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by fubarred 12y ago
I worked in the nuclear industry a long time ago. The reason some parts are expensive is the documentation (chain of ownership) and testing involved. Some parts must be flame tested (set on fire and self-extinguish in X seconds), so that
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by fubarred 12y ago
PGP is fine. People aren't using it correctly. The point of Web of Trust is to only trust keys that other people you know have also signed. Everything else is garbage until proven otherwise. Key servers are untrustworthy because anyo
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by fubarred 12y ago
It might be tinfoil, but it makes one wonder why a significant net neutrality opponent (Verizon) is considering purchasing the largest (monetary) proponent (AOL). Granted VZN and AOL had joint ventures previously, but sealing such a deal w
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by fubarred 12y ago
Economic and environmental collapse is the frequent Tragedy of the Commons consequence of unregulated human activity (markets)... Cannery Row, Easter Island, Silphium, Raphus cucullatus, extinction of N. American megafauna. In other words,
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by fubarred 12y ago
In order to be successful, as mentioned in other comments, such a project would need more end-users as active co-designers / field testers. Otherwise, it's a pure "design for design's" sake that won't get used
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by fubarred 12y ago
Bezos could refocus on DIY, hobbyists and maker culture... classes (or sponsorship thereof) would be a good direction to get the cash register filling. It's hard to compete with online, open-source, but there are some things people wo
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by fubarred 12y ago
An apropos quote in-lieu of comment for obvious reasons: "Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wonton love corrupteth and embaseth it." ~ someone that hailed from southern Hertfordshire about a century lat
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by fubarred 12y ago
I'm an American with a passport who has lived and grown businesses in Europe. (I attended private and public schools only in the US and half-heartedly finished a top 50 uni because it wasn't a top priority.) GWB's NCBLA furt
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by fubarred 12y ago
Sad to see another awesome bookstore go. First Bogey's Books in Davis, then even Borders. :( From what I heard at the time, Powell's (one of the bookstore others would sell their inventory to) was overwhelmed with shipments from
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by fubarred 12y ago
Yea, if there were a Go teaching site beyond Go tour http://tour.golang.org/ , that would be something. Regardless of language, https://rubymonk.com is one of the nicest interactive teaching with "try out t
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by fubarred 12y ago
Large shops have huge bull's-eyes painted on them. If they act in bad faith, they will eventually lose reputation and business, spectacularly. This is why top VC's aren't going to do things that tiny VC's might try to
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by fubarred 12y ago
Nuclear weapons and forgetting parens (in Perl) http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_1/tpj0201-0004.html Also, Castle Bravo was ~3x bigger than predicted because of a failure to correctly model the tri
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OpenSSL homebrew formula – control-freak (TM) edition(gist.github.com)
1 points by fubarred 12y ago|0 comments
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USN Independence-class littoral combat ship(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by fubarred 12y ago|0 comments
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by fubarred 12y ago
I would argue from a productivity perspective: yes. If you were like me, you would get bogged down "in the weeds" fixing every single little bug encountered, no matter the time investment or how trivial, and wouldn't ship as
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by fubarred 12y ago
Another interesting bit: "Perl and Nuclear Weapons Don't Mix" If fired, they would have missed their destination by thousands of miles. http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_1/tpj0
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by fubarred 12y ago
Meta: automate things that are frequent, not things that are risky; hence: no WOMPR, Wing Attack Plan R or "Big Red Button."
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by fubarred 12y ago
2 Qs: How have tiger-human relations/(co/non)existence changed in the last few decades? Are there more/different interactions in rural, suburban, urban (?) settings? (Anyone from/in India or the nearby area know?)
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by fubarred 12y ago
From considering the demand-side point-of-view only, I would tend to agree. It gives content distributors a false sense of control at the expense of complicating the average customers' lives. ("Penny-wise, pound-foolish" li
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by fubarred 12y ago
A book about the related, long-term trend of decrease violence explained with different angels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Better_Angels_of_Our_Natur... (Religious extremists, totalitarian regimes notwithstandin
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by fubarred 12y ago
Currently, https://disconnect.me/ browser extension says https://www.healthcare.gov/ uses: - 0 Facebook, 3 Google, 0 Twitter - 0 Advertising - 6 Analytics: 1 ClickTale, 4 MixPanel, 1 Chartbeat - 0 Social -
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Disable SSLv3(disablessl3.com)
2 points by fubarred 12y ago|0 comments
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RubyGems blames YARD, YARD blames RubyGems: awesome (not)(github.com)
1 points by fubarred 12y ago|0 comments
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by fubarred 12y ago
Nope, Musk did http://www.whps.co.za Merely an observation that early environment shapes attitudes to life, learning, etc. which can either drive out curiosity and/or ambition or amplify it. (Excluding crucial social navi
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by fubarred 12y ago
NSA diode candiate, unfortunately :( For edge devices, it's a criminal that high security standards are not more pervasive. Though given the nature of retail products, it's not a big surprise even though it is still disappointing
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by fubarred 12y ago
Streaming: it really depends on the scale of use-case: denormalized datawarehousing vs. financial tranasctions vs. MMORPG user state vs. etc. For some apps, a subscribe / notify pattern for responding to streams of messages (a-la MQTT
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by fubarred 12y ago
Only if AAPL acquires/merges with ORCL. 3rd-party: there's the non-FUSE port https://openzfsonosx.org/
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by fubarred 12y ago
Standardization is, generally, good for maintenance, learning curve and security, not always for retention (fun) though. Too much standardization is like the flip-side of too many one-offs: an extreme that can lead to unintended consequenc
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by fubarred 12y ago
Thanks. Did anyone see an initial CapEx budget range? Also, OpEx ranges for ongoing lifecycle maintenance by year?
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by fubarred 12y ago
In the US, up-vote for Challenger Schools (at least circa 1980's). They teach successful behaviors and are worth every penny. (Reaching and accelerating kids early is important.)

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