mdlman

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by mdlman 4mo ago
I’d love to read more about these type of patterns. Do you have any recommendations?
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by mdlman 3y ago
Ha. Just tried to upvote your comment and opened your profile instead. Still appreciate the information density, but I can see how it’s a pain for people who are more active here than I.
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by mdlman 4y ago
It might not be worth it to you, but you might try a slightly better quality printer paper. I’m using a generic store brand premium laser/inkjet paper (24 lb/90 gsm), and I’m not getting any bleed through or feathering. It costs m
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by mdlman 4y ago
I’m with you. Although I recently started writing a lot more than usual. I ended up buying a used wire binding machine. I’ve been making notebooks with nice printer paper and cardboard from cereal boxes recently. It’s worked surprisingly we
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by mdlman 4y ago
This is related, if not exactly on point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index .
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by mdlman 4y ago
This sounds really cool. Do you have any recommended resources for this?
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by mdlman 5y ago
Are you at a firm? I’d encourage you to ask the people on your team. It wouldn’t be a weird question to ask a fellow associate (or if you are comfortable, the partner). You also want to make sure you understand your firm’s email archiving a
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by mdlman 6y ago
Seems like this is being downvoted, but I’d be interested in hearing more from both sides on this. I’ve only played around with trivial Clojure programs and don’t know anything about the pains (or joys) of “real world” applications. Any goo
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by mdlman 6y ago
What did you end up reading, if I may?
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by mdlman 6y ago
That's an interesting point. To add to it slightly, maybe the goal is to create a healthier community. Without the guilt or annoyance you mention, it is possible for both the donor and the recipient to maintain a positive relationship
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by mdlman 6y ago
Definitely. In the U.S. at least, there were literally laws in place prohibiting merchants from mentioning credit card surcharges or changing prices accordingly, although details varied by state. Supreme Court ruled against one a few years
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by mdlman 6y ago
Not stupid questions at all. I'm not entirely sure of the best way to answer this, as the internal quoting is getting messy. Here are my initial thoughts, though: In a perfect world, maybe we would not need contracts. Certainly not so
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by mdlman 6y ago
You can certainly be of the opinion that these contracts are by definition dishonest, and there are definitely companies that do shady things and protect themselves with these types of contracts. But I think that there have to be at least s
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by mdlman 6y ago
I don't have a lot of time to comment to this, unfortunately, because I think it is a really important discussion. However, whenever I see these issues arise on Hacker News, I rarely see much said in defense of Terms of Service and Pri
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by mdlman 6y ago
Could be worth a shot. I used to strongly dislike first person narrative, but it is less of an annoyance now, and some of my favorite books are from that perspective. I think it was partly reading and discussing some of my friends' fav
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by mdlman 6y ago
Figured I'd add that Martin Jarvis is my favorite Wodehouse reader, and the audiobooks are usually available through my library (Overdrive/Libby) app.
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by mdlman 6y ago
Out of curiousity, is your dislike for first person any different when you listen to a story instead of read it?