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by roperj 4y ago
> Apple users usually buy the new phone every gen, instead of every 3rd or 4th gen (Apple screens and batteries tend to die quickly); This is unsubstantiated nonsense. The resale values of iPhones are indisputable evidence that you are
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by roperj 4y ago
Is it though? Is it any more trivial today to put together a CRUD+/line of business app than it was with VB6? Excel is older than 15 years and still fulfills its niche just like always. What were we doing 15 years ago that is trivial t
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by roperj 4y ago
> not-quite-correct then refining it and fixing the errors is how basically everything is accomplished. Not-quite-correct is a wordy misrepresentation when something is plainly incorrect. In many fields being confidently wrong is how you
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by roperj 4y ago
Youre commenting on an article where the answer was not even just a little wrong - it was completely wrong. Sometimes it’s “in the ballpark” - which is apparently t good enough these days - but often times it is just confidently entirely co
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by roperj 4y ago
This might make some sense if you knew what the hell you were talking about, but Hikvision and Dahua are not at all in the same market segments as Nest and Ring - and this does not apply to the consumer market.
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by roperj 4y ago
> The variables on the stack are the most efficient after registers Why are variables on the stack more efficient than other memory accesses?
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by roperj 4y ago
The Klein VDV226-110
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by roperj 4y ago
> For most movies from the 80s and 90s it's not like you're going to notice a difference going to Blu Ray or UHD streaming. Complete crock of shit. Movies from the 80s and 90s were usually shot on 35mm - DVD quality does not be
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by roperj 4y ago
The original guaiac FOBT is a crude screening tool for colon cancer and never used for diagnosis in the strict meaning of the term (it’s somewhat sensitive and not at all specific). It’s also confused these days with the more sensitive and