hartez

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by hartez 10y ago
> Why would we do something that benefits far away humans over something that benefits nearby humans? Don't help those foreigners (or people in NY)! Build a wall! Trump 2016! (Same idea, just directed at a slightly different target.
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by hartez 10y ago
That actually sounds like a fun Roslyn analyzer project.
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by hartez 11y ago
Why would they do that?
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by hartez 11y ago
I honestly thought you were being ironic at first. The pricing info is in their FAQ: https://slimfaq.com/faq (specifically at https://slimfaq.com/faq/24-getting-started/84-how-much-does-... )
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by hartez 11y ago
The default terminal got a bit better in Windows 10. I've been trying to run stock for the last few weeks (rather than installing ConEmu ( https://conemu.github.io/ ), which is what I used on Windows 7) and it's bee
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by hartez 14y ago
And technically you should just use the 'ProgramFiles' environment variable, since the folder might be called something else if your install is in another language. And Windows allows side-by-side installs of 64- and 32-bit versions of the
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by hartez 14y ago
I'd prefer opt-in, and a nice directory of robots you could essentially subscribe to. I did a little thinking about this a while ago when the Gunio robot was annoying some people about whitespace: https://github.com/hartez/vcs-robots
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by hartez 14y ago
And all that shuffling costs tax dollars.
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by hartez 14y ago
My wife and I opt out every time. Whenever possible, we just aim toward the line that's using the old metal detectors* (since the new machines are either slow or prone to breaking, this is an option most of the time). But when the only opti
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by hartez 14y ago
Can't watch the video right now, but the summary at the bottom mentions France and Bulgaria - does it bother to mention the geographic differences between the US and those countries? I feel like a broken record every time this discussion co
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by hartez 14y ago
Yeah, I still don't understand the logic behind this. I've used the App Store and the Windows Phone Marketplace, and of the two I've actually bought a lot more stuff from the Marketplace. The concept of "trial" software where you can later
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by hartez 14y ago
In this case it's not as much about keeping it secret (since anyone who sees/handles it might have the number memorized or recorded) as it is reducing the attack surface. If the full number is on a discarded receipt (or on any combination o
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by hartez 14y ago
Sadly, I can :) Just a few years ago I looked at my receipt from a local Dairy Queen and it had all but the last four digits printed on it. I complained to the guy behind the counter, who didn't see the problem. I assume most new POS syst
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by hartez 14y ago
That's what the last three paragraphs of the post are: suggestions for solutions to the problem.
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by hartez 14y ago
I think they meant that no one except for McDonald's was allowed to serve french fries (or anything similar to a french fry).
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by hartez 14y ago
just try managing AD users in PowerShell - sure its easy once you've written your own custom script or mapped it to a web interface or something, but there's no built in equivalent for adduser or about a billion other basic UNIX commands
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by hartez 14y ago
Ran into a similar one about ten years ago; a medical records system with the assumption that you wouldn't need dates before 1/1/1900. You know who goes to the doctor a lot? Centegenarians.
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by hartez 14y ago
From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.as... (under the section "Updated or Removed Features"): The Windows SDK no longer ships with a complete command-line build environment. The Windows SDK now requires a
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by hartez 14y ago
The net result is code which breaks in spectacular fashion when the first unexpected condition is met. Which is generally what you want to have happen. Failing fast is a good thing. If your code does anything other than "stop executing" a
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by hartez 14y ago
"People used to say shit like this on slashdot all the time" I think that to myself about at least one HN article/comment every day :)
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by hartez 14y ago
It was the best piece of blogging software available. Then they did that horrible ribbon redesign and ruined a near-perfect interface.
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by hartez 14y ago
"doesn't really do remote employees" That might be the crux of your problem (and the problems a lot of other companies are having with hiring). This is just my totally biased outside perspective, but it's easy to get remote work right now.
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by hartez 14y ago
I don't know that it's the _only_ reason. I'm guessing another big part of it is that government agency software projects routinely run way past due and over budget, and often end up going nowhere. e.g., http://mobile.businessweek.com/news
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by hartez 14y ago
This is excellent, and I'm fully behind it. Some of the best coworkers I've ever had were 5:01'ers - they got things done on time because they had to, and they didn't burn out. Just don't break the build at 4:59. That's all I ask.
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by hartez 14y ago
Lots of programs already have this integration. Is it a bug report or feature request? Forward it to FogBugz. FogBugz figures out where it belongs (and if it gets it wrong, you tell it and it learns). Is it a task? Forward it to Flow and it
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by hartez 14y ago
Stylish (or whatever the equivalent is for your favorite browser) is always an option until a better design comes along. For example, if you don't use the details boxes that much, you can apply something like div#repo_details { opacity:0.3
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by hartez 14y ago
Just prior to .NET I worked on a classic ASP project that did this - the view models were basically SQL queries with 'FOR XML AUTO' and the 'views' were XSLT stylesheets. For getting simple data up on a web page it was fantastic. But for mo
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by hartez 14y ago
Consider things like movie rights. It's not unusual for there to be a very long time lag between print publication and the release of a movie version (e.g., Watchmen or Hitchhiker's guide). I've always liked the idea of setting copyright t
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by hartez 15y ago
And they've never invented (to my knowledge) smell-canceling headphones. I've worked in places where it was an issue. And it's a very difficult one to address. "Please be quieter" is much more socially acceptable than "Please use deodorant"
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by hartez 15y ago
Oh man ... then you missed the part six pages into the Brazil trip where you find out the rest of the book is all a dream :)

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