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New comment by jorgec in "Meltdown fix impact on Redis performances in virtualized environments"

jorgec — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 19:20:54 +0000

But since when a VM is used as a workstation?. AFAIK we know that this vulnerability could be executed via javascript. If the browser is safe then we are safe about it without patch-hacking the kernel.

New comment by jorgec in "Meltdown fix impact on Redis performances in virtualized environments"

jorgec — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 19:18:27 +0000

I agree. For most cases, the fix is worst than the solution.

New comment by jorgec in "The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy"

jorgec — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:12:12 +0000

"When you are poor..."

When you are poor, then every DECENT and legal job is fine.

People say that there is not job and its not true. If you find then you could get. However, most jobs are crap but crap that its legal and decent. My first job was 12h x 7 days, however, i enjoyed and earned money. In my second job, i doubled my salary and so on.

There are a lot of people that simply don't want to work. Usually the first job is crap. But most people want a perfect job without having the degree, experience and expertise.

And if you can't find a job then join the army.

New comment by jorgec in "A wall of lava lamps helps encrypt the internet"

jorgec — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:57:53 +0000

Generating a random number by using microseconds as a seed is more than enough for practically every single case. It still hasn't been cracked or predicted.

Some people say that, in theory, it could be cracked however, i tried and its impossible, modern computers are so complex and fast that it gives enough entropy.

New comment by jorgec in "Three Years on Google App Engine"

jorgec — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:41:07 +0000

Cloud is worth if you are in the range of $10-$200. Other that, there are better alternatives.

New comment by jorgec in "Three Years on Google App Engine"

jorgec — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:38:57 +0000

Google App Engine (GAE) was cool because it was for free. Then, Google started charging (really expensive), i got enough with it and i quit.

New comment by jorgec in "Dude, You Broke the Future [video]"

jorgec — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 11:54:03 +0000

I predicted a future with flying cars and its not happening.

Was i wrong? no, its the future that is wrong! (sarcasm).

New comment by jorgec in "The Worst Job in Technology: Staring at Human Depravity to Keep It Off Facebook"

jorgec — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 11:44:45 +0000

It starts censoring topics that are illegal, then topics that aren't family friendly and finally, it will end censoring point of view and free speech.

Its 1984 all over.

Im not an anarchist however, if something is illegal then go ahead and cut it but, censoring without a legal cause is a crime.

New comment by jorgec in "Maintenance often matters more than innovation (2016)"

jorgec — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:59:47 +0000

Is called business continuity.

New comment by jorgec in "A beginner’s guide to getting started in the cryptocurrency world"

jorgec — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:42:53 +0000

Bitcoin in a nutshell: A small group of companies decide the price of bitcoin arbitrary, the price is not backed by real money or a commodity but thin air. The price is not even decided by supply and demand.

New comment by jorgec in "What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf]"

jorgec — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:14:21 +0000

In small companies, a software engineer is a social job, it requires to talks with lot of people, specially with the customer (may be not all customers) but also, with others colleagues, with the people of infrastructure, sometime even with the people of finances (such as asking for a new server), with marketing or sales (if any), with design and so on.

In a big business, a software engineer is only a cogs that follows specific orders. I remember a blog of a former engineer of Microsoft that talked about it, he said that, in the past, Microsoft was direct, and having a technical meeting with Bill Gates was something usual. However, the company grow and those perks are long gone, now MS has a lot of bureaucracy and level and sub levels of complexity (so many executives and managers).

New comment by jorgec in "What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf]"

jorgec — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:07:21 +0000

Memory? It depends, knowing technical knowledge by memory is useless since we could use google. However, if memory means EXPERIENCE then, its a different matter. A seasoned engineer costs a lot more for this reason.

New comment by jorgec in "What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf]"

jorgec — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:04:27 +0000

A good engineer solves problems in the most feasible and working way possible. If its fast, cheap and usable then its fine. A good software engineer solves problems by generating software. Its amazing the amount of self called software engineers that are unable to design from start to end a simple software. So, a good software engineer is mainly a PROGRAMMER.

New comment by jorgec in "Are EV certificates worth the paper they're written on?"

jorgec — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:58:23 +0000

Most companies don't care about the EV, aka the GREEN BAR.

For example, Paypal and Apple care but not Google, Amazon or Microsoft. So, its not a matter of costs but its usability that its practically NIL. Even Ycombinator is not using it.

As a developer, i am found that practically all customers don't care about the URL, in fact, most customer don't see the url at all.

New comment by jorgec in "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation (2009)"

jorgec — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:48:56 +0000

> Whether we like it or not, people will seek out chemicals to make their day better, be it chocolate, coffee, wine, or heroine.

Its excuse.

New comment by jorgec in "Mozilla Files Cross-Complaint Against Yahoo Holdings and Oath"

jorgec — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:44:42 +0000

Since where Mozilla is the good guy?. In fact, since Mozilla fired one of the founders for political reason, Mozilla is turning from bad to worse: a) Is breaking plugins just for the good of change. b) The browser is bloating more and more for each new version. c) Is adding new features that never asked for.

Developers aren't happy, customers aren't happy and now, partners aren't happy. Google is happy.

New comment by jorgec in "The Moral Urgency of Mental Health"

jorgec — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:27:51 +0000

psychotherapy is less than 10% effective. In fact, its almost no science.

New comment by jorgec in "Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting"

jorgec — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:11:36 +0000

He who follows two hares catches neither.

New comment by jorgec in "Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting"

jorgec — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:09:07 +0000

If you are a bad student then every single teacher is bad.

btw, laptop for notes is a joke. A pen+paper is way more effective, cheaper and usable.

New comment by jorgec in "Settling Video Game Arguments, Part 1: Game Reviews"

jorgec — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:24:34 +0000

Videogames use art but its not art. Or more specifically, its not created for their artistic value. Videogames are a amusement product over an artistic product.

For example, a stunning artistic videogame but boring versus a ugly game but funny.