LostInTheWoods

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by LostInTheWoods 1mo ago
Never played, but it seems to me that this shares the same problem with Holodecks, from Star Trek, which is why would anyone ever want to leave?
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by LostInTheWoods 2mo ago
Author seems to be blaming the hammer for the house not getting built right. Software is increasing in complexity, and perhaps is outpacing testing.
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by LostInTheWoods 2mo ago
This article misses the point of frameworks like Angular. Its never been about whether a framework is qualitatively better that vanilla or some other framework. The issue is when your codebase and your team reach a certain size you need the
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by LostInTheWoods 7mo ago
Some companies ate the cost of the tariffs. The whole thing is a mess.
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Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump AG pressure(cnbc.com)
4 points by LostInTheWoods 1y ago|1 comments
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by LostInTheWoods 1y ago
"You are not going to convince anyone with facts." ... Lost me here. What kind of organization doesn't run on facts?
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by LostInTheWoods 3y ago
We need some kind of screening for these high-stress PTSD inducing roles ... a Voight-Kampff test. Or limit the number of years one can be in these roles.
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Inside the plant building the fastest passenger trains in America(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by LostInTheWoods 4y ago|1 comments
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by LostInTheWoods 4y ago
New Acela trains represent a significant step toward national aspirations for faster and more reliable train service
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by LostInTheWoods 4y ago
I work for a large company, and I can say that context switching is also a problem here. I guess it comes down to the organization, or maybe the individual team. But yeah, there isn't a week that goes by where a development task isn&#x
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by LostInTheWoods 4y ago
>more willing to do the boring work that the older devs don't want to do No body wants to do the boring work. I think more experienced devs realize that a boring assignment isn't personal, its just business.
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by LostInTheWoods 4y ago
typing fast has nothing to do with programming debugging errors has a lot to do with programming typos are a kind of bug When I was 10, I started programming in BASIC ... we're talking about simple expressions and statements.
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
To put this in perspective, US daily oil consumption is 18 million barrels. So a 50 million barrel release from the strategic reserve is less than a 3 day supply.
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
> WAS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT THE BOTTOM ASKED IF HE LIKED THE BUILDING? IF NOT, WHY NOT? SURELY HIS INPUT SHOULD HAVE MATTERED. A construction worker is strictly implementation. Soliciting design input that isn't relevant to i
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
Beside a swarm of your own, a Phalanx canon would come in handy.
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
Plot reminds me of Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
Nova does oversimplify things. Tho, I have yet to hear "golly gee whilikers" on it. Nova has become the science equivalent of 60 minutes, both of which are geared toward the public at large. Personally I find these programs entert
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by LostInTheWoods 5y ago
The US and others have fallen into the trap of preparing for the next big war by looking at the last (WWII). Did anyone see the recent opening ceremonies at the Olympics? It included a presentation of 1800 drones flying in precise coordinat
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
The mistake most people make, including this article, is thinking that Avatar was an "animated" movie. It was not animated, it was motion-captured. If you saw the making-of Avatar, which I think aired on HBO, you would see that Cameron did
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Some countries should be disbanded. Their citizens should be given a passport to the country of their choice along with a 1-way ticket and a small stipend.
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
You can not hear and see the drones. That is what makes them such an effective weapon.
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Google Analytics Intelligence(analytics.blogspot.com)
18 points by LostInTheWoods 17y ago|3 comments
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Totalitarianism is very efficient until the people realize material wealth without political freedom is hollow.
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Scaling on the cheap: 1. Host all your static files (images,css,js) on Google App Engine 2. Avoid hitting your database. Cache everything possible.
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
The real twitter killer will be the proliferation of smartphones. Who needs SMS when you have HTTP?
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Good clean code is the best documentation.
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Facebook and Twitter (and their like) have yet to turn a profit or even come up with a plan to make one. Meanwhile, Blizzard's World of Warcraft continues to rack up millions a month from loyal and paying users. If you want to make money on
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
The answer is Yes. The real question is 'when?'. My guess is it will take some time before Flash and its competitors finally join the dinosaurs. It will be slowed down by html5 adoption and by the need for tools/libraries that take canvas t
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
The idea of making a web browser that is also a web server makes a lot more sense than the current trend of cloud computing. The privately owned data center concept is unsustainable, and defeats the concept the internet, which is distribute
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by LostInTheWoods 17y ago
Is it just me or does 1.45B seem just a bit excessive?

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