vocatus_gate

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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   Hand-crafted, artisanal data.
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   Your enthusiasm is infectious and I hope I can share it eventually!
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   I didn't interact with any of the people you're referring to, so I can't comment on that situation. Thanks, it was a difficult decision and took me a while to come to, but I knew I couldn't continue working there in good
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   I left the NSA a few months ago largely for these reasons. While I knew I personally couldn't do much (if anything) to stem the onslaught against human rights, I knew at the very least I didn't want my life's work contributin
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   That's fair. Seeing an impressive example of the tech put to good use might get me excited about it, something beyond another 3D "walking around" simulator. Maybe it's one of those technologies that needs a breakthrough
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   I think the biggest risk to adoption is real-world interest. I get that VR is a fun tech, and has some potentially cool possibilities. But to me and seemingly many other people, it's just not that interesting. I don't know why, ma
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   I've switched to Pale Moon, a fork that respects my ability to make my own decisions about whether something is dangerous or not. I hope they get all this stuff sorted out, FF used to be my favorite browser.
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   by vocatus_gate 11y ago

   Sigh. Why are they doing this? It's condescending and insulting. "No, you're too stupid to be allowed to install what you want to."
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   Tron “fights for the User”(reddit.com)

   2 points by vocatus_gate 11y ago|0 comments
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    by vocatus_gate 11y ago

    Problem is Microsoft will likely abandon Cortana before very long, like they've done with SO many of their products. Plays4Sure, the original Surface, Silverlight, I could go on. MS has no stomach for long-term commitment to their non-
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    by vocatus_gate 11y ago

    A large part of the instability and security problems are also because software is so, so SO much more complex these days. There is just a lot more to consider when writing code than there used to be. So it's not necessarily that it&#x
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    by vocatus_gate 11y ago

    Question coming from a long-time sysad whose experience is almost entirely batch and PowerShell, what does it mean to write "testable" code?
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    by vocatus_gate 11y ago

    Or .bat file master race.
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    by vocatus_gate 11y ago

    I always dream of the day bitcoin will reach the point where it's widely used. It's literally the perfect solution for scenarios like this, but like everything else is heavily dependent on the network effect for success.