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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
One of the other income reports that shows up is from someone who copied code for a Space Invaders game verbatim from Mario Zechner's, "Beginning Android Games". It's a great starting point for starting Android Games. Apparently the guy is
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Your employer should only own your work outside of work hours only if you have a non-compete, is directly related to the work you perform, is derivative of code that you access from work, or you indentured all of your code contractually. An
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
I voted yes. But I think HN should populate the days articles with tongue-in-cheek titles like: The article titled "New start-up to disrupt <INSERT SOPA SUPPORTER HERE> business model" has been taken down to SOPA compliance concerns
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
I enjoyed the article. It's a good reminder that the act of consuming creative work is far easier than its creation. Too many people forget this and, IMHO, thereby fail to appreciate the creative work. Waxing poetic, but the view from the t
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
I did. The reason that the article irked me: Imagine this combination: brilliant, an MSc in CompSci, being over 50, female, not white, and an immigrant. I tried to get her hired for the IT department where I worked. Instead she was cheated
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
What a douche. Guess what? People are messy. But more importantly, people are valuable. The author can whine all he likes. But really, try getting something done without them. Oh, wait, he says he's not going to even try... why are we readi
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
My experience today was not nearly so arduous. But it was a doozy. A recruiter contacted me. She asked if I had 7 years experience with Windows Server 2008 . I proceeded to tell her about my W2k3 and W2k8 experiences. "I'm sorry, we're
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
The experience is not limited to Apress. I was at a garage sale. Tons of Wrox books were in a pile for two bits each. When I went to pay I noticed that the spiky haired blond guy on the cover of one of the books was the same spiky haired bl
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
My first thought when I read the article title is that teachers would have more money to pay out of pocket to get materials for their students. A lot of teachers do this, from kindergarten to high school. I've had to hang out in a education
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
I have a Dell Streak. I've had 9 of them over the past 9 months. Maybe 8, I've lost count.(And kudos to Rogers Wireless customer support for finally getting me one that's okay and also waiving my 24 month HW upgrade fee.) I've had 3 new and
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
There was a very long pause. He then found his words and asked how it was possible for me to finish a project (that would have normally taken 8 hours) in 30 seconds. I had approached a previous similar project with a heavy focus on re-usabi
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Boss: How long will it take for you to make the program? We're running low on other work. Me: 30 seconds. Boss: That's too long. #### could have it done in... wait, what did you say? Me: Well that sheds some light on your style of ma
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Another #1 for the University of Utah: Best Ubuntu mirror in the west. I think they lag behind a couple of hours from some of the primary mirrors, but it's oh so worth it for the speed.
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Yes. Although they do hit a port now and then. So at least there's a chance to get off once in awhile. Also this reminds me of the cruise ships docked during the Vancouver Olympics. Many of the workers on the cruise ships were not allowed t
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
This might be a creative way to deal with immigration issues. But it's obviously wrong. Maybe it's not wrong as a business plan. Maybe it's not wrong with the legality of the venture. But it's wrong to have people resort to this. It's not r
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
I made the same mistake(?) with one my Android apps. Generic terms resulted in less than 100 downloads in the first week after publishing. If the app wasn't free (and ad free) I'm sure it would have stayed there forever. With almost 40 simi
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
TL;DR Your right to privacy interferes with my revenue stream.
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
If your average sea creature could read, they would be ecstatic about any development reducing engine/wake noise... it's getting too noisy out there.
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
This just smacks of corruption. Sweet legal corruption. He was in a position to be able to purchase the rights to drill. He does not have to necessarily have to exercise those rights that he purchased. Moreover, he is leasing those rights
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Don't be so insensitive. Your rights end where my feelings begin.
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
Maybe I'll help out BMI. The hard of hearing use hearing aids! They're illegally rebroadcasting a public performance! SUE! SUE! SUE!
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by orbitingpluto 15y ago
If I hit a wall I have to change things up. If I'm not getting $#!7 done in the office, I go to a cafe. Productivity at a cafe is never as high, but I chock that up to screen real estate. One monitor for Eclipse and one monitor for docs. Ot