ProCynic

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by ProCynic 7y ago
Given U.S. military budgets, this seems like a rounding error. Especially as the article claims that this was over a five year period. Four mil a year in procurement fraud is probably a drop in the ocean.
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by ProCynic 9y ago
A lot of the really popular shooters out there now are collaborative, or have a strong collaborative element. For example, Destiny 2 can be solo, but really encourages you to group up with a couple friends to run 3 person strikes and other
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by ProCynic 9y ago
I have an aunt and uncle who do this, but they aren't desperate, they're retired. They travel around the country, visiting places they'd like to see, and taking seasonal jobs as something to do and to help defray expenses.
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by ProCynic 11y ago
On the other hand, don't be ashamed of using a tool that works for the job, even if it isn't the latest or coolest thing. jQuery is no longer the best choice for a lot or circumstances, but if it is for yours, go for it.
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by ProCynic 11y ago
FYI your careers link 404s. Going by your site the actual link is http://careers.true.com/
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by ProCynic 11y ago
I used the google reader android app before it was shuttered.
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by ProCynic 11y ago
Well there's screen time and screen time. Building something cool in minecraft is pretty different from watching spongebob on netflix. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/06/30
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by ProCynic 11y ago
Actually, having no assigned seats is the fastest way to board a plane. https://www.math.duke.edu/news/awards/mcm2007bbe.pdf
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Things People Say When You're a Blond Female Engineer at MIT(talkingpointsmemo.com)
5 points by ProCynic 12y ago|0 comments
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by ProCynic 12y ago
Fuck that. Journalists are human beings and that _is_ what human beings are supposed to do.
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by ProCynic 12y ago
Just anecdotally, I've found that the second round trip overwhelms any performance gains from not rendering on the server, especially if you have to boot up a heavy framework such as e.g. angular before even starting it. The isomorphic
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by ProCynic 12y ago
I think the point is that he didn't know there was a lock. His closing argument seems to be that when you're writing muli-threaded code, you have to not only think about what your own code is doing, but also about what all the li
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by ProCynic 12y ago
Hey, that's even in front-to-backend order.
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by ProCynic 12y ago
or irrespective
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by ProCynic 12y ago
Rather ironic that someone has an advantage over Google for universal search.
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by ProCynic 12y ago
I saw an article on migrating android phones earlier today: http://lifehacker.com/5843206/how-to-upgrade-to-a-new-androi...
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by ProCynic 12y ago
Maybe the NRA will ride to the rescue?
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by ProCynic 12y ago
They're not just supposed to be a payments provider. They're going to ask people to actually link their bank accounts so that the merchants don't have to pay credit card fees.
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by ProCynic 12y ago
I do this manually sometimes, with chrome dev tools. The whole issue actually has a pretty profound effect on which sites I read. For example, I won't follow a link to usa today unless it's something really interesting, wherea
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by ProCynic 12y ago
update bash ( https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/146849/how-do-i-re... ) or switch to a different system default shell until bash is updated.
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by ProCynic 13y ago
http://www.waitingforfriday.com/index.php/Vetinari's_Clock
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by ProCynic 13y ago
I did one for work, to create github issues from trello cards. It was a pretty easy speed up of our project management workflow. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-to-github-i...
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by ProCynic 13y ago
If the sample is truly random, it doesn't matter what the population size is. Of course, truly random samples are hard to get.
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by ProCynic 13y ago
I think the idea is that you can use solar or nuclear to crack it into hydrogen and oxygen for use as rocket fuel. With rockets, fuel is both energy source and reaction mass, meaning that you throw it out the back end and can't recove
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by ProCynic 13y ago
Actually, the story says that the 16GB nexus 7 is $229, so the iPad mini is 44% more expensive.
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by ProCynic 13y ago
"There's not much code on this page at all, just simple markup for paragraphs, hierarchy, and emphasis."
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by ProCynic 13y ago
I'm happy with feedly
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by ProCynic 13y ago
fails for me with android chrome beta 28.0.1500.21 on android 4.2.2
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by ProCynic 14y ago
The definition is changing. There's a lot of people who use it to mean something like "all the stuff that resulted from the big bang". Which may or may not be the entirety of existence. If it's not, then the other stuff will be stuff tha
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by ProCynic 14y ago
First someone who is affected by the law has to challenge it, then the challenge has to make its way through the appeals process until it reaches the level below the supreme court, and then finally the supreme court must decide to take up t

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