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by taligent 14y ago
I've used SAP HANA and it's a fantastic piece of software arguably the best SQL database on the market today. It also costs an absolute fortune (only approved hardware allowed) and even the AWS instance which costs $3.50/hour is not certifi
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by taligent 14y ago
If that is the case then pretty disappointing. It really needed to be 4x to compete with DigitalOcean and the like. https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing
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by taligent 14y ago
The problem is that that right now in the software industry: TDD, Agile, Scrum, XP etc are a religion. And a lot of people have managed to make their lives easier by making the teachings of this religion mandatory. So what I've been witness
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by taligent 14y ago
Sure you will still have bugs. The question is whether the reduction in bugs due to TDD outweighs the increased investment in developer and tester time. Because for those of us who do TDD every day the blowout in time is at minimum 2-3x lon
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by taligent 14y ago
No one is disputing that the code is formally correct. The problem is that the code is generally focused on those specific tests and those tests alone. Meaning the code hasn't been designed or architected with a broader context in mind. Hen
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by taligent 14y ago
I suspect your comment adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. If you disagree with the premise then how about explaining why you think TDD is the panacea for poor software quality.
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by taligent 14y ago
TDD in theory is a great idea. In practice it is dreadful. Because what has happened is that the obsession with code coverage has meant that developers create a whole raft of tests that serve no real purpose. Which due to TDD then gets tran
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by taligent 14y ago
> but to most IT is tech support I don't know where you get this ridiculous idea from. Most IT in Australia is actually in software engineering and testing for banks, media, mining etc. Most of the tech support I am aware of is slowly b
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by taligent 14y ago
I don't say this lightly but you really are an idiot. The idea that innovation can only come from certain areas is completely baseless. The idea that people in countries towns like Burnie have no use for NBN other than music, warez, porn is
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by taligent 14y ago
> What's the point of replacing copper if the weakest link of the network remains. Typical selfish attitude. What clearly you don't understand is that for a large percentage of the population the weakest link IS the copper network. They
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by taligent 14y ago
Sure technical problems happen all the time. But there are tens/hundreds of thousands of engineers/testers across the world who get paid very well to fix them. Bitcoin doesn't have that sort of infrastructure. And if you are responsible abo
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by taligent 14y ago
Not find their way around California as well: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416321,00.asp
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by taligent 14y ago
So by having VP8 I save a few cents off the price of an OS upgrade or new device. And in exchange I get significantly poorer quality video.
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by taligent 14y ago
> completely free alternative to h264 As a user H.264 was already free. As a developer H.264 was already free.
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by taligent 14y ago
The entire plane interior is fire-retardant and there are lots of extinguishers around.
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by taligent 14y ago
I've flown to over 50 countries and the rules are the same everywhere. The whole TSA uproar is actually more of a reflection of the anti-government, libertarian, personal rights above community rights attitude that uniquely exists within ma
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by taligent 14y ago
It is non trivial to smash a liquor bottle to produce a long shard strong enough to cause mass damage. And it has to be smashed without rousing attention amongst passengers. And even if you did cut someone it would take minutes to bleed to
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by taligent 14y ago
Firstly there are sniffer dogs as well as bomb detection equipment around every airport I've been to. They are just deployed randomly which should be fine as a deterrence. Secondly the reason commercial airlines are different from smaller p
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by taligent 14y ago
So we waste billions of dollars per year to "force terrorists to up their game." So you would rather make it easier for them ? TSA screeners are largely incompetent. Evidence please. they need only set off a bomb in the
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by taligent 14y ago
You can buy glass, you can get knives from restaurants. I can't speak for US terminals but in many international ones. The glass you get isn't large enough to cause serious damage e.g. snowdomes and the knives in restaurants have
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by taligent 14y ago
You actually think it would be better to put it in the hands of private companies ? Wow.
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by taligent 14y ago
The problem is that as a consumer device it risks being curtailed/banned in areas that it never would if it was a business/education device. I know the distinction is subtle but so is the line for what constitutes an invasion of privacy.
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by taligent 14y ago
One example we all know well. Car mechanic. Parts analysed from the video in real time to provide contextual information e.g. replacement periods. Asking questions about stock information from the suppliers. Looking at VINs to instantly see
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by taligent 14y ago
The technology is everywhere. The act is not. You don't see people walking around with their phone held high constantly recording everything as they walk around. If you did then most people would be suspicious or concerned about what they w
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by taligent 14y ago
So ? The intent of the camera system is to have evidence if an incident occurs. I doubt the bar owner is going through it at the end of the night looking for which parts of it are interesting enough to post on Facebook.
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by taligent 14y ago
> solving a problem people don't have See this is what I don't get about Google. There are thousands of problems that Google Glasses could solve. But life recording and answering how long a bridge is are terrible use cases. For me it ma
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by taligent 14y ago
No. The media is simply not going to bother to review the car. And Musk can't ask for more than that.
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by taligent 14y ago
The reporter would have his reputation on the line so it's not he has nothing to lose here. And if a bad review could leave you attacked by Musk and the huge hoardes of influential internet nerds I can't see what gain they would have from a
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by taligent 14y ago
For a smart guy Musk is being incredibly stupid. It's one thing to attack a show like Top Gear. It's a whole other to attack the New York Times. People around the world have a lot of respect for the paper and whilst nobody claims that they
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by taligent 14y ago
It is highly dependent on the location. In Tokyo, Google Maps was much better. In Australia, Apple Maps is better in the cities and worse in country areas. And apparently around California, Apple Maps might be better. http://www.pcmag.com/

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