HedgeMage

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1. 91.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I second the Prosody recommendation. I'm in the process of migrating my Jabber server to it, and it's quite slick.
2. 92.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I wonder... what percentage of Emacs users actually prefer video to text? I'd think that particular demographic would lean toward "I can read faster than you can demo, so just get on with it already".
3. 93.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I don't bother... I'd rather spend my time on paying work, or on one of the open source projects I'm already involved with, than on a contest that will pay less than my paying work (and may pay nothing at all) to create something likely to
4. 94.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I really never know what to say to posts that so ineptly and incorrectly support the correct conclusion.
5. 95.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   227 Here Though there's just something wrong with a "hacker test" that starts counting at 1 instead of 0.
6. 96.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I recently went from a 14.1" to a 15.4" The 14 was much more comfortable to use on a plane (I flew much more often back when I bought it), but I rarely fly any more. What I have done a lot of lately is take "working vacations" where my lapt
7. 97.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   I'm somewhere in-between. I use a nickname (HedgeMage) because it is easy for people to remember, and more commonly available than my very common real name (Susan Stewart). Additionally, since some of my work is under my maiden name, and
8. 98.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   Long before the adjustable or standing desk was fashionable (long before I was a grown-up and could buy my own desk), I had an old workbench of my dad's and a drafting stool. To date, it's the best work set-up I've ever had, and I plan to
9. 99.▲
   by HedgeMage 15y ago

   In this, I defer to the expertise of monkeys worldwide. ^^^ How many things can you say that about? ;)
10. 100.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Thanks, kerryfalk, you got my point exactly. :)
11. 101.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    When did I say "everyone is like this"? My point was merely that co-founders with very different lifestyles may not be terribly compatible, and that age is not a good predictor of that.
12. 102.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    That's where solving real-world problems and building something I'm proud of come in -- without knowing what the startup's customer will be like, how could I possibly be more specific?
13. 103.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Something where I get to solve interesting problems. The perfect start-up for me looks a lot like this: * I get to keep my family in Indianapolis (and actually spend time with them). * I need to analyze problems and create s
14. 104.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Hint: the definition of "autism" has broadened considerably (especially if you take into account the legal definition in the US, which is even broader than the medical one), and there is a great deal of financial incentive to diagnose a chi
15. 105.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    I don't think it's about money as much as lifestyle -- the OP misses this entirely by assuming that both entrepreneurs are single and without children. Something interesting I observed at Startup Weekend here in Indy last fall: When it came
16. 106.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    To be honest, I think that supporting OID/OAUTH would help you get traction -- lowering barriers to entry is especially important when you are just getting started. Building something like this has been on my "someday, if ever I have free t
17. 107.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    I recently co-authored a book for a major tech publisher. They formatted it using -- I kid you not -- MS Word. The late stages of the editing process (where I was working with the publisher's .doc files instead of just sending them text) w
18. 108.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    This is exactly what I meant: I could make due with what I've already found for learning the syntax of Python -- but I haven't yet found the one that teaches me to think in Python.
19. 109.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    A teacher charting the heights of students in the class or showing a movie is not revolutionary. Insisting that it is both makes the author look stupid, and avoids the real issues troubling public education in America -- among the worst of
20. 110.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    I feel for you. In college I was the lone CS major living in the fine arts dorm! When I did try to get a group together (no reason they can't work on sketches or whatever while I code, right) it always descended into me trying to help peo
21. 111.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    D'Nealian is not efficient -- it's yet another form of looped cursive (which I already spoke a bit about in another comment). Italic is far superior to any kind of looped cursive.
22. 112.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    First impressions: * This is just nifty. * You want people to agree to an empty ToS? WTF? Fill it in or eliminate the checkbox. * It would be very nice if OpenID could be used to create an account / login. * This is something I'd actuall
23. 113.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    That's the same one I linked to -- but it's much less expensive on the authors' site than on Amazon. :)
24. 114.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    My most-used fountain pen is retractable. It's called the Namiki Vanishing Point. The Pilot Fermo and Pilot Decimo also retract. (Namiki and Pilot are different divisions of the same company.) Even a $100-$200 fountain pen is far more co
25. 115.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    FYI, writing caused me pain if I did it for more than a line or two, and was always a slow and laborious process. It turned out I'm predisposed to RSI -- a load of vitamin B6 plus learning to write cursive italic, plus switching to fountai
26. 116.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    There is a revival of cursive going on -- it's brought up frequently in the writing, parenting, and education fora a participate in. Cursive is so problematic in the US not because it is hard to learn, useless, or requires a massive inves
27. 117.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Thanks for the recommendation, serialx; this (along with Essential Reference) is contending to be my next purchase. :)
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    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    I've always seen it as a way to key people in to the fact that this is something one did just to try it out, and not something one is emotionally invested in. Communicating that may, in theory, get people to be more honest/brutal in their
29. 119.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Upvoted for the insight on why I'm having trouble finding a K&R equivalent for Python. I bought "Learning Python" because it covers both 2.x and 3.x, but found it absolutely unnavigable as a reference. It might work well for people w
30. 120.▲
    by HedgeMage 15y ago

    Thanks, angrycoder, this sounds like the closest thing to what I'm looking for.