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by cimmanom 8y ago
Yup. Pick the battles that matter to you and that you have a choice of winning. There will always be forces beyond your control that affect your life - be they natural disasters, other people's decisions (from personal choices like wh
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Eight most frequently-used apps (other than the ones in the tray) at the top for quick access. About 50 other apps that are either frequently used or I want to be able to locate quickly in folders underneath to make them easy to find. Stuff
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1) Extended family and close friends care for children. If you have a friend or sister or cousin who's pregnant or just given birth, they keep an eye on your kids. Same goes for elders who no longer work outside the home. 2) Lower st
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by cimmanom 8y ago
In the long run, yes, a smaller population may be better. It's getting there that would be painful. Part of the issue is that our economic safety nets for the elderly work only if there's a sufficient (working) younger population
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by cimmanom 8y ago
It is possible to share a google calendar and reveal only free/busy on a per-user basis, fwiw. It’s somewhere in the sharing settings.
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Because we didn’t want larger screens and couldn’t get new ones SE-sized?
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Waiting until 2008 to invest savings dating back to 2003.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Yup. About 15 years ago, doing search/replace on multi-hundred-MB log files and SQL database dumps. About 3-4 years ago it stopped being nearly as performant with large files (even a couple MB). I’ve never had a problem with either BBE
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Older versions of BBEdit and TextWrangler used to be able to open enormous files (larger than entire system RAM) while remaining incredibly performant. I don't know how they did it, but it was magical and a killer feature. Unfortuna
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They may also be able to advise you on what specific activities are and aren’t appropriate for you to start with, and how fast you can ramp up.
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Can you build a Win2k-compatible wrapper for a modern Blink or WebKit rendering engine? And man, why aren’t they at least on WinXP? You may have room to make an argument that this compatibility should be implemented in a separate contract&#
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by cimmanom 8y ago
On your resume, list your time as a contractor as a single position (“software developer, contract” or better, “software developer and principal, $my_llc_name”). Then describe it the way you would a full-time employee position. Just list yo
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Have you discussed this with your doctor and physical therapist?
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Good at working independently and managing their own time. Excellent communication skills, especially via text-based media. Proactive about communicating status, progress, and blockers; and about reaching out when they need clarification on
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by cimmanom 8y ago
It depends a lot on what your career goals are. Many startups seem to care about Github activity a lot. Corporations and less trend-seeeking small businesses less so. Though I’m sure companies exist that take StackOverflow activity into acc
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Sticky headers. Even worse on small phone screens.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Yup. It’s the reason I’ll never buy a laptop with that stupid touchbar.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
I use one of these ones that are intended as standing desk converters: https://www.uncagedergonomics.com/standing-desks/
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by cimmanom 8y ago
I have the exact same issue. A sit-stand desk with a wide height range has saved my back. The biggest challenge left is finding a chair that’s shallow enough to sit at the back of (for proper lumbar support) and still be able to bend your k
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by cimmanom 8y ago
The question then becomes: how do you find a non-awful recruiter remotely?
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My favorite thing is how food items that obviously don't and never would have gluten are now slapped all over with labels that indicate they're gluten free. Guess what? Your dozen eggs are now gluten free! So is a gallon of (co
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by cimmanom 8y ago
I know people who have varying degrees of gluten intolerance but not celiac. For most it's in no way life threatening. One experiences bloating and bad gas if he eats a bagel; another has to sit on the pot all day if she accidentally
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by cimmanom 8y ago
A good friend, however, would be open to choosing a restaurant that you know has decent vegetarian options.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
In addition to what everyone has said about "poultry" being a subset of "meat", if you want to specify mammal flesh in English, you typically have to say "red meat". Of course, there are some who don't con
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by cimmanom 8y ago
In an interview, especially as a software developer, you are in a position of power. It may help to remember that. Companies are desperate to hire enough good developers. You’re evaluating the company as much as they’re evaluating you. If
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by cimmanom 8y ago
I get out of bed and walk to the kitchen (admittedly, only about 15 feet across a studio apartment) before reaching for my phone, but it's still within a minute of waking up.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
I'd get out of bed, retrieve the paper, and read it over breakfast. Not really all that different from reading the news online over breakfast.
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I do in order to be able to keep the phone somewhere that it will not tempt me into looking at it when I'm supposed to be sleeping.
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And yet a subway system can transport several orders of magnitude more people in the same space.
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They’re not going anywhere unless and until case law or changes in law make it clear that they’re not necessary for GDPR (and similar statute) compliance.

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