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Growing apples in the traditional way is a laborious, hands-on process in Japan(fractionmagazine.com)
1 points by milesf 16y ago|0 comments
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by milesf 16y ago
You can keep both NYC and Los Angeles. There's a much bigger world out there than just two geographic area. If I were single, I would be a digital bedouin so I could work in both New York, LA and anywhere else on the planet.
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by milesf 16y ago
For a company that tests the crap out of everything, finding obvious rendering issues makes me wince. http://skitch.com/coderpath/dxkmu/investment-planning-perfor...
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Seth Godin's "The Bootstrapper's Bible": Start a business with no money(changethis.com)
2 points by milesf 16y ago|0 comments
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RubyConf 2010 in New Orleans registration now open. Will likely sell out.(rubyconf.org)
2 points by milesf 16y ago|0 comments
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by milesf 16y ago
All coders should be schooled in the arts of negotiation. Sustainable pace is the only environment I will work in. If a boss or customer is pushing for a new feature, the answer is to cut something else. Just because they want it doesn't me
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by milesf 16y ago
No worries :) I was referring mostly to the article you linked to, not to your submission.
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by milesf 16y ago
This feels like link bait. The same full-length talk was given over 6 month ago, which this story doesn't seem to link to http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2334
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Notetaking as a way to stay smart(peterc.org)
79 points by milesf 16y ago|31 comments
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by milesf 16y ago
Stallman is like a goalpost. He's as far over to one side as you can be. We need people like him since we all tend to measure our views and beliefs in reference to others. I just wouldn't want to hang out with the guy. I say "Linux" and buy
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by milesf 16y ago
I lost patience with RMS years ago. The problem with Free Software is a marketing problem. If you have to keep explaining things over and over again, saying "Free as in Freedom", or trying to get GNU/Linux to take hold instead of just Linux
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How grep got its name(robots.thoughtbot.com)
186 points by milesf 16y ago|50 comments
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by milesf 16y ago
I think the biggest motivator to learn Vim is to watch people who know how to use it. It's a painful editor to learn, and coming up with the right approach to learn it is not the same for everyone. I equate it to the pain I felt switching f
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Secret beta version of the Rails Tutorial for Rails3(railstutorial.org)
1 points by milesf 16y ago|0 comments
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by milesf 16y ago
The most up-to-date book is the free Rails Tutorial http://railstutorial.org , which will be updated to Rails 3 soon after it's final is released. If you have an older book using an older version of rails, DON'T use Rails 3, use the versio
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by milesf 16y ago
Bashing other languages is a lot like bashing other musical styles. People love what they emotionally connect with.
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by milesf 16y ago
Years ago I heard a study where people over the age of 95 were ask a simple question. "If you had life to live over again, what would you do differently?" There were 3 answers that dominated all other responses: - Risk More -
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by milesf 16y ago
I believe computers will one day be able to think, but certainly not using Von Neumann architecture.
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by milesf 16y ago
People use Linus' kernel version because of his track record. Don't like it? Fork it. The day Linus starts failing miserably is the day another mainline will emerge, and everyone will switch to that. Nothing here to worry about.
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by milesf 16y ago
Force of habit from my Twitter addiction. No, it's not an Amazon affiliate link :) I suppose the original wasn't all that long I could have used it instead http://www.amazon.ca/Boundaries-Pb-Cloud/dp/0310247454
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by milesf 16y ago
I feel like a freak. After reading this article I'm afraid my experience is much different. My wife and I love being parents, and life with our 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter is peaceful and full of laughter most of the time. It was
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by milesf 16y ago
What's the deal with Mark Smith's brother Charles? "In September 2009, a Grand Jury sitting in the Northern District of Georgia indicted Charles Smith for committing mail fraud. He remains a fugitive."
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by milesf 16y ago
Sure hope Zed finishes http://learnpythonthehardway.com/ Such a great primer for pre-programmers.
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by milesf 16y ago
Bwaw ha ha! I knew I'd seen your name somewhere before. Just couldn't place it. Great job on isitrails.com.
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by milesf 16y ago
http://isitrails.com/ says it's "very sure" that bizyellow.com is a Rails app.
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by milesf 16y ago
Take out the https:// and you're redirected to http://www.bizyellow.com/
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by milesf 16y ago
Some quotes from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Pages "The term YellowPages is not a registered name within the United States and is freely used by many companies." also "In some countries, the familiar "walking fingers" l
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by milesf 16y ago
Obie tweeted about this: "Hashrocket is NOT connected with any wrongdoing. The gov is doing its best to railroad my partners but they are fighting back!! (PLS RT)" http://twitter.com/obie/status/17608288414
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by milesf 16y ago
Sorry guys. I messed up today. I was being condescending. Hope you can forgive me.
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by milesf 16y ago
I'll give you boys a hint. It has something to do with LOC.

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