mr_custard

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by mr_custard 8y ago
Wow. That's so true. I just got back 5GB. I didn't know about this. Thanks :-)
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by mr_custard 8y ago
I don't care how many people they have working on Alexa or Echo - those things will never be allowed inside my house. Massive security risk.
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by mr_custard 8y ago
My answer to that question is: "I've tried management and whilst I was told that I was good at it, I didn't enjoy it much - I discovered that I simply enjoy building and creating things, and that's what I do best".
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by mr_custard 8y ago
Same here. I've seen so many technologies at this point in my life, that picking up new ones is easy. It's simply a case of quickly grokking which variation (on an existing technological approach) the new technology is taking. The
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by mr_custard 8y ago
I'd be interested to hear more about your interviewing experiences, as well as your perceived changes in our industry too.
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by mr_custard 8y ago
Following AMP links makes me sad. Here's the real link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/24/mps-seize...
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by mr_custard 8y ago
Yes, it's true. Only takes a few days. I understand why people are disturbed when they first see a Lisp; but really, truly, honestly: It's a total non issue. I never think about it and I use Clojure every day. It's the same a
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by mr_custard 8y ago
Same here. I've found nearly all of my jobs through my network, but now that I work remotely from a place where it's hard to have a network... I really don't know how I'm going to address the issue in future. Thoughts we
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by mr_custard 8y ago
Yes, that's a good point that I forgot to mention in my post, Outpox. Whilst I'm currently enjoying the flexibility of renting, I may well buy a house within the next year or two, and at that point re-location will definitely not
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by mr_custard 8y ago
I feel that there is a grain of truth here in pknerd's words. I don't have a citation, and sure, my story is just another anecdotal data point; but I'd like to add it here anyway and I suspect that there are many others lik
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by mr_custard 8y ago
> "Why the hell are they only just copying this now?" What? PowerShell has been around for 11 years already! Furthermore, a console scripting language was added precisely because many people were bending Microsoft's ear
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by mr_custard 8y ago
That's an excellent point snarf21, and I don't disagree with you. I know that you're right, really. Another take on this, though, in terms of our value to Apple though is the concept of "developer mindshare" (as wel
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by mr_custard 8y ago
I'm using the first Retina Macbook Pro from 2012. I'm ready to drop thousands of dollars for you Apple, if you would just make a couple of sensible design choices. Please Apple, bring out another model like the Macbook Pro I alrea