hudibras

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by hudibras 14y ago
Probably everybody reading Steve's post had a "eureka" moment on different sections. For me, it was the dual-duty caps lock key idea. I've always used "ii" remapped to ESC in vim insert mode--that changes today.
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by hudibras 14y ago
Until everybody at the hiring meeting is interviewed by the EEOC or the meeting notes are subpoenaed.
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by hudibras 14y ago
The part about not hiring a young woman because there's a high chance that she is or will be pregnant is already illegal in the U.S.
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by hudibras 14y ago
Another fun fact: David Venlet has an air-to-air kill of a Libyan Su-22 in 1981.
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by hudibras 14y ago
A $1500 fine and a month in jail is hardly cruel or unusual.
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by hudibras 14y ago
Water rights issues can seem outrageous at first blush, but there are good, logical reasons for them. For example, suppose this guy filled up his ponds with a garden hose from the farm's plumbing. He wouldn't expect to get that water for fr
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by hudibras 14y ago
It's interesting to compare the almost-unanimous condemnation of this sale with that of other HN articles about acquisitions. Not even one 'attaboy, Jeff' comment for the founder cashing out? I wonder what the response would have been if th
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by hudibras 14y ago
"That fits my observation of New York law firms, where associates routinely bill 3,000 hours each year. That equates to 60 hours per week during a 50 week year; including non-billable hours, these 3,000-hour lawyers generally worked 12 hour
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by hudibras 14y ago
"I can see using R as a gateway to other programming languages." So true. A fairly common path is Excel to VBA to RExcel to R to C++. R is great for exploring and prototyping but then C++ is often used to hard-wire the final R code for spee
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by hudibras 14y ago
I'm quite sure that most people in the Valley-VC-feedback-loop have no idea how they appear to the rest of America. Someone doubting another person's ability because she's a woman in a public blog, and then that woman calmly writing a publi
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by hudibras 14y ago
Hmm, first General Motors and now Candy Japan pulls their ads from Facebook. How is Zuckerberg going to stanch the bleeding?
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by hudibras 14y ago
This is because all of the uniform regulations become second nature to you when you're in the military. You and everybody that you work with wear the uniform in the same way, so it's incredibly distracting and jarring to see it worn correct
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by hudibras 15y ago
Finally, someone with experience in the real world. Comments about "staying in the kitchen" or talking about a co-worker's breasts (which is what the "low-cut dress" comment is really about) will get you fired on the spot in many or most jo
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by hudibras 15y ago
There is some debate about this (to say the least) but the theory is that "hot sections" of the deck are propagated between shuffles of the decks when hand-shuffled. So if you run into a streak of good cards at the beginning of one shoe of
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by hudibras 15y ago
So why doesn't the U.S. allow doctors to immigrate to this country? The median American MD makes $143K; I'm sure that plenty of foreign doctors would love to come here and make half that.
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by hudibras 15y ago
Later in the article, it mentions that Target got smarter with these. Instead of just sending coupons for diapers and such, they would send coupons of diapers interspersed with coupons of, say, lawnmowers and chainsaws. In other words, they
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by hudibras 15y ago
I remapped hjkl to htns (the keys directly under the right fingers on the home row) and it works wonderfully. 'n' then needs to be remapped, so I have 'N' set to 'j' and 'n' set to 'k' so that the two commands for repeating a search forward
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by hudibras 15y ago
I think Patrick's point is that this is B.S., but it's B.S. that the interviewer can use to rationalize giving up the $4,000. It's exactly the same as the Free Food At Google argument.
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by hudibras 15y ago
The H1B visa is designed to provide foreign workers to a business in instances where doing so does not affect American workers. When the visa is denied, don't jump to the conclusion that the bureaucracy failed. The more likely result is tha
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by hudibras 15y ago
I've got htns mapped to the direction keys, too, and it works great. I think it's even easier than qwerty's direction keys because you don't have to move your right hand at all; you have to move the forefinger left to hit 'h' on qwerty. It'
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by hudibras 15y ago
"Facebook whitehat card not as prestigious as the SVC card, but very cool." What's the SVC card?
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by hudibras 15y ago
My three-year-old loves his work as Bob the Builder.
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by hudibras 15y ago
That picture is what tilted the scale for me to get the $79 version. I don't have to look at that creepy face staring back at me, while saving thirty bucks.
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by hudibras 15y ago
So much for "All men are created equal," eh? Over ten million people each year apply through this program for only 50,000 green cards. In a nation of 300 million people, I think we can manage this.
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by hudibras 16y ago
I read this a couple times, but still don't understand the headline. He's talking about Atlanta's growth slowing but other than a mention of "metro Atlanta," he doesn't say anything about the suburbs. Plus, the city is still growing; it's o
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by hudibras 17y ago
Just tried the AOL keyword "Facebook login." Worked fine; what's the big deal?
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by hudibras 17y ago
What, is this guy eighteen or something? I read every one of these in junior high or high school and I thought they were cool, too. He should try reading something (anything!) written in the last 30 years and get back to us. Also: http://e
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by hudibras 17y ago
I can't recommend this enough. About three years ago, I bought Dubay and Getty's book to improve my handwriting--and it worked, with just a few hours of drills over a couple weeks. Some notes: 1. It's subtle, but some of the printed letters