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by re_todd 14y ago
That sounds very cool. What kind of solar power product are you using? Where can I buy one online?
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by re_todd 14y ago
Agreed. It sounded boring at first, I'm not very interested in sushi. But when I realized it was about honing your craft and becoming good at something, I realized the lessons in this movie could apply to any field, and it became very fas
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by re_todd 14y ago
That's a smart dude, I'm surprised I haven't heard of him earlier. But I can't help but think he would seem twice as brilliant if he had a neckbeard :)
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by re_todd 14y ago
Agreed about the relevant content. I have no interest in joining a startup, but I spend more time on HN than any other site. Discussions on CSS, Rails, cryptography and dozens of other interesting subjects are always interesting and keep
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by re_todd 14y ago
But who can afford them? I went to Barnes and Noble a week ago, browsing the new release section, and the two books that looked interesting that I thought about buying cost $28 and $26. I quickly put them back and decided to investigate t
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by re_todd 14y ago
I don't write down passwords, I write down password hints. For example, "b + 7 + z" could equal baby753zyxw. A single letter can signify a word/string, and a single number can signify a larger number. I have about 20 strings memorized th
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by re_todd 14y ago
It's usually done in a more subtle, indirect way.
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by re_todd 14y ago
I just got a coffee yesterday at Starbucks in California, the small regular coffee, for $1.65
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by re_todd 14y ago
Crap, I bought it a couple months ago for full price, should have waited.
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by re_todd 14y ago
I think you have a good point. I grew up never hearing anything negative about college, only positive things. All the adults I knew, when I was young, who went to college had nice houses, cars, vacations, etc. Then me and some friends we
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by re_todd 14y ago
Reminds me of the time I was looking through a page wondering how the designer got the greys to look so good. I was surprised when I saw the css class called "bluish-grey", and I suddenly realized he had been using a blue tint and I hadn't
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by re_todd 14y ago
I was shocked for a second, I thought it said "Windows 8 hits RTFM status"!
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by re_todd 14y ago
I think that why has made us numb to developer quirkiness :)
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by re_todd 14y ago
Yeah, and a couple days ago I had to hit that button about 20 times before I got one I could decipher. I was about 1 or 2 clicks from giving up.
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by re_todd 14y ago
You helped me realize one of the reasons I like HN: there is little fear of PC nazis here.
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by re_todd 14y ago
He had some good points until that negative turn. Too bad I can't downvote him. He just made me dislike Oracle even more.
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by re_todd 14y ago
I think my ex-girlfriend studied under this Richelieu guy.
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by re_todd 14y ago
Yeah, I sometimes listen to a real estate show on Saturday on the radio, and the guy says basically the same things. It is always the right time to buy.
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by re_todd 14y ago
I once saw what I at first thought was light from a helicopter one night, then it turned a tight angle and shot off toward space. I thought for a second that maybe UFOs were real, then I realized I was close to a military base. There is p
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by re_todd 14y ago
I wish it was that easy. I took an online computer course last year, and the instructor setup a Facebook page to share important information.
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by re_todd 14y ago
"everyone knows a different subset" This was pretty much my experience with a co-worker. We both thought we were vim gurus, but I was shocked at all the tricks he did that I didn't know, and vice versa. I'm beginning to think that I know
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by re_todd 14y ago
I love Vim, but I don't ever recommend it to anyone. I think it gives me an advantage. Whey would I want other people using it and thus lose that advantage?
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by re_todd 14y ago
Agreed. Reliability is extremely important with email programs, so I prefer this class of software be very conservative.
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by re_todd 14y ago
Living with less goals has made me happier. I used to have too many difficult unrealistic goals. It just caused a lot of stress and anxiety in my life. It helped to keep some of the goals, but get rid of the deadline I had on those goals
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by re_todd 14y ago
I like the response "whatever" to such people. It lets them think you really don't care without being too confrontational.
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by re_todd 14y ago
Maybe it was too much text. Once you get over 2 words, the less it looks and feels like a button to someone in a hurry. "Reedem Living Social Coupon" may have just been too long, maybe "Redeem Now!" may have been better.
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by re_todd 14y ago
You mean once you switch away from Rails, you don't automatically scale?
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by re_todd 14y ago
And it's often easier than it sounds. I observed a few popular people and decided to make mental notes of what they talked about, and I was surprised it was mostly trivial nonsense (who won the game, the car chase on the news last night, e
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by re_todd 14y ago
Great point. When people alter one or two key works, it can shift the whole debate. We need to be aware of that.
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by re_todd 14y ago
> If someone knows something about you, he gains power over you. I couldn't agree more. When I graduated from high school, coming from a small town, I wanted to get a college degree. Unfortunately, I had a low self-esteem and many fri

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