MartinCron

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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   This is total conjecture on my part, but part of this mentality might lie in the fact that Craigslist is user-moderated. You shouldn't be circumventing the duplicate, spam, and misleading entries (which helps only you) you should be seeing
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   I just read it for you and there's not a single reference to linear algebra, it should be a safe read.
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   Agreed. I'm a fanboy now, and will go out of my way to stay at one of his boutique hotels the next time I'm in California.
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   What one random developer writes on his MSDN blog doesn't mean anything more than what any other random developer writes on an MSDN blog. Microsoft is way too big and has way too many developers to draw conclusions like that. I've done cons
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   Wow, people are still writing more and more words on unit testing with absolutely no new ideas. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   Even if you don't agree with what he has to say, his writing, especially for Inc. Is really good. I'm having a hard time seeing the comparison of FogBugz vs. Mystery competitor (consensus says Atlassian?) and Oracle vs. Ingress. Picking a
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   And don't store birthdays of anyone older (currently) than 39. I had a bug where I was enforcing epoch time for birthdates (Why? Long story) It worked when I (born in 1976) tested it, but it totally exploded when my more senior (in years)
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   I agree with markbao above, but I thought you might like some more constructive feedback than "holy shit". People aren't afraid of scrolling, so you can use your vertical space better. You could put the description/call to action closer to
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   by MartinCron 17y ago

   Thanks! That looks like a very useful tool.
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    I recently realized that between FogBugz (which my company uses for bugs, to-do items, and wiki) and Kiln (which my company is now using for Source Control/Code Reviews), the Fog Creek products are emerging as a Bizarro-world version of Mic
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    Don't get me wrong, I love Consolas, but having all of the letters be the same width doesn't make sometthing more readable. When was the last time you saw a book or newspaper in Courier New? When I started my non-monospaced experiment 2 yea
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    But that is exactly how my next-line key behaves, my cursor is always exactly where it should be. It's not like your tabs/spaces vary in width from line to line it is just that an uppercase W is wider than a lowercase i.
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    Instead of a downvote, how about a real explanation of why exactly monospaced fonts are actually required. This bit of programmer dogma is totally unfounded. There is nothing more to it than tradition.
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    With modern languages and IDEs, I don't see any benefit to using monospaced fonts at all. I have been using Calibri for the last few years because it is readable and pleasant to look at, and I never have any problems lining things up provid
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    And there's no reason that those who are drawn to the purity of math and science behind computers can't attend traditional CS programs. It would be good if real universities could also (as a different department, whatever) provide relevant
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    While I mostly agree with your point, the phrase "Infinitely harder" is a bit of a stretch. I've worked with many professional software engineers without CS degrees, and even many professional software engineers without 4-year degrees at al
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    It's not about lying in your praise, it's about setting the expectation that smart people don't have to work hard at things. This is actually a serious problem among gifted children. They are told they are smart for most of their lives whil
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    I just kept the erasers in a box on my desk, which was easy enough. We didn't have any problems with residue on the floors, either. It's just not a lot of residue, especially when you spread it out over such a huge surface.
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    I can't speak to the paint, but I worked at a place with dry-erase wallpaper covering the middle 60% or so of the walls, left-edge to right-edge. There was never any problem with staining or degrading. It was truly awesome. Here's a photo:
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    I agree. "Geek" has become, to me, anyway, a synonym for "enthusiast". One can be a computer geek, or a business geek, or an artisan bread geek. One characteristic trait of any kind of geekdom is using jargon with an inappropriate audience
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    This advice is similar to what I've done, and it has worked well for me. The experience you get in a small growing company is (to me, anyway) more valuable than what you get at a larger, more established company. Advice addendum: Be patient
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    "However you feel about religious issues, or how "marriage" should be defined" I've started thinking that marriage should be defined in strictly religious terms. That is, get the state out of the business altogether and have civil union exp
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    by MartinCron 17y ago

    "Rule #6 If you want to be a CEO, get close to other CEOs" I came to this same conclusion the last time I was job seeking and it was a critical decision factor for me, coming from a larger company where I had little contact with any decisio