jmsduran

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by jmsduran 10y ago
I too am disappointed that the Google redirect workaround no longer works. I recently cancelled my WSJ membership as part of an effort to minimize my monthly expenses, so now I am effectively cut off from all their news stories. IMO it&#x27
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by jmsduran 10y ago
I would go into finance, maybe as a CFA or some sort of investment/financial analyst. If I could go back in time and restructure my career aspirations as a teenager, I would pursue a career as a medical doctor (possibly specializing in
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by jmsduran 11y ago
You are correct, it is not NLP. But I wouldn't downplay the potential of this javascript library. I have hundreds of digital documents that need to be sorted and archived. I am able to extract a document's text via OCR, but now ha
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by jmsduran 12y ago
It seems, especially for major corporations, that on-call/pager duty is quickly becoming the norm for software development teams. I do agree that pager duty is a symptom of a fundamental flaw within the system/architecture. I thin
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by jmsduran 12y ago
I have been living in Austin for roughly 4 years, but after checking the map it looks like my area may not get fiber for some years to come, as well as much of the greater Austin city limits, based off the progress I see from Google's
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by jmsduran 12y ago
I took a look at the site for 5 minutes. If I had the day off, I wouldn't mind spending some time attempting to solve it.
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by jmsduran 12y ago
I recently bought a Kindle Paperwhite, and also noticed how easy it was to tie the Kindle to an email account upon purchase, all without verification. This seems like something Amazon definitely needs to fix.
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by jmsduran 12y ago
As a former IBM'er, I believe IBM has lost their edge as a competitive company, and is now in a state of dysfunction and damage control. Bluemix, Watson, Jazz SCM, in my opinion all these initiatives are too little and too late. In the
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Facebook 'Safety Check' Connects Users After Disasters(informationweek.com)
1 points by jmsduran 12y ago|0 comments
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by jmsduran 12y ago
That is incorrect. IBM sold parts of its hardware business, along with employees and IP rights, to Lenovo. Years ago, IBM also sold its ThinkPad brand to Lenovo. The two companies are not exactly related to one another.
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Everything we know right now about Google Fiber's launch in Austin(austin.culturemap.com)
6 points by jmsduran 12y ago|0 comments
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Apple rebuts complaints of bending iPhones(online.wsj.com)
2 points by jmsduran 12y ago|2 comments
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by jmsduran 12y ago
This does not surprise me one bit, I'm pretty sure IBM holds a patent for this somehow.
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by jmsduran 12y ago
It depends on who you ask. As a former IBM'er, I can attest that many of the employees I worked with turn to Cringely and the IBM Alliance [1] for IBM-related news and rumors. [1] http://www.endicottalliance.org/jobcuts
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by jmsduran 12y ago
Living in Austin, I've been closely following news related to Google Fiber's rollout throughout the city. The two big providers here, TWC and AT&T, are still doing business as usual. TWC has promised increased speeds by summer
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by jmsduran 12y ago
I do not personally believe so. Much of the fear and paranoia surrounding the Y2K never materialized. Most organizations and companies made sure any of their affected systems were patched/updated prior to the year 2000. Heartbleed repr
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History of 20K Leagues Under the Sea – One of Walt Disney's original attractions(20kride.com)
1 points by jmsduran 12y ago|0 comments
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by jmsduran 13y ago
I don't blame people choosing to work in other business areas rather than putting their efforts in fixing government, curing cancer, improving medicine, rebooting our space program, fixing education, etc. Why? Because it's honestl
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by jmsduran 13y ago
That's what I'm thinking too. Soon I plan to dispute my bill before the annual increase, or threaten to cancel and switch to AT&T.
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by jmsduran 13y ago
I live in Austin and have Time Warner Cable, my bill is roughly $173.00 per month. This is includes Internet (30 Mbps down/5Mbps up) and basic cable (no premium channels). For people living in Austin, I doubt we will see increased spee
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IBM fires small-town workers(theguardian.com)
61 points by jmsduran 13y ago|42 comments
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Fascinating! Since childhood to this day, I use that same technique to ease myself into falling asleep. Personally, I see it as more relaxing than terrifying.
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by jmsduran 13y ago
I applaud what DDG is doing. I've been using it as my default search engine for roughly 2 years. Yes, there are some areas for improvement, especially when it comes to complex technical queries. But for the majority of everyday things,
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Former IBM'er here. The reason IBM gives severance and extended benefits is not to look good, it's to prevent their employees from filing unlawful termination suits. Second, there is a rumor in IBM that once an employee is marked
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Marvelous stuff! Having worked for years in the corporate trenches as a Software Engineer, your games once again reminded me how fun programming can be. I definitely will be taking a look at Phaser for hobby projects of my own.
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Former IBM'er here. Power Systems are not as ubiquitous as you think. Their biggest customers are insurance/banking companies, but that consumer base has been gradually shrinking with organizations migrating to more affordable com
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by jmsduran 13y ago
If you take the original idea of the search shown in the ad, and reformat it to look like a rather ordinary search query, you get this: https://www.google.com/#q=biggest+candy+store+near+Austin%2C... Not using ad-block, you
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by jmsduran 13y ago
As a former IBM'er, I can't help but view this announcement with a fair bit of skepticism. The IBM I used to know had a tendency to tightly couple all of their products and offerings, to the point of making it uncompetitive/u
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Sorry, meant to imply half-way through my 20's.
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by jmsduran 13y ago
Very inspiring article. Being 24, almost half-way to 30, these past few months I've been thinking to myself "what have I really accomplished outside of work and school"? I think this is due partly to the high expectations I s

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