mbillie1

23 ms·

181.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Ah, I did not check the updated dropbox pricing. At the time, I was getting 250GB for $9.99/mo, and Dropbox was offering me 100GB for the same price iirc.
182.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Honest answer: it seems to be a bit slower than Dropbox, but it's still pretty good. I haven't had any issues yet (no lost files). They also offer the same auto-upload of your photos from your smartphone, which I am running on an
183.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I switched to Copy since the Condoleeza Rice situation and I have had no problems whatsoever. I have the app running on a macbook pro, an imac and two android mobile devices. It's also about half the price that Dropbox charges. I recom
184.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I've always enjoyed fiction in situations like yours. Iain M. Banks has some accessible but interesting sci-fi (recommendations: Consider Phlebas, Use of Weapons), and it's hard to go wrong with anything Jose Saramago wrote (recom
185.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Not to mention some people are 'digital nomads' in order to explicitly pursue other things in life like snow sports, mountaineering, etc., which tend to be found in colder climates.
186.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I'm a developer (currently on a primarily Rails project) and I wrk 100% remote. There are plenty of jobs out there. Check https://careers.stackoverflow.com/ and in the "where" type "telecommute" to
187.
by mbillie1 12y ago
The hospitality industry doesn't operate at nearly the same pace as the tech industry. If you think back, 10 years ago it wouldn't have seemed unreasonable for a hotel to charge for internet at all. They're likely under con
188.
by mbillie1 12y ago
This is, sadly, advice which gets ignored by an overwhelming number of people in our industry. I know so many otherwise smart folks who buy a FitBit and track their caloric intake only to then drive (not go outside and walk) 2 blocks to g
189.
by mbillie1 12y ago
> It doesn't get much easier than that I think a lot of people would argue that sticking with their current system (banks, fiat currency, etc) is, in fact, much easier than that.
190.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a 4-wheel-drive Tesla model for those of us who live where it snows copiously... but that price tag might be a game-changer regardless. That's going to open up a whole new demographic for them.
191.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Loads of tourists are terrified of walking anywhere in NYC both due to fear of crime and fear of getting lost, and thus take cabs for distances that probably don't warrant them.
192.
by mbillie1 12y ago
It's a long drive (from Manhattan) and the airport rates are capped around ~$40 or so.
193.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I believe only convictions / guilty pleas in the US.
194.
by mbillie1 12y ago
> No exact figures have been released, but based on other bidder's input, the assumptions are that his bid was well over the market price. So how is this justified?
195.
by mbillie1 12y ago
>I switched to Sublime from Vim because it looked prettier I find this to be a very curious reason to switch from Vim... were you a very experienced Vim user? Ever give MacVim a shot for the different color schemes? Don't get me wro
196.
by mbillie1 12y ago
> I think that cheap space and low cost of living are ingredients that are too often overlooked in YC style startups. Absolutely. Having moved here, and being in a position where I work remote and live in a place 100% chosen for my lifes
197.
by mbillie1 12y ago
As a software engineer working remote, I live in Salt Lake City (not a mormon; like to ski/hike/climb), and I would never move back to NYC. For what I paid for a studio apartment in Astoria, I rent a full 3/2 house with a vie
198.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I had the opposite reaction - both the font and the text color detracted enormously from my ability and desire to continue reading the article.
199.
by mbillie1 12y ago
This is a cool looking utility, although I imagine you'll face some resistance in replacing a shell essential such as `cd` if for no other reason than fear of bugs. Nice job though! It's cool to see people rethinking shell basics
200.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Yes, as a white male I see it constantly. I worked for what I would consider one of the best for women in tech (ThoughtWorks) and even there you see this stuff. So much more in other places. > Most of the engineers I know in tech are d
201.
by mbillie1 12y ago
> It's the people that need to be there for one reason or another and can't afford a living wage with the incredibly inflated prices and taxes associated with living in SF and California in general. This is more along the lin
202.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I feel bad for the people who grew up in the area and feel connected because of family or whatnot. As a software engineer NOT from SF, it's probably the last place in the country I'd move to - we have such a relative abundance of
203.
by mbillie1 12y ago
"Linux is only free if your time has no value"
204.
by mbillie1 12y ago
My Hero3 is one of my favorite tech gadgets. Awesome video quality, stupendous battery life, tough enough for bitter cold days in the wilderness skiing. I hope they continue to make good stuff!
205.
by mbillie1 12y ago
> I do not understand the insistence of academics on using unfriendly tools. My step father teaches doctorate business students. Until VERY recently he was running Corel Wordperfect simply because it was the first word processor he had i
206.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I think it's a pretty shoddy software engineer who writes more LOC than the scientist. Good code is concise, readable without comments, etc. Bad software engineers write bad code is no different than a bad scientist reasoning that the
207.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Not sure if it's just me, but both with and without incognito mode I am presented with a paywall.
208.
by mbillie1 12y ago
I've been working from home for a few months now, and have found articles like these very valuable and adjusting to the lifestyle change (previously I was a traveling consultant living in a hotel ~5 nights a week, so it's a major
209.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Vocabulary has for a while been considered in terms of 'receptive' and 'productive' capacity, with the assumption being that ones 'receptive' vocabulary can be larger, since it is easier to hear/read/
210.
by mbillie1 12y ago
Normally in the model; but often in Rails the "model" gets conflated with the "persistence layer." Many of us who develop in Rails feel that the persistence layer should have the single responsibility of persistence, and

More ›