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Crazy issues like that definitely do happen. But, this speaker output power issue being due to a file transfer error doesn't feel right. Do the perform any kind of integrity checki…

If the SDK in question is just a thin wrapper on REST then sure, it isn't providing very much value. But most of the SDKs I've used implement higher level logical operations -- thi…

If you haven't done so already, you REALLY should look into setting up an LLC for contract work in the US. Legally separating your business assets from your personal assets is very…

It somehow feels wrong to tell Apple that they can't sell Apps in their own App Store.

It's always cheaper to add one more patch, or bring in the contractor one more time than it is to rebuild the entire system from scratch. In aggregate this stops being true eventua…

I'm currently living this. About a year ago I inherited a large codebase that has been allowed to accumulate tech debt for the past 5 years. This was all done in the name of adding…

I may be wrong, but I'm fairly sure that FF licenses Widevine.

Hypothetically, if you could cause earthquakes in a controlled way, it may be possible to perform periodic small stress relief quakes rather than allowing one big one to occur natu…

Imagine a giant cube around the entire earth that touches in 6 places -- one on each cube face. Pick 3 faces and place a detector where each touches the earth -- on the surface. Yo…

I used to work for a company with a very large user base. On 2 separate occasions we found code with GPL2 notices. One was in a header file and the other was in a monitoring script…

I wouldn't say that playing WoW costs your dearly or is detrimental or toxic to people. I will say that all of the people I've known who played games to their own detriment or in a…

Revoking all tokens and probably unpublishing anything published since eslint-scope 3.7.2 was released (maybe limit it to things published with a token that was issued after 3.7.2 …

Seriously. I've been on a deployment that failed because China blocked access to Github for a little while over some piece of code in some repository. Make sure your dependencies a…

Linus or the contributor? I can see an argument for either.

I've lived in areas where the pedestrian walk buttons are non-functional and also in areas where they extend the length of the green light in your direction. It's way too much effo…

Yes to all of those things. I used to work for Riot and the level of fandom is no less than any other sport I've ever seen. I'm not personally a fan, but people definitely watch to…

You could definitely put an RF tag on a floppy and then have detectors at all exits like a retail store does with merchandise. Hell, you could use a "mantrap" like banks do so that…

Buy him a sewing machine (assuming you don't have one) and some supplies. There are tons of videos online to teach technique, and it isn't terribly expensive.

They are also exploiting economies of scale. For Amazon, the marginal cost of a server is very small. For some startup, bringing up and maintaining a data center is astronomically …

No. I've had to explain to clients on numerous occasions why I enabled TLS between things in the same data center. Security requires layers and just because the data is on a networ…

This is purely anecdotal, but I've used apple maps twice this year (accidentally - search for maps and hit the wrong icon) and it's taken me to the wrong place both times. I live j…

I once requested sample data to work against while triaging/fixing a production issue and was given an unredacted copy of the production database. Lots of customer names/addresses/…

The contrapositive would then be that if you find some really janky/unreliable feature that people are using, it must be pretty important to them and you should tread lightly when …

I've been able to get from the airport entrance to my gate in under 30 minutes. It was around 2am going from LAX to PHL and there was a long-ish (maybe 20 min wait??) line behind u…