Also, KD8KLW.
Our actions are bound by reality. Our choices are bound by what we posit reality to be.
"In assuming that there are discrete laws of physics, we also assume there is a subset of all 'possible' events; events that 'can happen'. (Given a certain arrangement of the universe at T1, there is a set of possible…
Who is Beta? But, seriously, isn't this just an export of the functionality (and interface, even!) that's been in GMail for ages?
Gravity doesn't pull you forward, it pulls you down. Unless a particular human never learned to walk or sit upright, their natural tendency in balance is to hold themselves in-line with gravity*, not necessarily at a…
Digital signal transmission tends to include an increase in error tolerance, which I mentioned. The margin reduces the strain on the error tolerance, which is also needed to cope with signal loss issues. So, no, the…
Area in the spectrum normally reserved for television, but not intentionally actively used by television broadcasters. Simplified (it used to work this way, now it's slightly more complicated), each television channel…
People would have to Like the relevant blog post to provide feedback, or Like any of the latest batch of "I hate the new Facebook design" groups that would arise. I wouldn't worry...
They have (or had; not checking again) one on their sign-up form. That they don't have one on their contact page suggests they don't know what CATPCHAs are for...
If it has any real depth, you'll see things the second time that you didn't see the first. If it's actually good, the same will hold true over and over. There are folks out there who watch "The Usual Suspects" in…
Sounds like a challenge to come up with a new field of business. Interesting...
I think the part I may have misunderstood was where you said, "With Googles CDN, they have to hack either my website, or Googles CDN.", and I interpreted that as an exclusive condition, rather than an inclusive one.…
You were critiquing the security cost of hosting on your own server verses that other server. It was pointed out to you that the admins of that other server would likely learn of (and react to) a breach on their end at…
er. "known-cookies"? That was supposed to be "known-good queries." I think it's time to break for lunch...
That's not a very high cost. They don't choose to hit you, they let their scripts and botnets look around for old and vulnerable software. Have you looked at your raw httpd logs? When I look at mine, and grep away…
It sounds like he's conflating buzz with unit sales. Hope I never work for him.
I fell in love for the first time in 2nd grade, with an Apple ][e. I was born in 1983. I was let out of the classroom into the hallway to use the arithmetic practice software on the computer, but turned on the computer…
Users creating and using free accounts have costs associated with them. Those costs need to be met in order for the service to continue, either by tying a revenue model to the users directly, via charity, or by…
Ok, fine, but if it's his job to quickly slough off imperfect candidates using minutia and minor criteria, why's he going to the trouble of looking at code in the first place? I'd be scared if someone were to look at a…
Tried signing up for an account. They eat their own dogfood, for which I'm thankful. It looks like the advertisers can force you to click through to get the security code. (e.g. Catfish's "Click through to see the…
Most recent commit date? Such things really speak for themselves.
Well, I'm part of a one-man company. I just call myself the 'principal' there. I've been the newest part of a four-man company for the past three years. I chose "computer programmer" for my job title. It seems that…
I don't think it matters, really. As the article notes, it leads to cynicism about title changes and promotions, but job title prestige isn't (and probably have never been) a good way to evaluate employee and/or role…
If you aren't familiar with "The Mythical Man Month", you should probably acquaint yourself with it.
...And that just happened to be the account you log in as. Changed the name and image. I'm sure someone will change it back.
It looks like someone created an account named "Mark Suckerberg" and automated a posting flood repeating the text "I accidentally.. the whole economy". Also, said account's avatar looks like some kinda of three-way…
Our actions are bound by reality. Our choices are bound by what we posit reality to be.
"In assuming that there are discrete laws of physics, we also assume there is a subset of all 'possible' events; events that 'can happen'. (Given a certain arrangement of the universe at T1, there is a set of possible…
Who is Beta? But, seriously, isn't this just an export of the functionality (and interface, even!) that's been in GMail for ages?
Gravity doesn't pull you forward, it pulls you down. Unless a particular human never learned to walk or sit upright, their natural tendency in balance is to hold themselves in-line with gravity*, not necessarily at a…
Digital signal transmission tends to include an increase in error tolerance, which I mentioned. The margin reduces the strain on the error tolerance, which is also needed to cope with signal loss issues. So, no, the…
Area in the spectrum normally reserved for television, but not intentionally actively used by television broadcasters. Simplified (it used to work this way, now it's slightly more complicated), each television channel…
People would have to Like the relevant blog post to provide feedback, or Like any of the latest batch of "I hate the new Facebook design" groups that would arise. I wouldn't worry...
They have (or had; not checking again) one on their sign-up form. That they don't have one on their contact page suggests they don't know what CATPCHAs are for...
If it has any real depth, you'll see things the second time that you didn't see the first. If it's actually good, the same will hold true over and over. There are folks out there who watch "The Usual Suspects" in…
Sounds like a challenge to come up with a new field of business. Interesting...
I think the part I may have misunderstood was where you said, "With Googles CDN, they have to hack either my website, or Googles CDN.", and I interpreted that as an exclusive condition, rather than an inclusive one.…
You were critiquing the security cost of hosting on your own server verses that other server. It was pointed out to you that the admins of that other server would likely learn of (and react to) a breach on their end at…
er. "known-cookies"? That was supposed to be "known-good queries." I think it's time to break for lunch...
That's not a very high cost. They don't choose to hit you, they let their scripts and botnets look around for old and vulnerable software. Have you looked at your raw httpd logs? When I look at mine, and grep away…
It sounds like he's conflating buzz with unit sales. Hope I never work for him.
I fell in love for the first time in 2nd grade, with an Apple ][e. I was born in 1983. I was let out of the classroom into the hallway to use the arithmetic practice software on the computer, but turned on the computer…
Users creating and using free accounts have costs associated with them. Those costs need to be met in order for the service to continue, either by tying a revenue model to the users directly, via charity, or by…
Ok, fine, but if it's his job to quickly slough off imperfect candidates using minutia and minor criteria, why's he going to the trouble of looking at code in the first place? I'd be scared if someone were to look at a…
Tried signing up for an account. They eat their own dogfood, for which I'm thankful. It looks like the advertisers can force you to click through to get the security code. (e.g. Catfish's "Click through to see the…
Most recent commit date? Such things really speak for themselves.
Well, I'm part of a one-man company. I just call myself the 'principal' there. I've been the newest part of a four-man company for the past three years. I chose "computer programmer" for my job title. It seems that…
I don't think it matters, really. As the article notes, it leads to cynicism about title changes and promotions, but job title prestige isn't (and probably have never been) a good way to evaluate employee and/or role…
If you aren't familiar with "The Mythical Man Month", you should probably acquaint yourself with it.
...And that just happened to be the account you log in as. Changed the name and image. I'm sure someone will change it back.
It looks like someone created an account named "Mark Suckerberg" and automated a posting flood repeating the text "I accidentally.. the whole economy". Also, said account's avatar looks like some kinda of three-way…