syntaxgoonoo
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1 year ago
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on: Blackhouses of Scotland
Soil and Soul by Alastair McIntosh talks a lot about these types of dwellings, and the culture of the people who lived in them. It’s a must read if you are interested in learning about the history of that part of the world.
syntaxgoonoo
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5 years ago
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on: My Engineering Axioms
Designing, developing and maintaining software systems is most definitely a form of ‘real’ engineering, and should be referred to as such. Qualified software engineers have gained their qualifications in the field through various pathways including tertiary study and professional accreditation, which are rigorous. Not all forms of engineering are regulated, because they don’t need to be.
syntaxgoonoo
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6 years ago
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on: Researchers strapped video cameras on cats and let them do their thing
Seems like more of a cat adoration project than a scientific study. Unlike other cat cam projects there is no mention of domestic cats predatory behaviour, and how this impacts the environment. Seems like mostly POV for cat lovers.
syntaxgoonoo
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8 years ago
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on: Do You Trust This Computer? [video]
I agree. 10 min was all I could bare. It's just a big mix of sound bites.
syntaxgoonoo
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8 years ago
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on: Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean
syntaxgoonoo
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8 years ago
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on: Managed SSL for Google App Engine
When will Azure do the same?
syntaxgoonoo
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8 years ago
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on: IBM z14 mainframe
How much do one of these things cost?
syntaxgoonoo
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10 years ago
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on: Friends don't let Friends install Used RAM
Correlation does not imply causation.
syntaxgoonoo
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10 years ago
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on: 23 Lessons Learned from Interviewing the World's Top Developers
Why are these people the "world's top developers"?
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: Stop Using LinkedIn
Errm no, a reply-to header is not the same as a sender envelope. Spam filters will flag emails that are faking the sender envelope. Spf is also only checking sender envelope. A reply-to can generally be what ever you want, same for from header... So linked sends email with from and reply-to headers set with your email, but sender envelop is from their server. So email appears to come from you, but was sent from linked in server, which is setup to pass spf test so does not get flagged by spam filter. Check the headers in the emails raw source, and you will see what i mean
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: Why Is Object-Oriented Programming Useful? With a Role-Playing Game Example
I think a lot of developer don't really understand OOP, and as a result they mess it up. In many ways functional programming is more straight forward, easier to get your head around it, but you can still mess it up just as much.
I feel your statement above is a little naive. You should read some Martin Fowler. Be less reactive and more informed. Find balance.
Software systems, regardless of methodology, need good experienced designers There is no silver bullet.
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: The case against time zones: They're impractical and outdated
Interesting article, but a bit far fetched. You can sync your clocks to GMT, nothing stopping you do that. But I doubt you will convince anyone else to. And what about daylight saving time? As much as I hate daylight saving, its still a custom that is used in many parts of the world. There was no mention of this in your article. In the end of the day, we are all quite used to syncing our clocks relative to sunrise. 9am means the same thing where ever you are in the world. So in some ways time zone keeps us all in reasonably in sync to sunrise
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What non-Tech sites do you read daily?
syntaxgoonoo
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11 years ago
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on: $1.99 SSL certificates offered by Namecheap
Please explain?
syntaxgoonoo
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12 years ago
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on: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?
syntaxgoonoo
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Did a search bar just appear?
Wtf, I never noticed that either, duh?
syntaxgoonoo
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13 years ago
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on: How Ink Is Made
Very cool. How is the ink used? I think I will go read about offset printing. I mean we see the result every day, but just take it granted. Interesting
syntaxgoonoo
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13 years ago
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on: How TaxCloud Stole My Code and How I'm Doing Something About It
I think you are creating a storm in a tea cup. I agree that there has been some copy pasting of code blocks. But that's life and the nature of writing.
