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Over-abstraction is as much of a problem as under-abstraction. If the abstraction isn’t improving your ability to produce good code, it’s a bad abstraction. I’ve worked with a lot …

While I agree with you almost universally, I think in this case, the pricing is meant to be part of the loss aversion technique the creator is employing. My problem is there is no …

There is an ecological cost to miles and miles of solar panels. Desert ecosystems are extremely fragile, and these kinds of projects can be very damaging. It’s not just wasteland. …

The first series of courses in my CS program introduced us to building a pascal interpreter using scheme. It all depends on the pedagogical needs, I suppose.

I doubt it. A human should be able to tell whether they are breaking the law or doing something that is dangerous and, thus, stop. If a human moved forward with something they shou…

Extremely rare diseases and diseases that have no known treatment options are given more lax rules for testing. Without that, there would be no way to develop treatments for them, …

Oracle Ksplice | https://ksplice.oracle.com/ | Full-time | Remote Ksplice is the leading technology that allows administrators to patch the kernel on the fly with zero downtime and…

Ships lost at sea are also still commissioned and patrolling. I suspect it is part of naval culture.

Let's be clear here, though: it's the airlines who refuse to buy an aircraft with additional training requirements. Pilots can only fly one aircraft type, and retraining to a diffe…

> Design a damned airframe that's airworthy without needing stabilization hacks. The 737 Max is stable, as all commercial aircraft have to be. MCAS is not a system to take an unsta…

One of the most important things I've learned over the years I've managed people is that processes and policies of any sort are two-edged swords. It's easy to add a policy, and to …

Ksplice @ Oracle | Full Time | Remote | https://ksplice.oracle.com/ The Ksplice group at Oracle develops technology to patch the Linux kernel and applications while they are runnin…

Ksplice @ Oracle | Full Time | Remote | https://ksplice.oracle.com/ The Ksplice group at Oracle develops exciting technology to patch the Linux kernel and applications while they a…

Ksplice @ Oracle | Full Time | Remote | https://ksplice.oracle.com/ The Ksplice group at Oracle develops exciting technology to patch the Linux kernel and applications while they a…

Oracle | Remote Ksplice is the leading technology that allows administrators to patch the critical components of a Linux system on the fly with zero downtime and zero disruption. W…

Oracle | Remote Ksplice is the leading technology that allows administrators to patch the critical components of a Linux system on the fly with zero downtime and zero disruption. W…

Ksplice @ Oracle | Devops | Remote | https://ksplice.oracle.com Ksplice is the leading technology that allows administrators to patch the critical components of a Linux system on t…

I had to take narcotics into Dubai for a health issue I was facing at the time. You can bet I had the clearly marked prescription bottle with the minimum amount I needed for my tri…

If people are emboldened to blow the whistle on outrageous, secret, unconstitutional, anti-democratic activities of the US or state governments, then this is the best possible outc…

And, perhaps not surprisingly, Ballmer didn't last much over ten years as CEO and left MS in a very precarious position when he did leave.

But that's a function of API, not the language itself. Django (and most ORMs, I believe) support that kind of behavior: MyTable.objects. filter(some_row__gt=5). exlude(other_row='q…

$100,000 in bitcoin would belie the "obvious to anyone". People don't understand what a DDoS really is, nor how to fix it, so the email becomes much more ominous than a Nigerian 41…

The NSA Bluffdale facility might just squeak in that line for me. Think they'd hook me up?

Should fit in well on Reddit.

Or are trying to tell you what the weather is going to be this week.