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901.
by ja27 16y ago
Most common in my world? Not checking return codes. Or check return codes and logging "there was an error" rather than using errno. A couple uncommon ones: for (float x = 0.0; x < 3,5; x += 0.1) {...} if (flag == TRUE) {...} (TRUE was #
902.
by ja27 16y ago
His blog: http://www.kalzumeus.com/start-here-if-youre-new/
903.
by ja27 16y ago
A dozen years ago a few of us interviewed this guy, thought he was a good fit. When we went to check in with our boss to see if we could hire him, she turned him down. Why? "He seemed kind of geeky."
904.
by ja27 16y ago
According to a friend that just got a new work laptop, Windows XP is still standard issue at IBM. I imagine plenty of other large companies are in the same position.
905.
by ja27 16y ago
I had one male coworker ask a female coworker what bra size she was. (He was shopping for implants for his now ex-wife.) Awesome. She went into an empty office and cried.
906.
by ja27 16y ago
Second 'muse' on this blog post: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2011/03/04/engineering-...
907.
by ja27 16y ago
My kid's $69 DVD player has a USB port. I don't expect it to support a TV tuner, but it works with any FAT32 storage I've stuck in it.
908.
by ja27 16y ago
Anyone remember a really old free game that came on floppies (5.25")? I think it was from BusinessWeek and came out around 1989. You ran Microsoft for 5 years and tried to maximize your profits (or share value). I remember that the best I c
909.
by ja27 16y ago
I think this is very similar to how some of us were using Gizmo5 with GrandCentral before Google acquired both of them: http://groups.google.com/group/grandcentral-help-poweruser/b...
910.
by ja27 16y ago
Right. I was looking to see if the second page was the "No" list.
911.
by ja27 16y ago
Robert Scoble: "I've been watching Jobs for the entire keynote. Even when he's back stage. He's been standing the entire time, looks healthier than me." http://twitter.com/#!/Scobleizer/status/43021083867222017
912.
by ja27 16y ago
They only mention charging through the 30-pin port on the HDMI dongle. I wonder if any other 30-pin accessories will work when the HDMI mirroring dongle is attached?
913.
by ja27 16y ago
All our projectors at work have DVI input so a simple HDMI to DVI adapter would make it work. But more and more lately I see big LCD TVs on meeting room walls instead of projectors. Those almost always have HDMI inputs.
914.
by ja27 16y ago
The message when browsing with Chrome is "Sorry, we're not cool enough to support your browser. Please keep it real with one of the following browsers:"
915.
by ja27 16y ago
I've never seen a Microsoft tag in the wild either. I've seen QR codes in almost a dozen places. Most of those were a Google Places link, but a local history museum uses them for links to an audio tour at each exhibit.
916.
by ja27 16y ago
And The Rural Juror.
917.
by ja27 16y ago
Unaffected for now.
918.
by ja27 16y ago
If Apple allows you to buy them any more.
919.
by ja27 16y ago
Poor real estate location. This killed them in my area. They built two Borders near me, each so close to an existing Barnes and Noble that I swear you could stand at a spot across the street and see both competing stores. Meanwhile, new mal
920.
by ja27 16y ago
I know nearly as many people with a color Nook as I do that own a Kindle. But I know probably three times as many people that own an iPad.
921.
by ja27 16y ago
Or partner with Apple like Best Buy did. Seems like a perfect replacement for the huge CD areas they ripped out.
922.
by ja27 16y ago
The shell of coax (and what's in the space between it and the center conductor) also affects the impedance of the cable or antenna system. It's generally not that critical for a receiving antenna. Sticking up almost any wire more than a few
923.
by ja27 16y ago
Also, static electricity will build up on a wire like that unless you bleed the charge off to ground with something like a nice high-ohm resistor.
924.
by ja27 16y ago
I've worked from two libraries near my house quite a bit as well as a couple sandwich shops. (I can't stand the smell of burning coffee.) The sandwich shops are less distracting to me. All the conversations and background noise blend togeth
925.
by ja27 16y ago
I'm graduating with a EE degree but I don't feel like I know how to solder. I'm graduating with a ME degree but I don't feel like I know how to weld.
926.
by ja27 16y ago
Great story. We've been trying hard to get our daughter's Girl Scout troop to do anything like this without success. That's exactly what Girl Scouts should be doing. We might try again with the kids from our First Lego League team after the
927.
by ja27 16y ago
I wonder if Amazon is counting all the free downloads? I know I've purchased one Kindle book, but downloaded maybe 20 free ones from Amazon. I'll be more impressed when the e-book revenue catches paperbacks.
928.
by ja27 16y ago
They're not "unreadable" on the Kindle, but the Kindle (especially the smaller models) are pretty non-optimal for using tech reference books in PDF format.
929.
by ja27 16y ago
In other discussions I've seen people raise the copyright issues. Her estate owns the rights to these works, not John Maloof. But I don't think anyone except her heirs or other beneficiaries would have standing to sue him. They're either no
930.
by ja27 16y ago
I spent several years working with elementary-aged kids in our church. For one whole year, it was me and another dad with a class of a dozen or so 5 year olds. (We're all background-checked, for what little that's worth. We also have child

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