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by wernercd 11y ago
Of course there is a better way... but the issue is: How are you going to make others use your way? How are you going to fund replacing the DECADES of existing tech? The XKCD puts it perfectly... you create a better way - and God knows, the
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by wernercd 11y ago
The problem with "the same thing that's made bullet proof": What defines bullet proof and how is that "perfect" solution going to work for all different business types? Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com&#
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by wernercd 11y ago
@swiley so all YOU do is 1) something on your phone, 2) compile something to send to 3) a cloud super computer... And you completely ignore all the other reasons for power given: Photoshop, Video Editing, Gaming (not Farmville), CAD, etc...
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by wernercd 11y ago
You get more for "free" now. Community Edition allows plugins (like Resharper) where as before it didn't. The "better" versions only add bells and whistles - which entice people onto MSDN or similar.
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by wernercd 11y ago
Just blaming it on people not wanting to pay for content is short sighted. Are there those people? Of course... just like there are people who won't tip if they have a billion dollars in their bank account... The reasons for ad blockin
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by wernercd 11y ago
Yeah... but then you have to live in Albuquerque... I don't know if good TV is worth THAT price. /s But seriously... I don't mind TV on a schedule SOMETIMES (Walking Dead for example was worth catching on Sunday Night... with
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by wernercd 11y ago
"Shhhh-eeet-hole"
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by wernercd 11y ago
Take too long? ZOMG KKKORPORATION$!!! Move to short and fatal flaw kills people? ZOMG KKKORPORTATION$!!! Can't win for losing...
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by wernercd 11y ago
More correctly: 'liary Clinton is wrong about everything. And if she happens to be right, it's because polling said that was the right answer and she's lying to you to get elected. And there seems to be more opinions saying B
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by wernercd 11y ago
By stating your intent to not be noticed, you have drawn their eyes. Why else would you want that if you aren't trying to hide something?
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by wernercd 11y ago
Why create a new system? Just move everything on top of IPv6? Not like most of this junk isn't routed over the internet anyways... With as much address space as is available in IPv6, it shouldn't be hard to create something that p
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by wernercd 11y ago
Security? Forget to log off somewhere, cell phone gets stolen, account gets hacked... It's nice to be able to force logoff everywhere.
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by wernercd 11y ago
Are there any Youtube videos that will walk me through how to read an actual book? it's been so long... I don't know if I'll remember how to do it without some internet star to show me the way.
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by wernercd 11y ago
Email is the same as Voicemail: ignored, neglected, filled with spam more often than real messages and on the way out.
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by wernercd 11y ago
I wish you'd use standard numbers... like "Libraries of Congress".
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by wernercd 11y ago
What makes Football different than Female baseball or wrestling? Full stadiums. I'm not a football fan either (nor any sport where "we" will go all the way)... but to say that people will riot in the streets over it is a bit
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by wernercd 11y ago
Yeah... Google should stop and close up shop. Working towards fixing things tomorrow? HOW DARE THEY! Shakes fist at them menacingly
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by wernercd 11y ago
> You may not sell, license, rent He's giving it away, no money changing hands. > or otherwise transfer Promotional credit Is what he has "promotional" credit? He says he has credit... is there a difference? If there is
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by wernercd 11y ago
My 2c: My previous company was circling the drain (lost main customer, slowly downsized from max of ~25 to me being #5 when I left.) My job hunting was basically updating my profile on LI and light searching. Contacted by a Recruiter. They
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by wernercd 11y ago
Where did you read they pretended to be from Latvia? They worked in multiple countries, including Latvia.
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by wernercd 11y ago
> "The FBI has effectively smashed the hornets' nest," said U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton, "and we are in the process of rounding up and charging the hornets." They didn't smash it "in the hand".
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by wernercd 11y ago
Seconded. I'll pay a dollar for small apps I use regularly. AdBlock is one of the last reasons I rooted - more important ones were * remote control apps (security type "wipe phone if requested, resist attempts to remove from phone
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by wernercd 11y ago
I've always found that some of my best learning... is teaching someone else. Its amazing how far back into basics I have to go when I start talking to other people about programming. Some of the most fun I've had was helping my br
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by wernercd 11y ago
What does ROI have to do with paying taxes? They can spend money on features that have a shitty ROI (like color blindness features) and still not want to waste money on taxes that don't need to get paid (movement of money across border
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by wernercd 11y ago
Co-worker had his stolen from the gym. Reported it stolen - and thus it locked itself. Got contacted from guy in Russia who was PISSED that the phone he paid $$$ for was locked. Co-worker said "no way in hell am I going to unlock"
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by wernercd 11y ago
Why do you have the right to say you can or can't do something? Where do you get the right to go or stay? Why would your right to go wherever you want... override someone else's right to have a private space that excludes you?
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by wernercd 11y ago
There are PLENTY of reasons to code your application to act differently based on environment... while many of them may be bad, not all of them are. Some abuse this to make speed tools run faster, ala Graphic Card tests that run faster when
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by wernercd 11y ago
for the real lazy: https://ninite.com/?select=filezilla I hadn't thought of choco, but good call on that.
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by wernercd 11y ago
This. Bitbucket all the way.
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by wernercd 11y ago
iPhone shipped feature-incomplete yet people were screaming from the rafters about how awesome it was. Earth Shattering. MAGICAL! Gotta love the double standards...

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