therealjumbo

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by therealjumbo 9y ago
>> It seems simplest for the Govt to avoid trying to mandate detailed security standards for continuously changing tech >Govs can do a lot of broad legislation rules that is non-specific. >The software industry requires a legisl
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
16.04 or 14.04? I have to do the same after suspend on 16.04 gnome ubuntu, on my personal laptop. Network manager is such a shame on a system that otherwise gives me no trouble. I stay in the terminal and the web browser the vast majority o
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
Are you implying that a vote for Brexit is equivalent to being an anti-vaxxer?
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
>The criticisms of hypocrisy are fair, but only go so far. If they violated rules, they were rules of their own making, and not rights granted by the Constitution. That's like saying, "Lying is only a crime when you're und
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
That's true for all advice, especially in software development.
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
>AMD has all the same issues with worse performance to boot. AMD chips aren't just slower to boot, they're slower overall!
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
Replying to myself: I actually think most software patents would fail the first or second half of the above test. Never mind all of it. Edit:spelling
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
Not to derail this conversation further but as far as software patents go I've been wondering for a while why somebody doesn't try this defense: In order to have a valid patent you need to share a sufficiently detailed design in t
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
I'm not disagreeing with you; I really like both of your points however, I have two problems with assertions. Let's say the assertion is inside a function e.g.: void function adjust_fan_control(uint8_t fan_speed) { assert(
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by therealjumbo 10y ago
>Most experienced programmers also have a good feel for how much harder it is to write a solid, tested, scalable module yourself than integrate a open source solution, even if it's not perfect. Funny story, when I was just starting
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by therealjumbo 11y ago
APs in the 5 Ghz band can hop channels automatically (IEEE N and AC) but APs in the 2.4 Ghz band (IEEE abgn) are locked to the channel they start on. Modern routers automatically choose the "clearest" channel when they start up, b