jherdman

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by jherdman 18y ago
I really enjoy the Merb source code for that. There's more rigor in Merb than Rails, though it's less helpful if you're mostly doing Rails stuff.
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by jherdman 18y ago
Count me as one of those people that don't get it. If I'm joining the elements of an array together, I'm operating on the array. Therefore I _expect_ the join() method to be on the array. To me, Python can't seem to make up its mind with th
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by jherdman 18y ago
I moved to Toronto last year. One thing that I still can't wrap my head around is that a huge number of ATMs are open to the street. I always feel VERY uncomfortable getting money from them.
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by jherdman 18y ago
$50 IS low. Think more about your costs. If anyone tells you anything less than $200/hr is low (as a freelancer), leave them behind you.
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by jherdman 18y ago
This was my biggest beef with Vim when I started using it. gVim just doesn't have the ease of configurability as Textmate either. Syntax definitions and highlighting in Textmate is also easier. Aside from that, I'm happy in Vim-land.
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by jherdman 18y ago
Generally speaking I upgrade whenever I get the chance, but I always wait for an official release. Sometimes I let some of my smaller apps lag, but I try to keep fairly recent so as not to hold back any other apps that might be relying on m
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by jherdman 18y ago
I'm a little baffled by the 3rd redesign and FutureRuby's ( http://futureruby.com/ ) choice of using a Soviet Russia inspired design. I get that they have a futuristic edge to them, and that this is considered cool. But the connotations the
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by jherdman 18y ago
I can't get into specifics per confidentiality at my job, but I'll tell you this: if you saw some of the things being done in the financial sector with Excel that I have you'd cry and go into a fit of rage.
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by jherdman 18y ago
> Technology seems to make cultural borders disappear, [...] Can you expand on this? I'm uncertain as to what you mean.
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by jherdman 18y ago
Isn't this the same thing that Metafilter does? How's it working out for them? I know I paid my $5 for them, but I haven't been back there in a long time.
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by jherdman 18y ago
That's hard to imagine. Lotus Notes is already a beast. Every time I start it up at work, I cry a little on the inside.
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by jherdman 18y ago
I want access to whatever data is inside the spreadsheet. Currently Excel locks away your data unless you use a library of some sort that may not necessarily be 100% accurate, or capable of a specific feature. Likewise, generating spreadshe
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by jherdman 18y ago
That's a pretty normal time span for a laptop to fail. Someone working at Dell once told me that components generally start failing after or around 2 years. My laptop rule of thumb: always buy the extended warranty.
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by jherdman 18y ago
I read a large portion of the Dragon Book in University. It was interesting, but I didn't get all the way through it. I've honestly found books like "Refactoring" to be a more valuable a read.