matart

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matarton Why Software Outsourcing Doesn't Work Anymore

In my limited experience you are spot on. Non technical people cannot manage these projects. They don't really understand the project themselves and by outsourcing they think they get to pass their problems on down the line.

These people only look at cost and cannot determine skill level or product quality. It ends up costing 2-3 times as much if they went with a real developer from the start.

matarton Show HN: Exposé – a static site generator for photos and videos

Looks like an MIT license has recently been added

matarton Debian Dropping the Linux Standard Base

From what I understand from the parent post is that xdg-open on any given system does not seem to work in a repeatable way.

matarton Two Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges

I would assume just media wise

matarton Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors Hire Women

As a younger male about to finish his software engineering degree and start applying I agree with these points. I am intimidated at the rigorous testing some companies use. I don't have the confidence that others might have in there ability.

I am ultimately looking for a mentoring workplace ( just to start) where I can build my confidence quickly and start producing for the company.

matarton NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head

  NSA takes seriously ethics laws and regulations at all levels of the organization

I think they mean only if the public finds out

matarton Show HN: CheckUp – Social network suicide prevention in Go

Very interesting. Thanks for the response!

matarton Show HN: CheckUp – Social network suicide prevention in Go

How accurate do you think this can be? What happens if I write a facebook update that says, as an example:

I don't believe I have ever said "I feel depressed"

Would this be flagged? Does it only take one post to be flagged or is it looking for recurring behaviour?

matarton For Hire: Dedicated Young Man With Down Syndrome

I am unsure of the details but there is a "nursing home" for mentally disabled people across from my house (in Canada). It has careworkers there 24 hours. They come and go as they please (the door does lock though and they need to wait to be let it). Families come and visit. It seems like a great thing to have.

It is also close to a university so some will take courses and others find small jobs on campus, if they can.

matarton Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose

But I want to watch my netflix without having to jump through more hoops than I do already (running it on Linux).

And I know my family who is not tech savvy will just have to move to a browser that allows Youtube, Netflix, and whatever else requires this DRM.

I don't like it but I don't think firefox would make it otherwise.

matarton $10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students

This sounds great but I can't take advantage in Canada because we don't use .edu emails.

matarton Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose

The content providers start blocking firefox from accessing their content. It will eventually be easier to use chrome, IE, or whatever instead of using a work around to keep on firefox. It will lose a large portion of its user base and then its funding as it won't bring in as much from default search provider contracts etc

matarton Follow up to the investigation results

Rhoma identified the employees she wanted to talk to based on an initial list we provided, the evidence she gathered, employees who asked to speak with her, people Julie asked her to speak with, and anyone else she determined was relevant, including Julie herself

You have to read the article if you are going to comment on it.

matarton An Introduction to the Go Language

But Node isn't a language. JavaScript does not have a web server in its standard library.