kogus

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by kogus 12y ago
When the author states "The first question of the daily stand-up is pretty pointless: What did you do yesterday?", he misses the real value in the question, which is to motivate me to do something today which I will be able to tal
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by kogus 12y ago
I've found it effective to just watch Skype with Fiddler, and add whatever ad servers it touches to my hosts file, and redirect them to 127.0.0.1 Entries like this work for me: #BEGIN: Skype ad servers 127.0.0.1 rad.msn.co
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by kogus 12y ago
These remind me of the "Devils Stomping Ground" circle in NC. http://www.hauntspot.com/haunt/usa/north-carolina/devils-sto...
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by kogus 13y ago
Charleston, SC, contract to hire, Blackbaud (www.blackbaud.com). ASP.NET, VB.NET, and T-SQL mostly. Good benefits, with very good work from home policies (including going fully remote and living wherever you want, after the contract perio
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by kogus 14y ago
An important aspect here is the fact that the coffee shop employee is powerless in this situation - they could lose their job if they reply with equal rudeness. How we interact with those who have less power in a situation is very revealin
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by kogus 14y ago
This is a beautiful interface, but it doesn't provide any practical way to select dates in the distant past. "What is your birthdate" is one of many example questions that couldn't be answered without tens of dozens of clicks. If it suppor
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by kogus 14y ago
This reminds me of "The Pedestrian", by Bradbury. http://mikejmoran.typepad.com/files/pedestrian-by-bradbury-1...
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by kogus 14y ago
No mention of Quattro Pro.. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_Pro
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by kogus 14y ago
You can also use Delphi on Windows of all things. http://www.itwriting.com/blog/4841-hands-on-with-delphi-xe2-...
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by kogus 15y ago
This news site supports the claim (if you translate it): http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/10/morre-john-mc...
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by kogus 15y ago
The audio version of the story mentions that it was a decision by the patent office, not specific legislation. Sometime in the 1980s they went from copyrighting software (i.e., treating it like literature or art) to patenting it.
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by kogus 15y ago
This is awesome, as a parent I can say this is something I would have loved up to just a few months ago. Come to think of it, I could use an adult version for myself :) Having said that, here is some constructive criticism: 1 - If you subs
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by kogus 16y ago
Is it still true that parts of Skype are written in Delphi? If so, can you comment on which part(s), and why that choice was made?
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by kogus 16y ago
This raises my opinion of John Sculley more than it does of Jobs. Considering the obvious conflicts he's had with Jobs in the past, plus the fact that Jobs basically succeeded where he failed, this is a very gracious and (apparently) hones
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by kogus 16y ago
I wish they would get rid of the absurd "mount a disk before you run an installer" paradigm. Installing an app downloaded from the web, Windows vs Mac: Windows: 1 - Click a download link 2 - Yes, I'm sure 3 - Run 4 - Next, Next, Next, Fini
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by kogus 16y ago
To be more specific, looks like it goes: Windows: Delphi Linux: C++ OS X: Objective-C http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2124396
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by kogus 16y ago
I was curious; looks like they've used a few different things to put it together; everything from Delphi to Objective C. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
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by kogus 16y ago
Anybody know what technologies / languages they've used to build Skype?
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by kogus 17y ago
Maybe it is a town that used to exist, but does not anymore. Some map services (i.e., Bing) report the location of "Census Designated Places" (obviously a US term, but I'm sure there is a UK equivalent), some of which have not existed for
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by kogus 17y ago
Excellent, I think I will use this nearly every day. Found a small bug - Tools->Boomtango->Open Settings->Categories->Click the Visit Boomtango for plugins link Get a 404 trying to reach page: http://www.boomtango.com/trac
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by kogus 18y ago
No better... except that people actually use and enjoy it.
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by kogus 18y ago
I read that as "head transplant"...
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by kogus 18y ago
I live in the USA. My employer provides my health insurance free of charge. I pay $12 / week for my spouse though.
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by kogus 19y ago
Jobs don't "go overseas". Individuals who happen to live in other countries simply provide more value in their work than individuals in this one. So I try to keep the value of my work as high as I can.
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by kogus 19y ago
Mac Mini, 1.67Ghz dual core. It's their lowest end model right now, but with 2G of RAM, performance is quite good.