inoffensivename

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   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   > If you’re weary of a future without standups, you need to Shape Up People need to know the difference between "weary" and "wary". * weary: tired * wary: watchful, cautious
2. 92.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   money lots and lots of money
3. 93.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   It was hugely influential in identifying the frustration of getting things done at Google. In my experience it's even more true now than it was back then, the number of things you have to deal with has just grown. I've been at Goo
4. 94.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   I've been using Linux on the desktop exclusively since 2004 or earlier, it's better now than ever. My sister (complete technophobe) gave it a shot last year and is very happy.
5. 95.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   I don't understand why people are fighting so hard to avoid this vaccine.
6. 96.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   > I doubt Google would ask a stupid "gotcha" question like that. You're kidding, right?
7. 97.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   5:08 of my life that I'm not getting back. Congratulations, that was infuriating :)
8. 98.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   borg is a commonly-run binary at google, --helpfull prints all the arguments available to it: borg --helpfull | grep -- '^ --' | wc -l 3794 Not saying that you would need to use all of those arguments, but they are th
9. 99.▲
   by inoffensivename 5y ago

   In the US, the FAA requires recalculation of the weight and balance unless the change is "negligible", which AC 43.13-1B defines as "any change of one pound or less for aircraft whose weight empty is less than 5,000 pounds&qu
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    by inoffensivename 5y ago

    the YouTube moderators I've met at Google can get a bit of a faraway look when talking about some of the things they'd seen
11. 101.▲
    by inoffensivename 5y ago

    if I didn't keep writing new solutions to solved problems, how would I get promoted?
12. 102.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I got interested in programming partly because of ZZTOOP, the built-in programming language that you could use to give interesting behavior to objects in the game.
13. 103.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I am, just by a couple of years!
14. 104.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I'm on a personal quest to reduce the average American working week
15. 105.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    ahhh so many hours of my high school life consumed by this game
16. 106.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    oof this hits too close to the mark upvoted :)
17. 107.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=24&v=gO3Y_IlPyXc
18. 108.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    As a pilot: good. This kind of behavior needs to be stamped out before it gets someone killed.
19. 109.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I'm on a personal mission to reduce the average American working week
20. 110.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I'm a big fan of Ubuntu Mono, I haven't encountered a better looking font for programming
21. 111.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    This is a very important post, thank you so much for sharing.
22. 112.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I dunno there's like 300 million people living here, it feels like we should have more than just three
23. 113.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I was awestruck by Microsoft Encarta when I got a copy back in around 1994 (I was 11 years old). I spent so long just browsing through the articles and listening to audio clips.
24. 114.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I've been using KDE for nearly 20 years and it just keeps getting better. Good stuff!
25. 115.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    and nothing of value was lost
26. 116.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    I came here to say this too
27. 117.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    This was a thoroughly entertaining read, thank you!
28. 118.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    :) I forgot to file one year (still paid the $800 on time) and got hit with a $500 fine that there was no way around. That LLC made -$1300 that year.
29. 119.▲
    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    You also need to file a California Form 568 tax return with the Franchise Tax Board and pay the $800 annual tax whether or not you have any income, or you get a big fine that increases every month you don't file... Ask me how I know :)
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    by inoffensivename 6y ago

    Yeah, I think people felt less compunction changing the published APIs. I was talking about the "internal" APIs, especially the tile API which still serves ancient clients.