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by spitfire 11y ago
It looks like a case of the things no one could talk about can now be talked about. It will now be fashionable to talk about the emperors new clothes. Even by those who previously strongly vocalized their love of the emperors clothes. I&#x2
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by spitfire 11y ago
I loved Clifford pick over's books as a teenager. Implemented a lot of his ideas as graphics effects on a 486. They're still fresh. Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty in particular was good, and cover attractors quite a bit. His
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by spitfire 11y ago
ahh. I see now. Still don't see a poison pill just "TCI Tenor". Here it is. You go down into the slime area accessed by the room with boxes. Stepping outside triggers a door beside the blue key, on the back of the elevator yo
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by spitfire 11y ago
> I still didn't get the rocket launcher behind the monitor/poison symbol. Where was this? I missed it altogether.
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by spitfire 11y ago
This is an issue I raised with colleagues back in the late 90's. At the time only high end graphics systems (SGI) had hardware graphics contexts. So one openGL app could crash or scribble all over another openGL applications canvas. Th
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by spitfire 11y ago
7 errors when I "analyze" google.com. Sleazy.
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by spitfire 11y ago
In Japan at least a large fraction of the compensation comes in non-monetary "perks". Ex: Company car, use of company plane, etc. Similar things happen in Europe. Though I'm sure it isn't as insane as it is in the US.
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by spitfire 11y ago
They still ship UUCP? Are they serious? Maybe it's time to clean out the attic...
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by spitfire 11y ago
I'll vouch that Carter is the real deal. If he's offering Haskell jobs in JPM, this would be a good place for people to land.
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by spitfire 11y ago
SEEKING WORK - Senior (10+ years) Data scientist Location: Canada and REMOTE (world) Skills: Rapid prototyping, machine learning, Full stack algorithm development, and teamwork. Technologies: Mathematica, Python (Ipython/jupyter), C&#x
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by spitfire 11y ago
I would think the accountant would be exactly the sort of person who would be in witness protection. I know the Mexican cartels are now abducting microwave transmission and cell network technicians to run their comms networks. No doubt it&#
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by spitfire 11y ago
I was thinking John Pultorak's AGC. But I'd be thrilled to extend the list if I could still edit my post. http://klabs.org/history/build_agc/
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by spitfire 11y ago
I'd hire this guy. This, the homemade GPS guy, and the homebuilt apollo computer guy are all the sorts of people you want on your team to teach the young bucks a thing or five. So I'd hire him.
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by spitfire 11y ago
Because the organizers themselves are ALSO suits. They see SW's (in general) as a way to get free labour, they've just learnt enough nerd-speak to bamboozle them into providing that labour. I've been in the receiving end of &
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by spitfire 11y ago
I've been burnt by people like this too. It hurts, you think you've done something wrong. You haven't, and I'm glad Bobby has shone some light on this guy. Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE should read Robert Hare's wo
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by spitfire 11y ago
This is a disaster in the making. In first year economics you learn about opportunity cost. The classic example is a student straight out of HS taking a job at McDonalds because it pays now, vs going to university and delaying earning money
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by spitfire 11y ago
In 1997 Irix was still vastly better than Linux on the development front. Mips Pro C++ compilers could actually handle the STL and had useful error messages. Irix came with debuggers that you could use. If you were doing perl however there
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by spitfire 11y ago
> before the whole thing crumbles. Are there any alternatives to adobe on the horizon? I'm asking because I'd like to know. All I know of is affinity designer and pixelmator.
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by spitfire 11y ago
Those were my first thoughts too... Specifically China is pulling a Toyota here. Coming in on the low end where "It doesn't matter".
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by spitfire 11y ago
> Maybe successful people in other industries are; I don't know; but not startup founders. [1] I don't understand, "startups" are an industry in their own? Would a food delivery startup not be in the food service indu
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by spitfire 11y ago
> It's not Toptal's fault that the state-of-the-art in automated programmer assessment is sub-par. Yes it is. They choose the tools they use, they take responsibility for their results. It is their business, they are responsibl
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by spitfire 11y ago
http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%... 100 years of industrial psychology. See page three. - General mental ability (Are they smart) - Work sample test (of actual work they might do,
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by spitfire 11y ago
I really like the sandwich maker. That seems like one of those quiet billionaire makers. Also the shower-head looks neat, but not at $300. and why the hell are they even thinking about an electronic version?
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by spitfire 11y ago
Funny, I always thought this was supposed to be a feature. It remembered your authentication for a few minutes after using sudo. I assumed it was part of the OSX auth system and would forget if you locked the screen.
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by spitfire 11y ago
Henry ford was one of the first people to investigate industrial efficiency - he codified the 8 hour (7 for white collar) workday. Along with paying his workers enough that they could afford his product. I don't buy what you're se
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by spitfire 11y ago
What's a yellow page?
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by spitfire 11y ago
Paywall, anyone have the text?
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by spitfire 11y ago
Here I was thinking the New York Times had written an article on mark and sweep... I would have read that.
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by spitfire 11y ago
Race condition. See Therac-25 for why this is quite bad.
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by spitfire 11y ago
Correct, an Aston Martin DB7 used the basic body from a Jaguar XJS. The body was first used in 1976. Ancient. The engine at least in the straight six version was a warmed over Jaguar AJ6 engine. This was however very good.

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