bmh_ca

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by bmh_ca 8y ago
I had a few moments to work on tko (knockout 4) this morning and I just have to say how happy I am with the ko methodology. Not to knock (pardon the put) any of the more recent forays into js/web-ux , but holy smokes I’m satisfied wit
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by bmh_ca 8y ago
Thanks for posting. The claim is not especially bold or novel, unless I misunderstand. Math can be seen as a source of absolute truth. It’s long been noted that this butts up against the monopoly that religion often claims over truth.
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by bmh_ca 8y ago
> It is backed by the obligation to pay your taxes in that currency. If it's a reserve currency, as the U.S. is, it is also backed by the demand of other states to hold U.S. dollars to stabilize their non-reserve currency. Indeed, s
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by bmh_ca 8y ago
> If I visit g00gle.com and sign-in using the Web Authentication API, my browser is going to use my credentials for g00gle.com, not for google.com; unlike me, it _can't_ be fooled by similar-looking characters. In the age of punycod
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by bmh_ca 8y ago
On #3 and #4 I had what I believed to be some reasonable conceptions to formulate parameters for a discussion, here: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71522 Basically I suggest dividing the questions into catego
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by bmh_ca 8y ago
> It started 24 years ago with the Clinton administration granting China "most favored nation" status.[0] A controversial move at the time, and one that broke a one of Clinton's campaign promises. I think there is more inf
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Is that not the Nissan Leaf?
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
I'm one of the knockout core developers. Just a heads up, knockout 3.5 just went into beta, and 4.0 is in alpha. I spoke the other day with another core developer, Ryan Niemeyer, and he noted that ko is still a good fit for quick and
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
This is a great read. The principles are also applicable to other problems such as evaluating a constant time comparison function, symmetrical cypher, or hash.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
The devils advocate is literally a Catholic position occupied by a person arguing against conferring sainthood. The interesting bit is that historically the strength of sainthood has been tied to the conviction of the advocate for the devil
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Teaching became more open to women as men were killed in war.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
The rich, who benefit from tax breaks, spend copiously on issues that influence the poorest’ votes. Abortion, religion, military, immigration, homophobia. Emotional issues that influence deeply those who lack critical thinking skills. An
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Make them judges. Almost all judges become less conservative and more liberal over time on the bench.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
SIGINT resources are under-allocated for domestic defence of civilian assets.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
FWIW, my personal anecdote: I chose Google App Engine for a large enterprise application almost a decade ago and it's been absolutely, undeniably one of the best choices we made. The application is locked into Google, but that hasn&#x2
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
A positive result would require Toyota to advertise on Facebook, yes? This may not be the case. A better question may be car-related ads.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Nailed it.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Justice is an outcome. Law is a process.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
I love how you've capitalized "Human", as if to say there were some other race competing to complete the Hyperloop. :)
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
> Do you really think the tools you use like your web browser, mail client etc, have less vulnerabilities on OpenBSD than on any other BSD or linux distribution, please... Yes. OpenBSD employs several mechanisms that improve the security
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Note Google Spanner.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
For further reading on this, look to articles about how the Phillips Curve (the theoretical link between inflation and underemployment) is broken (if it ever worked). e.g. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inflation-
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
There is definitely a value for this. A useful integration for some would be using the hardware security/key modules in Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Not exactly on point, but I found this to be an excellent read & comfort: https://macdaddy.io/apfs-backup-software-developers-perspect...
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Aside: In your opinion what are good issue trackers and code review tools?
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
I didn't see knockout.js - might be worth adding (speaking as a maintainer )
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
Justin – I reached out a couple times but had not heard back. I'm an international lawyer and savvy developer (currently maintaining knockout.js) and have had a lean/quiet startup for several years now in the legal-augmentation te
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
> There is only one infinity. Fractions are countable. Real numbers are not. In other words, fractions, integers, positive integers all belong to the set of countable infinities, meaning there is an isomorphic function that bidirection
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
I second this. I meander back and forth between Sublime and Atom, for exactly this reason - Sublime is faster, but Atom has done some key things better (e.g. package management).
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by bmh_ca 9y ago
App Engine / US Central + East working fine.

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