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by archon 12y ago
That impression is a bit skewed by the large number of HNers who work in places like silicon valley and NYC, I think. There are a lot of places in the US where you can be very, very comfortable on $75k a year.
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by archon 12y ago
And there's an even larger number who don't hate curly brackets, but are forced to deal with Begin/End's because the large company they work for is so inertia-bound to VB.
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by archon 12y ago
> where you've got a nerf blaster that fires nerf darts. I'm surprised your college let you guys get away with this. Mine included nerf guns in the campus 'zero tolerance' weapons policy.
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by archon 12y ago
Are there uses for the engine other than just board games?
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by archon 12y ago
Why would you want a Metro version? (I'm really curious, not just hating on Metro.)
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by archon 12y ago
I know it's not always practical for everyone, so I can't give it as general advice, but this kind of situation is exactly why I isolate my "real" checking account. My primary account (the one to which my paychecks are d
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by archon 13y ago
The analogies in the post seem a bit overly complicated to me. Keep it simple. Let's say I have an empty glass (memory allocation). I know ahead of time that the maximum capacity of that glass is 8 ounces. A buffer overflow is what hap
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by archon 13y ago
I find this change frustrating. I've been reading and occasionally commenting on HN for 4 years, and I'm still not able to fully participate. I haven't yet reached the magical karma number needed to "earn" the downv
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by archon 13y ago
I'm curious, what was different about these two managers that productivity and morale dropped so sharply?
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by archon 13y ago
I love Chattanooga. It's beautiful, has a ton of entertainment options (especially if you're into being outside), and the people are great. The fact that we have residential fiber also helps.
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by archon 13y ago
> pander to web monkeys Really? How exactly does VS2012 pander to "web monkeys" at the expense of others?
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by archon 13y ago
Unfortunately this requires having a good manager who is willing to take some heat for you. In my experience, managers view their reports as being there to cover for them, not the other way around.
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by archon 13y ago
> College was relatively a breeze since I had spent all my grade school years teaching things to myself - college was just an extension of this method of learning. This was exactly my experience as well, as another former homeschooler.
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by archon 13y ago
I was homeschooled and have many once-homeschooled friends, and the ratio of bad spellers is about normal in my experience.
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by archon 13y ago
Agreed. I was a telecommuter for two years and regularly worked from my local coffee shop for 2-3 hours a day, usually mid-morning or mid-afternoon when it wasn't terribly crowded. I spent around $150 a month on coffee, on average. Lik
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by archon 13y ago
> that statistic implies that on average, Dropbox users only make changes to ~6 files in their Dropbox per day. I believe it. Maybe I'm an outlier, but I usually only write to a few files from Dropbox in any given day. I read those
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by archon 13y ago
> How far have you gotten? What's your estimated completion date and total man-hours for the project? I'm working on two volumes right now. The first volume will contain the four gospels, the second Acts, Romans, and some of th
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by archon 13y ago
Somewhere around Romans 12, I think. The end product will be multiple volumes, with the gospels making the first volume. Judging by the size of Volume II (which contains Acts and in-progress Romans so far) I'll probably be able to fit
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by archon 13y ago
No, I don't enjoy pain and frustration that much. I get large 22 inch by 30 inch sheets and cut them down to size (do a search for 'Zerkall Book Smooth' if you want the exact material). I cut out four 10x14 pieces per sheet,
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by archon 13y ago
I'm currently hand-writing a copy of the Greek New Testament as a (theoretically) fun project. I've bound many books before, but this is the first I'll write by hand before binding. I sympathize with "Now I've writt
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by archon 13y ago
> Having been homeschooled, this is a great suggestion. Agreed. I was homeschooled as well, and homeschool groups were absolutely vital to making the experience a success for me. I did great teaching myself at home, but especially in hig
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by archon 13y ago
> All dupes now must point to an answered question, and the new language focuses on getting you answers This one is the most useful, I think. I've stumbled across closed-for-duplication answers before via google searches and found m
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by archon 13y ago
Just curious, if you were just planning on running Linux, why buy Mac Minis?
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by archon 13y ago
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.
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by archon 13y ago
So does "successfully completes maiden test flight" mean "the aircraft passed all of the tests we put it through" or "the aircraft didn't fall out of the sky"?
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by archon 13y ago
I'm not positive that it was Linode, but I received this email from my bank about the card I used for Linode (bank name removed): "We were notified by a payment processor that your debit card information, such as your name, debit card numbe
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by archon 13y ago
> I think that's a bad example. The typical cat would soon learn not to enter the shower. My black lab, however, would enter the shower every time I forgot to close the door.
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by archon 13y ago
> obviously if you're a partner in the company as Michael mentions things are different, but it certainly doesn't sound like you are. I'm not, and I have no equity in the company.
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by archon 13y ago
> I have to admit, I am wondering why you're still working there. Several reasons. These cost cutting measures are new, and I've been trying to decide whether they are a big enough reg flag for me to start getting serious about finding
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by archon 13y ago
See, here's the thing: I'm actually pretty torn about whether I think the cleaning is an unreasonable request. On the surface, being asked to clean is not a big deal. I clean my bathroom at home, cleaning the one I use at work doesn't seem

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