samspot

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   by samspot 14y ago

   It's fictional because the idealism falls apart when you realize you have to find food and shelter somewhere, which costs money. Very few aspiring artists are independently wealthy. Doing a commercial is just another job. If you did a co
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   by samspot 14y ago

   I'd like to know your grounds for saying svn was "forgotten". Forgotten by who?
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   by samspot 14y ago

   A lot of us work on closed-source projects you know. Open source is great, but it isn't the whole world.
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   by samspot 14y ago

   1 per day for projects I am unfamiliar with seems aggressive. I wonder if I would even be able to add any value with such a shallow understanding of the projects. I think 1/week is probably more reasonable if you are trying to get people
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   by samspot 14y ago

   When I read this I realized that ministers have been using this tactic effectively for hundreds of years (if not more--I have only read from people from the last 400 years or so). I think this component is what is missing in my own present
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   by samspot 14y ago

   You may have built up a huge arsenal of words, but it is still important to choose the ones that best get your point across to your intended audience, whether simple or complex. The real challenge is being understood, not using awesome wor
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   by samspot 14y ago

   I use cat when I want it to still be there for use with another command (I have more aliased to less).
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   by samspot 14y ago

   I was on an fda list like this, and everytime someone messed it up 40+ people would reply-all with "I think you sent this to the wrong person".
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   by samspot 14y ago

   What I'm hearing from many posters in these comments is my level of fashion-conciousness indicates how innovative I am. I think it's a big mistake to judge a candidate's aptitude for the work by how hip they look. This is the last industr
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I will always maintain that "summary" is easier to type than "TL;DR"
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I also initially purchased a lot of games on the Virtual Console before I realized how behind the times they are on digital goods. Since then I've been able to restrain myself from buying any more digital content from them. I really like
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I read this article as being targeted toward founders picking a provider for their company. Did I misunderstand the target audience?
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    by samspot 14y ago

    IMO the only drawback is learnability. And it is countered by the fact that you can make some serious gains in productivity with only a little time invested. I started really investing in cygwin last year and I'm constantly moving more and
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    by samspot 14y ago

    It's ironic that linux is dying slightly compared to last year (according to the link). Not that I think linux is going anywhere :)
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    by samspot 14y ago

    You act like we have a choice in the matter. "Sorry, I can't look into your emergency production problem, I'm adding features to a blog."
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I don't worry about it so much because I know as a father that I can make sure she has the opportunity and encouragement to pursue traditionally male-oriented interests. I worry more about other little girls whose parents may be the bigges
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    by samspot 14y ago

    In the first person games you can see her reflection pretty clearly in the helmet. I think other game characters often refer to her as 'she' as well (though I'm not certain of this).
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    by samspot 14y ago

    "Of course your president is an actor, he's got to look good on TV!" -Emmett "Doc" Brown
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I've been using the instarepl to learn clojure and I'm liking it a lot so far for that purpose. However I still can't grasp how to use the project features. I'd like to humbly suggest you do some hallway usability testing and work on the
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    by samspot 14y ago

    > being intelligent has no intrinsic value Thinking about this the other day, I was noticing that many people of great intelligence act as though it is a free pass to not putting forward much effort. Similarly they may neglect to pay a
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I was in public school in the Greenville, NC area from 1985-1998, and I felt I had mostly good teachers and was adequately prepared for college. I happen to be a good test taker, and so my experience is likely different from others with di
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I can give an anecdote that supports this with Doctors. I worked in a cancer research group and the docs would always make comments about how many doctors smoked when they went to conferences out of the country.
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I think it cuts down the potential audience quite a bit. I already am not very interested in going to a bar, and watching a movie in one sounds even less fun. Most of the people I know who refuse to go to the movies cite cleanliness, nois
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    by samspot 14y ago

    My impression from the article is that you'd have to grind them up and use them for the 2nd-tier corks at best. The cleaning involved may make the savings unimpressive, and there is the problem of getting the consumer to get the corks back
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    by samspot 14y ago

    Thanks for clarifying. I agree with you on the usability issues, but would have expected you to say "won't recommend" instead of "won't use". I have noticed a surprising number of non-technical (70-year old couple at church) people using
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    by samspot 14y ago

    Do you have a philosophical objection to using symlinks? As of the last time I checked, you also need a symlink for Google drive.
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    by samspot 14y ago

    > but none of the negative things will happen to us because we’re too awesome. I just wanted to note that the above is the definition of hubris, and exactly what the people doing EDD (Ego-Driven Development) are thinking: http://delib
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    by samspot 14y ago

    A lot of these questions look great if you just finished school, but not so great 10 years later. There are an almost unlimited number of things I can focus on that will actually improve my performance on the job, and none of them are memo
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    by samspot 14y ago

    I am frequently forced off the sidewalk by cyclists while walking my dog, and we even have bike lanes!
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    by samspot 14y ago

    Wait... am I supposed to assume all blog posts are false? Certainly an interesting way to live. I'll start with your comment.