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by glenntzke 8y ago
Recode has an interview with Gimlet's cofounders about the acquisition: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1q7w7rQYjh3yFgey4Gz2OO
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by glenntzke 8y ago
This need not be a thread battle over airport commute times, but I've made the trip from LIC/Astoria to JFK many times and even with a good amount of train luck it roughly takes an hour door to door via public transit. In no situa
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by glenntzke 8y ago
Another perspective, from a skateboarder: In New York skateboarders are banned from sidewalks and have to skate in traffic. I've got a solid push and hold my own among bikes and cars but, regardless, get all kinds of flack from drivers
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by glenntzke 10y ago
This is a symptom of a heavily mobile-first strategy. There are many developers at Spotify passionate about improving the desktop platform - and not just for feature parity with mobile.
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by glenntzke 10y ago
I was in a very bad accident when a GMC pickup t-boned my 98 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS at ~55mph. My car crumpled and was totaled but took the hit and went for a 4 wheel slide across the road. A nice balanced car takes hits really well. And I
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by glenntzke 10y ago
I'm 91% through a full series read (kindle stat) and while I find some parts to be funny it's more arduous a task than an entertaining read. You're not alone. I like a good dose of silly but sometimes I just roll my eyes at
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by glenntzke 10y ago
The link you wanted was https://github.com/jyotiska/minni as the one you provided links to a different github user :)
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by glenntzke 11y ago
This is ok in an industry where there are far more jobs available than workers. I'd say it's fine in any software hotbed like NYC or SF where there's really no excuse to be unemployed as a software developer unless you are s
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by glenntzke 11y ago
NYC's USPS is notoriously unreliable, especially for those of us without the luxury of doormen. Despite living in a nice neighborhood with a vestibule that would certainly house a package just fine - and then include that the postman
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by glenntzke 11y ago
I'm genuinely surprised by the popular opinion that people play lotto only to win a nearly impossible jackpot. I rarely play, but when I do it's during the big frenzies like this just for kicks but with decent chances making my m
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by glenntzke 11y ago
This is what I thought in response to the "first world problems" comments. I grew up with a calendar on my fridge that kept the family in sync (as much as anything else) and think a family calendar that works with everyone's
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by glenntzke 11y ago
I find the number of typo PRs to be amusing. Makes me wonder if there's a mass effort to slog through commented code just to jump into the contributor list. Correct spelling is certainly good, but the interesting phenomenon is getting
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by glenntzke 11y ago
I find it interesting how often the phrase "[my desktop] is pretty boring" is said in a nearly shameful manner. These people that were producing content with their computers that was anything but boring (in the practical, effecti
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by glenntzke 11y ago
The activity on the article's accompanying github ( https://github.com/BloombergMedia/whatiscode ) is really interesting. Users have suggested edits not only to the code in the article but even to add citation. This
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by glenntzke 12y ago
How did you get back to the software industry so easily after a long industry break working as a bartender... I would like to read the response to this question. I think there are many software engineers out there who would like to take a
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by glenntzke 12y ago
Just FYI you can control whether or not iTunes manages your music folder and there is some customization in Pref > Advanced. I chose to let it manage the files but reduced some of the folder nesting. It doesn't obfuscate file names
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by glenntzke 12y ago
How is that an Easte...OOOH now I get it! +1
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by glenntzke 12y ago
There's good reason to have shown this on a white car because of this fact. 1. white give nice contrast for dirt but importantly 2. white nicely hides the frosty appearance of Ultra Ever Dry. Check out the ars technica article - the U
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by glenntzke 12y ago
I would love to follow a Tim Ferriss (well-versed body hacker and author of 4-Hour Body) experiment with Soylent. I've read his book and his analyses convinced me to try a diet for the first time in my life to change my body composit
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by glenntzke 12y ago
As a long time skateboarder (mostly street and transition with dabbling in longboarding with some friends' boards) I see this as the segway of skateboards. Looks like a neat commuter ride for those who want minimal effort and minimal
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by glenntzke 13y ago
This is the direction in which I was immediately thinking. As a software dev by day and musician by night/weekend/days off with experience living, working, and playing in several major east coast US cities I can say that the music
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by glenntzke 13y ago
I heartily agree with this sentiment. Angelfire and GeoCities were gateway sites for that opened the door to a career in web development far beyond animated gifs and marquees. While I have happily moved on to github and managin my own serv
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by glenntzke 13y ago
I'm bothered by the tone and inclusive language of this post. Of course an inspection of one's private conversations is intrusive and will make them uncomfortable, but this isn't true for all: "We get incredibly offending[sic] when someon
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by glenntzke 13y ago
See the home button in the upper left corner of the page. You don't see the suckers but it is recognizable. I don't think they're terribly worried about seeing those details.
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by glenntzke 14y ago
Fix with your browser's style inspector or if you can access a javascript console: document.getElementsByClassName('paragraph')[1].style.color = '#000000 !important' I find alternate maps like this fascinating. You really don't need to both
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by glenntzke 14y ago
It's important to think about how this is a product of the people with whom one surround oneself. I think my SO would be happy with an alternative stone (or perhaps no stone at all!) and that's because her and my friends largely aren't the
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by glenntzke 14y ago
I am a 27 year old software engineer and am glad to see a peer researching alternate nutrition (and it truly is just that) that doesn't boil down to [Agent X] is EVIL or [Agent Y] is MIRACULOUS. I have a negative appetite in the morning and
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by glenntzke 14y ago
If you find these sort of ruby (ab)uses interesting, take a look through the ruby Koans solutions at http://rubykoans.com/ Playing around these examples led to a fun discovery: I'm 5 days away from begin 10000 days old. Maybe I'll take Mo
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by glenntzke 14y ago
I use it fairly religiously and love it. I like the nearby updates for adhoc meetings with friends and - because close friends of mine also use it - it provides a nice way to estimate full party arrival. And it has a lot of Amex $5 off de
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by glenntzke 14y ago
I've played with it but haven't found any great use case (except, now, this). Next time I come across an annoying z-index bug I'll probably bust it out. Anyone who has had the displeasure of build modals on modals (always a good UX) could

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