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by xmstr 2y ago
Microsoft carried this style of layout builder into the original asp.net web-forms in the first couple versions of Visual Studio.NET. If I remember correctly it worked just like the form builder for VB6/MFC-C++, but it's been a wh
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by xmstr 2y ago
"Zed collects anonymous telemetry data to help us understand how people are using the app." No thanks!
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by xmstr 9y ago
All states accept federal highway funds. Source: http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-state-budgets-fe...
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by xmstr 9y ago
Walmart's idea of winning cash based on savings deposit amounts reminded me of the Freakonomics savings lottery from the 2010 podcast: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-radio-could-a-l...
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by xmstr 9y ago
It's a little old now but the Motorola Droid Turbo has served me well. Even though the phone is over three years old it holds a charge for the entire day (17 hours) and still has a 30-35% remaining at the end of the day.
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by xmstr 9y ago
I have several former co-workers that wouldn't use anything but QEDIT/TSE.
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by xmstr 10y ago
Talk Python To Me - https://talkpython.fm/
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by xmstr 10y ago
as if we needed further proof that Zuckerburg is an asshole
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by xmstr 10y ago
is that you Zed?
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by xmstr 10y ago
Any news outlet or aggregator that's claims it is unbiased is probably lying. If there are humans involved there will be bias.
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by xmstr 11y ago
The last I heard CADE2, the modernized (J2EE) system, had replaced the majority of the IMF functionality (IMF is the core of tax return processing). I'm not completely sure though as I haven't talked to those guys in over 4 years
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by xmstr 11y ago
I did contact work with the IRS from '06-'09, on the IMF and BMF (master file system) and I assure you there are no punch cards. Old school main frame assembly yes, but no punch cards.
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by xmstr 11y ago
I think every here already knew that.
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by xmstr 11y ago
Vendor partnership, commercial support, legacy app support, .NET drivers and optimizations not available elsewhere, developer knowledge... Why does Oracle, DB2, Sybase, or any other commercial RDBMS still exist?
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by xmstr 11y ago
I use dbeaver for my oracle work, it's a great tool. It beats using the bloated sqldeveloper.
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by xmstr 11y ago
Looks interesting but why not Python 3.x?
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Teaching Students to Use Their Noodles(npr.org)
2 points by xmstr 11y ago|0 comments
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by xmstr 11y ago
I work for an org that just upgraded from XP to Win7, however we went straight to ie11 as the default browser during the upgrade. However, optional use Firefox and Chrome is permitted for both XP and Win7.
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by xmstr 12y ago
This is great news! I would be interested to know if they ever intend to expand the trials out to other autoimmune muscle related diseases, for example myositis and its variants.
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How the universally hated cubicle came to be(vox.com)
2 points by xmstr 12y ago|0 comments
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by xmstr 12y ago
The bible belt continues to have some of the worst (or hardest) places to live in US. If find this very interesting, as many in this area continue to shun higher education in favor of strict adherence to the bible.
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Harvard Secretly Photographed Classrooms to Monitor Attendance(npr.org)
3 points by xmstr 12y ago|0 comments
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by xmstr 12y ago
I have to add one group to your list, people who can't drink because of health issues or use of prescription drugs to treat health issues. I've been one of these persons for over a year now. Group 4: "I would love to but I
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by xmstr 12y ago
As a former drinker (mostly beer), who now partakes an an occasional non-alcoholic beer. I can say that most NA beer does indeed suck, but not all of them. Erdinger and Buckler are pretty good and even O'Douls Amber is not too bad.
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by xmstr 12y ago
I was in the US military in the late 80s and early 90s and we were told then that carbon fiber used in aircraft may be cancer causing. Nothing new here.
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by xmstr 12y ago
In most circumstances I am all for attorney-client privilege. But if you are in jail or prison and provided a medium to communicate to the outside world and that medium requires you to accept a consent to monitoring agreement before each us
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Arguing Is Pointless(blogs.hbr.org)
2 points by xmstr 14y ago|0 comments
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by xmstr 14y ago
I use three seashells. They're the best!
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by xmstr 15y ago
How come I can only choose one? As a large enterprise I am aware of atleast one app using the following: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft, Oracle. We also use: DB2, Informix, SQLite, and some others I don't even know about.
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by xmstr 17y ago
Nothing like debunking a political debate by writing an op-ed favoring your side of the argument.

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