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by strbean 7y ago
My program had a pretty good layout as far as languages. I think the standard was 1.5 classes of C, 1.5 classes of Java, then pretty much everything after was in one of those languages. Only time I felt students got shafted was a Web Dev el
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by strbean 7y ago
All my websites are built with Unity targeting WebGL! /s
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by strbean 7y ago
I would guess autodidactic learners are more likely to pick this up than those who mainly learn through formal education. I don't think stack traces or debuggers were ever really covered in my CS program. Then again, neither was versio
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by strbean 7y ago
"No right to collectively bargain" means non-union workers aren't forced to pay union fees.
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by strbean 7y ago
This may be apocryphal, but awhile back I heard there hasn't been a permit granted for an ADU within Santa Cruz City Limits since the '89 earthquake.
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by strbean 7y ago
Too expensive, guess I'll have to settle for a cheap place in Carmel! /s
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by strbean 7y ago
I've heard Fernet and Coke is the traditional "bartender's cocktail". Had a sip of my fiancee's once, it tastes like someone mixed every soda from the soda fountain with every herb and spice in their spice rack, and
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by strbean 7y ago
Oof, how does this comment garner a drive-by downvote?
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by strbean 7y ago
Market cap is equally irrelevant. $10B is ~8% of his net worth. His biggest gain in net worth was 2017-2018 where it grew ~$80B, which would make $10B = 12.5% of his 'pre-tax income'. Donating 1/8th of your pre-tax income to
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by strbean 7y ago
There was a cool web implementation back in the day... https://github.com/sebpiq/WebPd Looks like the creator is gearing up to pump new life into the project (as of 11 days ago!). In the issue linked at the top of the
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by strbean 7y ago
Here's hoping!
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by strbean 7y ago
Unfortunately, I think the more strategic approach is to lobby for insane, incoherent, opaque regulation that varies wildly across jurisdictions. Then FAANG will be the only organizations large enough to handle compliance, and competitors w
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by strbean 7y ago
Do we gain something from placing blame? Who do we blame for people who die from natural disasters? Freak occurrences? Are deaths where blame can be placed preferable to deaths where it cannot? By what factor? Should we try to exchange one
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by strbean 7y ago
It isn't exactly advertised as an incomplete alpha product. Everything in Windows 10 funnels you into the new interface. The fact that the first-class option for system configuration is woefully incomplete is pretty hard to forgive. Th
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by strbean 7y ago
> Why is there 2+ interfaces for all system configurations. 1 of which is pretty but incomplete, and the other hidden and terrible but complete? This is one of the most absurdly awful things in Windows 10. Trying to disable a network ada
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by strbean 7y ago
The downvotes are flowing freely nowadays on HN. I think the downvote threshold could use a massive increase -_-
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by strbean 7y ago
To be fair, jaywalking at night away from any streetlights on a road with a 45 mph speed limit is a risky endeavor whether or not there are autonomous cars on the road. It seems likely the outcome would have been the same if the car was bei
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by strbean 7y ago
In the food and beverage sector, it is also fun when they casually mention "and I happened to have a family friend who was the head buyer for Whole Foods" or something to that effect.
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by strbean 7y ago
> I strongly believe that the pursuing of patents gets in the way of the collaboration that helps science progress. It creates evidence of innovation (ie patents), but slows actual innovation. See the mess around CRISPR patents for an ex
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by strbean 7y ago
Everything about SQL is a holdover from ancient programming languages. From crappy 'natural sounding' syntax constructs ("SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ...") to outright inconsistencies ("INSERT INTO table (column1, col
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by strbean 7y ago
If the useful product is intellectual, and proving work involves publishing the product freely, how do you monetize it? Selling support contracts a la FLOSS? It also happens that both these conditions (intellectual product + must be publish
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by strbean 7y ago
Most hallucinogens cause extreme pupil dilation. This + general demeanor is probably enough to justify a blood test.
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by strbean 7y ago
The personality most dogs have may be attributable to Williams Syndrome[1]. So you just need to engineer some tigers to have the same syndrome! [1] https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700398
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by strbean 7y ago
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause
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by strbean 7y ago
This requires cooperation from the telcos at minimum. That's assuming they even keep records of the origination of the call, and not just the (spoofed) incoming phone number. We really just need to switch our signaling infrastructure b
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by strbean 7y ago
Many scams, including the example parent gave, trade on fear rather than a fake reward. How does "more risk tolerant" play when the victims are cooperating because they think they will be prosecuted by the IRS or sued if they don&
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by strbean 7y ago
Huh. Just created an account to test it out, and I wasn't required to fill in the phone number field.
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by strbean 7y ago
Could you elaborate on these deficiencies?
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by strbean 7y ago
I think that is arguable. From the US constitution: > To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. You could
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by strbean 7y ago
You're thinking of BitReal, the Brazilian cryptocurrency.

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