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workitout | 10 years ago | on: Russia's improved ballistic missiles to be tested as asteroid killers

If you can guarantee just three cities. Either way, not sure why I was downvoted for having an opinion on the matter. Also I'm wondering why HN moderators allow such downvoting which discourages well intended discussion and participation.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: Russia's improved ballistic missiles to be tested as asteroid killers

The smaller pieces might still be big enough to survive atmospheric entry. Now instead of one problem, you have many.

Deflection sounds like a great idea, hit it right and send it off to a safer orbit.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: We're ditching the office completely

Are you hanging out or working?

workitout | 10 years ago | on: We're ditching the office completely

Have you considered a line of work more suited to an extrovert personality?

workitout | 10 years ago | on: MapReduce is not functional programming

I like languages that let me write a sub-routine when that makes sense and a function when that makes sense.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: How I Sold My Bible App Company

You can get it free here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10

There is an aspect to be considered about making money on this topic.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: The Twelve Days of Crisis – A Retrospective on Linode’s Holiday DDoS Attacks

I changed "linode" to "aws" in your link, very interesting results came up in Google.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: The Twelve Days of Crisis – A Retrospective on Linode’s Holiday DDoS Attacks

Nah honey, I'm good and Linode is the best.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: The Twelve Days of Crisis – A Retrospective on Linode’s Holiday DDoS Attacks

I ask myself and myself says Linode is the best of all I've tried, which is many. So thanks for your wonderful insights but mine are better for me.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: The Twelve Days of Crisis – A Retrospective on Linode’s Holiday DDoS Attacks

As hard as this may be to believe, tptacek's opinions are not the gospel of technology. I've been with Linode for several years and their staff has been top notch.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: OneOps – Open-source cloud ops platform from Walmart

Because opensource cookbooks are unreliable or people should only rely on your cookbooks? Or old skool isn't new skool so it should be wholly disregarded?

workitout | 10 years ago | on: OneOps – Open-source cloud ops platform from Walmart

You might want to brush up on business speak, that's the real reason for writing the vast majority of all software ever written or that will be written in this century.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: OneOps – Open-source cloud ops platform from Walmart

So you mean the IT departments that represent the majority of all businesses in the entire world? Yes, they work their butts off.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: I believe in the 10x engineer, but

Agreed, there are no 10x engineers, we all have 10x moments in time once in a while. We all have moments when we feel we can't tie our own shoelaces without help.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: I believe in the 10x engineer, but

>> This guy and another built all the systems for this company, and a product that was the cash cow.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: I believe in the 10x engineer, but

There's no need to turn this into an anti-(fill in the blank) thread.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: Why I quit my dream job at Ubisoft

For me my dream job can be writing CRUD web software as long as people need it and appreciate my work.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: JavaScript web apps considered valuable

>> Trello, Slack and Gitter

Never used them, are they important? What do they do? I've used all the ones cited as bad examples.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: JavaScript web apps considered valuable

>> ignorants who probably did some $(...).show() and call it javascript

So was that a dig against jQuery?

>> People just don't appreciate how wonderful this language is.

Ever try adding a string and an integer in JavaScript?

I think developers who think JavaScript is great, love it because it's forgiving. Do what you want, the JavaScript siren says, it might work, it might not but at least you won't have an ugly all stop. I'll try to make it do something, anything, sings the siren.

workitout | 10 years ago | on: Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Planet Beyond Pluto

Like the parent, this seems odd that just now in 2016 we find there might be another planet in our own solar system when planets are being discovered in other solar systems and galaxies all the time.

There's this from the article:

"For the first time in over 150 years, there is solid evidence that the solar system's planetary census is incomplete."

It's our _own_ solar system and we just now found this massive thing?