You mean you've never said "hey, I have a spare weekend, wonder if I can (or how long it will take) to learn $language well enough to implement $some_project in it?"
Some of us like hobbies to be challenging, thought provoking, and mentally stimulating....
R is pretty much pure statistics. While it has a built-in interpreter to load data from csv files or user input or whatever and then run its functions against the data set, it really shines as a library to be used in other "real" programming languages where you have logic, loops, etc. available to you.
And since there are R interfaces for Python (http://rpy.sourceforge.net/) it isn't a "versus" situation.... what a bargain!
So you mean that since I have to work with data provided by a group that doesn't believe in validating input I shouldn't do something like/* this is here 'cause the fucktards in G building can't bother to validate input before it hits the data warehouse. Don't trust any data provided by them to be in the proper format, etc. */ if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {..... }
State employee? I are one. And my salary is available via public information request. In fact, a few years ago our IT department had to provide a dump of name, position, and salary to a local newspaper which promptly posted it on their website, searchable, sortable, etc.
Ya know, I fire thousands of rounds a year in many calibers - 22lr, 45acp, 9mm, 762x51, 20ga - and not once have I fired a gun at a person. And yet, I need/want that as close to perfect reliability. Why? Timed competitions, competitions that limit the number of rounds you can bring to the firing line for each stage, etc.
Even just plinking, having to stop and fix a jam or cycle the action due to a bad primer (mostly in low quality 22lr ammo) every few rounds really kinda sucks. Sure, the first few times are good for malfunction drills, but...
We asked my wife's OB/GYN - he said "hey, as long as I have her open for the delivery snipping her is just as easy adn quick with minimal or less side effects". Yay planned c-sections
âoeYou can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!' IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. 'She's a child!' shouted Crumley. IT'S EDUCATIONAL. 'What if she cuts herself?' THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.â
No, that isn't the legal contingencies - it is the contingency fees... There still isn't quite enough address space in RAM to calculate what the actual contingency fees could run to...
I have a large earth berm that went part way around an above ground pool. In the totally wrong spot to actually set up a range with decent distance (25 yards minimum) but composed of mostly Florida dirt and potting soil. No rocks, etc. Perfectly safe to catch a couple of 22 rounds.
The machine guns were shot at a real range, with proper berms almost 50' tall.
Flexible tasks though really help from being burnt out on any one thing
I can spend my time just about any work day either doing some website work, teaching a workshop, exploring new stuff that is job related or could be job related, answering phone calls, doing individual support for one or two people at a time, dealing with emails and our online ticketing system, etc.
My two coworkers and I split things up as we see them as being "fair". But when one of us gets tired with doing a particular thing, or dealign with a particular person, we can swap out. "I'll deal with $asshat_needing_help if you'll go do this intro to the web workshop for me"
Eh, for individual users and small businesses I'd put them ahead of amazon. As in, live chat with real help, very quick response to emails, proactive support, and for the one period I was playign with AWS much better deal (a micro on AWS was gonna run $15/mo with 8gb disk and 512mb ram, at the time on linode $20 got you 1gb ram and 20gb disk), and now linode has a $10/mo plan. Been a very happy customer of theirs for 10+ years.
And I've not noticed any issues from the DDOS either. Of course, I run simple mail for my own domains and a few images on a web server, so it isnt like I've got customers trying to get to their stuff....
systemd isn't complete yet - it doesn't have emacs built into it. or should emacs have systemd built into it? Just think - your editor is also your OS!
Same here. My biggest worry was about binary logging - I often will grep thru various logs looking for stuff, even if to just show students what is actually going on when something is happening.
But... my Debian 8 setup, with systemd, still has all the log files I'm used to, in the same places they've always been, with the same information in them. So I don't know if systemd is "double logging" or if Debian set this up to keep us old farts happy.
Eh, I've had need/desire to check balances while moving around town.
But... if I can do this via a browser on my desktop at home/work, why shouldn't I be able to do it via a browser on my phone? Why the fuck do I need to give my bank Xmb of storage on my device - storage that could be used for more mp3s, pics of my kids, etc - to do a task that *should* be able to be done via the mobile browser?
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Create a deck of cards, shuffle it, deal a hand of poker adn determine what hand it is.
"If you enjoy what you do, you'll never work a day in your life"
You mean you've never said "hey, I have a spare weekend, wonder if I can (or how long it will take) to learn $language well enough to implement $some_project in it?"
Some of us like hobbies to be challenging, thought provoking, and mentally stimulating....
R is pretty much pure statistics. While it has a built-in interpreter to load data from csv files or user input or whatever and then run its functions against the data set, it really shines as a library to be used in other "real" programming languages where you have logic, loops, etc. available to you.
And since there are R interfaces for Python (http://rpy.sourceforge.net/) it isn't a "versus" situation.... what a bargain!
