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by tolle 9y ago
Huh? I mean, if you don't pay a bill, it'll usually go to a private company trying to collect it at first. But they simply send out another bill with an additional charge added. After a few attempts they will in turn hand it over
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by tolle 9y ago
On IBM i all files are are also databases, so you could just define the length of all the fields in the file, then it's a SQL database ready for use. No need for a program to parse it. Just define a file, copy the incoming file to that
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by tolle 9y ago
One way of solving it would be to just put the code you would otherwise put into a function into another application and call that. Not super pretty, but it works. It's preferable over ending up with a massive program with hundreds of
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by tolle 9y ago
10 is EOF, 0 is successful read. Not that it actually matters, your point is perfectly valid. You can use sort off boolean operators thats toggled on based on the value in variables. Outgoing web requests are usually done via either a progr
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by tolle 9y ago
Partial sync, or whatever you'd call it. You can't add or edit the desktop bookmarks and bookmarks added in Firefox for iOS won't show up on the desktop.
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by tolle 9y ago
Being able to do something doesn't mean you are able to do it. Good luck with that setup if you are working in finance and something fucks up or there's an audit.
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by tolle 9y ago
I've been having a shitty experience with 2.4GHz WiFi combined with Bluetooth on my late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina for ages. The Wifi performance goes to shit with multiple devices connected and the bluetooth devices stutter and disconne
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by tolle 10y ago
Is the individual plan limited to certain countries?
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by tolle 10y ago
Heck I work on a AS400/iSeries/IBM i or whatever they are called.
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by tolle 10y ago
But I think it's safe to say that the gamble paid off!
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by tolle 10y ago
Works like a charm in Safari on iOS and macOS.
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by tolle 10y ago
Wasn't ZFS even "production ready" before BTRFS development even began? I don't remember the state of it when it was first introduced into Solaris, maybe someones memory is better then mine. Was ZFS better of in 06-07 Th
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by tolle 10y ago
COBOL works fine on other operating systems as well. JCL, on the other hand, is only available on z/OS and it's just as important to know.
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by tolle 11y ago
Finance. Or rather working at a large bank, also comes with great job stability. If you are a developer on one of the core systems you are basically set for life.
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by tolle 11y ago
A wild guess would be that roughly 90% of all systems handling this are written in COBOL running on z/OS or IBM i. And that most of the developers are currently close to 60, spending their free time with their grandchildren and not on
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by tolle 11y ago
Shouldn't have to be a pain? Browser plugin to paste content to editor window. Then something that runs the document its pasted into when you've read it? However, copy, paste, (save as a script|paste in terminal), run isn't e
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by tolle 11y ago
But probably using their own server, entirely within their own network? I.e. you can't even connect without a VPN? Not that that protects from backdoors but still.
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by tolle 11y ago
To bad theres no GPGTools for iOS. And the chances of Apple opening up the mail client for it is slim. Also, the licenses could be a problem?
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by tolle 11y ago
Depends on how stuff is implemented no? You change a library, you do a rebuild of all packages that uses that library, the user downloads package deltas and the filesystem does deduplication so the same file is used in all the containers. W
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by tolle 11y ago
Having a bank on your résumé can't possibly be a bad thing. It shows that you can work in a professional environment. That you have been vetted and passed it. It's a sign of you being responsible, reliable and professional. I can&
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by tolle 11y ago
Is honestly more of a hassle for the average consumer then existing solutions.
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by tolle 11y ago
I have no issues. Until I enable my Bluetooth mouse. Easily solved by using the 5ghz band but really. An apple mouse fucks up my connection from my apple laptop to my apple access point. That's really unacceptable.
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by tolle 11y ago
But theres a ton of bookkeeping and checks to be done for every transaction. Due to regulations and so on. But yes it's not an insane amount of transactions.
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by tolle 11y ago
Nowhere, but some people call System I/(A/400)/I-Series a mainframe. It's midrange, but people call it what they call it. Anyway, IBM i and AIX run on the same hardware. They used to be called System I and System P. Now
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by tolle 11y ago
Seems like a pretty stupid way to do it. Why not just use the raw data from the data files or direct access to the DB/2 database? Does this even handle the ebcdic to ascii conversion? Or packed decimal numbers?
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by tolle 11y ago
Murach's Mainframe COBOL is a decent book. GNU COBOL works for learning but database stuff is a bit of a hassle. Microfocus has a visual COBOL personal license that's free. Setting it up to work with db2 is fairly pain free.
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by tolle 11y ago
Maybe all banks aren't the same. I choose the one that seemed to be the one that would be more fun to work at. Also probably depends on what country you are living in.
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by tolle 11y ago
DB/2 is used quite extensively. But a lot of things are still flat files. On System I you can access DB/2 databases as if it were flat files as well. Not actually useful if you ask me but I suppose useful when the developers didn&
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by tolle 11y ago
I still fiddle around on my spare time with modern tech just for fun. I just don't have to learn every new "tech of the week" to stay relevant. But yeah, suits some better then others. I'd imagine it's the perfect a
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by tolle 11y ago
All COBOL shops have developed what could be called their own frameworks from scratch over the years. Learn COBOL and DB2/SQL. If you end up working on mainframes. JCL as well. If on AS/400. RPG and ACL. Most developers don't

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