tzakrajs

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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   I am using it right now in production. It's worst trait is that it is not clustered and does not share state about what alerts have been sent already. This means you can have no more than one agent running without having duplication of
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   Are we living in a computer simulation that is running atop another computer simulation and so on in regress ad infinitum? Does asking questions like this even mean anything? Maybe.
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   I don't see why I am being down-voted. This person is admitting to an illegal act. Valve does not have a bug bounty program which means this person had no justification to do this legally.
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   The mortgage derivative crash of 08 was more than a mere fluctuation, but I follow your logic.
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   I think it matters because many countries have enormous populations without computers, which means the current state of e-commerce needs to be made mobile friendly (and low bandwidth/high latency) to make sales. I think they are also i
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   Companies say that they won't hire without a degree, but exceptions are made for those who have written substantial code for open source projects that are highly visible. It is possible, albeit difficult, to get around the very policy
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   It isn't necessary for a career in software engineering as you can tell just by looking at your colleagues. But I agree that going to school will make you a more rounded individual and increase the likelihood that you can write profess
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   by tzakrajs 11y ago

   That is like saying that the US Federal Reserve is a more valuable non-publicly traded company. The writer is implying that there is no public market to value that business. While Saudi Arabia mulls over bringing ~20% of Saudi Aramco public
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    "You’re giving them information; they sell your information." This is a common misconception about Google, so one can understand why the authors came to this conclusion. It would be very interesting to see evidence to the contrary
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Terra Bella is under Geo, which is where Maps resides. Seems like a pretty good fit to me, given that satellite imagery is presented in Maps. Why do you think Terra Bella should be in Alphabet?
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Skybox rebranded to Terra Bella on Mar 8th 2016. They were acquired and placed in the Geo organization (Maps) so they aren't just floating about as a one-off: http://spacenews.com/googles-skybox-imaging-has-new-name-bus
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    I believe that is exactly what he is saying.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Try out the Colemak keyboard layout for the next time you try to touch type. It may force you to break your habits by putting you into a different headspace and turn your Qwerty muscle memory into a handicap. http://colemak.com&#
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Beyond typing speed, it is worth mentioning that overuse of the index fingers (hunt and peck) can lead to increased risk of carpal tunnel: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/4481
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Which is the irony of the entire post because the tldr was: "our DO instance was lost, fortunately we keep multiple backups of the data so we were able to restore without any data loss". It seems more like a passive aggressive not
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Google does this and is focused on optimizing their products for 2G. It's the kind of behavior a company will exhibit when they focus on the user first.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    (-10)^8 :P
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Wouldn't this be an integration test if it was testing a dependency? I believe unit tests should have all dependencies mocked out to tightly control the scope of that which you are actually testing.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    I may be splitting hairs here, but Muslimism is not a race. Muslimism is the belief in the philosophy of Islam.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    APRIL FOOLS!
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    And the Weissman score is?
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    But openssl commands aren't complex. Confusion ensues.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    I think the argument is that not even insurance can properly insulate you from this risk.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    I still have no idea what this is after reading the blog.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    I miss Hitch and Vidal.
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Feeling dejavu on this announcement. "By the end of next year Reed aims to be 100% on AWS and to be the biggest business entirely hosted on AWS apart from Amazon Retail." Source: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012&#
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    'Belonging to a generation is one of the lowest forms of solidarity' -Harold Rosenberg
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    Imagine you are part of the next wave and keep your willingness to try new things. I have met many folks over 40 that are far more savvy than their younger contemporaries in terms of exposure to what is new and being paid well. Edit: terrib
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    by tzakrajs 11y ago

    They could wear anything they like working from home, but HP disallowed telecommuting so it is a moot point. Sounds like a blast to work there.