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   by raamdev 18y ago

   I've made a similar transformation, going from 233LBS to 160LBS. http://blog.raamdev.com/2004/03/07/changed-for-life After losing the weight and getting in shape, my asthma and allergies disappeared, along with my eczema. Fitness has beco
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   No, I was quite annoyed. I only turned it on to help remind me when I might be wasting time, not prevent me from reading HN. Without an override, that feature is useless to me.
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   Thanks! I've been using a tool called pstree for the same thing (I didn't even realize ps had such a feature). It looks like the ps utility on OS X doesn't support --forest though, so pstree is still useful there. http://freshmeat.net/proj
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   Thanks, that's exactly what I was trying to say. And I believe over the long-term, proper education (from an early age) is the only thing that will fix this kind of problem. Buy what you need , not what you want . (OK, buy what you want t
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   Thanks for the summary and the great quote by Henry Ford. What he said is so true. The scary thing is that for most people, their lack of understanding the bigger picture means that when things get really bad, it will happen fast. I'm shock
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   I was actually trying to figure out where my window was on the outside of an office building I work in (5th floor). So I started with 0 which would have meant I would be looking at the 6th floor, not 5th.
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   I frequently watch full-screen movies on my 15" MBP while laying on the couch 7ft away. In fact, I don't watch (or have) a TV, so it's really my only option. Then again, I have really good eyesight and I grew up without a TV in the house, s
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   I do this too! Only sometimes I confuse myself and end up looking like an idiot.
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   by raamdev 18y ago

   When I count things (in the real world), I now have a bad habit of starting a zero. "How many floors on that building?" "Let's see, 0, 1, 2... oh wait..."
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    When I got a 15" MacBook Pro (2.4ghz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, Glossy LED screen), I quickly discovered my desktop became obsolete and I unexpectedly stopped using it. It's not that it became obsolete tech-wise; there was just no reason to contin
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    The findings basically show that people generally don’t use verbs when tagging and that the titles and descriptions they write are almost always a more useful definition of the thing being tagged (especially when searching across large data
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    The book "Making Things Talk" (O'Reilly) is a great way to start: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510510/
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    This is quite a big list and a very good one at that. The title should be '50 Useful PHP Tools' to emphasize that it's not just another small list of PHP tools. The categories covered are as broad as the list is long: * Debugging Tools
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    You might want to try using the free Stock Market Game UpDown for a few weeks/months to practice investing: http://www.updown.com/?_refer=36311 They give you $1 million in play money to invest, but you actually make real money based on yo
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    The Python tutorial linked on the site looks very well laid out and easy for beginners to learn from: http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/inde...
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I work in Cambridge and usually frequent 1369 Coffee House (Central Sq.). I'll definitely have to check out Sebastian's and the BPL. Thanks!
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I try to find a seat close to the restroom and generally just leave my laptop there (with the screen saver lock on). The way I see it, it usually takes me under 35 seconds to take a leak: 10 seconds to get up and walk into the bathroom and
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I don't know much about the engineering stuff behind this, but if fuel inefficiency is the only real reason they don't want to add grills, then why not have a mechanical system that removes the grill after they pass a particular altitude (w
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I actually like working from coffee shops when they're busy. The more noise the easier it is for me to concentrate. But if I can easily make out several conversations, then I find it difficult not to listen and it becomes more difficult to
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    Very nice collection. A tech at the datacenter that hosts one my servers showed me trick #3 and I remember being thrilled sitting there watching him do stuff on my server and sharing the keyboard to type messages back and forth in vi. My co
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I browse YC mostly for the comments, searching for interesting titles with comments and then jumping right into the comments. Nine times out of ten, the comments are way more interesting and informative than the article itself (this is the
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    That is why I tend not to write about things in my life that have happened in the past, but rather discuss things I learn, as I learn them. Then, sometimes years later, people with similar problems find my posts through Google and thank me
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    The first thing that came to mind when I read the title were the movies Cube and Hyper Cube.
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    This looks awesome! Glancing at the documentation I can tell it will easily solve a lot of the reoccurring issues I usually deal with on small projects. I'm definitely going to give it a try. Thanks!
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I think you meant microrecyccoop.org. Donating to those who need a computer would be my first choice; donating CPU power to something like BOINC my second.
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I find remembering the images that the text created helps me recall the smaller details. For example, using the size of Rhode Island and the height of cirrus clouds easily painted a vivid image in my head. I'll remember that image in the fu
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I've run across this problem several times. I now recommend to my clients (and use in my own projects) AuthSMTP: http://www.authsmtp.com . I've been using them for a few years and I have never had a single outage or problem with their serv
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I too almost never have, and when I do it's usually a rare occurrence. For that reason, yes, I'd happily buy a laptop with a built-in battery, especially if the battery gives a 17" laptop 8 hours of charge! And I'm sure it won't be long b
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I find the best solution to avoiding procrastination is to simply figure out exactly what the next step is that you need to take to be one step closer to being done. Once you've figured that out, picture yourself doing it and then think abo
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    by raamdev 18y ago

    I agree with most of your points but I'd like to add that people seem to prefer one broadly capable device because of the nuisances attached to having multiple devices. If every piece of clothing came with invisible sensors that monitored o