All of the Hard Core History podcasts are incredibly informative and in-depth. Definite recommend.
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by rgacote 6y ago
I think we’ve been hoodwinked, deceived, and hornswoggled.
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by rgacote 6y ago
Although I have no interest in running Linux on an ARM iMac today, I'll likely be interested in running Linux on an ARM iMac in 5 or 6 years when the OS deprecates the hardware support. Currently running Ubuntu on several iMacs as &#x
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by rgacote 7y ago
Hard to believe my first Don Lancaster book was the RTL (Resister Transistor Logic) 1975 reprint. Much of what I know about hardware logic originates in these books.
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by rgacote 7y ago
The (web) world used to be synchronous. Traditional Apache spawns a number of threads and then keeps each thread around for x number or requests, after which the thread is killed and a new one spawned. Incredibly useful feature when you&#x
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by rgacote 7y ago
TTL logic
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by rgacote 7y ago
No single driver can make that time, but a two person team can make coast to coast in 3days in decent weather. The issue with all these autonomous vehicles is that this country regularly has some nasty weather.
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by rgacote 7y ago
Inside Macintosh is a beautifully written piece of work (contrary to some other statements in the thread). No mention of Inside Macintosh should exclude the amazing Caroline Rose: http://www.storiesofapple.net/interview-with
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by rgacote 7y ago
Mercurial is wonderfully simple, particularly for smaller teams. Also, not being able to throw away branches ensures the project maintains a history of some wrong paths that were pursued.
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by rgacote 7y ago
In Pascal, the braces are simply larger: BEGIN END;
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by rgacote 7y ago
Switched from Slack to Twist six months ago and have not looked back. Slack is great if you need your focus to be online and immediate response. However, as a developer, I found Slack to be nothing but constant interruptions and needing to
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by rgacote 7y ago
Long-time Linode user here. Stuff happens. Agree Linode responded appropriately. I use their automated daily backup service but also maintain off-server redundant copies of critical data. Learn from the experience, review your backup and ma
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by rgacote 7y ago
My daily workhorse editor since 1992. Thanks, Rich, for 27 great years.
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by rgacote 7y ago
I'd add "When Harlie was One" by David Gerrold to that list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_HARLIE_Was_One
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by rgacote 7y ago
And case law.
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by rgacote 7y ago
I use nonsense terms which are easily readable. Mother's maiden name: Lady of Amberly, first maid of countess Blue, inheritor of the golden bull.
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by rgacote 7y ago
Not sure planting a "highly invasive tree" is the solution: http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/paulownia-princess-tree-on...
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by rgacote 7y ago
Close to 30% of the documented Pylint warnings are for test code. I find Pylint incredibly helpful, but there are two things I rarely do with Pylint: 1: Run it on my test code. 2: Run it untuned for a specific project. The heritage of &quot
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by rgacote 7y ago
Aside from the plastics vs. paper issue, how do you pack these things into a shipping container or trailer? Can you imagine the logistics of every order Amazon packs being a (nearly) unique size?
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by rgacote 7y ago
SNOBOL: Was the first language that opened my eyes that there was more to computing then numbers. Up to that point, college was all FORTRAN, Cobol, and a bit of CDC 6600 assembly.
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by rgacote 7y ago
And that was pretty serious research at the time. The Gravity Research foundation was founded by Roger Babson (who also founded Babson College). At the time, the nature of gravity was not well understood. If it was a "wave" then i
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by rgacote 7y ago
And TOML does not have the security code execution vulnerability that is in YAML.
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by rgacote 8y ago
PwSafe (Mac and IOS only) https://pwsafe.info/
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Goodbye Python Virtual Environments(medium.com)
30 points by rgacote 8y ago|6 comments
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by rgacote 8y ago
This. Thousands of modules required when spinning up applications. Worries about the security, side effects, bugs, maintainability of them all. Also find the async/concurrency syntax in Python in cleaner — granted, a personal preferenc

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