bobz

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by bobz 11y ago
The comments on the internet suggest this. The number of people signing up to be drivers suggests otherwise.
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by bobz 12y ago
The real pity is, I believe allowing this type of immigration would actually create more jobs than it would displace. Uber, for example, has more operational employees than engineers, and creates many more jobs for drivers. These are the jo
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by bobz 12y ago
I'm on that as well, but last I checked it wasn't available anymore.
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by bobz 12y ago
Anybody have any reference to language docs?
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by bobz 13y ago
I still think this is an abuse of down-vote priviledges... downvote should be used to bury non-constructive comments, not express disagreement with a point or behavior. (That's what comments are for.)
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by bobz 13y ago
Technically, quantum refers to physics at the atomic / subatomic scale, and not necessarily to the spooky effects like particle wave duality and such that we usually attribute to the term. So, I believe this would be an "effect on
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by bobz 13y ago
Don't work for a startup. At least, not as a "developer for hire" to work on whatever they need. In my experience (albeit in U.S./ USD), those rates come to people with solid programming reputation, IN ADDITION TO a deep
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by bobz 13y ago
I hate this about myself. =P
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by bobz 13y ago
Take a look at DuckDuckGo (if you prefer independent entrepreneurial upstart) or Bing (if you prefer massive well funded corporate competitor) to see what getting in the ring with Google looks like.
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by bobz 13y ago
Bad developers do have that power. But best practice is to use a SyncAdapter, which works very similarly. Actually, one of the biggest savings comes from apps all syncing at about the same time... firing up the cell modem is expensive, chea
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by bobz 13y ago
Android has had "Sync Adapters" since the beginning, a very cool and powerful framework that allows apps to piggy back off each other's data connections, reducing the number of times the cell modem needs to be fired up for ba
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by bobz 13y ago
Actually, only a supernova or equivalent energy magnitude event. Fusion only releases energy up to iron. Creating heavier elements consume energy in the reaction rather than releasing it, therefore cannot sustain a reaction.
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by bobz 13y ago
I'm pretty sure you didn't actually read most of this article.
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by bobz 13y ago
Paul, curious if your enthusiasm for twitter has waned in light of the direction they have taken since? Obviously it is still an influential platform, but the grand vision we all had doesn't seem to be materializing...
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by bobz 13y ago
When you consider that distributed repositories are going to be cloned dozens, hundreds, or thousands of times, it starts to add up. Even if this larger project could handle that bandwidth, it is a significant factor for smaller projects, o
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Quantum Or Not, New Supercomputer Is Certainly Something Else(npr.org)
46 points by bobz 13y ago|16 comments
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by bobz 13y ago
There are some pretty serious potential health consequences for the improper use of such a device. In this case, I actually don't blame Google for keeping things locked down a bit until those are better understood. The best I would hope for
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by bobz 14y ago
I'm pretty sure this outcome is exactly what Google wants. Hardest tickets to get in town, even with a $900 price tag. Why else would they continue to give away such great swag at an event with such high demand? On the up side, streaming ba
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by bobz 14y ago
The number of calories you burn isn't just a minor detail you can brush away. Some sources of energy turn preferentially into fat, others promote a higher burning base metabolism. And when you say weight, you're ignoring other factors like
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by bobz 14y ago
Surprised they made one in the first place.
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by bobz 14y ago
I agree with you, but I also agree with the original sentiment. I think the difference is, he is talking about, in the past, forcing the external circumstances of his life to conform to some ideal, where as now, he accepts that this isn't p
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by bobz 14y ago
Highly recommend git-svn for committing from git locally to svn remote
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by bobz 14y ago
Well, I wouldn't phrase it that way, but it's not a fallacious argument. If I were to rephrase, I would say, application developers aren't full stack developers. Modern languages and frameworks hide a lot of complexity, allowing application
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by bobz 14y ago
Wow, just learned git add -p That is fantastically useful. *(Walks you through "hunks" (finer granularity than files) and asks if you want to stage them.)
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by bobz 14y ago
I think this makes a lot of sense. I believe the company is better tightly held, but this will allow them to do "start-upy" things like continuing to grant large equity bonuses without diluting the company control. I'm curious to see how mu
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by bobz 14y ago
> I'd say it's almost like writing in assembly. You have to write your code in some pseudo code first, synchronously, then translate that into the asynchronous callback spaghetti than node requires. This is a sign of a not-fully-adopted
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by bobz 15y ago
This is a reply to several comments, but is important enough that I wanted it at the top level. Andrew Carnegie founded MUCH more than the Carnegie Library. In fact, a mind boggling number of public libraries in the States alone, and more w
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by bobz 15y ago
I tend to agree. If you're having trouble finding good content in the age of endless content, well, that's an opportunity. Hell, I could read Wikipedia for 8 hours a day and not get bored. Interesting aside, I read "... a typical bored engi
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by bobz 15y ago
...insulting to the community of responsible security researchers Bravo.
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by bobz 15y ago
Cheers for taking the time to respond to feedback and learn. Also, props on how strong and well written the English is in general! And, most importantly, loved the article. :) (I thought this whole thread was a good example of how to actual

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