AgentConundrum

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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   "[S]tudy," in that sentence, was supposed to mean "studying" rather than a paper. My intent was to separate the sorts of books that you might read end to end from the sort that sit on a shelf until you need to extract some specific piece of
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Yeah, I had something in my head when I went to create this, but in the process of defining it I discovered the question was rather flawed. I had an idea for a project that rather relied (at least as far as early monetization) on developers
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   If I'm missing any important options, let me know and I'll add them. Also, if my choices above are really skewed or inaccurate, I can make a new post with better choices.
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Other. See my comment below.
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   Poll HN: How often do you read technical books?

   4 points by AgentConundrum 16y ago|5 comments
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Never. I learn via online resources and trial and error.
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Rarely. Perhaps one or two books per year.
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Frequently. I like to pick up a book and learn something new at least once per quarter.
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   by AgentConundrum 16y ago

   Often. I'm constantly refining my skills, and adding new tools to my belt, so I go through books nearly as fast as I can read them.
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    I tried two different posts I wrote (in fact, the entire contents of my rebooted blog, since RSI has kept me down lately), as well as one half-written post, and apparently they all appeared to be Dan Brown works. I'm not quite sure what to
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    I read an article (found via SearchYC actually) earlier today about this. While I definitely understand how that emotional turmoil can lead to psychosomatic symptoms, I don't think that is what is happening here. My last job, by pretty much
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    I'm considering going back to school at some point in the distant future, assuming I can save enough cash that it becomes feasible. I know how this sounds since I'm typing this comment, but I've been really afraid to write lately. The pro
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    I've lurked HN for a long time, barely even commenting, so of course I realized the sort of people who frequent this site. Despite this, I did a double take when I read your username. I just got told off by the Zed Shaw! Sorry, I digress.
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    I may have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and I'd appreciate some advice. (Long Post)

    7 points by AgentConundrum 16y ago|10 comments
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    It wasn't just Coding Horror that got hit. The StackOverflow blog was also gone for days. StackOverflow (meaning the QA site itself) wasn't affected. Also, the point still stands that Jeff should have had his own backups as well, rather tha
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    by AgentConundrum 16y ago

    What you are missing: build the product first I wasn't missing that, though I definitely gave the impression that I had. My intention had always been to just sort of throw them both online, the ad-supported idea going first to prove to my
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    I've only seen two of his interviews so far (Alexis Ohanian and Paul Graham), but I had the exact same reaction. After a nice interview I was actually interested in, there's this abrupt change into what felt like an attention grab. There's
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    For obvious reasons this would never happen, but it would be pretty cool to see Google unindex Facebook entirely. They could state that Facebook has made it clear that as Google did not have prior written permission to index their content (
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    javascript:document.body.style.background = "#fff";void(0);
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    Orange, as per the GP's complaint.
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    How have I never figured this out before? It seems so obvious in retrospect. I have keyword searches setup in Firefox for StackOverflow, ServerFault, and SuperUser, but I hated getting blog and meta results in my StackOverflow searches. Thi
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    Isn't this what StackOverflow does? I remember reading some chatter about them replacing users amazon affiliate tags with their own. Amazon links on that site get changed to point to rads.stackoverflow.com which sounds like it violates the
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    > Known in real life as Luke Taylor I don't quite know why, but I was struck by this phrase when I read the article. It almost seems to be saying something the definitions of our 'real life' identities as opposed to, or in addition to,
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    I can't take credit for it. I saw this yesterday on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/akhp0/happy_2357111317...
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    Thanks. This was only my third comment on HN, so I guess I wasn't sure what to expect of the commenting system. It's my fault for not reviewing the post after submitting it though.
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    Similar idea, but with the first 8 primes: 2010 = 2 * 3 * 5 * (7+11+13+17+19)
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    I've heard that single bills are the norm in the US (I don't actually know if this is true, however), but up here in Canada this is a solved problem. When you order, you simply tell your server who is paying for what (e.g. "separate bills",
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    by AgentConundrum 17y ago

    > I guess I can not link to the blog post... Well, I sort of can: http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:9vLV7YkK14sJ:www.codingh...