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by holygoat 18y ago
Looks edited to me.
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by holygoat 18y ago
Don't listen to the commenters saying "just go for it" -- having cash in the bank is important (if you aren't wasting time earning trying to get the work to do so). As long as you stay busy, building a buffer is a good thing.
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by holygoat 18y ago
... he says.
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by holygoat 18y ago
Speaking of power supplies... MAGSAFE. Nothing beats MagSafe.
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by holygoat 18y ago
Our company has been using ThinkPads for years. In the past year standard issue has been T60p and T61p — and they're awful. Crappy display drivers, a tendency to shut down when you plug them in or dock them, etc. etc. We're switching to HPs
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by holygoat 18y ago
You should read Greg Egan.
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by holygoat 18y ago
That's actually an interesting approach. I have noticed that when I have a good idea in the evening as I get ready for bed, I need to get it on paper, and I keep thinking about it overnight. The next day I can't help but work on it.
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by holygoat 18y ago
I put a large trackball in the middle of my keyboard, or on the left side. Works great.
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by holygoat 18y ago
I bought one for work. A few months later, I bought one for home.
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by holygoat 18y ago
Sitting still is not a natural human state. Consider that the chair is a recent invention... You are far from abnormal.
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by holygoat 18y ago
I like Pound very much: it's simple and robust. However, I recently noticed a memory leak. We use healthchecks on our production machines, which means a consistent rate of hits every few seconds, 24/7. After about 3 months, Pound had chewed
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by holygoat 18y ago
Start telling people; maybe things will change.
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by holygoat 18y ago
You can't evaluate the offer without the number of outstanding shares. The last offer I received I was told that it wasn't their usual practice to tell. I talked to their HR director and she told me right away — in other words, you might ha
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by holygoat 19y ago
Misuse of "compiled". Zed fail. I use a compiled language all day that gives me a console, no separate compile stage, etc. sigh
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by holygoat 19y ago
My new MBP is remarkably cool. My 2-year-old MBP could fry an egg. Things change.
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by holygoat 19y ago
My answer: no, but he should want to find out.
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by holygoat 19y ago
That's hilarious. I hope he was intentionally trying to mislead someone... you'd think he'd know better! :)
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by holygoat 19y ago
That's one POV. Another: if you wait 6 months, there'll be another significant bump 6 months after that. (WiMax!) The sensible thing to do is to wait a year. Sorry, 18 months. Oh no, 2 years.
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by holygoat 19y ago
I don't know if you'd call it a social network, but the answer is Twitter. Legendary downtime.