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by akulbe 10y ago
You have to have a Microsoft account (as opposed to just a local account) linked to your machine. Then you'll be able to do the Windows Insider thing, and also switch between Fast/Slow Rings.
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by akulbe 10y ago
I'm using Windows 10. Fast Ring.
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by akulbe 10y ago
I switched away from a 2016 MBP w/Touch Bar. Switched to a Dell XPS (9560). For the curious, here are the specs and price: MBP: 2.9GHz i7, 16GB, 2TB NVMe, Radeon Pro 460 4GB GPU - $4299 XPS: 2.8GHz i7 (Kaby Lake), 32GB, 1TB NVMe, Nvidi
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by akulbe 10y ago
I know this is the opposite of the question you asked, but I'm in this spot and I hoped my answer might be interesting. I'm literally going the other direction. I've got a sysadmin background, with little coding experience. G
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by akulbe 10y ago
Most clients pay for you to solve a business problem for them. Assuming you're sticking within legal/ethical confines, the how of how you get from problem to resolution is immaterial to the client. As others have said, find some
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by akulbe 10y ago
nearlyfreespeech.net It's pay as you go. I've not found it any cheaper than that.
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by akulbe 10y ago
I'd been a hardcore Mac user since '04. The best thing Microsoft and Dell have going for them in the laptop space... the 2016 MacBook Pro w/Touch Bar. It was a dud. The GPU issues were the final straw for me. I thought that s
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by akulbe 10y ago
In case the context didn't make it obvious... I know that VS is based on, and can do compilation for C/C++. I was saying basically, "Oh cool. You can do VS compilation of C/C++ for Linux now. Do you plan in introducing
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by akulbe 10y ago
Thanks for the downvote guys. I wasn't born under a rock. The article was talking about Windows Subsystem for Linux , and my comment was that VS can do C/C++ for Linux . I thought that was implied by the context. Anyways, I know
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by akulbe 10y ago
So VS can do C/C++ compilation now. I wonder if they will extend VS to work with other higher-level languages like Ruby and Python (et. al.) ? It would be nice to work from Windows but build for Linux that way, for other languages too.
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by akulbe 10y ago
The Touch Bar is gimmicky, for sure. The only useful feature (in my opinion) is Touch ID. Otherwise it's an unnecessary battery drain. Why did I switch? It boils down to this: after 13 years of being a hard core Mac user, it feels like
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by akulbe 10y ago
Why not both? The more side work you do, the more extra income you can earn. The more you learn, the more marketable skills you'll have to offer your clients? I don't think it's an either/or proposition. I think it'
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by akulbe 10y ago
Talk to a lawyer. Yesterday.
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by akulbe 10y ago
Was a 2016 15” MBP w/Touch Bar (max specs), and macOS. It's on the shelf now. Now it's the new Dell XPS 15” (9560) (max specs), and Windows 10 - Fast Ring.
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by akulbe 10y ago
IRC. #1 Social networks come and go. IRC is forever. ;) Slack. Reddit.
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by akulbe 10y ago
My apologies if this has been covered already. I know the job search is important, and I don't want to minimize that. I just want you to consider some things you may have stopped thinking about, in your discouragement. Try to get good
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by akulbe 10y ago
Do you have to leave it plugged in to your computer the entire time? or just times you need 2FA?
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by akulbe 10y ago
I use Freshbooks. It might not do all you need, but it handles most of it. It's not open source, but they are trustworthy, and reputable. It's a paid subscription service.
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by akulbe 10y ago
In my case, I often apply my effort to learning one more thing about Ruby/Chef. Something I didn't know yesterday. I try to apply what I've learned, so that the knowledge sticks, and I'm cementing the concepts in my mind
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by akulbe 10y ago
You're not getting old. You're getting older. Welcome to humanity. :) I am 43 now. The last 10 years of my life have been equal parts challenging and amazing. I have a little girl who is about to turn 5. My teenager is about to tu
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by akulbe 10y ago
It seems interesting to me, how often books about C++ are mentioned in there. 5 of 30 listed I say that, because it seems like people like to talk bad about C++ as if it's terrible language (rather than just another tool in the toolbox
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by akulbe 10y ago
LastPass, Pocket, Google Drive, OneTab, OneNote, Buffer, uBlock Origin, Ghostery (and several more)
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by akulbe 10y ago
Interesting. It's fine for the government to collect data and spy on its citizenry (without disclosing that it's doing so), but if a company does it it means millions in fines? Smacks of rank hypocrisy, to me.
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by akulbe 10y ago
You should get Patrick (patio11) to weigh in. I think he's doing work in this very space, for Stripe.
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by akulbe 10y ago
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If Apple doesn't care about their Mac line, why should their users ? I've been a hardcore Mac fan since '04. That said, it's VERY hard to argue that quality in both hardware and software haven't be
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by akulbe 10y ago
Are you running only stable builds, or are you on the Slow/Fast Ring of the Insider Previews? I've been impressed with their response too.
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by akulbe 10y ago
To add some details... I do Chef development work. I'm using Chocolatey for package management. I used both VMware and VirtualBox+Vagrant for VM stuff. Using Xshell for SSH. VS Code for a text editor. Tower for a git client. It's
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Ask HN: Switched from MacOS to Windows for Daily Driver. Any Advice? Tip/tricks?
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by akulbe 10y ago
The other thing to consider... don't only negotiate for money part of the salary. Think of vacation time, and other perks as well.
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by akulbe 10y ago
I've been a Mac user through and through, since 2004. Switched from Linux back then. I've been using Linux but only on servers and VMs since then, as well. Just not as my daily driver. I got the 2016 MBP w/Touchbar. I've

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