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by steverb 15y ago
Update: TO date, one of my kids loves this. The others are kind of 'meh'. I love it though.
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by steverb 15y ago
My kids are going to eat this up. Thank you. I also recommend Orbiter 2010, but it is a simulator and is not easy. http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/
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by steverb 15y ago
Heh. I once worked in sales / technical support / geekery for a smallish computer/networking var. Since I was the only sales person other than the owner I was given my choice of titles. I chose "Vice President of Intergalactic Sales and Ext
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by steverb 15y ago
I've found that an important tool for me is establishing a routine just like if you were going into the office to work (albeit allowing less time for the commute). Shower. Shave (unless in Grizzly Adams mode). Put on clothes that you would
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by steverb 15y ago
There is a signalling mechanism involved in dressing like a slob, every bit as loud as the signal you are trying to send out by dressing well. In some contexts, putting on "whatever" sends the signal that I'm a slob, in other contexts it se
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by steverb 15y ago
Hangouts has lured most of my team to Google +, at least for quick stand-up type meetings. I have two guys who have Google Apps accounts and can't yet use Google + for whatever oddball reason that Google hasn't fixed that.
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by steverb 15y ago
No. I already have a Chrome tile and didn't have to anything special to make it happen. It showed up when I installed Chrome: http://imgur.com/xhnDi I believe what this is saying is that Metro Apps cannot launch non-metro executables.
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by steverb 15y ago
I desperately want to believe that this will somehow enable us to live in a Star-Trek future, even though I'm sure it won't. Would someone with some knowledge of physics care to break down the ramifications of this (if it's not some sort of
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by steverb 15y ago
To be frank, market rate is however little your employer thinks they can get away with paying you, or someone comparable to you. Look at indeed.com and salary.com and aim for 75th percentile and higher. Unfortunately the only way to really
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by steverb 15y ago
AKA Rubber Duck Debugging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging I often explain things to my computer illiterate wife. Once I break it down enough where she understands it I usually am able to see where I went off the rails.
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by steverb 15y ago
Working in a low population area is risky because there is also a lower pool of available places to work if that position doesn't work out. It's impossible to attract people from outside the region unless you are paying above market rates f
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by steverb 15y ago
Don't be afraid to venture outside of student groups either. Most areas have user groups of various sorts. Don't be afraid to attend user groups for technologies you're not necessarily interested in right now. Good geeks often have broad in
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by steverb 15y ago
That review jives with my own experience. I sincerely hope that they make the metro "Start" optional before the final build. Also, you can move past the lock screen by hitting enter or by hitting control (in case you habitually use ctrl-alt
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by steverb 15y ago
Thanks, but I'm technically not a teacher. I started this last year in my kids school because they had computer classes and were only learning how to use Open Office. I realize they will need those skills, but I figured that I could at leas
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by steverb 15y ago
True, but I can get my hands on HDMI -> DVI converters. Used small LCDs are unbelievably cheap if you watch for surplus auctions (and are willing to buy a pallet of 25).
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by steverb 15y ago
I teach middle school programming/computer classes. I cannot wait to get my hands on one of these. Right now it's cheap enough that I can tell the parents to buy one for their kids without a problem, and out of pocket it for those few of my
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by steverb 15y ago
Google voicemails already show up in my gmail. You should just be able to set up a filter to forward them to another address. I haven't tried it though, so YMMV.
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by steverb 15y ago
You wouldn't download a frigate.
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by steverb 15y ago
Very cool. We visited the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort a few weeks ago. I don't know that I'd make a trip just for that, but if you're in the area (Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach, Morehead City) it's definitely worth stopping in. The museum
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by steverb 15y ago
No sour grapes. :-) I have been offered loaner equipment on several occasions.
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by steverb 15y ago
Do you have something useful to say, or do you just like moralizing at people?
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by steverb 15y ago
You can download Visual Studio Express for free as well.
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by steverb 15y ago
Say what you will about MS's blunders, but I've always found their developer support and outreach to be top notch. Although they've yet to offer me a free phone.
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by steverb 15y ago
Well, even if you're not a Google wanna-be it's pretty cool. I signed up (for an update when registration is open), but I'm afraid I won't have the time to properly devote to it as well. If it's free of charge learning there is a tendency t
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by steverb 15y ago
I can't wait to see how well this works out. If the results are good it could put another nail in the coffin for classroom only education. Although I foresee a lot of those that register for the free online course dropping out. Most people
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by steverb 15y ago
Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Suarez ) Rudy Rucker ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Rucker ) Cory Doctorow has some good stuff and most of it is available free from his site ( http://craphoun
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by steverb 15y ago
Looks cramped to me, but I may have sausage fingers. It also isn't an IBM Model M.
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by steverb 15y ago
"Write once, deploy everywhere" seems to have worked awfully well for Google and a host of other companies. Granted, Google docs is not as feature complete as MS Word, but it's good enough for a lot of people. There's a time and a place for
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by steverb 15y ago
The iPhone did change the industry and it is technically very solid. However, it is NOT pleasant to develop for. Having developed private apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 I personally find Windows 7 to be the best platform for deve
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by steverb 15y ago
Graphs like this always make me wonder why people choose to live in Silicon Valley. If the graphs are correct I'd need to make around $250,000 per year there to maintain the standard of living I have here in Tennessee.

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