firemancoder

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by firemancoder 8y ago
Almost bot-like response.
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by firemancoder 8y ago
You do a lot more lung damage by driving by them in car. I'm not a vaper, never have been never will but I'd rather deal with the faint smell of strawberry than cigarette smoke any day.
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Proposing? They're all over the place. Vaping was quite quickly lumped in with smoking in my area. None indoors or within 10 feet of the doors etc.
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Yep and also, who gets to decide which opinion is correct?
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Not questioning your story a bit, I'm sure it's true. But shouldn't we all be a little concerned that CNN is posting a story as fact without verification or even talking to the person making the claims? The article even impli
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Not true, especially in big city departments. Sure there are days when you run 3 or 4 calls and you get a lot of downtime, but most departments run 3000 or more calls a year. Do the math. But yeah utilizing their downtime is smart. And you&
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Often times fire engines and trucks are staffed with 3 EMTs and at least 1 Paramedic. Then the ambulance with 2 paramedics, or 1 paramedic 1 EMT arrives. It's all about level of care. Overkill for a twisted ankle sure but crucial for a
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by firemancoder 8y ago
While your overall point is somewhat correct, your numbers are way off. I was "surfing the net" in 1994 with a computer I built for around $700 ($1,204.59 today's price) and was using an ISP account that was $25 per month ($4
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by firemancoder 8y ago
It's not hurt feelings on the part of the blog writer you have to worry about, it's the readers. If you post something super controversial like supporting the president, you could lose your job and any volunteer/community pos
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by firemancoder 8y ago
Eh, not exactly. Domain was registered in 2002. Still not a bad prediction tho
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by firemancoder 8y ago
>> but one idiom I teach is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" Same saying is used frequently in the fire service. We teach cadets things like throwing ladders, we start slow and practice, practice,practice until it's a f
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by firemancoder 8y ago
It's absolutely excellent way to frame the problem.
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Visual Studio Code can do that?(vscodecandothat.com)
14 points by firemancoder 9y ago|0 comments
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by firemancoder 9y ago
I've suspected this is the case at a LOT of companies. So many marketing and advertising decisions are made this way. As long as they sell enough units it looks like a success, no matter how much potential was thrown away. This is what
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by firemancoder 9y ago
I think the article covers it pretty well, I don't have much hope for a refresh, and I didn't buy the last one. Still using a 2012 MM that runs superb. Was waiting for an upgrade, then saw the processor and passed on it. I would l
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by firemancoder 9y ago
I agree with the premise, but there's no way it will ever happen. Most troublingly, “trending news” accelerates news in what is what is known a “feed forward” loop: i.e. the more we (and external bots and trolls) click, the more we wi
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by firemancoder 9y ago
Not at all. Clearly you like one of them better, but both use the same tactics for different benefits.
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by firemancoder 9y ago
Not by accident, by carelessness. There's a difference.
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by firemancoder 9y ago
Are we seriously tire-shaming people on here now? That can happen with any tire, any time, anywhere. And people have blowouts on the freeway all the time it doesn't send you flying into oncoming traffic.
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by firemancoder 12y ago
Why does it need to? Is it self sustaining? Maybe that's all it needs to be. When you try hard to commercialize and squeeze profits, things change and you lose audience. This is exactly what it is limiting the lifespan of Facebook.
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by firemancoder 12y ago
I agree with this somewhat.. but it leans just on the edge of encouraging bad code. For junior coders, this stuff is certainly the case. But you get into a serious enterprise who has enough money riding on the output and you can bet you&#x2