xtracto

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3001.
by xtracto 15y ago
Maybe allowing to link from some music profile site like Last.Fm, spotify, etc ( like http://lasttv.net/ do) would be nice.
3002.
by xtracto 15y ago
> Paypal (the "Paypal competitor headline came from Techcrunch - not from Noca ) So then why is Paypal part of the side-by-side comparison in the linked page?
3003.
by xtracto 15y ago
>"Microsoft Garage projects are projects that Microsoft employees perform in their nights and weekends" This does not sound right... does Microsoft own what their workers do on their nights and Weekends ? I understand Google owning
3004.
by xtracto 15y ago
Can you expand on why would you like to get rid of checked exceptions?
3005.
by xtracto 15y ago
>For Windows? I only restart because I need a fresh start. And that is why in the article they state that the "RESTART" option will still give you a "fresh start". It is only when you "turn off" the computer when you get this kernel hib
3006.
by xtracto 15y ago
Back around 2004 I was a heavy Opera user. One of the things I loved was the Z and A shortcuts to go to the Back and Forward. I have tried to setup the same shortcuts in Firefox without success (actually, trying to personalize key bindings
3007.
by xtracto 15y ago
During my undergrad time (circa 2002), I spent around 6 months using nothing but Vim. I really wanted to "grok" it. Even after learning a lot of the commands and the different modes, it never grew on me. I think it is a shame as I touch-t
3008.
by xtracto 15y ago
Yeah, both my mother and my father are biologists who do a lot of laboratory work. They, along with chemist friend have told me that one typical health issue in laboratories is circulation problems due to extended standing periods. That's w
3009.
by xtracto 15y ago
About 10 years ago when I was reading a lot about AI game dev I remember reading about Fuzzy State Machines ( http://www.coniserver.net/wiki/index.php/FuSM ) which were seen as an improvement from classical FSM. I think I read it in one o
3010.
by xtracto 15y ago
Well... it seems they did not calculate accurately the permission controls to prevent people like Manning making and distributing a copy of all those files.
3011.
by xtracto 15y ago
What does it mean to be a "reformed hacker" anyway? Does it mean that he does not black-hat hack anymore? Or that he does not "hack"? How do we know he does not "hack"? maybe he doesn't do it publicly but he still "hacks" to his OSX/Linux b
3012.
by xtracto 15y ago
>You're recognizing the quality of the content does not really lie in a singular post or link, but with the poster, in a general sense. Correct me if I am wrong but, isn't that how Digg used to work? I remember there were these few prom
3013.
by xtracto 15y ago
> this is why I like reddit more than HN now. Sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings but that is how it is. I do not think they are comparable at all. Maybe we could compare r/technology to HN, but the idea of the subreddits is exactly t
3014.
by xtracto 15y ago
>There are people who just want to learn the correct order of incantations so that they can check their mail and do things with their photos I have been seeing the same thing with research colleagues. What a lot of us in IT or related f
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by xtracto 15y ago
Oh my. That reminded me of a colleague of mine who thought I was doing "black magic" when I converted from "text to columns" in Excel. Guess what, she has a PhD in Geography. That really emphasizes your point. For me, the problem with the r
3016.
by xtracto 15y ago
You make an excellent point. I used to read Joel Spolsky and Russinovich's blog quite often. I would actually pay to do this. The main problem (and difference) I see with Blogs vs traditional journals is the editors. The majority of blogs
3017.
by xtracto 15y ago
>This is basically test driven development I thought the same thing. Just a week ago I finished reading the "Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java" book and after skimming through the article I remembered the "design unit tests first" approach
3018.
by xtracto 15y ago
After you buy the hard copy (this is one of the books which I really think it is worth having the hard copy) you can have a look here: http://library.nu/docs/-----/The%20Algorithm%20Design%20Manu...
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by xtracto 15y ago
The problem here for me is that said individual is still working within the company. Thus, even if I never hear of him, nobody can guarantee that I won't be bitten by his unprofessional behaviour later if I keep doing business with the comp
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by xtracto 15y ago
Does this means that This* does not maintain offsite backup of their customer's data they are administrating? Scary.
3021.
by xtracto 15y ago
You hit what I think is a critical point but with some anti-Microsoft bias. My view is that Microsoft itself simplified the PC experience quite well for a set of users during the 80s and early 90s. With DOS and Windows 3.11. During this tim
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by xtracto 15y ago
Agreed. Moreover, there are several peer-reviewed journals which are already open (like PlosOne, JASSS or any other at http://www.doaj.org/ ). The "upvote" mechanism is actually already there although it is called "number of citations". T
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by xtracto 15y ago
The problem I see with your girlfriend's program is more of a "verification" issue. In the simulation sub-field I am there is this "research development process" which includes "verification" and "validation" after the model is performed. P
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by xtracto 15y ago
"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful." [ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_E._P._Box ]
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by xtracto 15y ago
I have a PhD in Comp. Sci. too, and continue working in academia. Regarding your code, you could have just uploaded it to SourceForge or any other OpenSource repository. I know a guy (Steve Phelps) who did exactly that ( http://sourceforge