xradionut

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by xradionut 15y ago
Politically he can't veto spending, even if legally he can. The reality is that the President is mostly a figurehead, bought and paid for just like Congress and trapped by chains of patronage and party. That's why nothing changes. Pay atten
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by xradionut 15y ago
It's not like he has a magic wand or is a dictator. Obama is beholden to the same group of monied interests as the rest of capitol hill. If the large banks, oil companies and corporations thought it would be in their interest to end the war
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by xradionut 15y ago
I thanked the sysadmin crew at the office yesterday and took today off. :) Did the full-bore admin for 10 years before I got burned out and shifted to development. Still am part of the informal team that assist with various scripting, monit
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by xradionut 15y ago
I like Smalltalk, but like Forth and Lisp it's just not practical in most of my computing tasks, career or hobby-wise. It's a shame that Smalltalk didn't evolve enough to challenge Java in the '90s. But my buds that knew it well and also ha
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by xradionut 15y ago
Who needs cash when you have large numbers of nuclear weapons for leverage?
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by xradionut 15y ago
This is an interesting article, but the game isn't chicken, what is happening in Washington is a dance of distraction. Most of the damage to the economy is already done, the public is just waiting for the "leadership" to finally drive the r
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by xradionut 15y ago
And 95% of the linked article isn't about scripting. There's just a single paragraph buried in the middle. And the ability to program isn't the singular ultimate skill in the possible tool kit for success.
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by xradionut 15y ago
My company should hire a few more good folks so we can get our jobs done without burning out. :( Most of my "hacks" are tools that make our processes more effective. I have to "steal" chunks of time to create them but they pay off in time s
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by xradionut 15y ago
I've read a good chunk of science fiction over the years, but the most accurate Cassandra I've talk to in my life was my aunt and her colleges whom were historians, futurists and history profs. Many of the recent big changes in the national
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by xradionut 15y ago
For some folks, (like my wife and many of her friends), the netbook is the perfect computer. It's light enough to be taken anywhere and powerful enough to fulfill the daily tasks for the casual user. For her, a touch typist, the keyboard is
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by xradionut 15y ago
I once collected old workstations and servers. (DEC, SGI, and Data General...) But after filling a house full of old silicon that could be out-preformed by cheap white boxes with better software, I let go of my nostalgia and sold the lot to
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by xradionut 15y ago
None of the Windows developers I work with or know in the community are not even concerned about this. Corporate and independent development in the .NET community are conservative and unlikely to jump on the latest thing from Redmond. They
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by xradionut 15y ago
There's a huge number of business developers this won't affect. .NET and "normal" desktop, web and server apps are still the bread and butter for these folks. Not everyone is on the bleeding edge.
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by xradionut 15y ago
If it's related to the Chamber of Commerce, chances are it's regressive policy.