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by tomkin 11y ago
Dude, I'm just trying to align text in CSS, and you're all like "here's an OS in js."
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by tomkin 11y ago
I guess living in Canada gives me a different perspective. Generally speaking most telemarketers calling for charity are fairly respectful and are usually contacting you due to a transactional event that's happened fairly recently.
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by tomkin 11y ago
Is it just me, or did they pick pretty much the only telemarketer you wouldn't want to do this to (donations)?
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by tomkin 11y ago
All I'm saying, really, is that if it comes down to giving my people a raise, or paying for Creative Cloud, the raise wins every time. Especially when the alternatives are better.
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by tomkin 11y ago
Perhaps what he should have said was, that there is some apprehension to Adobe subscriptions. The price won't be "Price of Sketch"/"Date of next major version", that's for sure.
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by tomkin 11y ago
There is always the worry that someone else is going to do something you are not able to. But at the same time I think companies that are hell bent focused on growing can as a result lose time in setting up that growth; includ
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by tomkin 11y ago
It's funny you say that. I always remark at how god damned similar Facebook is to AOL. Keywords and all.
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by tomkin 11y ago
> Second was that the engineers had offices with doors that closed. And sometimes that works well. Othertimes it's a hinderance. In this case, I'm arguing that it removes culture from the workplace. There's hardly anyway t
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by tomkin 11y ago
See, for me that's the problem. This sense that productivity rules all. Why did you become a programmer, or a designer? Was it to be "maximumly productive"? I sure as heck didn't. Productivity is important, but I have to
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by tomkin 11y ago
I find this argument slanted towards the introverted programmer. Fact is, the introverted programmer is not the standard anymore. Our open office is a mix of different types of people. I chose an open office because I worked at a company fo
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Ask HN: How do you inform clients about unforeseen costs?
1 points by tomkin 11y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 11y ago
It does, but the slant always seems to be towards selling it as a better option. I agree remote-management doesn't work. But even here on HN, very rare to see a pro-"keep it" stance on anything. Silicon Valley seems obsesse
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by tomkin 11y ago
Has everyone forgotten about the "family owned business" or the business where you just keep it? I feel like I'm saying something foreign, where it shouldn't be foreign at all. Why does everything have to come down to
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by tomkin 11y ago
I'm sure there's a few problems with this software, just like others. After reading some of these FWP, and the whining...I dunno, man. There are people throwing acid in the face of girls on the other side of the world, and you&#x2
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by tomkin 11y ago
I said a similar thing a few days ago, but was ridiculed for it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9625769
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by tomkin 11y ago
When it comes to a new article being behind a paywall, I would rather not know the news than have to make an account to view it. Can we ban wsj.com from HN?
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by tomkin 12y ago
I'm happy I wasn't the only one who noticed this. Hopefully Google pays attention, because the marketshare they enjoy may soon see a decline. Chrome's performance has taken a major hit on iOS and OS X. It regularly freezes up
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by tomkin 12y ago
Someone will mention Scratch, but then forget to tell you that it's a piece of garbage.
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Canadian Piracy Notices: From Benign to Ridiculous(torrentfreak.com)
6 points by tomkin 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 12y ago
I can't love this. It seems there is a flood of new products that allow you to track or remember them. This can't be sustainable in the long run, as each product uses it's own proprietary technology, that requires you to use
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by tomkin 12y ago
I wonder if most of the people behind these startups are still working under the "work hard, huge payout" mantra, given the evidence against that highly unlikely outcome.
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by tomkin 12y ago
I'm only okay with someone posted a useless (thanks, cool story bro...) option if it's actually encouraging a better community. I suspect this sort of reasoning is why communities often tank - assholes. Assholes who are temp
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InFORM is a surface that three-dimensionally changes shape(youtube.com)
1 points by tomkin 12y ago|0 comments
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How do pilots manage to keep aircraft on centerline during taxi(aviation.stackexchange.com)
2 points by tomkin 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 12y ago
I just assumed the article didn't address that properly. Simply because that number would be astronomical and not practical. It should only apply to those who require it, under a certain threshold.
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by tomkin 12y ago
I don't think 20k is too high. We're burning more money than that per person just to maintain programs to deal with poverty, homelessness, etc.
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by tomkin 12y ago
> The feature I love about it is the ability to invite someone to a room. Wow. Groundbreaking stuff here. There were chatroom perl scripts in 1998 that did this.
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by tomkin 12y ago
Is HipChat really a good thing? Constant distractions all day means I get nothing done, so I'm pretty much against any kind of constant stream of communication when you're trying to think. Call me crazy. On to the service itself:
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Ask HN: What's your favorite pen/load/vulnerability testing service?
3 points by tomkin 12y ago|1 comments
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by tomkin 12y ago
Gotta say, not sure why some are shitting on MS on this one. Whether you like the keyboard or not, it shows that MS isn't all business and fuckups. Sometimes it's a smart idea, or one leading to an innovation.

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