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by null_ptr 12y ago
www.cacert.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> will receive updates for at least 2 years I had my phone for over 3 years now and aside from some tiny screen scratches everything is great. Why can't any manufacturers really stand behind their products and support them for s
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> And they have a name-brand degree going for them. And you can bet your ass they know what "version control" is and can pick up some flavor of the month framework without someone needing to hold their hands.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
They're there because they heard they'll get a big salary they don't deserve at the end of those 4 years, not because they have any interest in the field or want to contribute anything to the world. It's probably been li
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by null_ptr 12y ago
Nothing like high-grade lawyer paranoia to sour all the fun for things like this.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> I don't think being well comped Google, Facebook or Twitter (a friend of mine recv'd $640k in RSU's) is settling for mediocrity. I didn't mean the compensation is mediocre, but the work you're doing. I'm s
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by null_ptr 12y ago
There you go. Weren't LG smart TVs found to phone home the file names of media you play on it off your own external storage? No thanks.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
That $1MM in stock is probably spread out over many (many) years of staying with the company. Golden handcuffs can be quite dangerous in sabotaging brilliant people's careers and making them settle for mediocrity.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
I don't see why young faces everywhere is all right. Racism is horrible, and so is ageism . Nobody is physically young forever and you can't help that - being young is definitely not aspirational (and neither is a head full of
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by null_ptr 12y ago
Still, where did society go wrong with the knucklehead who peed in the water reservoir? What causes anyone to commit such an unwarranted antisocial gesture? Is it disdain for fellow people? Disdain for the city? That's the same kind of
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by null_ptr 12y ago
What does sending your local search terms to Canonical and Amazon do to advance technology, exactly? All these desperate attempts at monetization off users' privacy are disgusting, and it's sad to see companies big and small stoop
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> Dylan is, in fact, the bar’s reason for being: Japanese fans come here to watch his concert videos, listen to his tapes and relive the ’60s in America, a time and place almost none of them witnessed firsthand. Are there any places in
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> I don't believe that a Bachelors degree necessarily limits your career options. Holding a four year degree basically means you are trainable, committed, and follow the rules. The ideal employee. I'm willing to disagree on th
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by null_ptr 12y ago
What's the point of supporting something else , the goal of the web is to be genuinely portable and accessible to every client.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
At least JavaScript runs in all web browsers not just Chrome.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
It's all about moving the software market from an owning model to a renting model . If you depend on their online service to always be around and available to you in order to access your data and get things done, they have a tight
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by null_ptr 12y ago
How do native applications lock you into a walled garden and web applications don't? It's the opposite. Native applications mean you own the data you work with instead of surrendering it to a remote server you have no control ov
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by null_ptr 12y ago
So Google Chrome is now the "portable" C/C++ runtime that developers are encouraged to code for? Why must native applications take a dependency on Google's web browser again?
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by null_ptr 12y ago
So as a user of modern Linux distributions, what can I expect in the near future from display server changes? Will my everyday experience be affected in any way, or do X/Wayland/Mir work so deep under the hood that applications
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by null_ptr 12y ago
Is a stranger's laptop worth getting your face smashed for? Or stabbed? It doesn't sound like anybody's physical well being was threatened, so why risk your own?
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by null_ptr 12y ago
That influx is already happening and has been happening for a while now, that's why all those 3-month coding boot camps are popping up everywhere, selling shovels in a gold rush.
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by null_ptr 12y ago
What do you plan to do next to advance your skills and understanding of software making? How important was being in the spotlight to motivate you to go down this path?
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by null_ptr 12y ago
> The Rise of Hacker News Is Bad News for the Tech World > 504 Gateway Time-out Agreed, its appetite for destroying small web servers is unquenchable.
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by null_ptr 13y ago
>>Indeed any consistent argument in favor of motivating people to program would at least mention aging programmers and no such mention is to be found, or at least I never noticed it. >I have no idea what you mean Our industry has
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by null_ptr 13y ago
It's not like the software world isn't full of mediocre labour to begin with.
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by null_ptr 13y ago
" Between bad and worse, we have to have them destroyed. Sorry Earth. " Sorry Earth indeed. Shit like this probably happens every minute of the day, and it probably cancels out everyone's cumulative efforts towards a more sus
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by null_ptr 13y ago
You're a dying breed my friend. Most software developers, game developers including, have no appreciation for the technical aspects of their field, and no appreciation for the importance of thoroughly learning and understanding the fou
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by null_ptr 13y ago
Because I rarely dedicate a virtual desktop to Firefox alone, and I enjoy the flexibility of a deeper hierarchy (virtual desktops - windows - tabs). Everyone has their own needs and usage patterns. Are you also opposed to file browser and t
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by null_ptr 13y ago
Wouldn't your theoretical spouse have an income too?
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by null_ptr 13y ago
> Then the developers get angry and throw out the people in charge. I'm talking about small everyday people, not rich Silicon Valley rock stars bitching to their Twitter followers to trigger a social wave of justice. > Users don&

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