MrFoof

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by MrFoof 15y ago
In addition, might I also suggest the illustrations done by Tim Denee. * Bronzemurder: http://www.timdenee.com/bronzemurder.html * Oilfurnace: http://www.timdenee.com/oilfurnace.html
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by MrFoof 15y ago
A few things. First, as mentioned in the article, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC will be featuring Dwarf Fortress as part of its "Talk to Me" exhibit. The exhibit will be open from July 24th through November 7th. http://www.moma.org/vis
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by MrFoof 15y ago
You're pretty much on-the-nose. You can always make an active choice as to whether you'll be producing or consuming. With TV, you're guaranteed to be consuming. There is nothing wrong with consuming. Sometimes your brain is fried, and you
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by MrFoof 15y ago
Eames molded armchair. I've had multiple Aerons (both basic and PostureFit) but at the end of the day I tend to sit on one of my legs, where the Aeron's pellicle seat works to annoy you.
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by MrFoof 16y ago
The difference in weight is much more than it sounds. Work had issued me a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p with a large extended battery pack to make it last closer to 4 hours. It weighed about 7.5 pounds. After just 15 minutes, my shoulder would be
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by MrFoof 16y ago
PeoplePC did this about a decade ago, as well as one other service provider I think. Subsidizing inexpensive commodity commuters as part of an internet service package. It'll be interesting to see what success Google has with their attempt
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by MrFoof 16y ago
The place I worked at last year in Boston's Back Bay (finance) upped their internal referral bonus from $5,000 to $10,000. There's been a bit of a tug-of-war between financial companies and Kendall/Central/Harvard Square for a while now. T
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by MrFoof 16y ago
> (Preface: Coder at a major financial company, first job out of university) I've done that, just not the first job. I've quit every job I've ever had. Six were without written notice, though they were prefaced with talks with manager
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Salaries never stay secrets forever. Hiding them only delays the inevitable. Last year we were having a discussion at lunch. Coworker was building a new house, and when it came to the numbers it was let loose that it was going to cost about
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by MrFoof 16y ago
I'm a nerd's nerd. After the dot-com bust I used to collect SGI, DEC and Sun hardware. I cut my teeth on a Commodore 64 and also VAX VMS (in a DECNET cluster). I built my own PCs from 1992 through 2007. I work currently as a data wareho
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by MrFoof 16y ago
This seems to be exactly the case: http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/nitro_ios_43
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by MrFoof 16y ago
The iPad's success is getting me away from a desk for the first time in 15 years. I will absolutely use my primary computer with its giant display for development, complex games, video encoding and photo work. I will absolutely continue to
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Back in 1999, at the start of my career, I did a bit of "catch all IT" for a company, which included help desk and desktop support. There was one fellow who hemmed and hawed at having to use Windows 2000. He wanted to stick with Windows 95
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by MrFoof 16y ago
I'm not sure if they're being more realistic. The previous MBPs had CPUs with a TDP of 35W. The TDP of the CPUs in the 2011 MBPs are 45W. Battery life seems to have dropped inline with the increase in power envelope. We should see improve
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Additionally, don't most countries have more men than women? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_ratio
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by MrFoof 16y ago
It's not a purse! It's a European men's carry-all. Regarding the "7% of men in the U.S.", I wonder how many of that sample bought them as gifts for women? I mean, I've stepped into Coach once to buy a wristlet, but it was because my siste
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by MrFoof 16y ago
There is one fundamental issue to congestion charges however: You are not paying for the ability to use privileged roads, you're paying to use all roads, because under a congestion charge, all roads are considered a privilege. Carpool lanes
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by MrFoof 16y ago
"Thank you for your help." Though there may be some specific connotation of those words that doesn't easily translate to English.
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by MrFoof 16y ago
A lot of that has to do with the fact that people tend to be short sighted. i.e. What can you do for me "right now". They're not as concerned of the benefits over 3 or 6 months -- for example, having a tenant be happier because a work ord
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Cheezburger Network secures $30M in first round of funding, LOL(venturebeat.com)
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Can Google's page cache be poisoned? A possible example.
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Not necessarily. I have to dig up which car, and to whom it was originally given to, but when Audi RS's were still produced exclusively by Quattro GmbH, and not sold by Audi dealers, one particular Formula 1 (or Le Mans) driver had his stol
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Formal job applications.
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by MrFoof 16y ago
>Just remember that you are a more desired candidate if you are actively employed This doesn't apply in all industries. >and that other available jobs might be just as bad or worse than your current one This also only applies if you
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by MrFoof 16y ago
No, I've done it when it wasn't prudent either. People who look at my salary history tend to have their jaw hit the floor when they look at the first 8-to-9 years. I used to have my own bosses tell me every day that I was "getting screwed
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Oh, I try to change things. However the reality is you're working against a much larger force. It's difficult to create enough inertia to force real change. Regarding the second point, I quit my job in early October. I had my first offer
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by MrFoof 16y ago
I've been mindful of this since my teenage years, which is why I swore to myself a few things before I had even turned 16: * If I don't like a situation, I will leave it. After all, the easiest way to change your environment is to escape i
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Distractions are a big one. There are too many times I need to walk away from a problem to re-approach it later with a fresh perspective. We have a revolving office in a co-working space and I'm alone here most of this week. I've probabl
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Ultimately what caused the tizzy in the markets was the mid-office of financial institutions not being rigorous enough. Not enough backtesting. Inadequate modeling. Weak correlations. Analyzing news, per se, isn't an issue. There are al
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by MrFoof 16y ago
Even if you're not, my email address is getting spammed with password reset attempts for Battle.net, LinkedIn, Facebook, Amazon, one of my banks, Twitter, etc. Granted, all had different passwords, but people are taking full advantage of th

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