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by clivestaples 7y ago
I taught Gore Vidal how to use a PowerBook in 1995 while he was in California to film his A&E biography. The ticket said "George Vidal" and he said he was a writer. I asked what he had written and he replied, "Check your
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by clivestaples 8y ago
And MagSafe. Please bring back MagSafe.
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by clivestaples 9y ago
I would enjoy reading such a blog post.
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by clivestaples 9y ago
I thought the same thing regarding the inspector in previous versions of Firefox, but the dev tools in Quantum feel right.
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by clivestaples 9y ago
A growing number of Americans can't afford life-saving medications like insulin, inhalers for COPD, etc.
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by clivestaples 10y ago
Most of my Sierra pain comes from plugging/unplugging my 27" Cinema Display on a 2013 MBP. Have to reboot to get them to sync again. In frustration I told my wife, "It's like XP all over again." (Not really but it&#
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by clivestaples 10y ago
I had a similar experience with Vue about six months ago. I read the documentation and then gave myself an hour with it. By the end of the same day, I had re-factored a very complex dashboard and enjoyed every minute of it. My biggest compl
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by clivestaples 10y ago
I got the standard 3/36k with 60k drive train. I'm not sure I got a "fleet deal", I just worked with him through Costco. EDIT: I did get a significant discount that was available to pretty much anyone who walked in to bu
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by clivestaples 10y ago
My Honda died at 300,000 miles in February. I used the occasion to explore buying a pickup truck and discovered that gas prices had fallen and Toyota Tacomas were selling at a record pace above MSRP. The Dodge Ecodiesel was $40k. The Prius&
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by clivestaples 10y ago
When I was a kid, my dad offered a bid to work on the construction of this house in San Diego: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270786/California-m...
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The State of Vue 2.0(medium.com)
3 points by clivestaples 10y ago|1 comments
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by clivestaples 10y ago
I definitely agree that React is clean for the reasons you state and I always enjoy building UIs with it. I suppose my comment was just a reflection on the differences that I found refreshing - to my surprise.
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by clivestaples 10y ago
Vue templates support conditional rendering (v-if/v-show/v-else) which I didn't realize I missed until using them. Also, conventions around component data are really nice and help keep markup tidy and very readable. I like to
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by clivestaples 11y ago
I was in the same boat not too long ago. I was 38 with 15 years at a school district job as a systems analyst and programmer. I wasn't laid off or let go but I couldn't do it any more. I couldn't do one more Exchange or VMWar
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by clivestaples 11y ago
The article is about momentum not necessarily newness or hipness. Node.js is only three years younger than Rails.
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by clivestaples 12y ago
I've been there. Embrace it. Stay fit. Two of the most accomplished people I know were completely bald by 28. They had more success in business (and dating btw) than anyone else I know. Over time, I've learned to appreciate my bal
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by clivestaples 12y ago
I think this is the best combination of libraries I've ever used, but given how impressive React truly is, I'm sure I'll see the Flux light soon enough too.
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by clivestaples 13y ago
I could not agree with you more re: removing them at once. Sadly, I don't think an overly militarized police force, rapid transfer of wealth to the top and the post-911 power grab is going to challenged anytime soon. Most Americans sti
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by clivestaples 14y ago
Which is why claims should should be mediated by a neutral third-parties (HR, court system, etc). Adria went the court of public opinion first and everyone got scorched.
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by clivestaples 14y ago
Offering, and charging money for, a monitoring tool (New Relic) that doesn't monitor a very important part of the Heroku request cycle is pretty blatant. It was probably pretty profitable too! EDIT: comma placement.
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by clivestaples 14y ago
You did the right thing. Hunger pains suck.
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by clivestaples 14y ago
If I remember correctly, Adrian Holovaty said something about exploring pjax solutions for Django when he returned to help manage the project. It would be neat to hear more about his ideas if I missed them posted somewhere...
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by clivestaples 14y ago
Hm. I always assumed my efforts would yield similar results for anyone. Maybe I am luckier than I deserve and should pay closer attention to what other diabetics have to endure. In the meantime, here's to fighting the good fight.
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by clivestaples 14y ago
Historically, you're correct that our prognosis is poor. Then again, we cannot compare numbers with the generation before us because they were, more than likely, cruising around with sugars consistently in the 200-400mg/dL range. I realize
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by clivestaples 14y ago
I'm sorry to hear. That he experienced so much pain and suffering, and that you lost him so young, is exactly the reason I can't feel sorry for myself (and no other diabetic should either). Awesome that his hacker spirit lives on in you...
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by clivestaples 14y ago
I've had Type 1 diabetes for about 20 years now; it's a little bit of pain in the ass, but I don't get why people bellyache about it so much. Blood sugar meters? Check. Fast-acting insulin? Check. Insulin pumps? Check. Blindness, amputation
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by clivestaples 14y ago
Time is indeed scarce and I agree that the industry is probably too focused on short-term goals. I'm referring to the recent trend of bagging on recruiters and publicly humiliating them. I try to live and let live while being grateful that
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by clivestaples 14y ago
This is great and refreshing to hear. I treat recruiters with respect because: a.) I've been down-and-out before and consider myself blessed to be in demand, b.) their job seems pretty tough, and c.) it would be really arrogant to complain
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by clivestaples 14y ago
The things that sold me on AngularJS over Knockout were built-in routing and REST (via $resource). I feel like these things should be included in Knockout and by using third-party solutions or attempting to roll my own would have created mo
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by clivestaples 14y ago
I have recently started moving a project to AngularJS and love it. It really fits my way of thinking about application structure and has significantly reduced the amount of boilerplate code that I'm used to writing. I find it refreshing and

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