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by bmj 16y ago
Apple offers a rather limited range of laptops. Other manufacturers are attempting to offer a greater range of options for all consumers (and consider for companies like HP and Dell, their largest customers are corporations). The codes al
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by bmj 16y ago
You wouldn't have to download anything? You mean emacs comes stock with a F# compiler? My point is that with a single download (and no real installation besides a single click), you can get a new environment up and running in Visual Studio
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by bmj 16y ago
I've been in the same boat, using Visual Studio for a long time. I agree that VS is an enormous, and I don't use it to its full advantage. The original author's point was, however, that getting Clojure running under emacs is less than sim
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by bmj 16y ago
Indeed. I suspect the existing base of dynamo-using cyclists would scoop this up if it was compatible.
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by bmj 16y ago
I think it depends on the size of the team (and related teams) and the sorts of dev cycles you experience. I'd say in my case, including testing and debugging, I code roughly 50% of the time. That doesn't mean, however, that I spend four
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by bmj 16y ago
It's amazing how many problems resolve themselves when given sufficient neglect. This is my new favorite quote. I've never thought about it that way, but it is quite true.
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by bmj 16y ago
Perl is a great tool, in the tradition of the Unix command line. Indeed. Most of my day job programming is in C#, and I don't suspect that my employer would ever want a major product release written in Perl, but we have plenty of interna
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by bmj 16y ago
Regarding risk and climbing, I recently watched the video Committed, Volume II, which has a segment on the Whittaker family, who live in England. Katy and Pete, both young teens when the video was made, were cutting their teeth on the nerv
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by bmj 16y ago
Agreed. I've been doing my banking through a small, local bank since I had my first account many moons ago. I don't pay fees for normal banking activities, and have always had good experiences when dealing with the bank employees face-to-
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Ask HN: Are single use handheld devices dead?
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by bmj 16y ago
From Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society : "We are constrained to be 'engaged,' as the existentialists say, with Technique."
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by bmj 16y ago
You'll have no lack of cragging options in Boulder, that's for sure. I've not been to Seneca--we are tried-and-true boulderers/sport climbers.
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by bmj 16y ago
Perhaps it's not as popular because it doesn't have One True Web Framework, which is what the young'uns use these days, right? I know Catalyst and Mason are both very nice frameworks, but they don't come rolled with a base Perl installatio
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by bmj 16y ago
I don't know specifically about this, but we've researched neurodevelopmental delay therapy (which asserts that many issues are caused by the delay of the proper development of certain brain functions). http://www.neurodevelopmentaltherapy
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by bmj 16y ago
We live in Pittsburgh, so primarily at the New River Gorge and Coopers Rock. We'll take several trip to the Red River Gorge, too, and we just returned from three weeks at Hueco Tanks. Yourself?
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by bmj 16y ago
It is is entirely possible to work in the software industry, on interesting projects, without living this way. I average about 45 hours a week, with no more than 35 from the office. I ride my bike to and from the office, spend most weekend
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by bmj 16y ago
Matthew Crawford's book is pretty good, I think. The original essay is here: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shop-class-as-sou... One thing to note: Crawford is a motorcycle repairman, but he's still a knowledge worker to some
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by bmj 16y ago
I don't disagree, but I think it's also important to understand that many doctors are more than happy to dispense prescriptions without a thorough examination or exploring non-pharmaceutical solutions. In the U.S., many physicians do not t
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by bmj 16y ago
I may not have the latest version, but I find that sometimes this mode has issues with syntax highlighting, especially around comments. Not a deal breaker for me, though.
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by bmj 16y ago
Let's look at Macs instead. Walk into any large company, which probably spends millions of dollars a year on computers (and IT support). No Macs. Why? Because most IT staffs are not savvy enough to support both PCs and Macs on a corporate
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by bmj 16y ago
Part of it may be the association of Google with web search--people may think that if Google is processing email, it can become part of search results. My employer uses a hosted Exchange service, and I've not heard anyone raise a peep about
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by bmj 16y ago
I've worked on a distributed team for three years now. We've found that regular phone conversations and weekly "status" emails (nothing formal) really help the process and keep everyone connected. Typically we use email and Skype to commu
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by bmj 16y ago
I agree--I was simply exploring another side to the argument.
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by bmj 16y ago
I find I can argue either side here. If GM closes a single auto plant, that does have a significant impact on that locale because so many people are out of work in a single stroke (see PGH when the steel industry died). 1000 small busines
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by bmj 16y ago
Keep in mind, however, that every labor, whether intellectual or physical, exacts a toll on our bodies. Read jwz's stories of being nearly incapacitated by injuries brought on by long days at the keyboard with poor posture. I do agree, how
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by bmj 16y ago
Agreed. My resume looked the same for a time, and I had no trouble landing interviews and getting offers. That said, I've been with my current employer for three years now, and I have no intention of leaving, thanks to their flexible work
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by bmj 16y ago
That's not the point--Mac _natively_ can render a PDF. You have to download a separate reader on a Windows machine.
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by bmj 16y ago
The same thing exists for Jane Austen, like http://www.austen.com/ .
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by bmj 16y ago
Agreed. We pay ~$24 a week for our CSA share (which is generally plenty for our family of four, and often includes other stuff like eggs or cheese each week). During the winter, I pay at least that much in produce at the local co-op.
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by bmj 17y ago
Two things: 1. I kinda thought I was, then I left for a one month road trip with limited connectivity. When I did have connectivity, I checked email, local news, and HN, and that was it. I had no urge to keep up with anything else. It wa

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