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ranty

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About ranty

Software engineer in Wellington, NZ. Loves me some close to the metal.

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    Comment #15446306

    Asking because last time I looked the FBSD stuff wasn't "really there". This would seem to still be the situation: "a true (albeit limited) ABI implementation is provided." https:/…

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    Comment #15440141

    How are the FreeBSD lx jails? Do they leverage Joyent's work, or can't (because CDDL vs BSD)...

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    Comment #11919201

    It's pretty much welded to x86 and it's entire design is server-only. It'd be much, much harder to port than just using Android.

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    Comment #10330457

    The only reason everything doesn't end up commoditised is because they're protected in some way. Like, Facebook having all the people, or patents. If not, it's a race to the bottom…

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    Comment #10329998

    It was neither misogynist nor homophobic. It was, however, a really really bad idea.

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    Comment #10238195

    It's great. Use it.

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    Comment #10088401

    Use RoR, it's not going anywhere.

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    Comment #9971141

    Oh shit, I met her. She was bloody hilarious.

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    Comment #9946589

    You've not burned out, you've matured as a programmer. You can see all the crap for what it is so now try and make a difference... Champion the cause of code that's legible - and t…

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    Comment #9083118

    If the CEO is such a big success, where the fuck's his Ferrari? And if he has a Ferrari, where the fuck are your consulting fees?

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    Comment #9083103

    No. The $2M is complete bollocks and they need the 100k to keep going until they can find some actual investment. Otherwise they'd be paying your bills. So tell them you'll conside…

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    Comment #8816409

    I do kinda like swift. Also, Kotlin was a revelation - particularly since the tools are so damn good.

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    Comment #8816398

    I've just moved into a truly open office for the first time. I hate it so much - even a little privacy helps. I'm a big fan of chest height walls onto the 'public' areas then those…

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    Comment #8816358

    Exactly. Splash screens are so 1995 - we need to be getting users to something useful as fast as possible.

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    Comment #8775872

    Oh god, really. It's not that hard. If you're into it and enjoy learning about it, then your head just fills up. It's like moving to a new town and getting used to the place.

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    Comment #8775864

    There is only one way to learn: have a problem then solve it. It has to be a real one, too. So go and find (small) problem, work out how to solve it and implement it. Then if you r…

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    Comment #8413127

    I'm sorry, but this is just plain wrong. Let's take "since the key is physically burned in"... You don't need to burn it in, it could easily be stored in a few bytes of on-die sram…

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    Comment #8407069

    WHY? Why not just put the servers in London in the first place? Surely the Stock Exchange has some horrendously expensive colo you can buy?

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    Comment #8270592

    Creativity and appreciation but not focus.

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    Comment #8106354

    "Libertarian Disney Dollars" just about sums it up.

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    Comment #8105159

    Not being that au fait with big data stuff, can someone tell me what graph processing is for ?

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    Comment #8104187

    Hang on, how is this not wrong? It's supposed to iterate through mapCryptedKeys but never gets past the first...

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    Comment #8101120

    All that swift does is changes the tool you're using - the pastures remain the same colour.

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    Comment #7897119

    With a random salt otherwise rainbow tables are still "go", as it were.

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    Comment #7665048

    Music mixing app for the Mac - http://www.atomicdroplet.com/ . Has excellent beat gridding, amongst other things. Makes about $1k/month, have run some promos in the $1-4k territory…