clmorg01

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Re:Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks with zero population on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @11:56AM (#7634793)

I wonder what an overlay of Federal Gov. owned land would add to the map.

Re:DigitalOcean not destroying droplets securely, data is completely r... on Monday March 31, 2014 @12:39PM (#7502501)

You mentioned in a comment above an occurrence where someone's DO account was compromised leading to many droplets being trashed but that the account holder was able to recover because of the waiting period. If you add a flag to bypass the temporary snapshot would not this mean the hacker could have succeeded in their attempt to wipe out all the droplets?

I actually prefer the enforced cooling off period for destroying droplets. (As long as the UI/API docs are cleaned up a little to communicate it better.)

Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @05:39PM (#7469187)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One

Brought to you by Facebook.

Just wait till you see the new Farmville.

Re:Your Progress As A Programmer Is All Up To You on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:11PM (#7203529)

This is basically the choice I finally had to make for myself over the last couple years.

It was just three years ago that my main responsibility was maintaining code on a black & yellow terminal for a VMS server. Another couple years and I could have easily have been one of those people pushed out of the industry with no easy way back in.

Although my company has provide an avenue for me to transition to doing things with the LAMP stack it is still in some sense legacy. It's a large website base that started over a decade ago.

I have made the choice that I'm done with being legacy and am doing whatever I can to learn current tech. I will even be willing sometime later this year to get a new job at a junior level just I can cut loose the legacy code crap I am tied to. At this point it feels mostly like a bunch of anchors holding me down. I want a new job where I can learn from the people around me and truly be focused on my direction.