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by m0nty 18y ago
Just make sure you walk away graciously and make it clear you'll still be there when you're needed. Keep sending them your newsletter or other promo material with details of your latest features, case studies of other satisfied customers, t
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by m0nty 18y ago
"No, it's a totally made up story." That was my first guess. There aren't enough straight lines in the drawing for it to be regular shipping, and I can't see DHL agreeing to fly a plane on such an irregular route for the fairly minimal publ
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by m0nty 18y ago
"Hint: sitting on a couch and drinking beer isn’t going to help me get to my goal." That's ignorant: saying that someone who doesn't have this guy's whizzy high-tech lifestyle is just a couch-potato with zero motivation. Technology used to
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by m0nty 18y ago
"Of course, every once in a while an impromptu idea may not be perfect; indeed, it's possible that they're fatally flawed." Fooled. By. Randomness.
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by m0nty 18y ago
The fact they're even thinking of this means I won't be considering a Zune. So they say it's "opt-in", but if that turns out to be a failure, they might decide well, OK, you know, that one didn't fly but maybe if we just pushed it a little
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by m0nty 18y ago
"Or maybe you just..don't notice it?" Well, you could argue that about the discrimination I've faced in my work. Or maybe I was just working with assholes, I don't know. Or maybe it's a cultural thing, comparing the US or India to the UK (w
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by m0nty 18y ago
"every day at how strongly girls are encouraged to be submissive, or even just plain stupid" Yup, I agree with that. My daughter discovered Xena a few years ago, then Buffy, so she doesn't fit the submissive, stupid mold at all :-) Good rol
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by m0nty 18y ago
Please don't think I was ranting at you, I really didn't mean it to come across like that :) It's just this daft idea that there should be a 50/50 M/F split across any profession, let alone IT. I have two children (1 boy, 1 girl) and they h
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by m0nty 18y ago
'The question is - why do girls "not want to" by the time they reach age 18?' For the same reason not many men become maternity nurses or kindergarten teachers? Frankly, you couldn't have kept me away from IT if you'd tried. Despite low wag
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by m0nty 18y ago
Well, I'm just quoting what he said.
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by m0nty 18y ago
Komodo Edit: http://www.activestate.com/Products/komodo_ide/komodo_edit.m... TextWrangler is also good. Can't understand why Textmate is so highly regarded, but editors are a very personal thing.
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by m0nty 18y ago
"we have a pretty poor understanding of how various foods interact with the human body" That's a fascinating area all by itself. I read a couple of years ago about a study in hyperactivity and (while it's not classic double-blind, etc) the
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by m0nty 18y ago
Just bought a bike trainer (it stops the bike moving and applies friction to the rear wheel) and I'm doing 2 x 15 minute sessions per day. I'm about to get a rower so I plan to do the same amount on that, hence 1hr per day total. With just
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by m0nty 18y ago
"Funny to see insomnia listed as a side effect of Provigil." I take your point, but (having experienced severe nervous insomnia for a while) I wouldn't wish it on anyone, except perhaps a narcoleptic :)
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by m0nty 18y ago
"As with any drug, Provigil has side effects. According to the [UK govt], the list is substantial, including nervousness, insomnia, excitation, irritability, tremors, dizziness and headaches. It may also cause "gastrointestinal disturbances
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by m0nty 18y ago
'I was going to say, "for a 15 year old", but that demeans the work' And 15 yr olds. I mean, I've met some kids who are better hackers than I would ever dream of being -- I'm guessing that markbao is in that category. So concentrating on th
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by m0nty 18y ago
Well, there are plenty of people with experience but no talent, and you'd want to avoid those at all costs. But talent with no experience might work.
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by m0nty 18y ago
'For the idea of doing more of something "out of spite" in reaction to a preacher's recommendation' I mostly get that bit, I was just curious about why the linked article was being interpreted as "preachy" when I personally didn't see it as
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by m0nty 18y ago
Maybe I could ask you a question here. I'm in a demographic which is probably less than 2% of the UK population. Not watching TV is not something I brag about because (generally speaking) people here seem to think it's a bit weird and diffe
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by m0nty 18y ago
False dichotomy. Ask yourself a slightly different question: can we hire someone with skill and experience? And the answer to that is not "I know someone with wild skillz who does all these kewl demos but he hasn't worked on a big project
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by m0nty 18y ago
I'm surprised so many commenters are describing this as "sanctimonious" or "bragging" when all it is, is a slightly amusing way to present an idea. Take it or leave it. I don't watch TV and the upside is: more time, more reading, more creat
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by m0nty 18y ago
I was thinking basically the same thing. If I'd submitted an essay like that at college, it would have come back dripping with comments like "please justify", "what exactly is your argument?" and that old favourite "you need to develop your
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by m0nty 18y ago
I love good design, but I've noticed recently that many people don't care that much. The company I'm freelancing for keeps buying programs which look like they were designed by a monkey (eg, clipart icons, garish colours, poor alignment of
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by m0nty 18y ago
Coming next: why some other stuff I don't use is really sucky, and everyone who uses it isn't a Real Programmer.
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by m0nty 18y ago
"I'm thinking about what would be the best language to do it in." "When you gotta shoot, shoot. Don't talk." Or, to put it another way: the best way to start is to cut some code, don't get bogged down in discussion.
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by m0nty 18y ago
Like most writing (including code) I think running a blog requires a fair amount of hubris. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but ... I used to be very optimistic ("global village", etc) about the Internet, newsgroups, blogs, b
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by m0nty 18y ago
It only crashes when I try to leave gmail, and then only about 10% of the time, so it's not a big deal. I think I disabled Firebug when on Gmail. It only started when the latest version of Gmail was introduced, so I suspect it's a bug at
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by m0nty 18y ago
I have Firefox on a Mac, with 23 extensions installed. Very occasionally, it bombs (usually when leaving Gmail) but otherwise it's been fine. Maybe the people who have problems should try, you know, just closing it now and then. Not exactly
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by m0nty 18y ago
"false coder heroism..." This was me, but now I'm learning the valued art of project management. Like marketing, I used to think it was all baloney, but now I know better.
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by m0nty 18y ago
In fact, you hit the nail on the head. They're discussing canning the project but appreciate I've put heart and soul into it, and are looking at all the options about how to go forward. Fortunately, one of those options includes keeping me

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