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by tjr 11y ago
When I began my career in software over a decade ago, dress shirts and pants was typical attire in my area. And that's what I wore. Occasionally someone would wear something a bit more casual, and occasionally I would too. Eventually I
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by tjr 11y ago
I recently received a lengthy email of minor grammar errors in a programming manual I had written. I thanked the diligent bug reporter, and expressed surprise that so many mistakes had gone unnoticed for as long as they had. He told me that
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Sherry Turkle: ‘I am not anti-technology, I am pro-conversation’(theguardian.com)
3 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
Interesting! Thanks! Also, I interpreted the statement about the v1.0 release as being the initial release; perhaps there was a v0.1 release before that...
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by tjr 11y ago
Very true, though the first release of this package just came out a few days ago.
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Edward Snowden: Clinton made 'false claim' about whistleblower protection(theguardian.com)
13 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
Anecdotally, it seems common to me, but I don't have any real data from which to make serious inferences.
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by tjr 11y ago
In my opinion, an LLC is reasonable for this sort of thing. I'd see a regular corporation as overkill, and a sole proprietorship not offering enough benefit to be worth doing.
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by tjr 11y ago
If you can find the story again (try changing your user settings to "show dead" stories, if the story has been killed altogether), you could unflag it.
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by tjr 11y ago
I have never used Photoshop. I have used GIMP on and off for years, and mostly used Apple iPhoto for basic photo editing. Last year, on a whim, I bought a copy of Lightroom. I have rarely been so impressed with a piece of software, and was
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Ada Lovelace Day: Marina Zhurakhinskaya and Outreachy(fsf.org)
3 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
I've been running the same 13" MBP for five years. Dual-core processor has been fine for me doing programming, photo editing in Adobe Lightroom, and music production with Avid Pro Tools. I had a 15" Powerbook before that. I w
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by tjr 11y ago
Make it GPL, assign copyright to the FSF, and release it as GNU JORF. Sounds much better.
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by tjr 11y ago
No such thing exists for software. Could you be more specific then about what part of following DO-178C guidelines and FAA certification process you find inadequate, such that, "no such thing exists for software"? I do not mean
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by tjr 11y ago
It is indeed an exception. But it demonstrates that software engineering does exist, and it suggests that more software could be "engineered", if we chose to do so. I suspect that reason that such engineering process isn't ap
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by tjr 11y ago
There are areas of software development that do operate more like traditional engineering, such as in avionics software development. For example, software developed for commercial avionics systems in the United States follows the guidelines
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by tjr 11y ago
Unless he's using cash He is.
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by tjr 11y ago
RMS has been advocating against using store cards for years. I guess in-store facial recognition could thwart the privacy efforts of people like him? (To some degree?)
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by tjr 11y ago
Do you have any further links or information on these magic incantations ?...
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Could a Bank Deny Your Loan Based on Your Facebook Friends?(theatlantic.com)
48 points by tjr 11y ago|71 comments
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Could a Bank Deny Your Loan Based on Your Facebook Friends?(theatlantic.com)
2 points by tjr 11y ago|1 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
I use a lot of audio production applications. I'm still on Mavericks, actually, because I haven't wanted to pay to upgrade perfectly fine software just so I could use a newer operating system. I have been receiving notices from so
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Interview with Noah Swartz of Privacy Badger(fsf.org)
1 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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EPA opposed DMCA exemptions that could have revealed Volkswagen fraud(fsf.org)
154 points by tjr 11y ago|24 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
It's not so much the readers we need to be concerned about here, but the evaluators.
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Universal Permissive License added to license list(fsf.org)
1 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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by tjr 11y ago
Where would you go for a good bagel?
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by tjr 11y ago
Is bread with holes necessarily a bagel? Wikipedia suggests likely Jewish origins in Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel
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Store Surveillance Keeps an Eye on Your Hair and Clothes(technologyreview.com)
1 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments
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BatBand Ear-Free Headphones(kickstarter.com)
1 points by tjr 11y ago|0 comments

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