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asfdsfggtfd··on How not to structure database-backed web apps: performance bugs in the wild
With an add on Django even displays them in the browser!
asfdsfggtfd··on How not to structure database-backed web apps: performance bugs in the wild
All the ORMs I have used can easily do the equivalent of this

     select count(*) from cars where condition;
If programmers are doing what you say that they are then the programmers are the problem not the library.

Furthermore most ORMs (certainly any that I would consider using!) allow escaped SQL to be used - and if the query gets much more complicated than a couple of where clauses I consider using this feature.

A decent ORM used well allows programmers to program faster on the simple stuff but still write fast code for the complex stuff.

asfdsfggtfd··on Running graphics-accelerated GUI apps in LXD containers on a Ubuntu desktop
So including Xephyr this is a reasonable way to sandbox a browser? To the same level of reasonable as browsing in any virtual machine is.

Is this sort of thing possible with Wayland? If so does Wayland already enforce the necessary process isolation or does something like Xephr for Wayland need to be developed first?

asfdsfggtfd··on Don't Provide Your References to a Recruiter Until After Your Last Interview
Yes but the unscrupulous ones will be happy to give and receive fake reviews. The more honest ones won't. So it will be hard to tell the difference between a bad recruiter (fake positive and real negative reviews) and a good recruiter (real positive and fake negative reviews).
asfdsfggtfd··on A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’
To the downvoter. I'm sorry you don't like this (I don't either) but you can't downvote away facts.
asfdsfggtfd··on A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’
The UK has been phasing this out..
asfdsfggtfd··on A Quiet Evening’s Reading: ‘Notable British Trials’
How would you propose treating people found not guilty legally?
asfdsfggtfd··on Facial recognition CEO: software is not ready for use by law enforcement
When traveling to e.g. the USA arrests have to be declared on the online visa waiver. Similar for other countries. I have no idea what happens if you have any arrests but I assume it is not totally convenient. Even if your record might be sealed/not public in your countries does not mean you can ignore this section of the form.
asfdsfggtfd··on Facial recognition CEO: software is not ready for use by law enforcement
You have a lot more faith in the justice system than others.

NB that being arrested once can hinder someone from getting Visas or jobs in the future and can result in social exclusion.

asfdsfggtfd··on Running graphics-accelerated GUI apps in LXD containers on a Ubuntu desktop
I'm going to edit my original question in light of this comment.
asfdsfggtfd··on Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
This is the advice given by banks and anti-fraud agencies. NB in some countries landlines can remain on a call for several minutes after the call receiver has hung up. A phisher will play a dial tone etc to make it seem realistic. The advice is to either wait 10 minutes (longer?) or preferably call back on another line if you receive a suspicious call.
asfdsfggtfd··on Running graphics-accelerated GUI apps in LXD containers on a Ubuntu desktop
How secure is this (when also running the GUI using Xephr)? Compared to say running Virtual Box VMs or Quebes or LXD virtual machines?

EDITED in response to a comment.

asfdsfggtfd··on Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service
Not everything listed but mailinator works in Tor Browser... Might be a starting point for the pre-existing email account...
asfdsfggtfd··on Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
I think just call back on one of their listed numbers and explain.
asfdsfggtfd··on Europe's first solar panel recycling plant opens in France
Not really. For example it takes similar amounts of energy to turn glass into glass of another shape than sand into glass.
asfdsfggtfd··on Darpa Literally Reinvented the Wheel for Army Combat Vehicles
Being shot is the most important time. This is when the wheel is going to be put under the most stress and it is most important that it performs...
asfdsfggtfd··on Darpa Literally Reinvented the Wheel for Army Combat Vehicles
Being shot is the most important time. This is when the wheel is going to be put under the most stress and it is most important that it performs...
asfdsfggtfd··on Darpa Literally Reinvented the Wheel for Army Combat Vehicles
Being shot is the most important time. This is when the wheel is going to be put under the most stress...
asfdsfggtfd··on Darpa Literally Reinvented the Wheel for Army Combat Vehicles
But there are millions of young males in the US alone who are more careful than millions of young females.

The effects of testosterone are far from as simple as you suggest. It tends to lead to higher competitiveness. This is not quite the same as recklessness.

Meanwhile during normal usage the driver (of whatever gender) is likely to be getting shot at. This will tend to have a larger affect than their gender.

asfdsfggtfd··on Darpa Literally Reinvented the Wheel for Army Combat Vehicles
What does them being male have to do with anything?

Are you implying that being male means that they must be reckless? Or that if they were female they would automatically be careful and gentle? Careful throwing around those negative stereotypes.

EDIT: The driver is likely to be getting shot at. This is going to be an order of magnitude more important than slight gender differences.

asfdsfggtfd··on Convergence to Kubernetes
You can set it up so that the user doesn't have to type sudo docker. But they still effectively have root access via docker.

I guess it gives some social pressure not to do superuser things?

asfdsfggtfd··on Big fish are found deep not because of age, climate, or prey, but because of us
Is it a convenient excuse? Climate change would imply that it is not the salmon industry's fault that salmon populations are changing. The industry person suggested overfishing patterns are the cause. This puts the blame firmly on the fishing industry...
asfdsfggtfd··on Design Tip: Never Use Black (2012)
Interestingly some of those who are colorblind actually see color contrasts that other people don't see. Color vision is an interesting subject.
asfdsfggtfd··on Design Tip: Never Use Black (2012)
It is pretty binary. If I can't understand your slides because you have one set of points in red and the other in green I walk away and ignore your presentation.

Colorblindness also has very well established definitions. Note: learning what words mean should come before trying to redefine them.

asfdsfggtfd··on Design Tip: Never Use Black (2012)
You are in many ways correct. Except that styling often crosses over into encoding information without the styler realizing it.
asfdsfggtfd··on Design Tip: Never Use Black (2012)
5% of males are red-green colorblind. Never mix red and green. If you do 2.5% of your audience have just stopped using your product/looking at your presentation.
asfdsfggtfd··on When the bubble bursts
If you have 100 examples and a high number of dimensions you will end up with a very over-fitted model.
asfdsfggtfd··on When the bubble bursts
If your model doesn't beat a reasonable benchmark created using some business intuition then this is a bad idea.
asfdsfggtfd··on When the bubble bursts
As a single batch job that won't be repeated this doesn't sound like a good candidate for ML. ML is more suited to on-going processes.

Why would you use server instances in Azure to do ML? Something like Google CloudML (I'm sure that the other major cloud providers do managed Tensorflow as well I've just never tried it on their platforms) would be a better fit to a project with only two technical staff. Your two staff probably spent a combined total of one-person-month working on infrastructure.

Your issue with small data is very real. People need to stop trying to do ML on small datasets. The results will be sub-optimal.

asfdsfggtfd··on Released and Certified: Qt Safe Renderer
Surely it's more that you should obtain certified binaries of openssl from a third party?
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