wernercd

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by wernercd 11y ago
Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/1053/ Not everyone knows everything :)
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by wernercd 11y ago
Links to more information about this? I've found some information about VSDBPro but it all is dated 2008. I like the sounds of this, but it seems dated... Update: Seems like this has become SQL Server Data Tools (but not the BI tools o
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by wernercd 11y ago
Is it going to be more valuable than the bad press that they will get when it turns out people get burned by all these restrictions? Or the lost sales? That's the million dollar question.
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by wernercd 11y ago
> Wired's prediction is even more annoying because they've started begging me to turn off my adblocker last time I visited them a couple of days ago Forbes "30 under 30": They don't let you read articles if you a
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by wernercd 11y ago
When super computers... I mean smart phones... sit in the pocket of a majority of people? Where we are... compared to 20... 30... 40... years ago? Mind boggling. I'll probably actually buy a Pi 3 (or 2... or 3) with this release becaus
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by wernercd 11y ago
Yes and no... Yes, because there would be a bigger pool to choose from. For the same reason that bigger schools have better sports teams: More Athletic types... Having a bigger pool of candidates means you have more chance to get specific w
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by wernercd 11y ago
> We should have much better healthcare, education and intolerance of greed And, isn't that what our current "Hope and Change" was supposed to bring? Just what we need... another 4/8 years of ineffectual leadership th
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by wernercd 11y ago
> The banks would scream bloody murder, obviously, but their slack policies got us into this mess in the first place. So, your solution to "the banks" slack policies - which were actually caused by government meddling: Affordab
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by wernercd 11y ago
I commute ~60 minutes each direction by car. My drive is simple: few minutes to main road from work/home... 55 minutes north/south on a single road... few minutes to work/home. The time honestly dissapears... Podcasts and&#x2
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by wernercd 11y ago
Are you being obtuse on purpose? You are taking the argument to the other extreme: "Family time is SOOOO important, why are you even working? hypocrite" Of course he has to "trade family time for work" aka salary. Of cou
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by wernercd 11y ago
It's a small flaw... compared to not being on Windows. I like the concept, but it's a non-starter while it's not available on... I don't know... the largest platform.
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by wernercd 11y ago
I have Facebook on my phone... but I have "App Platform" disabled. I'd like to use it for some minor "log in to this..." functionality, but it's not worth the extra baggage.
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by wernercd 11y ago
Or it's getting roughly the same stories elsewhere: https://www.google.com/search?q=Aero+founder&gws_rd=ssl#tbm=... Tons of copy cat stores without the paywall. Ads are a security risk, obtrusive, annoying, data ho
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by wernercd 11y ago
Likewise... F U WSJ. Your articles aren't are THAT special.
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by wernercd 11y ago
What was the fake reason for not reading-the-freaking-article yourself?
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by wernercd 11y ago
Which is more reason to be aware of reasons to get one: security, Annoyances, security, mental effort to pay attention to ads (Takes effort/training to block/ignore/click X/etc), security, bandwidth (more for mobile), Oh
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by wernercd 11y ago
$1100? How about a serious option?
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by wernercd 11y ago
Except... not really: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/popular-v... As often as not, the winner doesn't have 50%+... and, in some circumstances, the "Winner" has fewer popular vote
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by wernercd 11y ago
You can be text based learning without being a text book. I'd like to see less emphasis on Video learning, because it definitely has it's limits. Even if a teacher is good at it, through years of experience. Not saying I don'
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by wernercd 11y ago
So... if this post is inappropriate (not sure if it is or isn't) then how are you supposed to correct that? The post is inappropriate, but it's inappropriate to bring up that fact... Catch-22... Edit: Just a quick look but "O
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by wernercd 11y ago
As if the public needs a smoking gun when the Clinton is surrounded by scandals from A to Z. It amazes me that Sanders isn't going guns-a-blazing with all the Scandals and Corruption that emanates from the Clinton name brand. Why look
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by wernercd 11y ago
Yeah... blame Google for Apple's shortcomings. Because Google is responsible for Apple's software choices.
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by wernercd 11y ago
Add to that, the fact that a lot of stuff can't be resold these days. Special gear, hats for specific versions, one time registration codes, etc. I'm all for buy low-sell high (I never sold because it wasn't worth the trade,
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by wernercd 11y ago
Agreed... lets keep it in terms we all understand and that make sense... How many libraries of congress can they power with 40MW?
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by wernercd 11y ago
Wrong: Candy Crush is getting installed on a "clean" install of windows. Straight from the ISO that is straight from MSDN. No "OEM" involvement. Zero. https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/secured
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by wernercd 11y ago
Except that Netflix is constantly adding/removing content. Movies become available and then stop being available. This is one of the major reasons Netflix is hitting "Original Content" so hard. They can take away South Park (
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by wernercd 11y ago
Yeah... put Apple Maps on Android and see what people pick. Or put aMaps and gMaps on Windows... That's like bragging iTunes is king on the iPhone... of course it is... that doesn't mean it isn't a bloated mess.
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by wernercd 11y ago
The issue is the "maturity" of programming as a complete field. Not only is it a "young" (decades old vs say construction) but it's changing dramatically year over year - whats asked for today is different that 5 ye
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by wernercd 11y ago
Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition is considered a top-notch programming environment... and it's free. It would be the perfect place to put something with built in programming hooks into Minecraft. And... there is already too many pe
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by wernercd 11y ago
If I have buy a 1TB plan to hold 999GB of data and it takes months to push that data up... That ZOMG WHAT A DEAL! of a plan is kinda worthless... "Slam" is a bit of a loaded word, since... if they are selling 1TB of storage, shoul

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