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by throwaway7033 4y ago
Most ABIs are complex and only partially specified; you're playing with fire if you use bitfields or other ill-defined features in public APIs.
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
Most systems don't merit reading the documentation; if it doesn't look markedly better, I'm moving on.
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
Taking money from the West doesn't keep you alive; if I were a Russian would-be defector I'd be worried about ending up like Alexander Litvinenko ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko ).
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
The linked Mozilla bug report provides an excellent reason to drop P-521. If you look at the telemetry for last actual Firefox release, only 8 (yes, eight!) out of 1.67 BILLION handshakes used a P-521 curve. This is a good indication that
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
Lead poisoning lowers your IQ; blacks are more likely to be exposed to it. ( https://www.dw.com/en/lead-poisoning-reveals-environmental-r... )
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
The Griggs v. Duke Power Co. decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co .) makes them legally problematic.
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
Here are some package counts( http://www.modulecounts.com/ ) for different platforms: * npm - (1,916,619) * Maven - (465,713) * NuGet - (299,957) npm has about 2.5 times the number of packages as Maven and NuGet combined; it&
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by throwaway7033 4y ago
I'm reminded of this cartoon - Introduce them to identity politics ( https://imgur.com/gallery/KdeMOdA ).
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Be thankful it's just marijuana; here in Seattle, we're so enlightened that addicts using fentanyl and meth on buses ( https://komonews.com/news/local/king-county-metro-drivers-fr... a big issue.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
It's cronyism, pure and simple. Certificate authorities like Camerfirma[1] were revoked from all browsers because of numerous policy violations. This legislation is intended to force browsers to accept their certificates. [1] https:&#
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Prior art only applies if the USPTO agrees to review the patent and the examiner considers it prior art; neither of these are guaranteed.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Software development managers don't need to be technical; soft skills are more important. Avoid engineering practices from Facebook or Google. Both companies have monopolies, an army of developers and can afford to rewrite software on
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
The same as Crimea; Putin thinks he can get away with it.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
lobste.rs has a public log of moderator actions. It's a fraction of the size of HN, though and requires an invitation to join.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Here's the complete list. Maus by Art Spiegelman 1984 by George Orwell The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Lord of th
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Job descriptions are forward looking statements; the position may be entirely different. Here are some of the many possibilities: The service has poor uptime and you're on call every weekend. Schedule pressure or poor management means
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
> It's fascinating that Google, the stewards of Android, have refused to solve any of those problems. The most successful operating system in history is managed by a company who refuses to solve its deficiencies. I wouldn't say
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
> Home ownership is a way to keep people busy fixing the house, working or risk losing a basic need, and living at the edge of their means. Also invested in their own property and less willing to riot and revolt. Don’t get me wrong - I l
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Many of the people who complain about undefined behavior effectively want a #pragma dwim .
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
How so? Casinos routinely ban card counters; if psychic powers existed then psychics would also be banned from casinos.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
Yellow journalism ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism ) has been a thing since at least the 1890s.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
> I'm almost afraid to ask since it's such a given, but do employees actually get fired for choosing the wrong vendor? I've heard it repeated in quite a few contexts, and I'm unsure if I should interpret it literally.
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by throwaway7033 5y ago
They could buy directly from the seller; that's how I got my condo.
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by throwaway7033 6y ago
Our normal start time is before 9 am and many people start work much earlier; the company is on the Fortune 100 Best Places to work list.