taftster

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   by taftster 12y ago

   Thanks for the mention. I didn't know about Picturelife, but now I do. This is pretty close to what I want. Namely, a "cloud" product that let's me get all my photos into the same account, download them back when I want
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   by taftster 12y ago

   I doubt that many CTO types are "real tech guys." Perhaps at one point, they might have coded something up once. But CTO's are management first, with a few noteworthy exceptions. I think this is more likely two "buddies
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   by taftster 12y ago

   I don't entirely disagree with you, I get what you're saying. But I definitely don't see Windows as being tightly focussed nor a single predictable entity. The differences, nuances, and upgrade paths between 95, 98, ME, XP,
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   by taftster 12y ago

   I used to be a whitewater rafting guide in the mountain west (Utah and vicinity). I still organize private trips when I can in the summer. We're talking multi-day (4-5 night) trips; camping on the river, boating 20 miles per day, enjo
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   by taftster 12y ago

   The preface from the author is a great read, better than the Wikipedia article: http://www.mit.edu/~prz/EN/essays/BookPreface.html
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   by taftster 12y ago

   Here's a decent youtube video that basically shows the tech in action. http://youtu.be/Vh9af_gXxlM
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   by taftster 13y ago

   Because Utah has a lot of methane? I'm not quite following. I'd think methane production would be greater in a cow state like Iowa or Ohio than in a desert state like Utah? joke Utah's power grid is primarily coal fired,
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   by taftster 13y ago

   Ooh, I like this option much better than the author's. Nice thinking.
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   by taftster 13y ago

   Which is frankly normal and good. I wouldn't be surprised that Apple has been playing with this type of feature (as a module) for this amount of time as well. In Linux, a feature doesn't (normally) get promoted into the kernel un
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    by taftster 13y ago

    I know you're joking - but seriously, I think this is it. I don't think it's "page permutation", but probably more like the number of page template lines of code. i.e. all the HTML templates + the embedded jsp&#x2
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    by taftster 13y ago

    Yes - exactly. Opportunity cost is something that is not discussed enough. Conceivably, any "target" is vulnerable to every communication at the right price point. From technology solutions (provided by NSA), to in-field solutio
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    by taftster 13y ago

    As opposed to the old commenting system? If slashdot would have just stayed with the original commenting system (which didn't look much unlike HN), they would have likely stayed relevant. I don't think this beta does any more ha
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    by taftster 13y ago

    I mean, that's nice and all. But Slashdot, in design terms, has been locked in the past for so long without incremental design updates - it's likely that anything more than very simple cosmetics would be perceived as a radical ch
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    by taftster 13y ago

    I'm guessing the bubble called Silicon Valley. They tend to have a fairly skewed view of the world there.
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    by taftster 13y ago

    Likewise, one should also remember, that no single entity is singular cohesive; that there are people working from within, even from within the "controversial" agencies, trying to make the places they work better for the country.
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    by taftster 13y ago

    Well, if there are, you will now have a service to tell them. I think it's the /off/:name/:from method.
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    by taftster 13y ago

    Assuming he didn't leave it with his cousin Cletus who placed the phone call instead. NSA metadata does not help the accused in any way.
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    by taftster 13y ago

    You can cash the check at the customer service desk. But yes, you can only redeem the cash-back coupon at Costco.
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    by taftster 14y ago

    My interview technique is this; I look at their resume for the typical buzzwords. Next, I ask them to explain about said buzzword, what they worked on, what they thought of the technology. Then, we dig deeper. Anything they say, I continu
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Right, and that's a bit like trusting a site's meta keywords to fully describe the search engine keywords used to rank your site. This is an interesting thing, because how much does a search engine exactly trust your site content, especiall
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Undoubtedly their rationalization is in the form of USD.
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Um, you might want to check out that National Geographic video on the NSA... You'll see a few Linux screenshots, but most of the screens are Windows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quq67h8j_OY Now as to their backend systems, who knows.
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Right, but we're talking about the (now current) pricing model. There are many many many small family units that have not yet converted to "vanity" gmail. Now they won't ever.
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    by taftster 14y ago

    From the blog post: "Now I’m wondering if I had continued to work on it, if I hadn’t neglected it could it actually be a useful successful, dare I say profitable project?" I'd argue it's likely successful just for the mere fact that he _has
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Site is hacker-newsed / hack-noosed / h-neutered. Try alternatives: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2011/11/17/10238146.... http://chryss.eu/?p=331 http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/02/unicode-character-pile-of-po...
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Right. And numbers like 117 and 119 secretly trick (at least) me into thinking they are prime.
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    by taftster 14y ago

    Or possibly better: private Date date; public Date getDate() { return new Date(date.getTime()); }
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    by taftster 14y ago

    No, www.nissan.com is popular because of Page Rank. It really is little (if anything) to do with the domain name. The Page Rank is high with nissan.com due to its lawsuit with Nissan Motors. They even have a link at the top of their page
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    by taftster 15y ago

    Some time ago, I thought XSLT was quite interesting and potentially powerful with regards to its browser integration. XSLT, to me, represented the first attempt at truly separating data from layout. Even to this day, with all the 'div' ba
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    by taftster 15y ago

    I think there are other decent choices, but I'm liking Small Basic (from msft) for my home-schooled children: http://smallbasic.com/ There's also Scratch from MIT, but the IDE doesn't feel as polished: http://scratch.mit.edu/ Edit: O