lief79

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by lief79 1mo ago
When? The specific years and locations matter greatly, there's always been a boom and bust aspect to it.
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by lief79 2mo ago
I suspect it depends on the kid. If they are naturally frugal and saving for things (and the household doesn't need the money), then why bother. If they aren't frugal, and are otherwise suffering from lifestyle creep, then not ch
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by lief79 3mo ago
Yes, I was in college and it took me a while to realize I needed to actually turn on the news, because all the mainstream websites were wrong. Oddly enough, neither of my classes were cancelled, despite being only a little over 2 hours down
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by lief79 4mo ago
That's a very common problem, it's not a well defined and clearly visible definition.
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by lief79 4mo ago
That seems to be based on the assumption that coal is easily accessible. I'm not sure that's true.
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by lief79 5mo ago
Starting when?
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by lief79 5mo ago
Never heard that second one, which part of PA? I'm Philly burbs.
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by lief79 5mo ago
Considering the site we are, treat your effort/time debt as tech debt. You appear to be past the point where it's beneficial, and should focus on reducing it to improve your life. Granted this is easily stated when I have no real
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by lief79 7mo ago
I'm fairly sure he'd have the same response if you asked them "who's a good lion" in the same tone of voice. *I tried hard to find an animal they wouldn't know. My initial thought of cat was more likely to fai
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by lief79 8mo ago
That's moving away from the actual horse analogy. If you can tell a guide dog to take you somewhere, you can tell a horse that too. Granted, a journey to a new location would make this accurate.
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by lief79 9mo ago
Oddly enough, UC Berkley is public education, so it's the federal government and state government. At least technically true.
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by lief79 10mo ago
I recall a coworker being excited several years ago about catching someone lying about their linux experience before their interview. If what they said was true, they'd have to have been working on it during it's first year. He w
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by lief79 1y ago
That was an active debate ... 15 years ago
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by lief79 1y ago
If they're talking about Cobol, it's usually systems originating before the early 90s that haven't been completely rewritten. J2EE would be late 90s and 2000s.
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by lief79 1y ago
It's still there at the accounting/backend level. Automated Financial Systems Level 3 and it's replacement Vision are commercial loan systems. LVL3 is pure cobol. It has been recently deprecated but there are many banks who o
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by lief79 1y ago
If they've done the research to figure out what combination is durable and safe for the plants, then there is certainly some science there. It's certainly more of an entertaining story than pushing the bounds of knowledge.
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by lief79 1y ago
2/ out of 3 of the last batch of software development interns were hired. I don't think we had any last summer. The one individual in our current batch still has another year of school left, but I'm fairly sure they've e
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by lief79 1y ago
How do you look something up?
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by lief79 1y ago
My understanding is the most deadly/destructive parts of hurricanes are usually: 1. the storm surge, the potential wall of water brought by the continuous winds and waves near the shore, followed by 2. the flooding from heavy rains,
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by lief79 1y ago
The last part is accurate, but equating the two is a bit of stretch. The democrats went out their way to do everything by the book. They also generally took the time to understand the systems they were working with. The current presidency
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by lief79 1y ago
Validating facts is good too. If the steak is blue and they ordered medium ... then there is little room for debate. If they wanted something other than what they ordered, then validating the feelings is more appropriate.
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by lief79 1y ago
Or open up more stores then the region can support, remove the local competition, and then close theirs stores as uncompetitive. The small town (population < 2000) my Mom grew up in is currently supporting their IGA as well as the Dolla
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by lief79 1y ago
Ok, what was the reason?
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by lief79 2y ago
That has as much to do with Oracle lawyers and ambiguous licensing issues as anything else.
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by lief79 2y ago
Paraphrased quote from one of my professors years ago: Writing readable perl is easy, just code it like it's LISP. Granted, he was working with it in AI/bioinformatics. One of my classmates who moved into the IT/management si
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by lief79 2y ago
I had a northern short tailed shrew running around my basement. After luckily live catching it (and getting the correct id), I also discovered that they are mildly venomous. Go figure. Wish it hadn't found a way into the house, as I wo
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by lief79 2y ago
Deer are common in many suburbs.
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by lief79 2y ago
The average apartment in a moderate-cost area is 5833 per month? Where is that number coming from? The average rent for an apartment in the United States is between $1,559 and $1,748 per month, depending on the source (google AI). This wou
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by lief79 2y ago
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe... Per capita energy usage is an interesting choice of metric.
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by lief79 2y ago
You seem to have read that backwards. A greater percentage of woman were accepted.

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