mrtron

38 ms·

451.
by mrtron 16y ago
I was a lifeguard in my youth. I am an incredibly good swimmer. I just went white water rafting with a bunch of friends in Malaysia - and on the boat were 2 other folks that were not great swimmers. We were in pretty good rapids, and the
452.
by mrtron 16y ago
And there is no confirmation at all that this is the individual posting. It could be his 10 year old kid. His machine could just be running an open proxy. This is a really ignorant move.
453.
by mrtron 16y ago
Measure progress by what has been accomplished, not by what is easy to measure. (product and business dev, not the timeclock)
454.
by mrtron 16y ago
There is nothing in your post that suggest he isn't doing a great job or getting a ton done. Assuming there isn't a problem with performance - perhaps he enjoys working half of his hours when you are not there. So he can productively get t
455.
by mrtron 16y ago
Don't touch at least half of your savings for a zillion reasons. Good luck on road ahead. This article will be nice to review in the months ahead. I wrote myself a similar note when I made the leap.
456.
by mrtron 16y ago
KK in Malaysia is quite nice. You should be able to rent somewhere for a month quite easily and cheaply. Similar to what spitfire mentioned about Thailand, you can just go with english and a bit of money and get by without a problem. In K
457.
by mrtron 16y ago
I am not sure I agree here. It seems to me this is an area where restrictions have both benefits and drawbacks. Rails seem much more efficient, safe, and have faster terminal service. Riding on any good rail service is vastly more enjoyab
458.
by mrtron 16y ago
In several dialects there is also a variation of the word for oldest and youngest aunt/uncle/cousin/child/etc. The middle ones just get referred to by number.
459.
by mrtron 16y ago
My additional simple trick: Arrive for the flight tired. I would rather sleep less the night before and be able to get something done than sleep less on the flight.
460.
by mrtron 16y ago
Density seems to be a challenge, not a solution, for AT&T in those prime markets. I can't imagine providing 3G coverage in Taipei or Kaohsiung is any different than providing it in NYC or SF. Lots of heavy users here too. Sure it is mu
461.
by mrtron 16y ago
You just go. There are very few places in the world you can't just show up and get by with no language skills, knowledge of the area with a very little bit of money.
462.
by mrtron 16y ago
This advice is fantastic. I think people are too afraid to take drastic changes in their life and this sort of change will offer many peripheral benefits. I plan on writing some articles about this. In short: This 3 month change will brea
463.
by mrtron 16y ago
I am on Rogers, but right now I am on a Taiwan service that offers 30$/month for 3g and basic cell service. Free tethering and truly unlimited service. I am probably averaging a gig per day of usage and get about 100kb/sec. Skype works e
464.
by mrtron 16y ago
The human body is incredibly resilient. You can gain or lose 25 pounds next month easily and without any ill effects of any kind. Try it. I would like to see any sort of evidence that it is possible for some people to have very little abil
465.
by mrtron 16y ago
I think the pressure from the oil coming out would push the point of the cone to the side. Some modifications to your idea: Use a really long nose guidance rod of titanium or something that is much smaller than the pipe diameter. Have the
466.
by mrtron 16y ago
Hmm? 14.6 million hours, around ~293M.
467.
by mrtron 16y ago
So ~200 minutes per month for 10$ ~3$/hr
468.
by mrtron 16y ago
Futureshop has repeatedly refused to uphold mis-priced items in Ontario.
469.
by mrtron 16y ago
The article is also about large hidden costs, which the above mentioned 3 contain.
470.
by mrtron 16y ago
Built by Xzibit?
471.
by mrtron 16y ago
Got screwed for about 10x that in high school for one of my first programming gigs and about 100x that during university. The worst part was in the latter situation I was really expecting to be screwed over but the expected value of the sit
472.
by mrtron 16y ago
It is not their focus - but remember the users' focus is those sites.
473.
by mrtron 16y ago
They still make huge bank in the enterprise DB space. I would imagine middleware for mobile is a tiny amount of their revenue.
474.
by mrtron 16y ago
https cert shows up as not being trusted
475.
by mrtron 16y ago
10 years later you realize you aren't covered for that cancer surgery because you didn't check off the box saying you were a smoker on the 100 page form.
476.
by mrtron 16y ago
Were you drawing outside the lines again? (horrible ayn rand joke)
477.
by mrtron 16y ago
Other languages seem to have less binary options too.
478.
by mrtron 16y ago
Exactly what I was thinking when I heard the complaints about the new interface. Objectively I think it is a change for the better - but it does feel just a bit off. Many websites have these issues. People cried foul to Fark when they did
479.
by mrtron 16y ago
The point is television ads have been incredibly good at generating revenue for 50 years.
480.
by mrtron 16y ago
iPhone app APIs are naturally simpler since the devices are very uniform. BB has to support a range of devices, like android. Agreed - no openGL, but I don't think that is a big issue. Blackberries are better at business applications, wor

More ›