ColinDabritz

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by ColinDabritz 2y ago
Adding a single element from each other office would be a neat way to tie them together. For example, the new wave wall with a single lavalamp, hanging rainbow, and dual pendulum.
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by ColinDabritz 2y ago
"Kuszmaul remembers being surprised that a tool normally used to ensure privacy could confer other benefits." It was surprising to me too! But reflecting on it more closely, most performance isn't about "faster" in
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by ColinDabritz 2y ago
It's an example of "non-euclidean" space, and yes, it is a bit different than the article.
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by ColinDabritz 2y ago
There was an example of this in the classic 'Duke Nukem 3d'. It had a level by Richard "Levelord" Gray, 'Lunatic Fringe'. https://dukenukem.fandom.com/wiki/Lunatic_Fringe This level had a
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by ColinDabritz 4y ago
I love that this is a common enough problem, that there's a full domain website for it: https://0.30000000000000004.com/
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by ColinDabritz 6y ago
That is a simple but clever technique. These sorts of approaches feel like they will be part of a more formalized software engineering profession.
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by ColinDabritz 8y ago
There are a lot of crazy people in industry, unfortunately. Not as much at the big flashy tech startups or places you hear about in the news, but there are still plenty of 'work a day' businesses in corners of industry that do not
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by ColinDabritz 8y ago
Jail time for bugs that should have been preventible and caused harm to users. Mistakes and bugs happen, but we also have methods of mitigating them. Standards, quality controls, tests, analysis, and other care. I specifically said jail tim
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by ColinDabritz 8y ago
software bugs cause mass harm. We can't ask people to never make mistakes, but we can ask that they have appropriate practices, standards, quality controls, and care. Not taking appropriate measures to mitigate risks that can significa
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by ColinDabritz 8y ago
Not the op, but meaningful fines, executive jail time for gross negligence and especially for intentionally taking inappropriate risks, breaking up or closing companies that are shown over time to be unable to safely handle sensitive inform
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by ColinDabritz 9y ago
For me, in Chrome, I could not find "Show In Viewer", but the static preview image on the left side has a "launch" text splash when hovering. Clicking it opens a player with play/pause/step and other functional
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by ColinDabritz 9y ago
Have we actually seen the real interface? There was the first round, which was a mockup many were told was a 'screenshot', and a follow up that was a second mock up that was closer. http://www.civilbeat.org/2018&#x
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by ColinDabritz 9y ago
The cue I learned for that was "the stick man is standing on the line | and leaning forward / or backward \ " (Which is of course western reading direction sensitive)
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by ColinDabritz 9y ago
This threw me off for a bit. The \1 is from the original puzzle, and refers to the value of the first (capture group). I ran into this issue while filling out the puzzle. The \1 is required to 'propagate' the value in that square
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by ColinDabritz 9y ago
This is a wonderfully complicated mix of in game rewards, but they aren't DLC, some have exclusive in game rewards you can't get elsewhere. You can buy some Amiibo retail, but others which unlock exclusives in a brand new game are
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
Play! This aspect of learning is crucial for children too, but as a developer nothing pushes learning like playing around with things that interest you.
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
They absolutely care if you call, if you show up to town hall meetings. It matters. They are elected officials, and they do ultimately care and worry that if they do unpopular things they will not get re-elected. There is an excellent write
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I also love that one. I am not yet finding the specific citation in the actual linked repo. I would appreciate it if someone could point it out!
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I had heard good things about mint, and I liked the 'dashboard' screenshots and such. Then I looked at how it worked, particularly "provide your bank credentials" part. It didn't take long to realize how incredibly
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
Yes, good point. It was discussing in past test in the context of "DeCOMification" mainly. It would be interesting to have some insight into new component creation vs use of existing components.
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
COM is the Component Object Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model This was how a lot of system and third party libraries provided large amounts of functionality in the windows ecosystem for quite
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
For the other side of that laugh, see Richard Feynman's "I want my dollar!" story: http://www.e-reading.mobi/chapter.php/71262/33/Feynman_-_Sur... (Find "I want my dollar!" toward the
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
Seconded, "performed a lithobraking maneuver" is now on my list next to "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
Your Mac updates are indefinitely truly avoidable despite the constant nagging. You declined 875 times, and you can decline 875 times more, and forever after that. Windows 10, in home edition, only lets you delay a limited time. There is a
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I love the clarity and readability of these errors. You can work on UX at lower levels, and it looks like this. Beautiful. I'm not even a Rust dev, I'm mostly in C# land these days, but I appreciate the effort this takes. Well don
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
Although you can get the coding support in Sublime through Omnisharp: http://www.omnisharp.net/#integrations They are providing the same tools they use to drive VSC to many popular editors, including Emacs and Vim as well.
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
The article makes some good points, part of the problem I have with describing "functions" is that there really is a LOT to unpack there, but after years of software development the idea of a function with all its nuance is a sing
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I don't think the issue is 'any contact', it's specifically "Harassment of our Authors" and "unwanted attention". This indicates that it's inappropriate content, regardless of the source, and it
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I find myself frustrated almost any time I open a WSJ or other paywall article, and close them immediately. It hampers shared understanding and discussion. The 'web' workaround isn't viable for me either. I want to forward UR
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by ColinDabritz 10y ago
I appreciate insights and research like this. It seems clear to me that these issues are complex, multi-faceted, and often subtle. If they were obvious single issues they would be much easier to address. Figuring out hard to see sources of

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