darklajid

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by darklajid 16y ago
Just to add some more amusement: Why the hell would that be not safe for work? It's hard to state my question without ending up being dismissed as a troll, but I'm deeply amused by different viewpoints related to sex between western culture
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by darklajid 16y ago
I suggest doing a "Kindle Edition Deluxe Pack" that comes with a physical snap-on cover to turn that thingy into a 2 column "DSKY" approximation with battery powered lights.. :) (No, I didn't remember the visuals of that component and was i
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by darklajid 16y ago
Thanks a lot for responding. This again is interesting in the light of the salary discussion from yesterday. Thinking out loud here I assume that JGC isn't living on anything near a minimum wage. 1/12 of that could certainly be 1/6 to 1/4 o
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by darklajid 16y ago
I guess I understand that, while providing a good insight into royalties in general, the article left out something more directly interesting: Was it worth, monetary, to write the Geek Atlas? It wasn't written for the money, I read that. An
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by darklajid 16y ago
Going from "Making too much?" to "Damn, I might be underpaid.." is quite a change during the course of ~12 hours.. ;-) One more reason to take a step back. This is an international, diverse crowd of people and obviously you'll find people t
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by darklajid 16y ago
I really need to visit the states if beer is that cheap over there.. :) On a sidenote, to add something on-topic: So a fresh graduate (with a strong resume, granted) in Seattle makes 130% of my 5 years experience salary in one of the bigges
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by darklajid 16y ago
This (and other explanations in this thread, like "might fly around") seems to tackle the question from the wrong side, imo. It seems these reasons are made up by rational minds, trying to understand the ban. Like results from "Why the heck
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by darklajid 16y ago
This is something I recently (re-)discovered for me as well. Grabbed Mount & Blade Warband when it was a bargain on Steam and chose, mostly out of curiosity, that the game saves on its own, everytime, everything. I see my brother game t
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by darklajid 16y ago
The models I've driven have a speed limit (either in "beginner" or "expert" mode, 9kph/~20kph respectively, iirc). If you hit that, the segway is actively working against the inclination of the handle. Basically you can try to push with for
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by darklajid 16y ago
You can easily injure yourself on one. You might find some Youtube videos that show it in painful details, I've watched some people go down live. Usually this only happens if you do something risky or dumb (one example is if one of the whee
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by darklajid 16y ago
We cannot know for sure. One commenter over on the article site brings up the point of a heart attack while driving. Would (just like in any other vehicle, granted) cause a loss of control and might explain a great deal. But again - we cann
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by darklajid 16y ago
From the article it seems that this was one remarkable and generous man, which makes the accident even more tragic. On the technical side of things I wonder what the consequences for the Segway brand will be. It always seemed to me as if th
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by darklajid 16y ago
Germany..
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by darklajid 16y ago
I hear you. But is that backed up by real evidence or is this just the naive "But Blizzard made me happy when I was young. They wouldn't possibly change for worse" feeling, mostly created by the common theme of holding ones past in favor? I
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by darklajid 16y ago
But why? Surely you read about all the neat things the producer added to the game to make it more profitable. To monetize it in a better way? - Tournaments only allowed if you ask Blizzard kindly - LAN play is gone - Integration wit
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by darklajid 16y ago
My current workplace is very relaxed. I do continue working outside of the office-time and I'm sure that I deliver, but I regularly start at 10am+, sometimes 11 or 11:30. That doesn't keep me from leaving at ~6pm - it's mostly to have some
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by darklajid 16y ago
I feel with you, man. Unfortunately I cannot offer words of advice, I'm in the same mood and a similar position right now (and it starts to influence my private life a lot, which sucks. Explain to your SO this kind of "I'm feeling that I do
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by darklajid 16y ago
I have to second all the other answers. I guess the term "social network" carries a lot of (crappy) connotations with it, but if it lives up to the promise, connecting like-minded tech people to hang out and share knowledge: Sure. I just ha
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by darklajid 16y ago
This is really an awesome idea. My most recent exchange with other tech guys were limited to IRC (cumbersome, with all the problems a text only medium brings if you don't know the other guy/cannot guess the subtext) or, rarely, Twitter. Ken
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by darklajid 16y ago
Don't want to be the gitorious fanboy here. I'm using both and I'm not involved with either project (although I kind of run an internal gitorious instance here at work). I have to agree with you: Both on one server is not possible. The only
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by darklajid 16y ago
Agreed. The assumption _is_ heavy and I even have the same sample set around. But only if you look at either small companies/freelancers/startups (Yes, I know where I'm posting this). For corporations (read: Process, more process, and some
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by darklajid 16y ago
Point taken, but I assume that those guys that want to protect their code from the outside might want to go for a complete in-house solution as well, instead of storing it in the cloud (I know that this is the big thing now and all, but let
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by darklajid 16y ago
Visit the (previous) target site of those MS/hotmail domains. I haven't seen a JS Ok/Cancel dialog for a long time, offering me a DVD (free shipping!). I can only imagine how funny this is for Granny, after mistyping the address to reach ou