swasheck

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   by swasheck 15y ago

   Not sure why you're being downvoted. Though as one of those "data guys" I have actually received my own fair share of the reverse criticism. How could I, as a data monkey, be able to write anything close to clean, sensible code?
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   At least it got this one correct. "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   I had a coworker who tried to show me the value of VIM by asking me to program in Word. Interesting approach, but the lesson fell short on me.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   I had to solve a problem with which nobody would/could help me while working at the university help desk. I coded up my own little solution in php (3) and MySql (3). Yeah. I was one of those.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   our company wont go android because of the inability to remote wipe and the open android app store.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   The transition from python 2.7 to python 3 bit me in the butt. Having said that - it was resolved quickly by some friends in the community.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   Probably because of comments like what astrodust is spraying everywhere.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   I find your definitation of "creating things" narrow and shallow. There's a tremendous amount of creativity that goes into customizing an OS to meet every need you have --- and ONLY those needs.
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   by swasheck 15y ago

   Hooray for ad-hominems and sweeping generalizations! I've found the Arch community to be EXTREMELY helpful because they are encouraged by people who want to know what's going on and not just taking whatever is pre-packaged into the distro a
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    i agree with your sentiment. however, to nuance it a bit more. if, as you say, "software is now a cornerstone of the world economy. modern life runs through the internet. even if you personally avoid the internet, you depend on it." then it
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    we have very different definitions of destruction
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Well, existing redundancy is an indicator that a structure can be normalized right now. I guess the way I conceptualize normalization is that it reduces the possibility of storing redundant data now, or in the future. Not saying that it is
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Without any sense of what your project will be doing it's a bit difficult to forecast data growth, reporting needs, etc. Having said that, I don't really see Excel as a legitimate choice for being a data back-end. It is a front-end for data
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    "This is a critical distinction that even this article seems to gloss over." It actually seemed heavily emphasized, just with few words. Perhaps that's the point. Competition is so ingrained into the "American" psyche that we can't conceive
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    I agree, but was just hoping to represent his point.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    I think his point was the idea of everyone hitting it all at once on Christmas morning.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    It's not too bad. Not extremely fast, but not painfully slow, either.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    "No more will wives wonder why their husbands were looking at a dating site when they said they were playing Angry Birds." Journalism at its finest. I have a Fire and have no other tablet experience with which to compare this. I am pleased
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Interesting. I've already got it. This will take some warming-up to. The old "Google" search page shows up with the new menu on the left. When you start typing in the search field for anything in particular, the field jumps up to the top.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Isn't this accomplished by Google Voice?
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Isn't this called "Google Voice?"
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    In the site meta description: "The single greatest video game publisher and production company ever created. Offices in Austin, TX and somewhere cool in England." Site Title: "Super Official Website" They sound legit. Esp. with the picture
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    i'm with you. i'm rooting after the warranty expires
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    Ask HN: If SOPA passes, do you think it will achieve the desired results?

    1 points by swasheck 15y ago|0 comments
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    restated: I'd like to see the statistics comparing github, gitorious, bitbucket, google code, heck, even codeplex. SourceForge is no longer the only goto for compiling from source, either.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Thank you for the correction. I don't know that but just assumed (and yes, I know what that leads to :)) that they opted out given the collective weight of the other orgs involved.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Yay Monsanto. Not only this, once you licence their seed, you are no longer able to use non-Monsanto seed.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Well played, MS and Apple.
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    according to the teardown the comm module is BT-capable, right? is this something that has been software-disabled? edit: link http://www.jorjin.com/Product_SiPmodule_WG7310.htm
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    by swasheck 15y ago

    Plus, you don't call the bomb squad. You report a "suspicious-looking item" on your car to local law-enforcement.