MattPie

It's just a bit too rich for me, but if I were in the market for a new car I'd certainly be looking at it. 3 years ago not a chance (even with today's car) because I drove a lot more. Now if I'm going somewhere, it's in Van-dor so my car rarely goes anywhere other than work and errands, the ideal option for an electric car. I'm seriously considering "downgrading" my car to something small and cheap to own to save money. If I want fun, I still have a bike.

The Surface/Surface Pro is a pretty cool piece of tech, but as Wildcard points out you're essentially locked into what you buy. No upgrades, I'm not even sure you could install a different OS is that's your thing. You're paying a premium for thin and light as well, since a similar spec 2-in-1 laptop will be cheaper. It's all about what your priorities are. To answer the question, an Atom Surface will be fine if you're looking for a very portable device to do the basics on for the next few years. If you have more-than basics in mind (games, photoshop, etc. etc.) or plan to use it as your primary system for more than a few years, it may struggle.

Make it stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-zqHDLb-no

The NFL draft is a different animal. There are so many positions that even if you're half-way down the 1st round, you might end up picking the top player in whatever position. Other than a few special guys (QBs, etc.), being first overall isn't that much better than being 10th in terms of player impact.

I was curious about the Boggle board too, so unless there's some device that I don't know about (not unlikely), the interview question is talking about the "board" game Boggle (the one with the letter dice/cubes and finding words). The blog post below does a better job on describing the whole thing but essentially, the way most people would implement, start with a cube, then look at each adjacent cube, and each adjacent cube from there, etc. and compare that to the dictionary takes FOR-EV-ER. The more efficient way is to look for every word in the dictionary (taking a few shortcuts) in turn and check the board for the first letter, then if that's found, the next letter, adjacent, etc. I hadn't heard this question before, but it seems like one of those classic interview questions that companies like to ask to demonstrate out of the box thinking. I'm sure those work for awhile but eventually people learn the answer so it's tough to tell whether the candidate is brilliant or has heard it before (since the answer is almost always "simple" once you learn the trick). Why are manhole covers round? (another classic) http://exceptional-code.blogspot.com/2012/02/solving-boggle-game-recursion-prefix.html

Joe needs to shut up, there are still a few games left. If Buffalo loses those 80-0 combined we know who to blame. :)

Just like I would if someone came up with a novel application of an existing law to help others do their job.

This is pretty cool, I'm just going to leave it here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx MS has created an emulation layer to run real Linux binaries on Windows (10, maybe others). This isn't virtualization or recompiling, they've written software that takes the Linux system calls and translates them on the fly to Windows system calls. If anyone is familiar with WINE on Linux, this is the opposite direction.

Please Please Please make it Auston Matthews-themed! :)

Dubbed with NR turned on, playback with NR turned off. The extra boost on the highs from NR makes the cassette sound much brighter. :)

Ugh, really? You grew up where there are good hot dogs, and you eat those?

You can certainly look at it that, or you can look at it as there's no sense rushing guys back for the last game or three of a lost season, which is what almost every team would do in the same situation.

I wonder if we can get Eichel to change his name to Zeichel so it can be the ZFG line.

That's fair, too. I figured it was the Republicans trying to find a bogey-man (immigrants) and it has the happy side-effect (or it's the point) that the legal voters that don't have ID would skew towards Democrat (as pasta said upthread, poor, urban, etc.). The cost isn't that high ($15 8 years in NYC), but look at this link: http://www.nyc.gov/html/id/html/how/state_dmv.shtml There isn't a single DMV in NYC open past 6PM, and none on weekends.

I'd guess that illegal immigrants are the last people that'll show up to a polling place, really. Think about it from their shoes: they're skirting around the fringe trying not to be noticed, but they're going to go to a polling place and roll the dice that they're not going to get caught? When getting caught means (I presume) arrest and deportation? No, I think they're just going to stay away and work like usual.

Bad argument. Frankly, I don't know many people that don't drive. That doesn't mean they don't exist. My (and your) peers may not be affected by something, that doesn't mean that it isn't an issue.

There's something to be said that stopping a person from legally voting for any reason is larger issue than buying beer. Voting is at the core of democracy, buying beer isn't.

Not quite that old, but you're in the right neighborhood; it's not the ZD8000, but it is the ZD8000's Compaq cousin, the nx9600! "While a lot of laptop manufacturers are producing slimmer and lighter desktop replacements, HP goes the opposite route with the nx9600 Notebook PC's design. The dark-gray system measures a considerable 15.7 inches wide by 11.1 inches deep by 2 inches thick and weighs a hefty 9.4 pounds by itself or 12 pounds with the enormous, three-pronged AC adapter. These dimensions put the nx9600 Notebook PC in hernia-inducing territory, but they also allow for several excellent design features." It's still in the lab here at work, it's as thick as the external CDROM drive that was on the shelf next to it. http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-compaq-nx9600-notebook-pc/#! It's an interesting time for computers, not as much emphasis is being put on Windows/Mac/Linux with the rise of the tablet so the resource requirements have slowed down too. It's already at the point where 5-7 year old laptops are still competent as long as you accept some limits, so buying a decent laptop now (8GB over the standard 4GB) will probably do well for at least 4-5 years and be fine for backup/light usage for years after that.

You've summed up the argument the right is using in the second paragraph. On the surface, yeah, you're right. The question is: does the minimal estimated voter fraud offset the number of people that won't be able to vote because they don't have proper ID. I'd take the Republican argument more seriously if they also proposed that any person that doesn't have another form of picture ID can be issued one for free for the purpose of voting. I'd take the Democrat position more seriously if they did the same thing. In PA, I have a voter registration card that came in the mail. The first time you go to your local polling place they ask for picture ID. I provided it but I don't know what would happen if you didn't have it. In subsequent years, I think I only needed to show my voter card and sign the book.

Not special, but Republicans are pushing that voters need a "government issued picture" ID. The right play this up because they're afraid of in-person voter fraud, Democrats oppose it as people on the fringe (poor, etc.) may not have an ID that applies. I have two forms of government-issued picture ID, my driver's license and a passport. It's not too hard for me to think of someone that doesn't have either of those since they require a certain income to be applicable. Even the government "non-driver ID" costs money, which some people don't have. You could argue this is a poll tax. The negative opinions are the the Democrats are trying to get illegals or perpetrate other voter fraud. There have been very few cases where that's been caught, but who knows. The estimates are very low. The negative view of the Republican stance is they're trying to disenfranchise poor voters or those that for other reasons don't have picture ID (Amish, I suppose, etc.). I'm not sure what side I come down on, other than I'd bet that absentee voting is far more abused than in-person.

My first girlfriend later came out and was going through the process, although she (he now, I presume) cut off contact with everyone. I don't know if that counts.

I'm pretty happy with it, although to be honest it's "my wife's" computer and I don't use it too much. She likes it well enough. Cool. For a developer, there's a lot to be said for getting a big laptop as you're going to be staring at it a lot. :) And, being a young dude it's not the end of the world if you back-pack it around. When I was younger and stupid I carried an old HP 17" work laptop (must have been almost 2" think) to England and back; that thing must have weighed 15 lbs including the gigantic power supply. The doesn't sound like much except I also had my "normal" work laptop in the same pack.

Why would Boston give up an asset for someone they might sign for free on August 15th?

But they'll put, like, 100 's's on Yessssssssssssssss. I can't even.

Do they make a Rauchbier?