mjrbrennan

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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
I write fiction, and I write everything in longhand for this exact reason. It can be difficult start some days but once I do it’s easier to get into that “edge of sleep” state you describe, where the creative juices start flowing more freel
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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
I never thought I’d hear someone call Blood Meridian a “spaghetti western adventure”. Makes it sound like The Magnificent Seven!
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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
Not the OP, but I think they mean the first time they flew internationally, it was in a 747?
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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
Discourse!
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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
Not OP, but I use Fiery Feeds on IOS and I'm happy with it.
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by mjrbrennan 6y ago
Nothing makes me rage more than people who leave audible cell phone notifications and ring tones on in places that are supposed to be quiet (offices, library). It's one of the most selfish and disrespectful things I can think of. Espec
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
I always see this view about hotels being cheaper but this has never been the case for me. I use Airbnbs all the time because they are cheaper (though I do like hotels better in a lot of cases). For example I am planning a road trip through
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
The speed traps and radar are now showing up in Google Maps in Australia for me it’s great and very accurate. I have no idea who puts the markers there.
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
Disclaimer: I work here. Discourse http://discourse.org/ really is fantastic for this. We do all our internal communication and longform discussions using the software as a form of dogfooding. We have lots of plugins that m
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
I honestly think it's done to look more "whimsical" and "accessible" and to dodge any sort of accusation of discrimination or exclusion. Which isn't a bad thing at all. Just the art style is so weird and blobby
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
The best books I've read in the last decade (that I can remember, I've only been keeping reading lists since ~2015) are mostly important because they have contributed to my inspiration and style as a writer. * The Road - Cormac Mc
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
I totally agree I find this drawing style of goofy-looking characters with weird proportions that is going through so many tech companies right now so confusing. I hate it.
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
Much prefer the kiosks, especially if I'm making changes/additions to the normal stuff on the order. Plus they often let you jump the massive queue at the counter. A lot of people seem quite averse to using them, and self-checkout
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
This would be nice, however I’d likely be dead before midday. Mid-30 to 40C every day here in Queensland at the moment.
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
I'm thankful that I was born in the amazing, peaceful country of Australia with a high quality of life. I'm thankful my boys are healthy and happy. I'm thankful for my amazing wife who has always pushed me to follow my dreams
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
I had this at a coworking space recently, someone working near me would SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM on his keyboard when he was getting frustrated, sending vibrations through the desk, and I got that same attack interpretation. It _cannot_ be ignor
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by mjrbrennan 7y ago
What an absolute joke. I suppose that just meant the new manager wanted you gone. Glad you got out of there and into a better place.
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
I found the same thing happening to me all the time. I follow software devs, writers, etc. because I am interested in what they do not whatever politics they go on about like everyone else. What I found helped a lot was twitter's mute
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
Same thing happened to me on PayPal when I reported a fraudulent transaction. Automated process said nope it’s not fraudulent and I was unable to appeal this. It wasn’t until a few times contacting them and DMing their support team on twitt
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
In Australia my anecdotal experience is that hotels are ALWAYS more expensive than Airbnbs, usually at minimum $150 a night and going straight up from there. Also the benefit of having a whole house with all the facilities using Airbnb is u
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
Here is a video version of it so you can hear! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
Have you tried out Zoom? Hands down best video chat / streaming service I've ever used, we used at at work for our fully remote team communication with no issue. High quality and barely ever any lag
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
I was thinking the same thing, he must not live in Australia where the government has absolutely shattered most people's chances of getting 100MB/s+ cable in the next 10-20 years.
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
I've found a lot of people seem to hate it. I like using it in the command line personally, I find that 99% of the time I am using the same commands day in day out so I don't have to do anything particularly hard using the git CLI
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by mjrbrennan 8y ago
VS Code is ridiculously good, far better than Atom in all areas. I moved from Atom to VS Code on the Mac ~1.5 years ago and have never looked back.
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by mjrbrennan 9y ago
Hey I have a family and you better not even try taking away my avo toast buddy!
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by mjrbrennan 9y ago
It gets better after a few years mate, I generally have a few hours at night now to spend time with the missus, game/watch movies, do writing/side projects. This is with a 3.5 and 2 year old.
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by mjrbrennan 9y ago
3.5 and 2 year old, we have Foxtel but it's only ever used for watching Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, and a cycle of Disney movies. Ah the days when my partner and I could just go on dates whenever!
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by mjrbrennan 10y ago
His show on KCRW is pretty great https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/henry-rollins . He has quite eclectic musical tastes, so it's a good way to get out of your musical comfort zone. Rollins has such a great ener
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by mjrbrennan 10y ago
The card reader is almost never actually broken. Yet another reason why people don't like traditional cabs.

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