tbirrell

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'I'm President,' So No More Broccoli (1990)(nytimes.com)
1 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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The Illusion of Speed(paulbakaus.com)
1 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I've worked at places where my supervisor had root access both ssh and a user account, and we also allowed each other to ssh in for various reasons. No one has ever been allowed on my workstation as me, though. Hard line.
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New Kids on the Block: Understanding Developers Entering the Workforce Today(stackoverflow.blog)
2 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Is there enough demand... for what? Presumably you mean for you to create the service, but you need to be clear about this. To answer the question, this is not a particular pain point for me. I would not be likely to pay for it.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I have a similar setup, and it is relatively easy to set up using .bashrc and terminal color variables.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I feel like this is glossing over something very important, but I can't put my finger on it.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
The TV trope of "I can do this in 4 hours" "You have 1" is not actually how things work.
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Report suggests millennials like esports as much as 'real' sports(thenextweb.com)
1 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 9y ago
The problem with this question is by the time I finish typing my answer, the JS world will have moved on to the next big thing
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by tbirrell 9y ago
No. That's what SCOTUS is saying. Lexmark is trying to enforce a contract over an item that they do not control. Is like if you signed a contract with me that every time you handed someone a glass of water, you would require them to sa
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The autograph James Bond never signed(independent.co.uk)
1 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This was my first thought as well.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
So basically this will be a temp agency for higher-level positions?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
khanacademy.org
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Why would I want to receive X number of "new" employees and spend time training them on my systems/architecture just to have them disappear after 3 months?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
> The role of music at work is part of an unintentional arms race of sorts. Office workers embraced earbuds and noise-canceling headphones in large numbers as ways to cope with the lack of privacy that came with the open-floor plan. But
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Yes. Absolutely. The less enthusiasm you have for your job, the more you will notice the early hour you have to wake up, and the traffic you have to fight, and exactly how long 9 hours can be. And when that happens, you'll burn out bec
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Does it hide it on reddit? Or on an internal list?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
What problem does this solve? I'm having a hard time finding a practical reason to use this.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
And this is different/better than the google/facebook universal logins how?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
To be fair, a year is a long time in the life of a browser.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
That is an interesting thought. We tend think of that law in terms of raw energy, but the inertia of society is no exception. We see this over and over whenever anybody goes on strike. Business grind to a halt. Sometimes entire industries.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Hmm... Interesting, almost like a heart. Expand, contract, expand, contract. That could be why we have multiple dreams a night.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I suppose my question is, why does it matter what an OSS contributor does in his spare time? And why should that prevent him from contributing? Am I missing something here?
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by tbirrell 10y ago
I read about all the crap Amazon employees have to deal with. So it's hard to view anything this guy does in a good light. IMO, anyway. I wonder how much this philosophy contributes to the horror stories we hear out here.
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by tbirrell 10y ago
I guess... But why?
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by tbirrell 10y ago
Unfortunately, I think you mean it was "recent enough" we were able to see how awful it was. Which means that if we give it a couple more generations to fade out of (some) living memory, we open up ourselves to another conflict, t
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Ask HN: What tactics do you use to explain things to non-developers?
1 points by tbirrell 10y ago|1 comments
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by tbirrell 10y ago
Additionally, on the list of the obvious, they should also be able to breath, drink water, and consume food on a semi-regular basis. :/

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