InTheSwiss

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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Replying with a non-mobile link for those who are as lazy as I am when I see a .m Wikipedia link :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Yes and Darryl Weaver is a Cloud Sales Engineer at Canonical. [0] This is the same as Microsoft doing a report for the government saying Windows is the best desktop OS. In regards to the quality of the document; the tables are horrendousl
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
God was this put together by some kind of secondary school student on work placement? It 6 pages with close to zero actual content that isn't just copy/pasted from the links they cite. Awful.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I have been on Ambien (Zolpidem here in the UK) for 5 years now after being diagnosed with insomnia due to PTSD (actually diagnosed by three doctors at a psychiatric hospital where I had to spend 4 months in 2009 not some self-diagnosis) an
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Have a read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_... That is how Amazon can maintain such good link backwards compatibility although for books this is even easier as it just has to parse the I
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
1. Yeah WinFS would be nice but it seems to be out of reach still from a development point of view. Perhaps if it were a totally new file system and not having to maintain some kind of backwards compatibility with NTFS? Who knows I am not a
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
This confused me too. Ipswich to Victoria is about 85 miles by road. Anyone got any more details on the connection route?
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Good job! Have you look into Android apps? You will have a bigger audience. I am assuming you are using C# as they are Windows Store apps if so Java will be very similar for you to switch too.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I worked at Xerox for 8 years as a Solution Architect and it annoyed me so damn much that they are sitting on 13.* yet hardly using it and I can't imagine that has changed in the few years since I left. From what I can remember they we
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I have used Robocopy to move over 300TB of data round recently and not a single error. Robocopy is at UNIX level stability. Really a kick ass tool.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Agreed Notepad2 is pretty much perfect. I have been meaning to try out Notepad2-mod for a while as I would quite like the code folding. One thing I would like (and might change myself if I ever get around to setting up my own build of it) i
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Using ST3b3059 on Windows 8.1 pro x64, 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 7200RPM Platter and the ST console logs "startup time: 0.0931221", it loaded as fast as vanilla Notepad.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Running iOS 7 on my partners iPad 2 is fine. The biggest performance issues with it are websites that are more and more complex than just a few years ago when she got the iPad. They lag like hell. I understand why Apple makes downgrading so
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
You are not being cynical, that is exactly what Apple is doing and always has done. They set a limit on how far back they support older products regardless of if they are technically able to do whatever is needed. Whether doing so is right
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Yeah I only gave the page a quick glance and didn't notice it had two screens until I checked the specs page! Fail from a design point of view IMHO.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
That doesn't mean you are an asshole. I could be the smartest (I don't think calling people stupid is a good way of putting it) person in the company/department and you could be in a position that requires you to do pointless
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I really like the Outlook.com interface however the setting pages are god awful. They need to make them more dynamic so I don't have to load a whole new page for one little option.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I can't recall ever noticing a big difference in weight between the two. I can easily go 2-3 hours reading the Paperwhite with one hand although the lack of physical buttons is annoying as it means you need to stretch your thumb over t
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I have found that Amazon tend to be a little over the top with the "usually dispatched within N days" line. It is clever as it makes it look like they are selling loads and so if you don't order NOW you might have to wait eve
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
In short you can, and will, get fucked by your client. Never do work without a contract. I would have thought it were common sense but I have seen far too many people owed thousands from clients they did work for who then gave them the fing
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I was pretty shocked they removed the page turn buttons. They are the most used buttons by an order of magnitude and tapping the screen is a crappy interface as it is too sensitive and I often jump forward or backward a page when I repositi
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I enjoy the iPad (4th gen) as a tablet but it isn't that great for reading outdoors when it is sunny and it isn't as comfortable on my eyes when in very low light. However it is great for reading technical documents (i.e. PDFs) wh
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I have owned every Kindle e-reader and currently use a Paperwhite (2012 model) which I find to have the best screen (which is really the most important part of an e-reader) however I much prefer the physical buttons on the regular Kindle. I
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
For anyone who downloaded (but has not installed) a VS2013 ISO from MSDN before November 8th might want to download again as they were updated on the 8th. Details on the update is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I am assuming that the RTOS has direct and full unrestricted access to the hardware such as the camera and microphone? If so then I would also assume that an over the air attack to silently suck data from the camera and microphone would be
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I agree C and Haskell are both worth learning as they will teach you a lot of should make you a better programmer due to the different point of view they give you towards development however this question was if learning C++ was worth learn
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
To directly answer your question then: Yes. C++ is certainly something you should learn. Now only you will truly know if C++ is suitable for the tasks you do but unless you work at a university then chances are C++ will be good to great for
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
Python yes as it is helpful in many different places but Haskell and OCaml?! I know this is HN but these languages are pretty niche and only really used to any serious degree within academia. C++ is still one of the most flexible languages
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
I agree with your point buy disagree regarding Iraq and Syria. Syria was about getting involved in an internal conflict whereas Iraq was about WMDs (albeit lies). Quite different IMHO.
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by InTheSwiss 13y ago
What is the point of this? Does anybody honestly think they will be honest? They will admit to a few little "bad" things but justify it all for the Greater Good™. They will talk about "internal policy review" and "m

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