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by steverb 16y ago
I got about 5 minutes hands on with WP7 hardware last week, and I have to agree with Gruber. WP7 is really nice. * The UI is very responsive on pre-release hardware. I've been told that the released version will be faster. * The keyboard is
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by steverb 16y ago
This is so true. We are a dev shop with a lot of experience with .NET. For our most recent web project we decided to take RoR for a spin. Things that would take an hour in .NET took us days. Not because RoR is lacking, but because we just d
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by steverb 16y ago
Just looked at my co-worker's Android phone and its keyboard does the same thing. If you hold down a letter on the screen it will pop up the alternatives.
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by steverb 16y ago
Interesting listen, and closely mirrors my own experience. * The UI is very responsive on pre-release hardware. I've been told that the released version will be faster. * The keyboard is very nice. One feature that I noticed is that if you
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by steverb 16y ago
I've heard from reliable sources that Verizon will have a W7 phone, but it won't be until early next year. Supposedly has more to do with Verizon's phone system than anything else though.
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by steverb 16y ago
I got hands on with a pre-release WP7 phone earlier this week. I think all the "kill Apple" stuff is kind of stupid, but the WP7 phone was really really nice. There were lots of nice features and flourishes, and I can honestly say I liked i
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by steverb 16y ago
I learned at a young age to never ever tell my parents I was bored. My children have learned the same lesson. We also limit our kids to one hour of video games a week, only to be used on Saturday or Sunday. After homework and chores are fin
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by steverb 16y ago
Yeah, I wasn't sure 'til the end of the article. Went in hoping it was Model View Presenter.
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by steverb 16y ago
Contracting. It's like a job, but with fewer false promises and expectations.
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by steverb 16y ago
Your post is both depressing and familiar. I think the reasonable long term solution is that each dev team have one admin as well. That way you have "your guy" who knows what's going on with the code being developed/deployed. I'm not sure i
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by steverb 16y ago
Coming from VS I love netbeans for writing Rails code in. I became very spoiled by Visual Studio's ability to let you explore libraries via intellisence. Netbeans is the only Ruby IDE I've found that comes close to letting you do that.
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by steverb 16y ago
Personally, my distaste for PHP centers around the fact that there are so many developers pumping out crappy PHP code for $20 / hr. I don't need to compete in a race to the bottom.
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by steverb 16y ago
If you're not afraid of Microsoft I recommend Kodu http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ My kids literally beg me to be allowed to program with Kodu. It's very visual and very X-Box friendly.
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by steverb 16y ago
All discipline is painful. Whether it's physical pain or emotional pain. I believe, based on purely anecdotal evidence, that physical pain is less harmful to a child's emotional well being. Corporal punishment, if administered properly, is
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by steverb 16y ago
Yes, because nature doesn't use pain to teach us ever. That's why I can leave my hand on a hot stove until it turns black. There is a difference between corporal punishment/discipline and abuse.
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by steverb 16y ago
My wife and I are big fans of that book as well. We have also forced our older children (13, 11) to read the teen version. Useful advice whether you're a Christian or not.
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by steverb 16y ago
I'm in the habit of taking a lunch time siesta myself. I've found it best to get in the car and drive to a nice shady spot so my clients aren't wondering what the heck I'm doing. A 20 - 40 minute nap in the middle of the day works wonders.
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by steverb 16y ago
It's not a bug, it's a feature?
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by steverb 16y ago
As long as you don't call it REST, then the purists shouldn't have a problem with it. I'm not a purist myself, I'm more about getting things done, and sometimes a useful API just doesn't map cleanly onto REST.
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by steverb 16y ago
Well, keep in mind that when most people say "REST" what they mean is a web call that sends or receives JSON/XML. Personally, I've found that there are some things that fit really well into a fully REST-ful design, but sometimes you just wa
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by steverb 16y ago
Actually, I've seen far more racism in the rural/small town north than I've ever seen in the south. And I have lived in the smallest of small southern towns. It probably has little to do with where precisely the town is located and more to
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by steverb 16y ago
Thinkpad. You can't beat the Darth Vader styling.
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Ask HN: Self Hosted Alternative to Campfire
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by steverb 16y ago
I always answer with the salary I want to be paid for the job. Let them know up front where I expect the salary to be.
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by steverb 16y ago
It's the first review that has really mirrored my experience with the iPad. Although the blush wore off in a week for me. Different usage patterns I expect.
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by steverb 16y ago
It's neat, but I'm kinda leery about plugging random USB devices in. Lots of room to compromise security there.
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by steverb 16y ago
I like mine black on front, white on back. That way there is a surface you can write stuff on.
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by steverb 16y ago
Might I recommend the poster plugin for Firefox? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2691 Has the added benefit of working on stuff you are developing on your own machine.
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by steverb 17y ago
And that's how people will defend it.
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by steverb 17y ago
Crap. I totally forgot about ESR. He completely screws up my pithy "compare and contrast".

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