FiddlerClamp

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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   Isn't that how Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow got made?
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   I have become a lot more circumspect since I've been on the receiving end of things. I used to slam books I hated having read on Amazon, but after being published, I realized how crushing something like that can be. Just because I think www
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   When I visited Hungary in 1988, I was handed a photocopied paper at the border that stated that "Hungary has no drugs, prostitutes, gangs", and so on...good times. That night we were watching a dubbed version of "9 to 5" on TV, and my mothe
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   Any word processor that can't round-trip Word files without messing up formatting (and specifically headers/footers, track changes, and text boxes) is not going to succeed for people who collaborate with others in Word. I've tried every onl
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   I had the first full-keyboard portable, the TRS-80 Model 100 which Dad was still using into the 90s. I also had the very first ultralight laptop - the NEC Ultralite (4lbs, no hard drive, solid-state!) back in '88. Good times, but you spend
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   I was applying for a temp position and said I knew Office 97 when I only knew 95, and not the advanced stuff. The temp agency had a computerized test for Office, which displayed a real Office UI and a text bar above that would say things li
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   I take my cell phone and iPod, and ask the waitstaff to please keep an eye on the laptop (which I've locked to the login screen). I figure that's good enough.
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   Another reason is that you get into an arguing match. Interviewer: "I don't think you have the skills for the job." Interviewee: "Sure I do! Etc."
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   by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

   My experience with an unusual resume: Fed up with the way that Monster forced candidates to break down their resumes into tiny text boxes (this was back in 2000), I wrote a narrative that could fit into those boxes. Eventually I strung it
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    I will usually buy an iced coffee freeze (or whatever they're called) + pastry when I sit down. Once I finish the freeze, I'll buy root beers and bottled water as I go through them.
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    Could be worse - could be Daniel Eran Dilger.
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    Archos has several nice players which also run apps, but their primary attraction is being able to play virtually any type of video without re-encoding. Negatives: poor support for older models and charging extra for codec packs.
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    I prefer "officer", which is just as respectful, and reminds them that they are an officer of the law -- not my boss.
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    It's been deleted or moved, I take it?
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    In Carl Sagan's 'Contact', "Ellie, acting upon a suggestion by the senders of the message, works on a program which computes the digits of π to record lengths and in different bases. Very, very far from the decimal point (1020) and in base
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    by FiddlerClamp 16y ago

    I'm a marketing/technical writer, and I've been wondering this too. A lot of startups do the writing themselves, it seems, and it can suffer as a result. Do people at startups ask their buddies for recommendations? I haven't seen many posts