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by joshwa 15y ago
My adjustable standing desk: $5? http://i.imgur.com/GfGpq.jpg When I get tired I can switch from standing to sitting (use USB keyboard/mouse when sitting, laptop keyboard/mouse when standing). TL;DC: Laptop is on a bunch of small plastic
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by joshwa 15y ago
Another data point: if I recall correctly, the visa office is only open until 12pm.
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To the best of my knowledge both of these issues are much improved over a few years ago. How long ago were you there, and working with what group?
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by joshwa 15y ago
note: my own opinions, not those of the company, etc A few reasons: -- Zappos, to a certain extent, is selling commodities. Every shoe can get photographed exactly the same way, doesn't need to demonstrate fit, doesn't need to communicate
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by joshwa 15y ago
note: my own opinions, not those of the company, etc A few reasons, some good, some not. We have a large dev organization in many different groups, and there's a lot of cross-group coordination that has to happen to make things go. As a r
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by joshwa 15y ago
I work at macys.com, and here's where I recruit you! Unlike most retailers, our e-commerce division operates on its own, and we have the agility (and capital budget) to move quickly and act on big opportunities. Yes, there's a lot of work a
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by joshwa 15y ago
Agreed-- not-quite-white on not-quite-black is much less fatiguing for me than pure white on pure black. The slightly lower contrast is quite pleasing, but still allows for good contrast with syntax highlighting. (I use a variation on the T
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by joshwa 15y ago
I don't mind at all working for a bank... I'm already I'm fortune-100 land. Currently living in southwest china, but coming from NYC so wondering if salaries are comparable? Are there any i-banks or hedge funds with dev shops in HK? That sa
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by joshwa 15y ago
On the inverse side of that equation, does that mean an experienced dev coming from the US will be in a buyer's market job-wise?
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by joshwa 15y ago
A core concept they drill into your head in flight training is the following axiom: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate (in that order) First and foremost, keep the plane in the air. Then you can worry about where you're going (e.g.
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by joshwa 15y ago
Related: When working out a UI idea, I work REALLY low-fi and REALLY fast. Quick thumbnail sketches of just the overall layout of elements, or the way an interaction works, done in < 2mins. The trick is to explore the problem space quic
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by joshwa 15y ago
So, what are they paid to... do, then? Thrash around trying to understand the business. Some will be more successful than others, depending on how smart they are. Some will gain a superficial understanding and claim to have mastered the d
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Close Photoshop and Grab a Pencil: The Lost Art of Thumbnail Sketches(designshack.net)
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Hacking Carbon Emissions into Minecraft(amee.com)
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by joshwa 15y ago
Time for a China HN Meetup?
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by joshwa 15y ago
Still surprised that nobody's made the connection to FileMaker. FileMaker actually predates Hypercard (depending how you define it), and is similar to the point where you can still find Hypercard->FileMaker conversion tools. Filemaker
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by joshwa 15y ago
One of the effects of this design is to disadvantage frequent users of any non-core Google Products. For instance, if you visit Docs or Reader every day, multiple times a day, you're going to spend a lot of time hovering and cursing. Solu
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Net Mogul Trading Cards (from suck.com circa 1997)(suck.com)
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by joshwa 15y ago
Now there's the new G650: Mach 0.925. :) But fastest single-pilot-rated is the Hawker 200, which does 465kt, but only 1500nm range. (An F-15 can do 3000nm in ferry configuration... Or I wonder if you can contract with USAF to arrange in-fli
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by joshwa 15y ago
More like inheritor of the MSFS developer community and userbase now that FSX is abandonware. Looks like you need a G-V or a Citation X. :)
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by joshwa 15y ago
This article[1] is a very good explanation for why VLJs are un-economical and will never have the speed, range, and efficiency of a larger jet. Written by Austin Meyer, the developer of X-Plane, an FAA-approved flight simulator package (and
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There's now an official ICD-10 code for "burn due to waterskis on fire"(online.wsj.com)
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by joshwa 15y ago
Funny, just today I was revisiting my decently-widely-used campfire bot: http://github.com/joshwand/campfire-bot In the process of gemifying the bot and the plugins separately to make maintenance easier.
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by joshwa 15y ago
Same problem, same numbers. (China -> Atlanta). Is your VPN Juniper IVE by any chance?
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by joshwa 15y ago
The ultimate travel geek toolbox: http://matrix.itasoftware.com - especially once you learn the advanced QPX language, e.g.: SFO,LAX CX,AA,KE F HKG,ICN,NRT ~CZ+ KMG Search for flights from LAX or SFO, on Cathay Pacific, American,
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by joshwa 15y ago
Apple sells movies, music and books in order to sell devices. Amazon sells devices in order to sell books, movies and music. This.
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Take it to MetaTalk. (oh how I wish HN had a Meta section)
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These correspond to the basic axis of light typically found in the real world (up until fluorescent, anyways): Blue = natural light (5000-8000K) Yellow/Orange = artificial/tungsten light (2400-4500K) Anyone who's shot actual film will know
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by joshwa 15y ago
It might help perceived performance to load the drawing widget before loading all the previous chains... as it is I have to wait for the entire page to load before I can start drawing again.
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Bit-squatting – DNS hijacking by cosmic rays/memory errors(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
61 points by joshwa 15y ago|18 comments

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