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by _tom_ 4y ago
The books are probably just inflation. People think a dollar per book is cheap, now. But cover prices in the fifties for paperbacks look to be 25 to 50 cents. (Source: A quick google). Books with actual increases in value won't be at a
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3.5" external usb drives are easy to find on amazon, etc. If anyone knows of a 5.25 (5 1/4) external usb drive, please tell me! I still have thousands of old 5.25 floppies. I've transferred or tossed most of the 3.5, since I
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My goal is to sell one to someone I don't know. Friends don't count.
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You don't write tech books for the royalties, you write them for the consulting opportunities they lead to.
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Reddit has been overrun with cleverly constructed fictional posts. Let's not let this happen with hacker news.
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There are apps for turning old phones into dashcams and security cams, too. Why waste an old phone?
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Pure clickbait title.
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I don't think I would study, if I knew I would die tomorrow.
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It's frequently faster. Half-assed designs will cost you time forever.
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I have switched from thinking "what should I do" to "what nice thing can I do for future me". It's not an instant fix, but it's a definite uptick in execution. For me. Your mileage may vary.
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Same concept as rubber duck debugging.
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Another good article on differing communication styles is the ask vs guess post. https://ask.metafilter.com/55153/Whats-the-middle-ground-bet...
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You think you are joking.
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I'm not sure I'd describe that as organizing your thoughts. It sounds like more "give me a way to record everything without organizing it" The benefit of writing things down is it forces you to organize and clarify. What
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Because IQ is not emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence does lead to being happier.
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I also have a few daguerreotypes to scan. Hard to find a scanner that supports them!
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I have a similar situation, but no Pentax. I've been trying to figure out how to scan thousands of my grandfathers slides. Too expensive to send out for processing, I think. But there don't seem to be any good auto-feed scanners a
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by _tom_ 4y ago
Can we not get decent titles on things? At least enough to know whether a post is about an element, a crypto tool, software for amazon, etc. And maybe a hint of what about helium people the post addresses?
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Yes, a lot of gluten free is just hype. But I have friends that may die if they get gluten. Celiac is not a joke and can kill.
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https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2022/1 No Delphi in top 50.
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My annoyance with all of these numbers is they are meaningless without some measure of size. I'm literally twice the size of my friend, at the same BMI (more than a foot taller). So should I be eating 3400? Or should they be eating 850
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What do you mean "won't count Delphi"? It's obviously severely over counting Delphi. A quick check of indeed shows one job with Delphi as a nice to have within 100 miles of San Jose. For python, 11000. Ruby, 559. &quot
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Redmonk doesn't mention Delphi!
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The inclusion of Delphi, a basically dead language, always made it obvious that Tiobe was terribly inaccurate. I actually checked indeed for jobs and found around three, nationwide. There are tons of references to Delphi on google and indee
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Or just get an injunction.
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Inflatable costumes are common now. They have the advantage of being lighter than a lot of other approaches, and they are filled by a constantly running fan, so they are much more plea to to wear. It's a bit like the "dancing man&
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Because promoting one's activities by referencing more interesting/popular activities is a common marketing strategy. You likely wouldn't have read the blog post, if it was more accurately headlined "some musings on life
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Wow. That just looks completely scammy. I am not judging your ethics, just the appearance. I wouldn't touch that site with a ten foot pole. Everything about the design looks like your average scam site. It's a topic I'm very
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Why? The windows registry is a disaster. The whole idea is wrong. You want to keep configuration with the thing being configured. Most Mac installs are "drag the folder on to your disk". You are done.
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And convincing people to sign up for a subscription when that is objectively terrible for the consumer is marketing.

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