jmadsen

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by jmadsen 9y ago
(for entirely different reasons, I just switched back to HTML version of GMail. Amazing the amount of RAM it uses & the completely unnecessary number of connections & push notifications it clutters you with. I suggest you try it for
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by jmadsen 9y ago
I dunno. I use Slack for a couple of groups as well as my full-time remote work. I turn off all notifications & just check from time to time. I have a project manager who tends to pester me with DMs a little too much, but if I'm tr
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by jmadsen 9y ago
I use Google Translate extensively to help write things in Japanese - considered (one of) the most difficult languages in the world. I show the results to Japanese people who nearly always tell me it looks just fine to them. I have also pas
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by jmadsen 9y ago
Thank you. Yes, that's what it's about. However, it's not so important to get companies to directly donate if the developers who use it push for the donations. Contrary to Supreme Court rulings, companies aren't de
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Your Company Is Screwing Itself by Not Supporting Open Source Software(medium.com)
29 points by jmadsen 9y ago|5 comments
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by jmadsen 9y ago
"Of course, this inefficiency plays well into the politics of one of the parties, who hold a religious belief that private enterprise is always more efficient than government" Which is beyond ironic to anyone who's worked in
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by jmadsen 9y ago
Thank you! The number of people who are posting, tweeting, etc looooong convoluted theories & explanations, and yet can't seem to figure out that this was a civilian warning system & nothing more, is amazing. What happened in
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by jmadsen 9y ago
That's BS. Completely untrue. You just aren't reading/listening to Japanese people on the subject. No one is freaking out, but we're all tense at more or less the same level, as per our individual personalities.
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by jmadsen 9y ago
This. I live in Japan as well & told my family the same a long time back. There aren't that many other specifics you can plan for, with the family typically spread across the city on the average day, but at least grab a bathtub of
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by jmadsen 9y ago
Not a terrible thing to have happened, tbh Now we get to see & analyze the "real life" reaction to this dress rehearsal. I'm sure everyone knew without this that a real alert would be full of SNAFUs, but you don't us
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by jmadsen 9y ago
that makes it a lot clearer, thanks!
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by jmadsen 9y ago
why not just say "excessive dependencies" and be correct, succinct and perfectly clear?
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by jmadsen 9y ago
exactly. I question all these comments by people singling out npm as the root of the problem. doesn't sound to me like they fully understand the issue.
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by jmadsen 9y ago
but that has nothing to do with npm. that's the same for any javascript package manager - yarn or bower would be the same.
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by jmadsen 9y ago
I'm more of a back-end dev who doesn't know all the ins and outs of the actual software used - can someone explain to me why this is an npm problem, and not an excessive dependencies problem? I thought npm was simply a package m
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by jmadsen 9y ago
A very nice read. I found it ironic that the corner of the last paragraph was obscured by an "Up Next" pop-open, ready to push me on to the next thing before I'd even had a moment to digest it.
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by jmadsen 9y ago
You can search by narrator & also find recommended narrators. It's a volunteer project, so you get a mixed bag, but there are some very good voices in there as well.
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Stopping Plastic Pollution with the Power of Bubbles(hakaimagazine.com)
42 points by jmadsen 9y ago|5 comments
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by jmadsen 9y ago
An ORM is not a "query builder" An ORM turns your result into a collection of objects. THAT is what an ORM is for and about. The fact that they are built on top of query builders and lighten the load when developing is just a hand
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by jmadsen 9y ago
Yuucho, as well, though they are very slow with int'l wire transfers. Almost walked in/walked out to set up, though.
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by jmadsen 9y ago
Sorry, Patrick, have to disagree with you on this one: 12 years of residency, started a Godo Gaisha, had to jump hoops even with my bank I'd had a personal account with all those years just to get a standard savings account . Credit c
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Fruit Walls: Before Greenhouses, Garden Walls Created Urban Micro-Climates(99percentinvisible.org)
12 points by jmadsen 9y ago|5 comments
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by jmadsen 9y ago
I know this is pretty much a silly thing to be saying & just wishful thinking on my part, but... Many places like large swaths of Africa and Asia skipped building much of the traditional landlines and went straight to cell phones. With
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by jmadsen 9y ago
You may have been looking for this? http://rubberduckasaservice.codebyjeff.com/
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No Shadow Tower: Reflective Skyscraper Bounces Sunlight into Shaded Space(99percentinvisible.org)
1 points by jmadsen 9y ago|0 comments
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Watts in the Water - Tapping the Oceans for Power(hakaimagazine.com)
3 points by jmadsen 9y ago|0 comments
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by jmadsen 9y ago
I thought the whole idea of "moon bases" were put to rest a long time ago? Not any categories I'm aware of where they are the best option, from mining, forward base to Mars, habitability, etc
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by jmadsen 10y ago
That's why I stick to jQuery 1.2. Ain't neveh goin' nowheh!
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How to Create a Micro-Startup in Japan – Patrick McKenzie(disruptingjapan.com)
2 points by jmadsen 10y ago|0 comments
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Digging into the Hyperloop's Impact on Transport Economics(linkedin.com)
2 points by jmadsen 10y ago|0 comments

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