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    Comment #48434694

    Accountants have specialized domain knowledge (laws, regulations, procedures, bureaucracy etc.) that goes well beyond what a calculator can do. If we apply the same argument to sof…

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    Comment #48434614

    >Domain knowledge can be learnt much quicker than how to apply good engineering principles. Can it? I'm of the opposite opinion. You can improve methodology much faster than gainin…

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    Comment #45228871

    Does your definition of "universal answering machine" include the answers being correct? If it does, statistical predictors can't help you because they're not always correct or eve…

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    Comment #40231293

    Ours also had Fox Pro, and we did all of them (one per year). They also had optional Novel, Linux, UNIX and Mac courses (with certifications). Late 90s - early 2000 were a hoot.

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    Comment #39788767

    Here's Microsoft's blog post on the topic of Redis relicensing btw: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/redis-license-update-...

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    Comment #39544131

    In order to be able to take a project close-source the lead would have to employ methods that are a giveaway; use a revokable license, use a dual license, require contributors to c…

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    Comment #39332040

    I'd love to quote Hanlon's Razor but I really think Occam's is more appropriate in this case: they're obviously complicit and doing it on purpose.

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    Comment #39260398

    Ergodox EZ is ortholinear. Ortholinears by their nature tend to not have spacing issues but they require (extensive) retraining. There's a very good chance that the above poster wa…

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    Comment #39260356

    Debian has a humongous package library, the biggest of any distro if I'm not mistaken. They need full drop-in compatibility between libressl and openssl if they hope to replace the…

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    Comment #39260219

    You can't do what OP is looking for without a custom PCB. The switches and caps and mappings might be customizable but their physical position and size on the board isn't. Despite …

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    Comment #39240267

    It's very difficult to find Linux apps that work well with touch controls.

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    Comment #39240230

    The fact they are planning to drop the cache feature makes you wonder if Search might be heading for the Google Graveyard eventually. I know it seemed unthinkable for most of Googl…

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    Comment #39154638

    >Sell your domain business and force your customers to migrate.

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    Comment #38864150

    Firefox uses the fontconfig settings only and ignores desktop environment settings. So you need to change the rgba setting in your .fonts.conf.

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    Comment #38814156

    Is not any single query in Postgres a transaction? I don't think individual rows would be visible outside that transaction until all are updated.

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    Comment #38758272

    We use architects for what you've described. It's a distinct technical track from developers and from team leaders. They're usually senior developers with outstanding experience in…

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    Comment #38706398

    They use a VM so I assume you'd simply edit offline then redeploy the machine.

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    Comment #38706372

    This approach is also ripe for an XSS exploit.

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    Comment #38676486

    You can install the specific older version of the Linux package that the zfs package needs. You can also pin it so it won't get updated by regular upgrades.