matt__rose

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by matt__rose 12y ago
Is there some point to posting this Wikipedia entry? Is there new info or insight into the event? Do you think this is interesting? If so, why? Please, before posting links to Wikipedia entries, give it some context!
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by matt__rose 12y ago
You know, Burning Man used to have a drive-by shooting gallery. With guns, and cars, and is just as libertarian as this festival. The difference is, Burning Man encompasses much more than just libertarianism.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Steve Yegge. Classic.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Let me see: I came across a bug in adobe flash (I know, evil) on linux one day where it came down to a change in memcpy in glibc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638477 comment 129 https://bugzilla.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Never delete code. This is why you have git or svn, or whatever your tool of choice is. Never, ever delete code. You may think it's dumb, you may think it's crap, or useless or whatever, but in 2 years, you'll think. &quo
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by matt__rose 12y ago
If it all works, it'll be pretty impressive
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Interesting perspective from esr on the rationale behind the takeover of Andover in the comments
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Fascinating insight into a bit of Jobs life that is mostly overlooked, except as a "He used to be a hippy" anecdote. Steve Silberman does a good job of teasing out the bits and assembling a better vision of Jobs's belief sys
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Google now will occasionally alert me to heavy traffic on the way home. That's about it.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Why would you think calling to_a on an object would NOT turn that into an array?? That's what to_a does
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by matt__rose 12y ago
I think they missed an opportunity. They should have changed "master" to "mistress"...
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by matt__rose 12y ago
SF can suck you in, but there are loads of people in SF that have nothing to do with Tech at all. When I lived there my friends included a guy who worked on the Bay Bridge, a Hotel Manager, a financial advisor, a set designer, and a couple
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Why does this remind me of: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mansion_Family
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by matt__rose 12y ago
deignan's comment says it best here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7760080 If I were Chinese, the license of the software I was using would be far, far down my list of "Freedoms" that I was concerned
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by matt__rose 12y ago
RMS, once again, missing the forest for the trees.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Buddhist Massacre: Look up the end of the Civil War in Sri Lanka, where the Buddhist government pushed hundreds of thousands of Tamil refugees onto the Jaffna peninsula, and then bombed it to smithereens. Hindus denying rights to women and
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Wow, that just goes to show how ignorant Milton Friedman is...
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Most inter-city roads in Sweden were 2-lane roads, where to overtake, you needed to swerve into oncoming traffic, 2+1 roads means that even if you're stuck behind an RV or truck, it won't be long before you can safely overtake. A
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Why do people put random stuff from Wikipedia on HN? What is the point?
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Wow, between mojombo and his wife, the "Don't fuck up the culture" rant, and this woman, it seems like the world is teeming with clueless CEOs.
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by matt__rose 12y ago
As also noted, pretty solid arguments can be made that the OpenBSD approach is the better approach. My point was that they're not mutually exclusive, and this is definitely a win-win scenario, as we have the potential to get 1. A r
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Basically, through a combination of clever marketing and actual impact, Heartbleed hit the Open Source community HARD, and left most people in the Open Source Community asking two questions: 1. How did this happen? 2. How can we stop this
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by matt__rose 12y ago
In Canada's case, 100%. I have seen one hospital bill, and that was $200 for a single room when my wife gave birth to my son. Which my supplementary insurance then paid. It is the only time I've ever even had to use my work ins
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by matt__rose 12y ago
This sentence: "No examples have surfaced of anyone actually exploiting the vulnerability" is incorrect. The Canada Revenue Agency revealed that 900 SINs (canadian equivalent of SSNs, but nowhere near as totemically identifying)
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by matt__rose 12y ago
1. Always maintain a TODO list. I usually have it as part of the README for the project I'm working on, after that... Just open up the editor and start coding. Pick something off that list, and hammer away at it. It may suck, but j
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by matt__rose 12y ago
You need a degree for any technical occupation under TN. The only category for which a degree is not necessary is "Management consultant". Honestly it is best for someone in your situation to work remotely from Canada for a year
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When you want to switch platforms and “redesign” too? Don’t(wordyard.com)
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by matt__rose 12y ago
On a purely technical level, the Vox software is really quite astounding, it allows relatively non-technical people to create a quite polished site with relatively little technical knowledge. I've been amazed at what the people at ht
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Africa is a big place. From what I hear, Nairobi is one of the most interesting places to be an entrepreneur these days. Yes, there are huge challenges all over africa including, but not limited to, corruption, unreliable power, political
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by matt__rose 12y ago
Unfortunately, if you follow that train of thought to it's logical conclusion, such a place is a contradiction. If everyone wanted to live in a low-density suburban area, these low-density suburban areas have to be built farther and f

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