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by julian_t 12y ago
A most excellent picture! I (English, from London) am currently teaching a group of mainly CS grads here in Mumbai (Malad, if anyone knows it). About 20% of the group are female, and they are very impressive. Based on my experience, the mor
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by julian_t 12y ago
Absolutely... giant red apples with a vinyl-like skin and mushy interior, so highly polished and waxed that a chance reflection can blind you. I call them ASOs (Apple-Shaped Objects)... and IMHO the only place they belong is in Snow White ;
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by julian_t 12y ago
A village just outside Oxford (UK) has a communal apple orchard ( http://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/land/wolvercoteorchard.... ) They have over 30 varieties, many of which are very old and unusual. I'm a lover of
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by julian_t 12y ago
Hmmm… I certainly do have the freedom to personally dislike a book design, whether the authorities say I should or not. And if that makes me typographically illiterate, then so be it ;-) In fact, I find the line lengths in many properly t
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by julian_t 12y ago
Yep… I can say from personal experience that Scala and Clojure are becoming popular in the financial world. There seem to be several drivers: the FP part appeals to the algo guys, immutability is attractive when looking at concurrency, and
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by julian_t 12y ago
Not the OP but… I took it to mean that you have a responsibility to yourself as well as the startup. You give them a lot of time and effort, sure, but you need to keep doing things like reviewing how the job is letting you develop, both tec
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by julian_t 12y ago
So? I really don’t see the problem with this. Sounds like you’re trying to make common sense into a bad thing ;-) “Process” seems to be used as a stick for both sides to beat their opponent with… you are either doing too much or too little.
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by julian_t 12y ago
Cheap is one reason, but also... When you're functionally illiterate and have spent a few years living on the streets, are not good with money, and have a generally chaotic lifestyle, then you may well not think about going to your loc
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by julian_t 12y ago
> The most common issue - no email address. Second most common - has email, but has to take the bus to the library to check it. Absolutely. We have come to know a couple of guys, one ex-homeless, who have real troubles here. We lent one
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by julian_t 12y ago
I’m with you, and that’s one thing I really don’t appreciate about Obj-C and Apple APIs. You find yourself looking at classes with names like UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout and methods called minimumLineSpacingForSectiontAtIndex. I’m no
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by julian_t 12y ago
I'm seriously unimpressed with 10.9 in general. I bought a new MBP a few weeks back, and the hardware is awesome... the retina screen, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD make it a joy to use. But... * I enabled Bluetooth, plugged in my Magic Mouse
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by julian_t 12y ago
I agree that the design is a bit old-fashioned, but to me sites are about the content, so as long as I can get the information I want without getting a migraine, I'll ignore it. Authoritative comes from content, not looks. In fact, to
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by julian_t 13y ago
Snobol... where patterns are first class constructs, and every line can end with a GOTO. That definitely lets you write some very, er, compact code. But it was superb to program in. And how about the assigned GOTO in older versions of Fortr
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by julian_t 13y ago
For several years now, UK regulations have allowed you to take an instrument on board as well as a carry-on. I've had to insist on it a couple of times with check-in staff. But as a colleague told me years ago: never travel with anythi
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by julian_t 13y ago
Hmmm... so is it necessary for someone's writing not to be enjoyable or entertaining in order for them to be thought a proper writer?
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by julian_t 13y ago
Not for me, thanks... The appeal of having a classic Dualit is that I can replace any of the three parts that might fail (elements, on/off switch, clockwork timer) in a couple of minutes with a screwdriver. Everything is serviceable an
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by julian_t 13y ago
"typos every other sentence " ;-)
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by julian_t 13y ago
I had the same experience... I visited Montreal last month for a business trip, first time in a couple of years, and had 40 minutes of rather hostile questioning on my way in. It didn't make much sense to me, and I assumed that they&#x
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by julian_t 13y ago
Sure... but a laptop is exactly the right tool for the kind of stuff I work on at present. Don't need multiple screens or fancy mice. Do need something I can easily carry. As and when I need more, I'll get it.
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by julian_t 13y ago
As far as I'm aware, there is a big difference between travelling to the US (and many other countries) to conduct business, and seeking employment. I think it's the first one that is covered by ESTA...
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by julian_t 13y ago
I regularly see these... petrol pumps and bus stops seem popular reference points: State Bank of India, No.997, Opposite To Bus Stop, Service Road, 4th Cross, 9th Main, Rpc Layout, Vijayanagar, Bangalore - 560040
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by julian_t 14y ago
As a Brit in NY, when I swipe my UK card to by a Metro pass I'm asked for my ZIP code. I just put in the ZIP code of my apartment and have never had any trouble. A teller at the bank told me that since it isn't a US card they ignore it anyw
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by julian_t 14y ago
Some of the worst jams in Mumbai I've experienced are when a policeman decides to direct traffic at a junction rather than let the lights do it...
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by julian_t 14y ago
I'm hoping they bring out a trial version... Ruby is not my main language, and while I'd like to give this a try, I'm not $149 keen on seeing if it is something I'd use.
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by julian_t 14y ago
This. I use a Blackberry for work, but still miss my old Nokia 6310... good call quality, great battery life, and no distractions. A phone-that's-just-a-phone. And, being seriously uncool, it has less appeal to thieves :-)
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by julian_t 15y ago
It isn't quite that simple. I'm working with a large multinational that has tens of thousands of XP machines, some of which run in-house LOB apps, but many of which are just used for mail and Office. The upgrade effort (never mind the expen
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by julian_t 15y ago
I flew through Kiev airport last week, and the metal detector was in front of the scanner... so if the detector beeps when you step through, you get told to halt in the scanner. If it doesn't beep, you walk through. No idea what would have
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by julian_t 15y ago
"Every road is six lanes wide, even the dead ends and alleys" And you can see your destination, but it is on the other side of that six lane highway, you're on foot, and there's no sign of a crossing point anywhere...
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by julian_t 15y ago
It sounds rather cool, but this Englishman-visiting-New-York can't download it because it is only in the US App Store... and there are more restaurants than you can shake a stick at within a couple of block of here, that I'd love recommenda