lanstein

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by lanstein 16y ago
And screwed once again, this time by Target. Dammit. I don't really give a crap about that bookcase at this point.
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by lanstein 16y ago
I got a package notification email, and was psyched until I realized it was the 24-pack of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese that I ordered from Amazon :(
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by lanstein 16y ago
Just FYI, it's bandwidth, not bandwith.
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by lanstein 16y ago
Surprised they didn't use sub-second precision ;) "This application will be open until 11:59:59 PM PST on December 21, 2010."
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by lanstein 16y ago
The amoral of the story is...
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by lanstein 16y ago
I didn't have any problem doing this either, but I also went in with the pre-release G2 and the salespeople were just about peeing their pants :)
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by lanstein 16y ago
Forgot I had clicked the link, was wondering how the technical level of content plummeted so quickly. I need more coffee.
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by lanstein 16y ago
Here's some content-rich Yegge for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BttI-y9VzXQ
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by lanstein 16y ago
Upvoted for germane use of 'germane'.
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by lanstein 16y ago
Because they're probably losing money on the hardware.
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by lanstein 16y ago
A variation on this, I have certain music that I only listen to when writing code. One the one hand, this means that A Momentary Lapse of Reason has been lost for general enjoyment, but on the other, if I want to listen to it...
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by lanstein 16y ago
In PCB Wrestling, that would be D) use chair
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by lanstein 16y ago
this is my old hero
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by lanstein 16y ago
Roadrace!!! I have the disk with that on it sitting on my desk next to me :)
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by lanstein 16y ago
Well, you did spell three of the five words in the title correctly.
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by lanstein 16y ago
see also: http://www.biadvisors.com/
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by lanstein 16y ago
Not to nitpick, but that's a variable function call, not a variable variable.
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by lanstein 16y ago
I know PHP uses COW, so theoretically, reading from a variable should have no impact on memory usage whatsoever. This has not proven to be the case, I've called get_peak_memory_usage() and played with passing the params explicitly by refer
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by lanstein 16y ago
The real problems with PHP crop up when you get to the margins, like when you're trying to tune various routines, particular wrt memory usage. Sometimes, it's more efficient to take arguments as (&$foo), and sometimes, it's not. This
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by lanstein 16y ago
Fun fact: Jon is the person who told me about HN in the first place.
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by lanstein 16y ago
The one that I just read ten minutes ago, that my childhood hero Wade Boggs once drank 64 Miller Lites on a cross-country flight (without dying) has to be up there.
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by lanstein 16y ago
If you look at the contestants, you'll see why: http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/design-better-gap-...
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by lanstein 16y ago
In SF, Lee Hong in the Mission ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/lee-hong-hair-styling-san-francisco ), $12 + tip. Lily has been there almost 30 years.
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by lanstein 16y ago
If you're making your living expenses off it, why not just buy an iPhone that exhibits the behavior?
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by lanstein 16y ago
Incidentally, how is it that Mary Jo Foley has her name spelled wrong on her blog heading?? (with a hyphen) http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-tweak-emplo...
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by lanstein 16y ago
Nope, the changes don't take effect for two years.
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by lanstein 16y ago
Seconding namecheap. They usually have coupons as well.
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by lanstein 16y ago
If by someone, you mean 'one person', then you're probably right.
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by lanstein 16y ago
(The email field is not publicly visible - put it in 'about')
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by lanstein 16y ago
twm ;)

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