umjames

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   by umjames 19y ago

   You'll love the dev tools. You'll be able to enjoy what we Mac programmers have been enjoying for several years now.
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   by umjames 19y ago

   Someone should take the items on the list and put them on a poster entitled "Why you should avoid IT at all costs" and put them up in university computer science departments. It might also make a great ad for YC.
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   by umjames 19y ago

   It's about not burning yourself out and promoting results over putting in hours. I'm sure if employees at 37signals want to work more, no one is going to stop them. You can be happy without working overtime at a job you love. The more tim
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   by umjames 19y ago

   Then there are the Java web consultants I have to work with. The ones that say they know Java web programming, but don't know the following: 1. HTTP 2. How to add query parameters to a URL 3. How to write an Ant script (they rely on Eclips
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   by umjames 19y ago

   Thank you. That was the first thing I noticed too. It would say a lot more for your products if the applications you say can be built with them are actually applications that were built with them.
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   by umjames 19y ago

   or possibly even higher than 3-5x by starting a startup.
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   by umjames 19y ago

   It will be until the call stack overflows.
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   by umjames 19y ago

   Thanks, that would be great. I know it's not the Tokyo Toy Store on St. Marks Place. They have a lot of action figures (mostly Asian) but no anime. I don't travel to NYC often, so I'm not worried about being there constantly, and I defini
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   by umjames 19y ago

   The store I'm talking about is actually in Chinatown. I've been to Mondo Kim's in the Village, and their anime section (all half of one side of an island) left something to be desired. Is there another store in the Village that I don't kno
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    by umjames 19y ago

    I wish I had that type of willpower. My Dad always had a TV on. Looking back on it, that really wasn't good for any of us. How are you able to break such bad habits?
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Yes, too much though in my opinion. I really only watch 2 types of shows: sports and cartoons/anime. I should be able to cut down on sports. It's easier if you're engaged in coding to forget to turn a game on. The cartoons I watch all are
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Some recruiters are still looking for an impossible number of years of experience in a technology. That's one of the reasons the startup revolution is happening.
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    by umjames 19y ago

    I actually did something similar when I was in middle school. The teacher wanted everyone in the class to write something like that 500 times and turn it in the next day. I went home and ran the following program on my Apple IIe: 10 FO
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Let alone methods like: has_many :penises or has_and_belongs_to_many :penises I'm sorry I went there, but someone was going to say it.
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    by umjames 19y ago

    You mean the Flowbee? http://www.flowbee.com
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Is it possible the reason Apple did this is so that people don't use DTrace to find a way to hack Apple's DRM in iTunes? I'm sure the RIAA and the MPAA had some concerns about that.
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    by umjames 19y ago

    "My answer would be eventually yes, but not in the near future. Computer communication tools are still startlingly primitive. Based on experiments in office microgeography,( http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07link.html ) being c
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    by umjames 19y ago

    How will data that should be private and well-protected (like health and financial information) work in this "cloud"? Besides, most IT departments relish complicated proprietary "enterprise" technology for job-security reasons. They're not
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Any chance we will see PG's talk as a future essay? I also wouldn't mind video of any of the talks.
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    by umjames 19y ago

    But at least you do get to learn how to run offensive plays while still learning volleyball. Personally speaking, in my 5 years of college (Drexel University from 1996-2001), most classes were 80-100% theory and 0-20% programming. None of
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    by umjames 19y ago

    OK, I'm jealous. That place is a million times better than the beige hell I put up with 40 hours/week. As much as I want to work for myself (and I am working on that), if I had to work for someone else and I had to go to their place to do
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    by umjames 19y ago

    I wonder if kneeling or lying down has the same detrimental effects as sitting. At home, when I am coding on a laptop, I often alternate between sitting in a chair and kneeling at the foot of the bed. Oftentimes, kneeling feels better unti
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    by umjames 19y ago

    I definitely agree with the 'normal' job comment. I'm just curious about the concept of standing all day to code. I guess the good thing about it is that it can force you to take regular breaks, even if the break consists of just sitting d
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Does this mean we should make desks and tables higher so that we are forced to stand while we work?
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    by umjames 19y ago

    lazynews.yc: If it restricts by your username, then all you have to do is clear your cookies and you can look at the site, right? You won't be able to comment, but you can read everything. I guess we are going to have to exercise some sel
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    by umjames 19y ago

    As someone who still works in an IT department at a large company, I think 37signals has a valid point. It's not the only point (and there are many), but it is a good one. As much as most enterprise software sucks, it's at least 3 times as
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Thumbs up for happy hardcore and acid jazz. I love highly active, fast techno. Anything from the breakbeat, big beat, 2-step, hardcore, happy hardcore, gabba, drum & bass, and jungle subgenres. The problem with rap for me is that the
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    by umjames 19y ago

    By FM receiver, do you mean the physical hardware components or the ability to play radio stations through your iPod? Because if it's the latter, Apple makes a radio tuner for the iPod.
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    by umjames 19y ago

    Just to nitpick, cats work hard too. Cats tend to be more nocturnal creatures. If you let them out at night, they'll spend that time hunting for food (if they were taught that by their mother) and defending what they view as their propert
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    by umjames 19y ago

    You have a good point about hard work and passion. You have also just provided one of the best quotes in Fight Club. Good job!