ConradHex

11 ms·

1. 61.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   I couldn't read it all, it was too infuriating.
2. 62.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   Is it because the supply of gold is, in theory, somewhat stable?
3. 63.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   I've been switching my domains to namecheap, but this is for personal stuff, not business.
4. 64.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   Ugh. I'm guessing "CHUG!" is frowned upon.
5. 65.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   I've been asked it maybe half of my interviews. If you're going for an interview, be ready for this one. I've had at least one interviewer be very persistent about it. There should be an equivalent question for interviewees to ask - how abo
6. 66.▲
   Ask HN: What are you doing differently due to the "economic crisis"?

   3 points by ConradHex 18y ago|2 comments
7. 67.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   Didn't Grim Fandango use lua? EDIT: link: http://www.grimfandango.net/?page=articles&pagenumber=2
8. 68.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   Ouch. The site is not only down, it's showing source code that includes the database username and password. EDIT: up now
9. 69.▲
   by ConradHex 18y ago

   Also: I recall reading another book where the author wrote that he offered to work for free, and was turned down. And it was a huge blow to his ego. Not every company wants to deal with unpaid interns.
10. 70.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    Isn't it possible that the trauma of living through war actually lowers your IQ a bit? It's not a huge difference here, a few IQ points.
11. 71.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I'm still not sure how that's such a ginormous amount of money.
12. 72.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    Yeah. Actually, a better analogy would be alcohol use, since drug use is illegal (and WoW playing isn't). What if a company had a bad experience with an alcoholic employee, so they refused to hire anyone who drinks at all?
13. 73.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    >I had to explain what "tag" was. That's really scary. I can imagine the conversation. "It's a game that children play." "Chil...dren?"
14. 74.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I always ask "if I started this position today, what tasks would you assign me?" It's a really informative question.
15. 75.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    Subversion, in my experience, is worth the effort of switching from cvs. It's a breeze to set up, and it's a lot cleaner than cvs.
16. 76.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I think people who never drink, may tend to do so for religious reasons. If someone has never had a drink, they could have a tendency for alcoholism that never has a chance to manifest itself. So maybe that justifies excluding teetotalers f
17. 77.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    Exactly. I was so excited, too. "Does it have a mini nuclear reactor?"
18. 78.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I'm not a Java programmer, at least at the moment. But if what the author writes is accurate about Java keeping all sorts of cruft because Sun doesn't want to break backwards compatibility, then it's interesting to note that one of Java's a
19. 79.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I read this as "Java is dead" in the sense that it isn't evolving any more in any useful way.
20. 80.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    The Inquirer is a pretty crappy news site, with a really weird spin on everything.
21. 81.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    There's significant gray area there, and plenty of room for confusion.
22. 82.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    It's such an apples-vs-oranges comparison, and it's also largely a personal choice. I do play the card game over the online game, though, regularly. People who've played lots of Magic say that the WoW card game is a better game than Magic,
23. 83.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    It sounds like the problem isn't "getting enough traffic", it's getting people to stay, or to come back. Are you focusing on that?
24. 84.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I haven't tried Spoils. It's the World of Warcraft TCG. Very fun. EDIT: It's been out a couple years now, and is going pretty strong. Check it out if you get a chance.
25. 85.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    On a good Friday night, I go to the local comic shop and play a collectible card game. (One that's sort of like Magic: the Gathering, but different.) I know, I know. Wild times, right? I enjoy it a lot, though. You get to use your brain, it
26. 86.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I can't imagine things would be so bad that companies would be eager to layoff interns. You'd have to layoff like 10 interns to equal one reasonably experienced employee.
27. 87.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I think the right way to handle that crisis would be to support them in their decision, but make sure they aren't directly competing with Fog Creek. Maintain contact, and make a gentleman's agreement that they won't poach people from Fog Cr
28. 88.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    As he says in the article, programmers were having trouble working because the window treatments they had weren't effective.
29. 89.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    >"It actually works pretty well, but I have to disguise my (North London) accent with a terrible folksy Texan tourist voice to get results. I can see this is going to be the source of much amusement and confusion." I love it!
30. 90.▲
    by ConradHex 18y ago

    I don't want to get political here, but I would think Joe would want to get a license to be a plumber, or have his own business, or the means to buy one, before he started advertising. Joe's a crummy example, in other words.