waivej

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by waivej 14y ago
I remember Microsoft being called a "perception engine" by my boss around 1998.
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by waivej 14y ago
-Sometimes books clutter lessons with too many words. I look for concise books that cover what I need. -It's like laptops...make it big enough to be useful but small enough to carry in your computer bag. -Make examples as small and concise
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by waivej 14y ago
They also have "hyper spectral" eyes that detect light using 12 different color receptors. Compare that with 3 color receptors in human eyes (plus rods). I just learned about them listening to RadioLab last week: http://www.radiolab.org/2
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by waivej 14y ago
VB6 is a nice prototyping/quick app language. It's not suited for every job but you can optimize around many weaknesses and it complemented early ASP projects well. Microsoft just dropped the ball by making it too hard to upgrade to VB.Net
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by waivej 14y ago
At my first company, I freaked when we got a major competitor. The CEO smiled and said it was the first sign of a good market. He was concerned about the lack of competition up to that point.
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by waivej 14y ago
It's like rods and cones in our eyes. So very cool!
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by waivej 14y ago
Sorry to hear about your loss. Stuff like that can make you paranoid. Have you looked at www.crashplan.com? It works on Mac/Win/Lin as a P2P backup tool and it's free for non-commercial use. I like the idea of retiring drives (or a healt
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by waivej 14y ago
Monetize your social network enough to defend against threats like this. Otherwise, someone is going to steal your lunch.
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by waivej 14y ago
You must test your backups. I used a commercial backup service that sent daily status emails. It seemed great for months until I realized it had a bug and there was nothing in the archive.
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by waivej 14y ago
1. Notepad and Textedit since they are already installed. 2. Very old MS Developer Studio since I'm a creature of habit and I like it. 3. Other IDE editors for specific domains.
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by waivej 14y ago
This reminds me of the BadAstronomy writeup about Jobs and the resolution of the iPhone 4: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/10/re...
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by waivej 14y ago
BTW, this would be an awesome event. Everyone camps in a desert with a 2CV (or collection of parts) take a week and have a race/parade back to some location.
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by waivej 14y ago
It looks like it would perform very poorly (a bit like a recumbent tricycle project I abandoned.) It has a really long wheelbase and a lot of weight up high. I bet the steering was less than ideal too. I wonder if he would have been bette
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by waivej 14y ago
I have to admit, I had a shred of doubt. Though I can see myself doing this exact project. I would absolutely add the kick stand and license plate. He probably also wanted to make it look cool. Camping in the desert isn't outrageous eith
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by waivej 14y ago
Nice article. Years ago I liked "Peopleware" enough that I got my boss to buy a copy for each person in the department.
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by waivej 14y ago
Great writing! I've known about this hardware for years but it still sold me. (at least until the 20 year payoff calculation.)
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by waivej 14y ago
I would switch to survival mode and land on your feet. It's hard to deal with being rejected. Take time to honestly assess if you could have done things better. Try to resolve your emotions with the situation as quickly and cleanly as yo
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by waivej 14y ago
I would probably pay $250 without thinking twice. I'm happy using a really old version because it does everything I need AND it runs faster than the new versions.
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by waivej 14y ago
If Gimp had a UI more similar to Photoshop, I would have switched over a decade ago.
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by waivej 14y ago
$30,000/year was the point at which I felt like I made enough to not worry about personal finances.
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by waivej 14y ago
Why does it feel like buying a car from an airport parking lot?
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by waivej 14y ago
I would do as much research as possible on the companies and domain and be prepared to spend if you really want. I think there is 60 days after it expires while it is owned by the current registrar and so the last owner can renew. Then it
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by waivej 14y ago
I was stubborn and tried to like autocorrect for a long time. My partner laughed when I gave in because she turned it off within 20 minutes of getting her new phone. I found that autocorrect was intrusive and would interrupt my flow of wor
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by waivej 14y ago
After 2-3 years, I turned autocorrect off on my phone and wish I had done so sooner.
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by waivej 14y ago
On Southwest Airlines I often sit on the plane waiting for baggage loading. That's no assigned seats + more checked baggage since it's free.
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by waivej 14y ago
A nice thing about uneven splits is people can live within their own budget. An idea like this assumes everyone spends a comparable amount and is OK with it.
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by waivej 14y ago
Wow... It felt like using Google 10 years ago. I think you are onto something.
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by waivej 14y ago
I have seen something similar and it didn't end well. Though the partners brought very different things to the table. People also invest energy in cycles so it could just be "founders doubt" or "burnout". Make sure you are both still havi
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by waivej 14y ago
Have the difficult conversation now before you have "kids".
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by waivej 14y ago
It looks like a movie I would watch. Though I know it is a metaphor, but sand melts around 1600C. A penny would melt around 425C.

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