MetaCosm

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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Which configuration are you running? I tried the i5 and i7 with 9 cell and generally ended up in the 7-10 range, not the 13+ range, and that was on a brand spanking new battery not one year old one.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
The 1.3Ghz 13" crushes other portables in 3rd party battery tests, getting 12:51 on engadgets movie test ( http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/13/macbook-air-review/ ). While being light and easy to tote
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Being able to charge my laptop at night, and not worry about getting though the day is incredible. It is game changing, I absolutely wouldn't give up 3 to 4 hours of battery life for a better resolution, not even close. Being able to
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Yeah, unless they grow into team/project leads (where having a functional and working knowledge of every piece has value).
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Help documentation. I am honestly a little shocked by the length, I knew the docs were exceptional, but surprised by how long they are.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
... to be fair, lumping Erlang (millions of production hours in the real world for decades) with Haskell and Scala is a bit silly. Erlang is battle tested in the field since the late 80's. It just happened that the market (high-reliab
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
You nailed exactly what I was going to say -- goes against studies. I honestly wonder if he did a valid, anonymous questionnaire to his own employees what the result would be, I am guessing he would learn people HATE it.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
It is a known issue in that tier, and that tier is DAMNED pricey. Normally, I would make a snarky comment about Python, but it is early.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
> So why make them verify? To prove they control that email address, to ensure they didn't put it in wrong, and to protect poor bastards like myself with common email addresses from getting SPAMMED with mail for idiots who don'
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
This is basically your solution: http://imgur.com/YNmKId9 PHB: Use the CRS database to size that market. Dilbert: That data is wrong. PHB: Then use the SIBS database. Dilbert: That data is also wrong. PHB: Can you average t
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Not really a work-around, even with great native thread support and tooling as you dream of (and don't get me wrong, I am all for it), ultra-light "goroutines" or "erlang processes" fit a different niche, you are ne
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Same guy who soundproofed his apartment and doesn't even want a doorman.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
The truth is, Vim gives you lovely model editing and full use of the mouse, it isn't either or, you get both! ":set mouse=a" and you can use it like you probably expect, select stuff, move around the file, use your scroll-wh
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
... Vim (and plugins) can respond to mouse actions (for example, to open a file tree in NERDTree or Tagbar), so your mouse stuff is pure misinformation. This includes console vim or gui vim. As for integrating with the system clipboard, th
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Yes, finally the riches a "not-for-profit, just-for-fun Wiki project" deserve will finally start rolling in! The only thing holding them back now is the amount of spamming they can do.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Forget the freaking gender issue -- a 9 year old presented. It wasn't an environment for "risque" apps. Now, to be fair, the hosts should have made it clear that it was a G-rated affair, and I am guessing they didn't.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
But, your parents KNEW it was R-rated, they didn't go into an UNKNOWN and then got whatever they got... I am fine with a hackathon saying "This is X rated, for improving <pornsite>" -- that is perfect fine, it isn'
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Agreed. Would be nice if the people running a hackathon like this simply put a note "Keep it family friendly" (which, with a 9 year old presenting, seems reasonable). Context matters a ton, but don't assume people have a clu
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Sad truth. :(
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Also depends a lot on corporate culture. I was told at a company point blank "stop bringing <problem x> up". So I did (left shortly after).
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
It is an interesting (made up) problem. Older developers exit for hiring paying management roles. At large companies, average developer age is constantly going up. The market (US) has 2.2% unemployment and every single software company I
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
They are only equal if the older person changed industry. Else they should have significant experience which is worth its weight in gold. If you have 3 years experience and are 35 and competing against a 21 year old with the same experien
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
... yes, of course we ask EXACTLY those questions. What the hell are you talking about? Those are two of the primary questions I ask everyone I interview (300+ interviews over last 15 years). I don't know what nightmarish company you
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Absolute true. But you will only get sued for a bad reference, it simply isn't worth the corporate risk. The corporation gains literally nothing and exposes itself to legal liability. There are reasons HR have strong policies on thi
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
For those using ZSH: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3986760/cd-1-2-3-etc-in-z...
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
... how would they gag the release of this capability in an open source product that I download and compile on my machine? boggled
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
You... what... you built what I considered building (I worked on the OCTGN project, which has a similar idea [build your own TCG]). I had no idea this existed, can't wait to check it out (awww... closed source? Still cool!).
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
This sort of setup is exactly what makes me, a Vim user, absolutely sure I made the correct decision by not picking up Emacs instead. :)
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
If Intel wins big -- they will be the supplier for Apple. Apple switched to Intel in the past, they might do it in the future if it is dominant enough. Apple is Intel's #1 customer.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
And generally the upgrade blog posts are dead on (cut & paste to do your upgrades).

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