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by pcc 16y ago
I have seen (for virtually every type of interesting technology ever) two classes of people (at least): 1. People who've somewhat recently discovered it, and realized how powerful it is. Not really surprising to see that people in this cat
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by pcc 16y ago
Whoa, this seems a bit unfair. What feels like aeons ago, python-land created the huge monolithic monster, the Zope framework, which was absolutely great at the time. Then people were bitten by writing classes that would unexpectedly manif
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by pcc 16y ago
Surely (not betting on) != (betting against)
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by pcc 16y ago
Another vote for Happiest Baby on the Block (Harvey Karp), probably can't rate it highly enough! The "jiggle" trick worked like absolute magic. BTW the late Tracy Hogg (Baby Whisperer) is also highly recommended; she was also a big propon
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by pcc 16y ago
We were explicitly taught in pre-natal class that babies have to learn anew how to go to sleep once they're out of the womb, it's not something that's inborn. For example, we were told it's hugely important to lay your baby down in their cr
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by pcc 16y ago
Another factor might well be related to avoiding excessive accidental data roaming; e.g. helping to avoid surprise roaming bills, interacting with the EU50 data roaming cap etc. (At present people easily run up bills for several thousands
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by pcc 16y ago
A colleague (from South Africa) once was denied entry to the USA, for having outstanding parking tickets in SA...
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by pcc 16y ago
It seems many are having issues with gmail via exchange/activesync on iOS 4 eg http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=932449 http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=5e07d...
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by pcc 16y ago
Re the downvotes -- I guess this really just goes to show again that either (a) people really fundamentally care more about a 235Hz buzz on their TVs during soccer, than they do about real (by comparison) suffering as long as its someone
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by pcc 16y ago
There's something rather poignant about this, both funny and sad. The world could choose any "negative" aspect of the modern South African situation to complain about and to try to develop nifty hacks for suppressing; like crime, violence,
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by pcc 16y ago
I've had a similar situation (Canada to South Africa) and at the time the best thing was to go in to the bank to do a wire (swift) transfer. There are various options; eg what currency you want to send the funds in (ie who bears the currenc
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by pcc 16y ago
Or prescription meds etc; but there is some help: Once your startup is incorporated, you can get a PHSP-HSA (in Canada, different than the HSA idea in the US). You can then pay these expenses using pre-tax funds (your corp reimburses it to
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by pcc 17y ago
Whoa there. You're not even mentioning that he gives an example for each of these. Besides, he himself is an example of this; as he says, instead of complaining about music distribution, he started a distributor. Is it not the case that ou
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by pcc 17y ago
I've heard it said that 'perfectionist' is a misnomer -- because in fact we are not focusing on the perfection but on the imperfection...
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by pcc 17y ago
I doubt there is really a usability decrease. A former bank of mine implemented a system where: (1) you were highly advised to enter your banking pin via mouse using a pad; (2) in addition to entering your password, you also had to have a
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by pcc 17y ago
We also seem to have trouble acknowledging there's a toolbox full of tools, and determining when its worth acquiring a new tool vs using an existing one. (aka, there are scenarios where the dumbest language might in fact just be the smartes
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by pcc 17y ago
Funny, when I read this initially my first thought was: it would be inconsistent for the US, as champion of the free market, to attempt to impose its will on a country such as China by itself acting contrary to free market principles. Then
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by pcc 17y ago
Also it should be noted that devices like FPGAs allow for directly altering certain hardware structures via software. In these cases it can actually be possible to fix a hardware bug (or add a hardware feature) via software, where the hardw
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by pcc 17y ago
But do you then to this add "...but I'll try to find out for you" ?
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by pcc 17y ago
An anecdote: Two colleagues from different industries (one insurance, one technology) were Palm Treo users. After installing various 3rd party apps (not malicious but related to productivity things like emails, note taking etc), both of th
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by pcc 17y ago
Well it presupposes you have an environment where it actually works consistently. I cannot remember the exact number & types of machines I've used or had provided to me at customer premises over the last few years, but I'm pretty sure i
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by pcc 17y ago
I feel the same way; but I suspect people in different parts of the world might think differently. E.g., in my experience, some people have been very vocally opposed to the idea of leaving computers on overnight owing to the energy wastage
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by pcc 17y ago
There are a class of users that really only do a bit of email, a bit of web surfing, and maybe a bit of document editing. (Like my parents eg). From my experience such users tend to remain longer on older hardware, and its turned off most
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by pcc 17y ago
This is precisely the response I predicted I would get. Logic Audio is not identical to Cubase or anything else out there, which is why there is a substantial base of musicians who swear by it and the increased productivity they feel they g
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by pcc 17y ago
If you buy a Mac, you can run Logic Audio, which you can't on a PC. (or Interface Builder, or iMovie, or...)
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by pcc 17y ago
I have no real interest in convincing you or anyone else for that matter to switch to a Mac. I'm just making the observation that people from the outside (including myself before I started using Mac), seem to gravitate to certain arguments
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by pcc 17y ago
1. Your "everything" statement is missing parts of the Mac ecosystem; for example that the dev tools for the Mac cost $0, or that Apple's equivalent to MS Office costs less while having features better suited to certain sets of users. 2. I
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by pcc 17y ago
One more here too
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by pcc 17y ago
One train of thought seems notably absent in this discussion: The skill a good school attempts to teach has very little to do with any particular language. Instead they are seeking to teach you the one skill "to rule them all": To learn ho
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by pcc 17y ago
I'm not by any stretch saying that academic research is pure, at all. But I don't see how that is relevant. It feels akin to my surprise in other threads where some people insist e.g. that there is inherently something "bad" when a company

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