mkirschner

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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   >Frankly, I don't buy it. I'm Jewish too, and was never religious. The parent is not selling anything, simply describing a recurring experience in a lovely way. It's not an argument or a pitch. To each his or her own.
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   Very interesting and informative video. But it is a bit of a bait and switch, making a weird transition toward the very end into an advert for brilliant.org. That fact doesn't negate the well-done informational portion, and brilliant.o
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   I have a feeling you are selling yourself short (and being overly hard on yourself, something I'm well acquainted with but more easily recognize in others). Based on your technical focus, you're clearly (in my opinion) way above t
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   I'm a long-time bike commuter in the U.S (Portland, OR suburbs). Your comment reminds me of a Dutch colleague I once worked with. He was adamant that cycling conditions were too dangerous here. As a relative statement compared to the N
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   Thanks. I assume you mean this? https://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/business-email-serv... That's way more than I need, and if I can avoid Windows I will, but...it is cool to see a competitor to Exchange.
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   Mind if I ask what software you're using? I'm planning to do this soon, using qmail, just for the ability to have email integration with some personal project sites, and for the learning. I don't foresee discontinuing use of
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   Interesting. I didn't read any snobbery into the article. From the tone, my take is he's talking about an interest and willingness to acquire CS knowledge and skills. He framed it in terms of degree or not because he was respondin
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   I started playing with OpenBSD 6.3 as a desktop (actually laptop) OS a couple of months ago. Installation was very straightforward. In my case I used the whole disk, no dual boot. Here's a tribute/introduction written by Derek Siv
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   by mkirschner 8y ago

   Same experience here. I buy books from them frequently (Prime) and it's been years since they had proper packaging for books. It must save them time and money. I can't help but wonder if they're playing a numbers game, with a