villageidiot

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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   Ah. Thanks for clarifying. I missed that part.
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   What is it like to be 80 years old? When is the last time you talked to an 80 year old? Would you even consider asking this question to an 80 year old in real life? Why try to research this question on HN where the average age is close to
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   Good luck. I'll keep my eye on the usual Ruby channels then.
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   Referring to Bing, Eric Schmidt said "We benefit from Microsoft’s continual re-entering into this market. We encourage them to continue with this strategy."
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   That sounds like a big project. I've never encountered anything related to video that is solved with a simple technical solution. Unless you're talking about something like Google's Video Sitemaps.
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   Thanks for posting this link. Good to know about. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an indication of the value of those hypothetical cash prizes. Or did I miss it?
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   I've never had a problem with heredoc. I'm curious what you mean when you say "I can picture a number of ways to get almost the same effect . . . without complicating the syntax". Would you care to illustrate your point with an example so w
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   by villageidiot 17y ago

   ->"I've also put together a decent network of sites earning money through advertising". Care to let us in on any of your secrets?
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   Put Ad on Web. Count Clicks. Revise. (nytimes.com)

   10 points by villageidiot 17y ago|7 comments
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    I don't think the OP was trolling. Maybe s/he is just not as familiar with HN or Twitter as you are? Regardless, I think your response is disproportionately hostile and fosters an ungenerous environment. I find it discouraging that such an
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Start a new brower session or delete your cookies. You get that message if they recognize you from an existing account. I get that message in Firefox (after signing up from Firefox) but not in Chrome or IE.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    There's also a free signup option that they don't publicize: http://www.experts-exchange.com/registerFree2.jsp Although I can't think of any reason to use it.
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    Achieving Fame, Wealth And Beauty Are Psychological Dead Ends, Study Says(sciencedaily.com)

    34 points by villageidiot 17y ago|32 comments
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    Faking It (The Undereducation of an Overachiever)(nytimes.com)

    31 points by villageidiot 17y ago|14 comments
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    A former boss of mine thought it would be a good motivational strategy to try to create a little "friendly competition", as Dave Thomas puts it, by putting me and my coworker at odds with each other with various petty, fabricated psychodram
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    ->Hell, perhaps even more so given the press's traditional role of watchdog and investigator. I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic here. Alternatively, perhaps you're not from the United States.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Wonder if this would work on App Engine.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    -> it'll probably be a decade before we reach pre-bust levels. How do you know? The same people who didn't see it coming are all of a sudden experts on when it's going to end.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    I disagree. He has two points. The first - Dont call yourself a "Java programmer" (for example) because your job most likely will use more than Java and the self-description may contrain your career options. Instead use more general self-de
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Same here - FF/Vista
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    That's an important possibility to know about. I assumed that if I was willing to spend enough, that there might be a solution. So it's good to know that that is not necessarily true. Much appreciated.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Yeah, I didn't think that was a good sign. Thanks. I'll make a note of Techfusion. Looks like it may come to that.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Thanks for the tips. Yes, it does show up in the BIOS scan. Maybe there's hope for the software option. I'll save your hardware-related tips for later since I'm more or less incompetent when it comes to the non-virtual.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Thanks. Yes I agree I need to start doing this.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Oh, I really hope not.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    To be honest, I don't know if it spins up or not. I'll tell you what it sounds like though. It sounds like a helicopter when the pilot turns on the engine and it starts revving up - for maybe half a second - then a loud Click! like a camera
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    Thanks for the tip. I tried a piece of software last week - can't remember the name - but I just heard the disk clicking repeatedly while the software was trying to access the disk - it didn't get anywhere, so I didn't think a pure software
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    Ask HN: Anyone know what to do with a failed external hard drive?

    2 points by villageidiot 17y ago|14 comments
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    That's an interesting talk but high design takes time - that seems to be at odds with the workflow of newspapers.
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    by villageidiot 17y ago

    I clicked through about 20 slides without seeing more than a few words of text!