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by apstuff 17y ago
When I was in high school and college I worked for a local construction supply company unloading railroad cars of bulk and bagged stone 'by hand.' It was back breaking work to put it lightly. But it contributed to my education in more ways
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by apstuff 17y ago
Hey, RB. Haven't been there since Amanda threw herself to the floor kicking and screaming. ABC wasn't it?
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by apstuff 17y ago
Opened the manual and taught myself BASIC on a PDP 11/44 running RSTS/E. Then Pascal and C. I still enjoy writing code.
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Ask HN: Which login method do you use?
20 points by apstuff 17y ago|56 comments
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by apstuff 17y ago
I agree with the statement on water. Other than that, thanks, but I have to get back to work.
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by apstuff 17y ago
Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur or take the risks necessary to create wealth beyond that of a full-time job. There are as many reasons for this as there are people but to strike a condescending tone towards their decisions is arrog
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by apstuff 17y ago
"One of the country’s most popular television programmes, currently being recycled as a film, features the USS Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before." Actually, two of the country's most popular television programmes feature
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by apstuff 18y ago
Tom Gootee's article is worth reading. He did a lot of the heavy lifting summarized in this article. I've tried this and it works -- but... You must be very, very careful with the solution -- whether it's Ferric Chloride from Radio Shack or
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by apstuff 18y ago
Exercise + Cognitive Restructuring Therapy helps a lot. It's hard not to feel anxiety and depression in today's world and some events can't be controlled. But how we perceive those events can definitiely be controlled by analyzing and chall
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by apstuff 18y ago
When I read this article all I could think about was Raffi singing 'Banana Phone.' Now I can't get it out of my head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-LbvFPLpeo&feature=playe...
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by apstuff 18y ago
Let's all run to that side of the boat because that's where the fish are biting.
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by apstuff 18y ago
I read the full article, understand the point, and get its relevance to today's circumstances. That said, I have to admit (and I'm sorry for being way off topic here) I found myself being drawn instead to the overall simplicity of the layou
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by apstuff 18y ago
I'm in Chicago. Here the politicians sell the voids.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Firefox froze when this page loaded. Default behavior for fieldset is different under IE, FF and Opera. IE rounds the corners where FF and OP do not. Not critical but if you're after the same look and feel it should be tested. Didn't try CS
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by apstuff 18y ago
Buffering. . .
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by apstuff 18y ago
I'd rather be bankrupt of money and have the idea than be bankrupt of ideas and have the money. Thank you Mark. But no.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Reading...okay, reading...okay, reading...what? Aw c'mon. What about...meh. Back to less alarming development.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Why is it a good idea to charge the 2B+ people around the world earning $2 a day the equivalent of a week's wages to enroll in a class and the equivalent of a month's wages to take a test?
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by apstuff 18y ago
Agree. "First who, then what" is still my favorite from the book. I think the "who's" changed at CC and that is "what."
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by apstuff 18y ago
Blue SnowBall (usb mic) + Audacity + Camtasia. Start with the written dialogue, record it meticulously then do the visual. The Blue Snowball referral came from Scott Chacon at GitCasts. Great piece of equipment. Thanks Scott.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Circuit City was one of the companies featured in Jim Collins' book "Good to Great." So was Fannie Mae. He got Wells Fargo and Walgreens right tho'.
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by apstuff 18y ago
I'm a 'late boomer' and teach high school CS to the so-called 'entitled.' I can say from personal experience that while there is indeed a percentage who follow that modus operandi, the truth is that the current crop of high schoolers work a
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by apstuff 18y ago
Born: 10-23-1942. Died: 11-04-2008 Let him rest in peace.
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by apstuff 18y ago
FYI: Douglas Crockford is a contributor to Yahoo UI Theater. His lectures on js can be found there. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/
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by apstuff 18y ago
The list is from 2006. It would be interesting to see the current numbers for Brazil and Russia given their supposed ascendancy. Plus, half the world's population live in China and India, neither of which is on the list.
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by apstuff 18y ago
I've never been to 'Canda' so I can't speak to the issue.
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Ask YC: Is the R & D for startup development tax deductible?
1 points by apstuff 18y ago|3 comments
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by apstuff 18y ago
boolean TraderAnxiety(boolean mktStatus) { if (mktStatus == FALLING) { Sell(); return true; } if (mktStatus == SURGING) { Buy(); return true; } if (mktStatus == FEAR) { Loathing(); return true; } i
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by apstuff 18y ago
Thanks for posting this Michael (saw it on /. too). A much better read than the terrorism submissions that seem to be showing up here lately. A title correction however: Should be 'Computing' Science. I might be wrong but I think Dijkstra d
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by apstuff 18y ago
New title please: How to stay alive during a Reddit-izing.

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