softbuilder

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by softbuilder 8y ago
Every time I see these (LFE, Elixir, perhaps others) mentioned I feel sad that people don't seem to see the beauty in the Erlang language itself. Learning Erlang was a watershed moment for me and it had little to do with the actor mode
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by softbuilder 8y ago
Yes, that sounds right. I think the particular case with my watch was somewhat unusual and what you describe was the more common situation.
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by softbuilder 8y ago
I was telling someone about Best the other day. They show my hometown store in Sacramento. It looked like the corner had exploded out. I always thought that was just a one-off and it was only that particular store with the weird architectur
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by softbuilder 8y ago
About 5 years ago we had a nice talk on M4 from Bart Massey of Portland State. He gives a nice survey of the language and a demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZxHSPWn98
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by softbuilder 8y ago
I once tried to sell a software library as a product. Bad timing, concept, and execution, so it flopped. The thing I remember most is putting the phrase "slam dunk" in my initial product announcement. I took a lot of flack about t
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by softbuilder 8y ago
This was how they lost my business forever a few years ago. I had to tighten spending for a bit so I called to cancel, thinking I'd be able to renew in a few months. The experience was horrible.
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by softbuilder 8y ago
I once helped build a fingerprint processing system. One of the things I learned is that police technicians essentially photoshop fingerprints before searching to ensure the best possible match. It took a lot of the shine off of the proces
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by softbuilder 9y ago
From Wikipedia[1]: >The habenula receives input from the brain via the stria medullaris thalami and outputs to many midbrain areas involved in releasing neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. [1 ] https:&#x2F
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by softbuilder 9y ago
No, COM files had no header. [2] I think that's part of why they were replaced. ZM was for EXEs. I think that one was someone's initials. (Yes, looked it up. [1]) I think what parent is remembering were characters that effectively
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by softbuilder 9y ago
Back in the BBS/FidoNet days someone sent me a comic GIF that, when renamed with a .COM extension, would execute under DOS. It was a nifty little demo, although .COM files were going the way of the dinosaur around then.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
Thanks for that pointer, all I could find was a vague wikipedia article. Obviously soldering was well established. The specifics of what was available weren't clear.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
When I look closely that work actually looks fine. Solder flow is reasonable and I don't see cold joints. The only true WTF was where a resistor had been ripped out for whatever reason. Also it's unclear whether they had flux-core
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by softbuilder 9y ago
>Micropayments have been talked about since the 1990s. A little longer than that, perhaps. http://transcopyright.org/hcoinRemarks-D28.html
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by softbuilder 9y ago
>but why did they give them such weird names? (map = select, filter = where, reduce = aggregate?) SQL.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
The first thing I thought of was the Dragon 2 capsule.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
That project looks like a lot of FUN, which I think some folks have missed was the point.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
Already there. I just force-refreshed Facebook and am seeing 1.8M. I've made smaller native Windows apps.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
There is a scene from Silicon Valley about taking less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1w5R2PGCb4 (NSFW language)
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by softbuilder 9y ago
What I find myself wanting to fight is not the prevailing views on a topic, it's the willingness to lie and mislead to promote those views. I saw that this past week with the Google memo situation. I also saw a shocking amount of it la
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by softbuilder 9y ago
I'd never heard of the UF[1]. That is totally fascinating. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidad_de_Fomento
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by softbuilder 9y ago
That makes sense. Thank you for explaining.
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by softbuilder 9y ago
Slightly O/T: What is that insane heatsink sitting on? TPU? Is it that stacked up because it's passive?
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by softbuilder 9y ago
I don't doubt it. They always treated me well on the phone, but when I needed them to actually fix a problem they fell on their face and thew up their hands like they were powerless. I ended up having to solve it myself which blew the
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by softbuilder 9y ago
I don't know what the perception is today, but Amex used to be known for outstanding (like, truly outstanding) customer service. I had a regular Amex and then a gold in the mid 2000s and I found that was no longer the case. They also u
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by softbuilder 10y ago
With [c] a spam filter
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by softbuilder 10y ago
You can't mention Seattle without mentioning the helmet law though. [1][2] Portland, a few hours away, has similar (though not identical) conditions and no helmet law and seems to be doing well.[3] [1] http://www.seattletime
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by softbuilder 10y ago
I believe you're thinking of J++.
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by softbuilder 10y ago
It's on my bucket list. They totally have a shot at my tourism dollar.
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by softbuilder 10y ago
1993. I had to look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will And David Fincher? Wow. No idea.
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by softbuilder 10y ago
It's actually from the 90s [1]. So much so that I thought it was one of the AT&T "You Will" commercials [2]. [1] http://digest.dx3canada.com/2015/05/12/retrofuture-ibms-1999... [2] https:&

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