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901.
by spullara 5y ago
I add the keyword "etymology" to searches like this and it always gives me the answer inline. Maybe you're relying a bit too much on Google reading your mind.
902.
by spullara 5y ago
Seems like a reasonable approximation would be: ratio of professors to PhD grads = top percentile who get those jobs that want them
903.
by spullara 5y ago
Wow, this is basically a description of the Apple App Store.
904.
by spullara 5y ago
That #define is making fun of this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/05/indianas-...
905.
by spullara 5y ago
Microsoft basically invented the modern web with XMLHttpRequest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest#History
906.
by spullara 5y ago
Well before 2012. Started as soon as you could access the address book through an API - not just on the phone. First one that got a lot of bad press was Plaxo which launched in 2002.
907.
by spullara 5y ago
The point is that they don't need to require a DNA sample. They can just take one.
908.
by spullara 5y ago
Every job that requires SOC-2 compliance, which is most SaaS services, must require background checks for new employees. https://secureframe.com/blog/soc-2-background-checks
909.
by spullara 5y ago
Kevin Mitnick is running a cybersecurity business right now. Maybe reach out to him.
910.
by spullara 5y ago
The description still reminds me very much of JPA and JPQL. The implementation as proxy is nice and needed in this polyglot world.
911.
by spullara 5y ago
Not until now, which is why Facebook was making so much money before they got kneecapped.
912.
by spullara 5y ago
Most of the people still watching broadcast TV are older than people that have had a mute button their entire life.
913.
by spullara 5y ago
The query language reminds me a lot of JPA, which makes sense because this is essentially an ORM layer on top of Postgres.
914.
by spullara 5y ago
No, this is like blaming the manufacturer of the hammer.
915.
by spullara 5y ago
Without advertising how are you going to find out about anything? Are you going to search all the buildings in your neighborhood to try and figure out which one sells food? Signage is advertising. Every way for you to find out about anythin
916.
by spullara 5y ago
Do they somehow count the users browsers making a request to a US server as the website transferring data to the US? It is pretty clear that the users browser did that and not the website or Google.
917.
by spullara 5y ago
There is one nit I would like to point out where they are talking about a bloom filter. They should replace "value is present" with "value may be present". The worst case scenario is a false positive that is generally tu
918.
by spullara 5y ago
$4B that you can't spend in the US (or any country that will allow for extradition) isn't nearly as good as $4B that you can.
919.
by spullara 5y ago
I thought that it was due to some kind of interference from the title but it is interesting that it turns out to be increased friction from the atmosphere.
920.
by spullara 5y ago
TED has always been bad as have most technical presentations in a similar style. A much better arrangement is a discussion (not a panel) of experts in the field. At the level of most TED talks, most in the audience are unable to adequately
921.
by spullara 5y ago
If you are a 9-yr old developer, this makes a lot of sense. Most people in a professional situation are closer in skill level and this kind of disparity indicates a lack discipline when hiring. I see it all the time so it is not unusual.
922.
by spullara 5y ago
The latest version of Starlink is equipped with lasers to do these hops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#V1.5_(operational)
923.
by spullara 5y ago
The linked page shows 0.1 ms though.
924.
by spullara 5y ago
Basically, a Mac :)
925.
by spullara 5y ago
You mention GCd languages being a bad choice for games in your README. But these days Java has GCs that have < 1ms pauses. I wonder if it is still true? https://kstefanj.github.io/2021/11/24/gc-progress-8-1
926.
by spullara 5y ago
They would likely still be displayed like that so people don't get tricked with look-a-like characters from other languages.
927.
by spullara 5y ago
A friend of mine in 1997 got arrested for poking around in air force computer systems. He was charged with a felony not because he did any damage but because it cost $40k to track him down. He also had to pay that back. https://a
928.
by spullara 5y ago
SQL could get a lot better by just adopting the ordering of operations like they did with LINQ: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-g...
929.
by spullara 5y ago
I'm 49, typing for 39 years, nothing yet. Anecdotes don't really help though.
930.
by spullara 5y ago
Upload them to Google, Flickr and iCloud. Also have two local copies.

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