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by tjalfi 7y ago
Loser pays (the English rule[0]) can apply in the U.S. but is quite uncommon. Most of the time both parties are responsible for their own legal fees[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fee..
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by tjalfi 7y ago
I prefer it to working in a warehouse, operating a microfilm machine, routing faxes, end user support, security consulting, and the other jobs I have had before this one.
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My goal for choosing .NET libraries is to minimize the total complexity of our software stack. [0] I won’t add a library to our stack if we have an existing solution. Most of our apps are written in C# and use Entity Framework with either A
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Shubik’s Dollar Auction(heretical.com)
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StrictYAML[0] is a YAML subset that removes some of the problematic features. The implementation is in Python. [0] https://github.com/crdoconnor/strictyaml
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by tjalfi 7y ago
It isn’t clear whether they already use Racket. If Racket was added for this purpose then here are a couple boring[0] solutions that could have lower operational costs. Generate OpenAPI specifications from your service code. Use a YAML prep
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Have you considered reserving some opcode space for future extensions? This would make it easier for CBEv2 to add types without changing how a byte is interpreted.
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YMMV, but all 50 U.S. states require some sort of notice for security breaches.
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Office 2007 went end of support in October 2017[0]. Office 365 is a support nightmare but it does have security patches. [0] https://products.office.com/en-us/office-2007-end-of-support
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Renewing the Patriot Act and other such laws is easily explained by self-interest. Renewal: The best case is it foils a terrorist attack. The worst case (Snowden) has already occurred. Nonrenewal: The best case is no terrorist attacks. The
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Could you have written that system in a mix of Java and or another scripting language such as JRuby[0]? [0] http://wiki.c2.com/?AlternateHardAndSoftLayers
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arc4random was also submitted to POSIX[0] but they insisted on wrecking the design. [0] http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=859
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I have compiled Fortran programs from the 70s on modern platforms without changing a line. The compiler, OS, and CPU architecture had all disappeared but the programs still worked correctly.
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Greenspun's Tenth Rule[0] Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad-hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp. - Philip Greenspun [0] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Arithmetic IF and COBOL's ALTER statement were reasonable solutions at the time but that doesn't make them any easier to use or understand in the present.
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Arithmetic IF directly matches a hardware instruction on the IBM 704. This was the first computer with a Fortran compiler. IF (VALUE) 10, 20, 30 The three arguments after the value are labels that the program jumps to. The equivalent of thi
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by tjalfi 7y ago
COBOL has a worse construct than this. ALTER LABEL1 TO PROCEED TO LABEL2 This will cause any gotos to LABEL1 to be redirected to LABEL2. This is worse than older Fortran's arithmetic IF[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Please don't assume that people can correctly enter their email address on a regular basis[0]. I get several emails per month that someone else with the same family name requested. [0] https://xkcd.com/1279/
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by tjalfi 7y ago
This is a great idea. Please post to Show HN when you ship something.
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The cpio trailer problem (2018)(entropymine.wordpress.com)
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Build scripts predate Make. [0] is one example from Research Unix V6. [0] https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/blob/Researc...
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Last June I opened a ticket for our procurement department to have an open source license reviewed. It is still open. Our purchasing process is similar to [0]. [0] https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive&#x2F
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Nevada sent at least 500 homeless people to Los Angeles and San Francisco[0]. [0] https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/nevada-settles-...
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by tjalfi 7y ago
Did older versions of your app require IE? If so, their admins may have added your site to Enterprise Mode[0] so that it opens with IE. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-...
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by tjalfi 8y ago
Absolute power doesn't mean that you can act with impunity. Xi must retain the support of the heads of the army, secret police, and such or he will be replaced. The Dictator's Handbook[0] discusses this topic in detail. The Rules
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by tjalfi 8y ago
I had several Allied Telesis switches at a previous job. The hardware was fine but resetting the configuration password was a remarkably painful process.
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by tjalfi 8y ago
The Supreme Court Alice Corp v. CLS Bank International[0] decision made it harder to get a software or business method patent. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Corp._v._CLS_Bank_Intern...
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by tjalfi 8y ago
Windows Update switched to using NTFS transactions in Windows Vista.
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by tjalfi 8y ago
Were you thinking of Checkpoint (Nokia) IPSO[0]? The earlier versions were based on FreeBSD 2.2.6. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_Point_IPSO
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Another example is that Google News ended service in Spain after a link tax was passed[0]. [0] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/enrique-dans/google-news-leav...

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