Detrus

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by Detrus 14y ago
Yea, for me standing desk feels like a must. If I am living in computer land for long periods I'll get lethargic and unproductive sitting. I don't do cardio, only strength training. Got my deadlift at 340 lb now but probably can't run 5 min
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by Detrus 14y ago
I got comfy with standing at 5'9" 160 pounds. My squat was 150 x 12 reps, deadlift around the same. I use only the coffee table, no DIY keyboard add on. I have a laptop at the far end of the table from me, hands stretched out, leaning on de
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by Detrus 14y ago
OP: how tall are you, how much do you weight, you much do you squat? There must be some common stats that will predict wether you're ready for a standing desk. The weekend trips sounds like serious exercise. Maybe you don't eat enough after
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by Detrus 14y ago
But it also costs programmer time to tweak software for weak hardware. Sometimes it makes sense to spend that time on setting up a few big iron servers yourself.
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by Detrus 14y ago
I never drink any sugary juices or candy. Eat lots of fruits and veggies, also bread, milk and nuts. And I have terrible tooth decay. Seems a bit silly to compare pHs of various junk foods. Drinking a better pH won't make much difference. T
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by Detrus 14y ago
I wonder how this relates to the Decline Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_effect
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by Detrus 14y ago
If we assume the grad students are in on it, it's because they'd want to move their careers forward. They're probably working in well established fields where returns for effort spent are diminishing. See the chart at http://cognitivesocia
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by Detrus 14y ago
But Columbus is an legend precisely because he didn't just explore, he created a beachhead which is more important historically than plain exploration.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Well the data looks close enough to these theories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere
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by Detrus 14y ago
Well obviously with 100+ upvotes the author is likable enough and didn't need to use slimy positivity or other tricks.
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Mind Reader Reveals Gift(youtu.be)
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by Detrus 14y ago
Widespread cheating reveals a bigger problem. These sites are commonly used for self promotion but they lack a mechanism to give everyone a minimum amount of attention so they can see if there is any interest in their product/content. I wou
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by Detrus 14y ago
The current Go homepage is surprisingly good functionally and aesthetically. PHP, Clojure, Haskell sites look like monolithic corporate website templates aesthetically. The main problem is with the author who can't appreciate good design wh
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by Detrus 14y ago
Their blog ID system doesn't compensate for it. The single color icons with generic shapes don't register. They need a face or some fancy complex visual. And it needs to be large. Obviously you don't have this problem on Google+ and Faceboo
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by Detrus 14y ago
http://imgs.isidewith.com/results-image/85040485.jpg Haven't been following elections, never heard of Jill Stein or Gary Johnson.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Dieter Rams as any other designer would do lots of iteration before coming up with a design to meet the 10 principles. At some point with hardware you have to settle on something for the long haul. Somehow people managed in that A/B testing
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by Detrus 14y ago
The brain changes with age and perceives the passage of time differently. Just like your face changes with age and perceives touch differently. The pop science is here: http://www.quora.com/Why-does-time-feel-like-it-goes-faster-... http
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by Detrus 14y ago
Go is advertised as feeling scripty and light but I don't think it really shakes the systems programming feel. Idiomatic Go has a lot of error checking which adds verbosity. It would be nice to have a language you can do scripty stuff with
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by Detrus 14y ago
Patents are naive obsolete laws that had well intentioned principles behind them. The other elephant in the room is tech culture that readily accepts copycats or competitors that aim for a proven market to cash in on me-too success with no
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by Detrus 14y ago
That did it. Only it kept my custom Google engine and added the old one back, which I had to make default.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Oh oops. Deleted the original, will need a fix for that too.
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by Detrus 14y ago
How old is this article? Seems that most JS MVC frameworks appeared after it was written.
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by Detrus 14y ago
You're assuming that simple CRUD apps will still be interesting in the future. It's possible that future apps will be CPU-bound. It would be nice to have a language that lets you prototype quickly but also build the real deal efficiently. A
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by Detrus 14y ago
Change the music, it is for preppy teenage girls that bring back terrible memories for nerds.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Probably but got used to it quicker than to standing. It depends on individual's height.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Yes. When I first got it ($10 Ikea side table, similar to OP setup) it was hard to stand and concentrate on work for a few weeks. Now I barely notice it and much prefer to stand. Sitting makes me antsy. I also started working out around tha
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by Detrus 14y ago
I bought a similar Ikea side table for $10. I use a laptop so I can take it down and sit. No extra work for keyboard is required. And mine matches the color of the sitting desk.
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by Detrus 14y ago
It's only appropriate for the narrow use case of a print designer showing off their book/magazine print work. Otherwise it will be used inappropriately because it's a cool effect and might impress someone who hasn't seen it before.
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by Detrus 14y ago
Yes it is very common.
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by Detrus 14y ago
SSDs haven't replaced spinning HDs yet. And probably won't for slow read but massive storage. They handle the functionality of general use with 300GB HDs but that's some ways off current multi-terabyte spinning disks. And those might increa

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