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by ckz 3y ago
Re. that last role, it always warms my heart to see folks hiring for it. :) You might check this recent thread for candidates: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35658387
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by ckz 3y ago
I'd be curious to learn/chat more about how you're approaching it as a French-speaking parent. :) I'm a native English speaker/~B1 French speaker trying to very intentionally create a bilingual household environment
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by ckz 3y ago
For what it's worth, I love this story! I took the opposite approach but with the exact same logic: Code came naturally but I wanted formal training in design so that I could really embrace both sides and shape excellent products (and
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by ckz 3y ago
In the past I've just called myself a full-stack designer (+/- extra words like UI/UX or developer) or some variant thereof. The hiring process isn't really aligned to finding such folks though for sure. Neither are inte
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by ckz 3y ago
My hot take has always been that the emergence of the Front-End Developer role came about backwards and that the correct expectation was that designers learn to code. HTML & CSS seem a world apart from traditional programming (and compu
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by ckz 3y ago
Time to introduce Myst! My dad set me up with it + his notes from an incomplete attempt around age 5 or 6 and I probably didn't beat it until 7 or 8 (and continued like this for the next few games). Here's my theory for a game lik
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by ckz 3y ago
There's less the further back in time you go, of course, but a few 20s examples: * Westinghouse desk fan. Tanky and moves a ton of air because it has essentially no grill, but I do have it on a kill switch to protect little fingers. *
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by ckz 3y ago
Re. automotive, I've also heard there is/was an overlapping group of Palm + auto enthusiasts. Quite possibly they're using something like OBD Gauge: http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/Pending_Content&#x2F
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by ckz 3y ago
Currently a FiiO M3K and I've been super happy with it. Might be discontinued now, however. The thought process for the purchase was that I wanted a standalone DAP without a touchscreen (iPod-esque), without wireless connectivity, with
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by ckz 3y ago
Palm Desktop still works fine today on modern Windows, just have to grab USB drivers: https://palmdb.net/help/hotsync-setup On Linux there's pilot-link (command line) or J-Pilot (GUI on top of that). I don't
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by ckz 3y ago
Oof, and it's too late for me to go back and fix it (unless Dang would be so kind, for posterity). Definitely meant the positive version and I have no idea how I transposed those two! Apologies for contributing to the mess and apprecia
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by ckz 3y ago
A totally valid question! I did adopt the smartphone for many, many years. My father had a gen-1 iPhone which captured my imagination. At the same time, I've also never really let them run my life. I've habitually always maintaine
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by ckz 3y ago
Side note: Dmitry (creator of RePalm) is a treasure and his impact on the Palm community cannot be understated. He has a world-class depth of knowledge of the inner workings of these things and is one of the key players in extending PalmOS
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by ckz 4y ago
Introduce just a little friction. Philosophers have complained about the convenience of modernity for centuries, but it can be quite fun to live in a modern way via a slightly more wandering route. It's less about throwing away modern
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by ckz 4y ago
@blueridge Seeing if this will reach across cyberspace this late into a thread, but my contact is in my profile. I'd be curious about chatting more re. this concept. :)
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by ckz 4y ago
Could you provide any additional insight into the "supporting old systems" market? I've also been considering adding C/C++ to my skillset out of a desire to have better foundational knowledge of legacy tech, and I can se
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by ckz 4y ago
Resource recommendation for this thread! https://runwes.com/2020/02/11/howilearnedfrench.html Been working on my French for a few years (~B1) and found Wesley's approach to be a really nice framework. I&
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by ckz 4y ago
Advice I often give is to give them what you had growing up (or if you want, what you dreamed of having back then). The idea being that you'll have an intimate understanding of it and know when/when not to guide. Also gives a refe
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by ckz 4y ago
It's funny, your name jumped out immediately as someone I've read. Took me a minute to place it, but I'm guessing probably back from your WP7/Win8 days as I was very interested in the space at the time. Definitely recall
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by ckz 4y ago
https://www.calebk.com - Static site with no framework beyond basic PUG/SCSS. - Uses no JS at all. - Actually pretty readable on a monochrome Palm Pilot too, as far as modern HTML goes. --- My key post is my thought framewo
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by ckz 4y ago
I'd still be very interested in hearing if v1 is running (or what's left to be done, particularly for Designer/Publisher, but your progress on Photo is also welcome!). I use Affinity consistently for work and would love to sp
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by ckz 4y ago
I'm curious if we might see a [very] minor revival of these old devices since it's getting to be about that time. I'm back to using mine (a monochrome model of the same vintage as show in the Archive screenshots) and, in 2022
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by ckz 4y ago
These frameworks have emerged for historical reasons. There was a time when HTML/CSS/JS was much less capable and much more fiddly to use. Libraries and frameworks gradually evolved to both smooth the wrinkles and provide dev-work
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by ckz 4y ago
-Strong- introvert here, so take this with a grain of salt, but socialization is actually one of the strong points. :) My homeschool upbringing included team sports, solo sports clubs, debate leagues, sleepovers, group field trips, scouting
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by ckz 4y ago
This is essentially the challenge that I've built my career upon solving. I actually prefer to back it up one layer further and suggest focusing on how to get the business and developers to collaborate. My answer to that question--
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by ckz 4y ago
Tangent: You might appreciate the premise of "harbinger customers"[1]. The theory is that there actually are consumers who are a bit out of sync with the collective and do indeed consistently value/buy products that lose out.
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by ckz 4y ago
Never lose that spirit. Buy, run, and maintain what works for you. I also have a machine from 2007 in regular service, though in a secondary role (file server, etc.), but my daily driver isn't that much newer (2013, still a rust driv
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by ckz 4y ago
For some countries (Japan comes to mind), there -are- dedicated stores to a degree. Usually for luxury goods though where it's tough to gauge real-world quality/value vs aesthetic strengths. Also, this doesn't directly addres
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by ckz 4y ago
I own one! I'm a UI/UX designer who was historically very invested in the Surface ecosystem during the early Win8/10 era, so this was a day-1 curiosity purchase for me. As a physical object, I like it a lot. It's not _pe