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sound1
7y ago
Yep, if your company's core business is not tech, be prepared to work on shitload of legacy and outdated technologies.
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7y ago
I have been part of couple of migration projects from COBOL (and accompanying mainframe tech) to newer tech. COBOL is a very simple language. What makes porting next to impossible is the functional knowledge of the application, how it intra
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7y ago
what cobol horror stories?
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7y ago
Great comment!
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8y ago
i meant that in a positive/fun way, sorry if it came across as rude :-)
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8y ago
"hi cutie" lol... someone knows how to market well
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8y ago
I wo der why didn't they invent another robot for that job and sell as an addon...
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8y ago
By extension, does God exist? I don't know the answer but he seems to be very useful (at least to some members of the society!)
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8y ago
Mostly pink noise ans Diana Krall :)
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8y ago
I would love to know thw answer to above question
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8y ago
I think US has used its military to armtwist other countires or wage a war when they don't agree to their terms. And so far it has given a great economic ROI for the corporations and top 1% at the cost of taxpayer money. System is work
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8y ago
Yes but we either validate what was already proven or something else for which the theory doesn't yet exist. Both are completely unhelpful for scientific progress in my opinion.
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8y ago
That is a great question :-)
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8y ago
Turn it upside down you get Hewlett-Packard :-)
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8y ago
you mean the white pointy tubes? yes.
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8y ago
Thank you fir this great comment! Made my day :-)
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8y ago
I think the spirit of RMS' argument is to benifit the people in general. In first the intent is to get the software to be accessible to as many people as possiblez and now his intends to make sure that talented people don't shy aw
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8y ago
Amen
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8y ago
Good luck!
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8y ago
Hey, if a candiate is ready to be an asshole in an interview, what are the chances that he will be an asshole to his team members to just get that raise or a promotion?
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8y ago
This is one of the things I am eagerly waiting to see answered :-) Hopefully someone suggests a better way to do this with a utility or something.
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8y ago
Agree completely. I think for-else is same as if-else in that if the condition satisfies then it executes the main loop and if not it executes the 'else'.
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9y ago
You should try Naked Browser (or NB Pro , their paid app with some extra features). I have been using it for close to 6 years and it is awesome :-) In my opinion it has one of the simplest and nicest UI with features like script blocking. [
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9y ago
I went to an ayurvedic doctor (in India, my friend insisted) and he said the exact same thing. He even said all allergy problems arise because of issuees in the digestive tract. At the time I thought he was just saying it but who knows the
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9y ago
Oh brother, how I wish you were right. I am 36 and ADHD is still taking heavy toll on my personal and professional life (I am in IT). I consider myself intelligent and can easily get my work done but maintaining relationships and dealing wi
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9y ago
Thank you! Will definitely check it out.
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9y ago
Can't imagine living without wine. Right now I am coding while listening to music on MusicBee via wine on my linux box :-)
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9y ago
Totally agree with thus one :-)
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9y ago
I have to agree. I owned several Sony audio products and listened to many (earbuds, amps and portable players) and they always sounded good for the money. I especially like the way their portable players sound, they seem to have really nice