actsasbuffoon

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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment. - Woody Allen
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
My company has been using a recruiter to try to fill two openings; one for a Rails developer, and one for embedded work. Weeks passed, and they hadn't sent us a single résumé. They claimed they were just being really thorough at screening o
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
I've been less involved with music for the past few years. It's still a hobby that I have great affection for, but I'm lucky if I find the time to record something once a year lately. Too many things to do, not enough hours in a day. As for
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
Yes, highly subjective. The following has happened to me more than once: I'll sit down to put the finishing touches on a song. The drums are always tricky to EQ ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_equalizer ), especially the snare. I'
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
He could mean that the original recording used a higher frequency (44.1khz vs 96khz). That said, 44.1khz puts the Nyquist frequency just above what most adults are capable of hearing. Unless you're young and have excellent hearing, it's unl
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
>> They're realistic about their products. I've worked with two ex-Microsoft developers, and they've led me to believe otherwise. Neither of them worked on the Windows team, but they were around when Vista was released. From their d
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
The number of available jobs are meaningless without salary information. I suspect that the average COBOL developer makes much less than what the typical HN reader would consider competitive.
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
My favorites are Etymotic ER-4s. The sound reproduction is incredible, to the point where it makes anything under 200kbps completely unlistenable. They're so clear that I could even hear a metronome quietly ticking in the distance during a
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No.
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by actsasbuffoon 14y ago
When I interview potential co-workers, I usually have a few criteria. In order of importance: First is personality/culture fit. We don't have to be BFFs, but I need to know that you can get along with the rest of the team. If I hire you, I'