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by enobrev 7y ago
> All they had to do was implement a nested set pattern for their groups To be fair, the nested set pattern is the opposite of fun - especially at scale.
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by enobrev 7y ago
There's nothing stopping any of us from using a sha-n hash or uuid as a domain name now. Would definitely make domain searches for new projects a hell of a lot easier.
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by enobrev 7y ago
I think it would be absolutely incredible to peruse old blogs and websites from a century ago. Clippings from 75 year old newspapers or letters are interesting for plenty of reasons. The cost of things; The news of the day; The writing
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by enobrev 7y ago
I started playing with Flight Simulator 3 or 4 - not really sure which. During the summer I'd stay at my aunt's for a few weeks at a time, which was mind-numbing since it was in the suburbs away from all my friends. My cousin had
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Chernobyl DevOps: Software Engineering, Disaster Management, and Observability(medium.com)
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by enobrev 7y ago
> code that I wrote myself is hard to read This has happened more times than it probably should: 1. Arrive upon some code I wrote at some point in the near or distant past. 2. Review it to get some idea of what I was trying to do 3. Laug
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by enobrev 7y ago
I agree that it's possible - potentially trivial - for a bot to figure out if a field is hidden from view, but "really ineffective" seems a bit extreme for something I've seen work well multiple times. It's not a de
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by enobrev 7y ago
It's been a couple years since I've implemented one of these, but I've used this method in various forms on projects for at least a decade. Sometimes I use a hidden "email" field. Sometimes a hidden "subject&q
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by enobrev 7y ago
I generally agree, although whenever a rate is reduced for any reason, it should be stated out loud and in writing and on every invoice with a clear end date or specification for the reduction. Never let the special deal be forgotten as an
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by enobrev 7y ago
I've taken plenty of pre-payments. I agree that you shouldn't "need" one, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with requiring one. It sends the same message as a high rate, and gets everyone in the habit of paying
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by enobrev 7y ago
I've used both at length, and still use Usenet to this day. Besides reddit being centralized, how are they dissimilar? Is it really that bad if an analogy for a readership that likely have no clue what Usenet is?
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by enobrev 7y ago
I have a similar slack group. About 7 of us. Some of us worked together remotely. The rest were added slowly. All members are adults well into our careers. It's mostly tech articles with a terse discussion and the occasional lunch
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by enobrev 8y ago
This change doesn't even touch Inbox. It removes the surrounding "chrome" and adjusts the whitespace. That's not nothing as it focuses the UI, but Inbox was far more than that. Not that I don't appreciate the t
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by enobrev 8y ago
I switched from Windows to Linux quite a few years ago, but when I was on Windows, I was a paying customer and huge fan of TimeSnapper. It's one of the few tools I truly missed after the move. Well done, Leon. Glad to see TimeSnapper
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by enobrev 8y ago
In general, I agree with this. I'm also working with a startup now, and not as a founder, and a couple of your reasons to do so resonate. But also, as to your invalid reasons list: - The money is good. - The work-life balance is excel
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by enobrev 8y ago
It never has, but it probably will now. Your comparison reminds me of the phrase "2.5 kids". Also "Less" vs. "Fewer".
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by enobrev 8y ago
That reminds me of how in the Northeast they say "Quarter of [hour]" whereas in the Midwest it's "Quarter after [hour]". The former confuses me every time, with my immediate thought being "is 'of' be
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by enobrev 8y ago
I've also learned to read contractions in their extracted form in order to help me when editing. It's a similar trick to remembering spelling versions of every word, like "Wed-nes-day", or "Col-o-nel". Someti
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by enobrev 8y ago
I've noticed this one quite a bit recently on HN and reddit. I'm seeing it far more often than "they're, there, and their" and "your and you're" mistakes, to the point where I wondered if it were som
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by enobrev 8y ago
I'm pretty late on this response, so I'm not sure you'll ever see it, but after your recommendation I downloaded Typora. It's excellent. I'd tried it a couple times in the past and was not impressed, but I am now.
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by enobrev 8y ago
I still use Facebook a few times a week because it does still have some utility to me, but I stopped wishing anyone happy birthday on there as soon as the feature was realized by the masses. What's one more wish among the hundreds who
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by enobrev 8y ago
I'm from Chicago and spent a third of my life in NYC. I'm honestly amazed at how clean NYC is. The first time I ever saw a ticker-tape parade after the Yankees won the world series in 2000, I assumed NYC would be covered in paper
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by enobrev 8y ago
I think I may have the same issue. There's a bit too much going on for me. Markdown has definitely become my format of choice. It's like the JSON of plain-text files: Imperfect, but simple and everywhere. I'd like to simpli
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by enobrev 8y ago
That's ridiculous. I imagine you're right. They would have likely sold it off at one of their bulk auctions.
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by enobrev 8y ago
> Amazon "deleted" all seller accounts in Europe, because they allegedly didn't sell anything. In the US, I used to use Amazon to re-sell things I no longer wanted / needed. Old books, especially technical ones, usua
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by enobrev 8y ago
I really like the UX of paper, but I feel like it stopped moving forward, and unfortunately it seems to be moving further away from straight markdown little by little. That said, it's still my go-to for writing anything that requires
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by enobrev 8y ago
Just chiming in to add a similar but different experience. Been freelance for nearly 20 years and I've always lived in major US cities but very rarely do I take on local clients. This is absolutely intentional. I don't care if t
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by enobrev 8y ago
I've been building my desktop (and now servers) for 25 years. The idea of taking my computer in to a store to fix a drive or ram or worse, buying a new one because of a hardware issue is absolutely foreign to me. I had hoped laptops w
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by enobrev 8y ago
I agree with this as you've stated it, but there's a difference with a personal event, like an alarm, and a calendar event. For instance, say there's an 1pm CT meeting every Tuesday for a remote team. When I head to the East
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by enobrev 8y ago
In Gmail (and Inbox, RIP), the 12:30am "Snooze" action assumes "tomorrow" means 8am the same day. I'm not sure what time the switch-over becomes "8am the next day". I think around 4 or 5am. Once I learn

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