moby_duck

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by moby_duck 16y ago
Dear Microsoft, Can you please, please, please, create an emulation mode where file name paths use forward slashes instead of back slashes? Bonus points awarded if you also consider getting rid of the c:\ "disk name" file system conventions
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by moby_duck 16y ago
Agree. The basic premise is that we're all sort of racists, and therefore we think any other generic-looking person is just like us. I don't see much data to support his conclusion. Also, is this question the same as why do British singers
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by moby_duck 16y ago
I think there's a fallacy here. The housing market is not a monopoly, but higher education largely is. Universities do compete with one another for top talent, but as a group they also have a firm grip on the number of degrees granted. Tech
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by moby_duck 16y ago
The amount of "men vs. women in tech" stories on HN is starting to be a bit ridiculous. If there were no such thing as social construction, and all people had the freedom to do whatever they want to do, how many people actually believe ther
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by moby_duck 16y ago
Boomerang-shaped desk with two monitors: one large, one small. The large monitor shares space with Windows apps and the VNC to my Linux session. On my Linux fvwm2 desktop I primarily use konsole to tab around different xterms, and gvim + Ne
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by moby_duck 16y ago
Coming from a hardware designer, I would say just focus on mastery of Python and C. As far as technologies go, only learn what you need to do the job in front of you. You can spend years reading books and online documentation about this or
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by moby_duck 16y ago
"Christopher Honts and his colleagues at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant were surprised to find that there was not much research on this question, and decided to put that right." Who funds these clowns?
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by moby_duck 16y ago
I have an idea. Apply for some job that you are totally unqualified for (most will seem this way). When you finally get the email from the hiring manager telling you that you're not qualified, start an email dialogue with her about how you
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by moby_duck 16y ago
My ideal living space would be a medium-sized house almost entirely devoid of any "stuff". No art hanging on the walls. No stack of crappy DVDs I never watch. Just a bed, a computer desk, a nice TV, and some kitchen-ware. But I have a wife,
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by moby_duck 16y ago
Thanks. Incidentally, I just wanted to say that I almost always use Python for scripting and design automation stuff. I wrote about it here: http://svffap.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-python-for-hardware.h...
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by moby_duck 16y ago
Am I the only hardware engineer here? SystemVerilog gets no respect :).