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781.
by genwin 14y ago
Ah, true, mine don't light up.
782.
by genwin 14y ago
Statistics tells you the odds that the exit poll would disagree by some degree with the actual result. If the odds show, for example, only a 1 in a 100 million chance of it happening, an investigation should take place. That you've never hi
783.
by genwin 14y ago
Don't car radios still have station preset buttons, e.g. labelled 1 through 5, with one (and only one) being lit when you press it?
784.
by genwin 14y ago
Of course it is. But many employers will want that asset cheaper than in a younger package, and some other employers will pass at any price. And that's fair, because the older developer has fewer potential years to give to the company.
785.
by genwin 14y ago
At some age, no amount of skill is going to help much. Someone will employ a developer nearing senior citizenry, but they'll want a deep discount over what they'd pay for younger.
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by genwin 14y ago
I assume it's better than the existing Reddit mobile site at m.reddit.com, but how so? I'd change the cursor for the buttons at top-left and top-right (on the website, not the mobile app) to be pointer icons, rather than text editing ones.
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by genwin 14y ago
Nice comparison. Anyone can now run the Go version in the Go Playground at http://play.golang.org/p/w0N-ZtBBw_
788.
by genwin 14y ago
Good for them. There's still more opportunity for enjoyment for younger folk, though. Even if a 60-something manages to do the same activity, like snowboarding, it's going to be done in a less youthful body. It's a big waste for 20-somethin
789.
by genwin 14y ago
Stocks don't average 9-10% per year, not anymore. Since the Dow was at 10K in 1999, the Dow has averaged 2.1% per year, with great volatility (ups/downs). Including dividends, maybe 4%. The gov't has fueled that relatively anemic growth wit
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by genwin 14y ago
Seattle is one of the "right" towns I was thinking of.
791.
by genwin 14y ago
You might be looking in the wrong town. Consider moving to a town with a greater demand/supply factor. 3 years experience, if you can show your work (e.g. a website) should be plenty in many places.
792.
by genwin 14y ago
Compound interest at < 1% isn't going to make much difference over a decade. At > 1% risks losing principal, and inflation is probably > 1% now anyway, so that you lose money on savings. Money spent (rather than invested) in one
793.
by genwin 14y ago
> I think it's also true that it is possible to stay open-minded your whole life and never get stuck in one way of doing things. What you do is be open-minded in your 20s. Then you get "set in the way" of being open-minded, never to cha
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by genwin 14y ago
Hopefully not too many sacrifices though. Life should be about much more than creating new life. The 20s is the time to focus on yourself.
795.
by genwin 14y ago
I'm at A < 1.0 (even 6 weeks of vacation, which I always take with plenty of notice), but have no problem getting or keeping a job long term. I'm A < 1.0 because I'm ambitious about "working to live", rather than "living to work" li
796.
by genwin 14y ago
> Seriously, why should Americans consider it normal to sign a Nondisclosure Agreement when beginning work for a new company but completely out-of-the-blue to have the employer be legally responsible for granting so simple a "privilege"
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by genwin 14y ago
Basically any state where the majority of people there see "right to work" and that's all the info they need to believe it means something good.
798.
by genwin 14y ago
The key to success at most companies is to please your boss's boss, indirectly of course.
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by genwin 14y ago
Great demo! I'd make the "You see this" "They see this" images larger. And add a favicon, if only so it's more clear that the "<>" at top left is a logo (and when the user clicks on the logo, go home).
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by genwin 14y ago
Follow-on question: Are we prepared for the consequences of everyone's taxes quintupling, to prevent/fight the consequences of such an eruption? (Not considering the massive corruption increase caused by such tax increase.)
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by genwin 14y ago
> There are many presidential contenders, and regardless of your beliefs, you will find someone who fits them much more closely if you simply look. But the way our system works, voting for a third-party contender is effectively a vote f
802.
by genwin 14y ago
Agreed, and nowadays for ~$250 it's an 11+" screen at 1366x786, with 250GB drive.
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by genwin 14y ago
Not all of us are skilled at the front-end. I love your grid, especially how columns stack on resize, and wouldn't be able to just whip one up myself. The steam is cool too.
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by genwin 14y ago
Yes, free fall can be fuzzy due to clothes and whatnot. But someone who didn't use a drogue chute should be able to have a shorter free fall time yet still be eligible to claim the record for longest free fall time, all else being equal.
805.
by genwin 14y ago
Maybe the skydiving community has its own definition of free fall? My books say there can't be any force on you except gravity, which seem to rule out any apparatus intended to slow the fall.
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by genwin 14y ago
It wouldn't be useless but it could be unnecessary. I don't anticipate ever needing to set up version control, unless it's my own business. Any place I work will almost certain already have it set up, and if not, someone else will be tasked
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Heli showreel video (R/C helicopter using goggles)(vimeo.com)
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by genwin 14y ago
Makes sense. I just hope it's brighter than Hale-Bopp. From the countryside that one was plenty bright to enjoy.
809.
by genwin 14y ago
I think the article is saying that the predicted magnitude of the comet is -16.
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by genwin 14y ago
Excellent! Hale-Bopp was so cool to see. I was hoping for a another great comet to show my son.

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