dperny

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by dperny 11y ago
Hi, all. My name is Drew Erny. I'll be graduating in May of 2016 from the University of Alabama with a degree in Computer Science. My last job was interning at Red Hat and working on identity management software, which has given me a s
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by dperny 11y ago
"feminist shilling" no, those aren't my legitimate opinions. i'm a brainwashed shill. you've got me.
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by dperny 11y ago
Diesel isn't a fuel type, it's an engine type. What we call "diesel fuel" is really just fuel better suited for burning in a diesel engine than gasoline. We also have techniques for refining some hydrocarbon chains into
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by dperny 12y ago
$2000 to $3000 a month is supposed to be... affordable? Jesus, New York is even more expensive than I thought.
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by dperny 12y ago
I've known the answer to the Monty Hall problem for a long time, but this particular explanation just so happens to be the first one that's brought me closer to grokking the answer. I dunno what's different about this one, bu
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by dperny 12y ago
I mean, this is server hardware. One of the major differences between server hardware and desktop hardware is build quality. I've got a ten-year-old 1/2U rack server sitting in a closet that I bought for pennies at a surplus aucti
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by dperny 12y ago
Where do you find these places? I've been blasting job apps since November. I think I've applied at like 15 places. No bites so far.
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by dperny 12y ago
Yeah, but you have to be very, very good to get one of those internships. I'm a mid-top tier programmer (better than most of my cohort) from a modest state university. I've been applying everywhere, and there's no way in hell
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by dperny 12y ago
This argument is as terrible as it is old. Feminists have been fighting for the right to work in coal mines, and fight on battlefields, and everything else.
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by dperny 12y ago
From what I gathered, the idea was supposed to be that when fighting broke out, the hostages would know that the fighting was a rescue mission and be able to act accordingly. Imagine if there was just suddenly fighting, with no context; hos
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by dperny 12y ago
This is really, really clever. I mean, I guess it could be obvious to some people, but I tend to over-think things quite a lot and probably would have never come up with such novel uses for radio-buttons and check-boxes. Definitely going to
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by dperny 12y ago
Wait, I just looked it up. I can vote with a University ID card. I'm gonna go vote now.
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by dperny 12y ago
Tuscaloosa, AL. I live in Alabama full time because I go to school here and work here during the summers, and have for two years. Technically, though, I'm a resident of Louisiana. I registered to vote in Tuscaloosa in the last presiden
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by dperny 12y ago
I find this frustrating, because it reminds me just how un-clever I am. Other commenters are progressing quite far, but I've gotten stuck already at level 5. Puzzle games cause me to call into question my entire sense of being.
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by dperny 12y ago
Reminds me of ctOS from Watch_Dogs. In the game, the fictional Blume Industries sets up a massive, city-wide network, connecting almost everything to the central ctOS supercomputer. One of the ways they build public support for this system
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by dperny 12y ago
Ebola has a startlingly high fatality rate, but most cases of it are in developing nations. Does anybody know what fatality rate you could expect from advanced medicine and techniques in a developed nation?
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by dperny 13y ago
I'm a student in the Deep South, and getting out to the Bay Area is a dream of mine. Here's to hoping the price comes down in the next couple of years.
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by dperny 13y ago
Oh, man, this book. This book is literally the reason I am studying computers. I read out for the first time not long after it came out. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and it rocked my world. I took up programming and began explorin