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glassprongs

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About glassprongs

If it's related to computers then I want to know about it. Let's share IT war stories.

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    Comment #30486455

    Been there a few times, plan to keep visiting. Hopefully those scripts you wrote and threw away were designed and written at the highest level of professional competency. IIRC the …

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    Comment #30473926

    When I worked in enterprise we didn't release software until we ensured quality. The dev was responsible to test their software before they push their commit - QA's job was not to …

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    Comment #30315172

    Protect from jobs being sent overseas.

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    Comment #30223461

    I experienced Adobe's toxic business practices years ago when I tried to reduce our DC license count by 1. It made me no longer want to work with them.

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    Comment #30212167

    Nice work

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    Comment #30075671

    The lack of hotkeys, weak window management and finder are also failings for me. The mouse curve/acceleration used to terrible, either I got used to it or they fixed it at some poi…

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    Comment #30075045

    Our lawyer said we can for functional cookies so we now require those. For statistics and marketing we still ask for consent.

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    Comment #30074954

    It is 100% legit. Typing this from Win xp.

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    Comment #30071039

    These are some properties I see bad code having * insecure * doesn't work * lack of checks and validation leading to unhandled states * inconsistent style and method * difficult to…

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    Comment #30070940

    - Size: 27" to 34" - Resolution: 4k, 3440x1400 or two x 2560x1440 monitors. - Refresh-rate: 100hz+, absolutely not lower than 60hz - Latency: as a small as possible, no greater tha…

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    Comment #30047332

    If I plan to use the knowledge then I either apply it immediately or take notes so I can apply it when ready. If I don't plan to use the knowledge then I take away an over simplifi…

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    Comment #29964423

    That is some nice batch scripting kung-fu.

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    Comment #29961005

    When I started coding it was copying other people's code and running it. I didn't deal with anything else such as libraries, modules, frameworks, complex environments or advanced f…

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    Comment #29959765

    Very cool. How many of us did it take to DDOS the server? It doesn't load for me either :)