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   by jrcii 11y ago

   I use a mutt setup like this http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/ Besides the efficiency of the CLI, I like having a local copy of my mail.
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   The only missing feature is mailing lists. What's a good solution for that?
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   omg Please let this make it to Adobe Illustrator!
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   I'm not a psychologist but I believe this qualifies as "projection."
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   > but they reserve the right to freeze an account pending investigation In reality their processes for investigating are often a neverending nightmare that punish innocent people, or in this case are hampering one of our only hopes for r
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   > People today are unhappy. I look around on the subway in the morning and almost everyone has this glum, unhappy expression on their face.
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   > its the same logic that convinced HP Or the Yahoo/Broadcast.com decision, to use the term logic loosely
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   Over the years I've been either a freelance IT consultant or the head of an IT consultancy. I never got a client from LinkedIn, no one that worked for me ever got a client from LinkedIn, and more broadly, no one I know has ever got a c
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   by jrcii 11y ago

   I've tried HN on all the major text browsers in the past and they never seem to indent comments correctly. Without proper "spacial nesting" conversations are nearly impossible to follow.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Jason Scott has some too, I'm not sure how complete his collection is http://www.textfiles.com/magazines/40HEX/
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    I remember this ezine 40Hex used to have virus assembly in it, which to my 12 year old self was pretty much the coolest thing I could imagine, until I compiled and accidentally ran it and destroyed my parents Windows 98 installation.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    > Anyone have any suggestions for a free firewall alternative? pf on OpenBSD. Strong firewall, highly configurable, the syntax isn't bad, and there are even some decent books out on it.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    I just want to say that VLC is one of the finest pieces of software I've ever had the privilege of running and the contributors to the project should be proud of themselves. It is fast, reliable, and robust. I suspect many who use it d
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    > How well separated are the UI and engine? Completely. VLC can be run headless from command line.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    > IRC's time has passed. I wouldn't go that far. Freenode is bustling.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    I'm 30 years old, I started programming BASIC on my Apple IIc when I was 7, so this is the only life I've ever known. It's difficult to see the forest from the trees enough to known if I like it, it just "is." What
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    > they tend to lack any rigorous UX thought. The Slack one is a perfect example The background transparency is nice looking as long as you're not actively using your computer for anything and don't have any windows open.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Excel is not perfect but it is best in class. I've built and maintained a time-series statistics research database for one of the largest trade associations in the world for over 10 years which heavily integrates with Excel. In so doin
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    I would argue that the best PC laptops are the old IBM ThinkPads. The best PC laptop in production, I'm not sure. The Panasonic Toughbooks are pretty nice for their purpose.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Hey, thanks!
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Can you imagine this poor man's reaction as he watched the launch?
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    I use AdBlock Plus because of the Element Hiding Helper addon, which lets me easily and perpetually hide whatever DOM element I decide is annoying me or taking up unnecessary space. To my knowledge there is no similar addon for uBlock Origi
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Does anyone know if LTE fixes this problem?
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    Hopefully for their investors' sake that revenue isn't significantly driven by click fraud, a rumor that's been circulating for years http://thesocialmediamonthly.com/startup-ceo-alleges-massive... * Is anyon
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    >neuroscientists: they can go to the bathroom and half their knowledge will be out of date Web development seems to be even worse than neuroscience in this regard. I feel like I have to perpetually study to be abreast of best practices.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    >Counting calories _always_ works for weight loss. If you simply eat fewer calories than your body needs each day, you will lose weight. Funny you should say that when this was just published today: http://arstechnica.com&#x2F
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    Does anyone have a bookmarklet for collapsing comments?

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    by jrcii 11y ago

    By industry! I assume that means we've gotten to the bottom of this http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023043198045763896...
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    > into a "read offline later" folder. I have a "pretend you will read offline later but never actually read" folder.
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    by jrcii 11y ago

    ebooks to me are a solution in search of a problem. I like how books look, how they smell, the feel of turning the pages, being able to dogear a page to keep my place, loaning them out, seeing them on my bookshelf. I also form memories of w