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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Yeah, I did watch those, but haven't kept up with the latest news - not sure if they have announced any progress.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Thank you, I didn't know this wasn't actually announced.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Question for you - I have created a few (okay, two) UWP apps, but the limited success of the store has made me look to using Xamarin. Only thing is, Xamarin's XAML is sufficiently different from UWP's XAML that I got disoriented a
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
"I was working in games, and testing a 3d game while walking was often disorienting and would cause me to trip on myself or walk off the treadmill." I chuckled when I read that! I hope you didn't get hurt, of course, but it m
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Thanks, that was a good read.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
I'd be really interested in hearing from someone who uses this on the floor. Is it really all they say it is? The marketing and PR looks good, but do mechanics really love it?
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
To be fair to the author, he does say this "I don’t ask for or expect any sympathy. I am responsible for my quagmire—no one else. I didn’t get gulled into overextending myself by unscrupulous credit merchants. Basically, I screwed up,
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Yes, exactly. That's why I don't get it. I can understand going through a rough patch where you pay the minimum cause you can't afford it, but I cannot understand constantly paying the minimum when you can afford to pay much
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
I'm always baffled by one thing in these sorts of articles - the belief that paying the minimum due on your credit cards is the right thing to do. I'm not going to pontificate about living within your means or whatever, obviously
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
This was inevitable. I wonder how Blue Apron is planning to compete.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Microsoft Azure has "Functions" which is their name for serverless https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/functions/
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
The Register has a few more details - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/17/ibm_latest_mainfram... It features the next generation of IBM's CMOS mainframe technology, with a 10-core CPU chip using 14
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
While I agree with your basic point, there's something to be said about anonymously searching for information in a non-dynamic fashion (that is, the catalogue is exactly the same for everyone - it doesn't rearrange itself based on
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
That's not really fair. The data should speak for itself, and I for one found the argument cogent. Did you find any errors or bias? Otherwise you might as well say the CDC saying something about Disease is invalid.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
I think this depends a lot on two people - your immediate manager, and their immediate manager. I've been lucky to have great management, and I've been able to do a lot of stuff that the article talks about, and I work in a stodgy
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
At first I thought this was silly. But on reflection, it seems like a great idea - why not make your solar grid more attractive? Imagine flying over that happy panda and the free publicity for solar energy. You'd probably never notice
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Unfortunately I'm not authorized to publicly speak for the corporation, so I can't really give you any more details. Sorry about that.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Sure - this was in reference to my top level comment, but I see that this dropped lower down the page. I work for a large Fortune 150, one that you've heard of, and we have a security team that is constantly scanning our network for we
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Yes, that's a fair point. However, it's still better than having expired certs and a team trying to figure out who owns the app, trying to get in touch with them, asking them to update the cert, finding out that they are no longer
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
And a quick follow up - our security team does not allow rogue * .company.com wildcards - they hunt down those sites and boot them off the network. They do, however, allow *.<service>.company.com.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
This is great news for organizations. I work at a large Fortune 150, and there are lots of services that require wildcard certs. We have a process to get these from our internal CA as well as a third-party - the internal CA is automated, bu
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Your comment reflects what I heard last week from a friend. He's a PE (Professional Engineer) working with a large power utility company, and his company uses software that, in his words, "really sucks". He was telling me thi
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
That's really terrible news. My condolences to the Kalanick family in this difficult time. I hope his dad recovers soon. I'm going to call my mom today and tell her I love her.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
How does one realistically protect against these new attack vectors? It's all become so quick - the malware infects your machine, and seconds later your repos are cloned. Most computers are always connected to the internet when they&#x
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
No, Firefox.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
I did that. It took me two years to move everything over (email took the longest time), but it's been totally worth it. I still have my @gmail address, but it's only there to forward email to my real address, and I never log in or
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Yes, you're right. My uncle calls him by a nickname (it's a Bengali thing - you have a public name and a private name, and your private name is only used by family and close friends),hence the error.
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
Are Imgur links accepted? https://imgur.com/a/ydsjw
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
My uncle and Satyajit Ray's son were (and still are) great friends. I met Mr. Ray (senior) a few times, and I remember him as a wonderfully gentle man, who took the time to talk to a six year old me as if I was an adult. He didn't
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by randomf1fan 9y ago
If you like WoT, try the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

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