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Re:Finding CSV files that start with a BOM using ripgrep on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:30AM (#27325082)
I probably won’t ever need this, but I love the write up for a tool which I use daily
Re:PySpark Style Guide on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @07:10AM (#24846614)
So much eye rolling. It's a mixture of some common sense, some bad suggestions (such as this one), and a couple of mandates such as "It is highly recommended to avoid UDFs in all situations" rather than providing any real guidance.
With 2 kids and a partner diagnosed as being autistic, it's a massive trigger for me.

Seen so many health professionals because of my family, not one has ever referred to it as a disease.

Just to elaborate further.

Child 1 - ASD/ADHD Child 2 - ASD/SPD possibly PDA Partner - ASD/SPD

They're all different and display different characteristics,have differing needs and have different mental health issues. Child 1 is about 2 years behind their peers educationally and socially, Child 2 is on par.

Since when was autism classified as a disease?
I had a mid 2015 MacBook which did me well for years, but I've just switched to a surface pro 6 with a Linux VM running in Azure.

Still have the MacBook at the moment though, only device in the house with a dvd drive

Re:Ask HN: Which books have you re-read the most? on Friday November 10, 2017 @01:40PM (#15671923)
1984

A Brave New World

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Re:Don't buy a SNES Classic. Buy a RetroPi and have lots more fun on Saturday September 30, 2017 @01:38PM (#15373985)
I did this when I couldn't get a NES classic, it works perfectly and both me and the kids love it
She seems to very much believe that backdoors can be installed which only the "good" guys can use
Re:British Airways IT engineer blamed for outage on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:35AM (#14470655)
There's so much wrong with this picture. It's also an alarming trend where organisations are singling out employees for blame (also thinking VW). Were they entirely to blame? Did management put them under pressure to deliver quickly? Were they correctly trained?

Also, this kind of pokes massive holes in their DR processes!

Re:Ask HN: Licensing concerns for work on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @03:13PM (#14141950)
I'd say it's worth defining a line between IP and copyright. If you can reapply a technique without giving away the companies methods then you should be okay. But get someone who understands legalise to advise.