So you mean that since I have to work with data provided by a group that doesn't believe in validating input I shouldn't do something like /* .....
this is here 'cause the fucktards in G building can't bother to validate
input before it hits the data warehouse. Don't trust any data provided by
them to be in the proper format, etc.
*/
if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
}
State employee? I are one. And my salary is available via public information request. In fact, a few years ago our IT department had to provide a dump of name, position, and salary to a local newspaper which promptly posted it on their website, searchable, sortable, etc.
The BATFE started as a taxing agency, and is now a law enforcement agency, but should really just be a convenience store ....
Well, it *is* New Jersey....
Doesn't explain the federal exemptions, or exemptions in other states....
Ya know, I fire thousands of rounds a year in many calibers - 22lr, 45acp, 9mm, 762x51, 20ga - and not once have I fired a gun at a person. And yet, I need/want that as close to perfect reliability. Why? Timed competitions, competitions that limit the number of rounds you can bring to the firing line for each stage, etc.
Even just plinking, having to stop and fix a jam or cycle the action due to a bad primer (mostly in low quality 22lr ammo) every few rounds really kinda sucks. Sure, the first few times are good for malfunction drills, but ...
Or idiot cops that leave guns sitting on the trunk of their car or stolen from the vehicle ...
http://www.seattletimes.com/se...
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-yor...
Police and LE agencies are *always* exempted from gun legislation.
The California "safe guns list"? No applicable to LEOs or Agencies.
Post '86 machine guns? No applicable to LEOs/Agencies
Magazine restrictions? Again not applicable to LEO/Agencies.
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with backup tapes"
We asked my wife's OB/GYN - he said "hey, as long as I have her open for the delivery snipping her is just as easy adn quick with minimal or less side effects". Yay planned c-sections
âoeYou can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.â
Duct tape is like the Force - there is a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together.
it's impossible to calculate the contingencies
No, that isn't the legal contingencies - it is the contingency fees... There still isn't quite enough address space in RAM to calculate what the actual contingency fees could run to...
I have a large earth berm that went part way around an above ground pool. In the totally wrong spot to actually set up a range with decent distance (25 yards minimum) but composed of mostly Florida dirt and potting soil. No rocks, etc. Perfectly safe to catch a couple of 22 rounds.
The machine guns were shot at a real range, with proper berms almost 50' tall.
Yes, that falls under the "dumb ass" classification.
I admin - I've shot a gun or three for new years and fourth of july. Straight down into the ground or other safe back stop.
Heck, even dumped a full 100 round belt thru a full auto 1919 a buddy owns - again, directly into a safe backstop.
There is "fun" and "exciting" and there is also "being a dumb ass". First 2 are OK, 3rd isn't.
Flexible tasks though really help from being burnt out on any one thing
I can spend my time just about any work day either doing some website work, teaching a workshop, exploring new stuff that is job related or could be job related, answering phone calls, doing individual support for one or two people at a time, dealing with emails and our online ticketing system, etc.
My two coworkers and I split things up as we see them as being "fair". But when one of us gets tired with doing a particular thing, or dealign with a particular person, we can swap out. "I'll deal with $asshat_needing_help if you'll go do this intro to the web workshop for me"
Eh, for individual users and small businesses I'd put them ahead of amazon. As in, live chat with real help, very quick response to emails, proactive support, and for the one period I was playign with AWS much better deal (a micro on AWS was gonna run $15/mo with 8gb disk and 512mb ram, at the time on linode $20 got you 1gb ram and 20gb disk), and now linode has a $10/mo plan. Been a very happy customer of theirs for 10+ years.
And I've not noticed any issues from the DDOS either. Of course, I run simple mail for my own domains and a few images on a web server, so it isnt like I've got customers trying to get to their stuff....
systemd isn't complete yet - it doesn't have emacs built into it. or should emacs have systemd built into it? Just think - your editor is also your OS!
Same here. My biggest worry was about binary logging - I often will grep thru various logs looking for stuff, even if to just show students what is actually going on when something is happening.
But... my Debian 8 setup, with systemd, still has all the log files I'm used to, in the same places they've always been, with the same information in them. So I don't know if systemd is "double logging" or if Debian set this up to keep us old farts happy.
Then one wonders why they just didn't do a whole Linux OS and use (some of) the existing infrastructure in addition to the kernel
As far as usability, I had a Nokia 770 which ran Maemo, and I was able to add the appropriate Debian repositories and get updates, new packages, etc.
Eh, I've had need/desire to check balances while moving around town.
But... if I can do this via a browser on my desktop at home/work, why shouldn't I be able to do it via a browser on my phone? Why the fuck do I need to give my bank Xmb of storage on my device - storage that could be used for more mp3s, pics of my kids, etc - to do a task that *should* be able to be done via the mobile browser?