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kevindqc

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About kevindqc

French Canadian Software Developer currently living in Toronto.

Recent public activity

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    That's $450 in 2020 dollars. The PS5 launched at $399 in 2020 (digital version)

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    Comment #24519439

    In what ways would Facebook be different had they followed that science?

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    Comment #23104679

    My understanding of this is that the company wants to use L band, which is the designation for the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz) Doesn't 5G…

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    Comment #21835338

    Makes sense. The software needs to access that code for the spreadsheet to work, so if it was encrypted for example, then the spreadsheet would be unusable unless you know the pass…

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    Comment #21010739

    I think you just need to read right to left? "const int * foo" means that foo is a pointer to an int that is constant. Which could also be "int const * foo" foo is a pointer to a c…

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    Comment #20441152

    Someone mentioned you can't get any suggestion for Hillary Clinton Email. If I type "Hillary Clinton Emai" I don't even get a suggestion for email :/

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    Comment #19434701

    They were planning to open (opened?) an offshore coding center in Eastern Europe.

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    Comment #19434686

    Good luck proving that though

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    Comment #19434515

    Yeah.. Who needs time management when you have crunch time!

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    Comment #19434493

    So that means people who had more trouble getting a new job get paid more? Nice :)

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    Comment #19390780

    Apparently they added it back after the initial release. Support for alternate data streams was initially not implemented in ReFS. In Windows 8.1 64-bit and Server 2012 R2 the file…

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    Comment #19390496

    Windows doesn't just have a flag. For example: - If I download this using Chrome: https://aka.ms/getvsdbgps1 - Open a command prompt, cd to my Downloads directory - Execute this: n…

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    Comment #19383877

    For tracing, I tried Jaeger recently and it looks promising! https://www.jaegertracing.io/

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    Comment #19383815

    I think it's having problems right now. I don't use anything and it's slow, blank page, 500 errors, etc.

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    Comment #19381999

    I'm pretty sure the wealthiest go to the US because they have some of the best doctors, and they can afford to pay for it? There are private clinics here if you have money and don'…

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    Comment #19333428

    Wow if there is any digit above 7, it reverts back to decimal? Makes sense /s

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    Comment #19332527

    Same with Javascript :( 0100 === 64

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    Comment #19147895

    https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/tree/5fbfecbb929cccdbb9fbb...

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    Comment #19119553

    Good point, thanks

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    Comment #19118251

    I always thought the high prices in the US was because of not having universal healthcare - when you are buying for millions of people, you can have lower prices? It's not like the…

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    Comment #19117570

    I don't understand what is the uproar about regulation. Regulations are there because companies will do whatever gives them more money, damn the impact on the environment/people/an…

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    Comment #19039756

    >To the extent that this campaign succeeds it will tend to remove voters that are a) more suggestive, b) more prone to apathy. You forgot c) That are Afro-Carribbeans This is targe…

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    Comment #19000047

    It's a feature, not a bug!