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by bbarn 9y ago
I store them as a "note" in my password manager, all generated passwords that have no basis in reality.
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by bbarn 9y ago
I think it'd be hard to actually quantify the impact. Chicago's also constantly under construction, the downtown area has had major bus route redesigns with the "JUMP" routes, and that's caused a lot of congestion
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by bbarn 9y ago
Yeah, I'm mostly not a fan, now that we're a few years in. Waves of people inexperienced, untrained in shuttling people around a major metro have resulted in downtown Chicago being an utter mess compared to only a few years ago.
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by bbarn 9y ago
I agree. They also are the reason most cars now involved in an collision where one goes off are totaled. We're a lot safer, with respect to potential fatality level crashes, but minor collisions that used to be a few hundred bucks at
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by bbarn 9y ago
Bezos just got a big target on his head today with the announcement he's now the worlds richest man. Give it a few months.
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by bbarn 9y ago
My buddy lived in a rather nice condo complex in Chicago, with about 100 units in it. This was literally the reason he sold his place. Any time anything was sent to him there was a 50% chance he would get it.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Shipping with prime has gotten much less appealing lately. It used to be seeing that logo meant it was coming tomorrow, or maybe the next day - now it's almost useless, as even third party sellers can show up as prime shipping. Lots
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by bbarn 9y ago
If you want to use analogies, then winning at chess would be akin to developing software, which is the same distinction I made. Learning the rules of 6 pieces vs strategically using those rules to win are different things all together.
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by bbarn 9y ago
I don't agree with that distinction. The programming part of it is still easy - even easier, I should imagine, for what you're calling the type I programmers. The only difference is, the type I's "business" is algo
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by bbarn 9y ago
"Programming" is easy. You pick a language, learn a set of rules, and over time learn how to tell the machine what you want it to do in that language fairly well. Software development is hard. Unlike many other building tasks th
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by bbarn 9y ago
I don't buy this. Lots of us are good at being excited, moving fast, when something grabs our focus. Some of us are just as excited at the quality of our "how" as we are the size and shape of the finished "what".
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by bbarn 9y ago
I actually subscribed to the print version last year. They're very high quality magazines, if a bit infrequent (every two months).
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by bbarn 9y ago
a counter-point: http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower
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by bbarn 9y ago
Car owner, avid cyclist, and bike share user here. I live in Chicago. Driving is still a necessity, unless you want to spend your life wholly in the city. Sure, there are rental options, here and there, but for someone like me who leaves a
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by bbarn 9y ago
I've often thought of going back to a dumb phone. The thing is, I want easy to use texting (only to reply with, I abhor texting but the rest of the world loves it), a phone, and this is the killer - good GPS. None of the dedicated GP
616.
by bbarn 9y ago
I don't think it's reasonable to blame homelessness on housing costs. The people that can afford a 500 dollar a month rent are not the ones on the street because it went up to 600 dollars a month. It's the people that can&#
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by bbarn 9y ago
4 years later, and I have missed out on invitations to a few parties I probably didn't want to go to, and one that comes to mind that I did want to go to, but found out about with enough time anyway. I honestly believe they've do
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by bbarn 9y ago
I've said it before here, and I'll say it every time it's relevant: Stop using Facebook. Start telling your friends and family to do the same. As the "smart computer person" in many people's lives, you can be
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by bbarn 9y ago
Trader Joe's is a masterclass example in branding. The only reason anyone's surprised or outrage is that the store feels like a small, homey, good natured place full of organic this and that that's lower priced than you'
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by bbarn 9y ago
> Fired means they were laid off for some gross reason You're correct in spirit, but no one ever uses the phrase "laid off" to mean "fired". "Laid off" usually means you were let go because of say, fin
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by bbarn 9y ago
> Yes, he took drugs but then again, who didn't in a 4 day bike race. 21 days for the Tour de France, most other races in the season are 7. 4 days is a really nice amatuer stage race :)
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by bbarn 9y ago
I'm glad the author likes hers, and it enables her to commute. I don't care who rides what on a street. What I do care about is people riding them on small narrow paths made for cycling at best speeds, at 24-28 mph. As someone w
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by bbarn 9y ago
There used to be a place for these animals in aquariums. When they were they for research purposes, rehabilitation, and education, like it or not - the public education benefit was worth it for humans. Most belugas and dolphins live much
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by bbarn 9y ago
Aren't the buildings somewhat limited in height for earthquake related reasons?
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by bbarn 9y ago
Yeah, there's nothing like a nice espresso mid or post long bike ride on a hot summer day. It's so cliche but it's one of my favorite things.
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by bbarn 9y ago
Because the coffee has a ridiculous markup on it, and they are brilliant at marketing. Microwave breakfast sandwiches with names like "Double smoked bacon and egg". Frozen pound cake for 3 dollars a slice. Lattes for up to 5 do
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by bbarn 9y ago
There are three ways I know of, your americano on ice method, the brew cold overnight method, and their method. All three produce varying acidity levels of the same horrible drink, IMO. Most people I see drinking iced coffee either A. drow
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by bbarn 9y ago
Interesting the comments in this thread have focused on the 8hrs vs getting your work done, and not the key takeaway I had from reading the post, which was "Other developers have complained about it". I don't care what hours
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by bbarn 9y ago
The problem with DRM is the early internet era community wasted all of its screaming and yelling about stealing movies and MP3's, and now anytime you mention DRM in a context that matters like those, it's ignored.
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by bbarn 10y ago
Incentivize anything and someone will specialize at getting that incentive eventually.

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