mdlap

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by mdlap 9y ago
Being unwilling to spend money on good tools, forcing everyone to work around the failings of sub-standard free tools. I'm talking about you, TestLink.
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by mdlap 9y ago
Agreed. It's a copy of the original article with that ad inserted. I'm surprised there's even a link to the original.
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by mdlap 9y ago
Seems the site is just as opinionated as the worst of HN...
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by mdlap 9y ago
https://theconversation.com/ - Great source of news and analysis of everything. Articles by academics and researchers. Claims almost always backed with evidence. http://www.kurzweilai.net/ - Articles about
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by mdlap 9y ago
Inappropriate: Users being impolite and overly demanding. Inappropriate: Maintainers (and supporters) insisting that a problem in their publishing process (whether or not they caused it) isn't their problem because the code works. Both
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by mdlap 9y ago
There's one right above you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14390879
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by mdlap 9y ago
I went back to school and got a doctorate in psychology :) Mind you, then I went back to software development because I needed the money. Still doing some research with my colleagues in my spare time. Fortunately, being someone who is able
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by mdlap 9y ago
There is code for some of the related papers, if you just want to play around with something, and something pretty similar at that. Here's one: https://github.com/abisee/pointer-generator
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by mdlap 9y ago
My last two employers mentioned searching for me online. Or rather, they brought up the results of the search.
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by mdlap 9y ago
I use RescueTime. Productive time is about 90% each month. The reality is that 100% of my time, if meetings are included, is productive (excluding minimal breaks). I feel sorry for the people trying to run businesses with all of these emplo
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by mdlap 10y ago
In this case your correction is better, and would probably be more acceptable to most educated English readers (especially in formal contexts). But the original is still fine, in this informal context. What you're nitpicking is a commo
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by mdlap 10y ago
I imagine there are ways you could replace the battery. It might not be pretty, but surely it could be done.
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by mdlap 10y ago
Listening to podcasts and doing the dishes have both become much more enjoyable activities since I combined them.