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by weeksie 16y ago
The FaceTime thing is epic. That said, it just gets more and more dangerous to go out and get hammered and start drunk-dialing people . . . The number of post-bender apologies that I usually have to make will probably go up by at least 50%.
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by weeksie 16y ago
Don't bother they're about as expensive as natural clear diamonds.
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by weeksie 16y ago
Sapphires perhaps but I think you're stretching it with rubies. Still, diamonds _are_ beautiful, even if they are more common than people think. And there's the other part of the discussion that these threads often miss—the relative rarity
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by weeksie 16y ago
While I think the guy has valid complaints I HATE the way that developers abuse the word "trivial". Trivial does not mean "possible" it means ridiculously brain-dead easy and requiring no effort whatsoever. Hello World is trivial, not abstr
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by weeksie 16y ago
Uh, according to that model there's still no actual payment. Most "Real Book" authors make money from royalties, those Daily Show appearances are PR in order to actually sell copies. Non-fiction authors can supplement their income with thin
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by weeksie 16y ago
As does legal abortions. Correlation does not imply causation but it certainly signifies an indicator of some sort. Maybe people play more games and eat more avocados because they're less afraid of being killed. Hell, I don't know. That doe
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by weeksie 16y ago
What a fascinating hypothesis. The rise of video games seems to parallel the decrease in violent crime from the late 70s to present day and I'd never made that connection. It's weird to think about how much more violent the 80s and early 90
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by weeksie 16y ago
Er, that should be "How to design a popular systems programming language." Since web stuff isn't dependent on a platform the language of choice can be very fluid. Remember when nearly all webapps were written in Perl?
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by weeksie 16y ago
Perhaps it's tabbar-mode but for some reason I find Aquamacs to be crazy-slow when compared to the vanilla Emacs.app. I realise there's a lot of extras that are included in Aquamacs but the difference is just insane. It's a shame though bec
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by weeksie 16y ago
All they need is a simple migration path for users and they (or something like them) will be able to knock Facebook out of the water—but it'll happen quietly at first, like any other disruptive technology.
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by weeksie 16y ago
I haven't actually eaten Peyote, that's interesting that there is a different effect. I wouldn't turn any down if I cam across it but San Pedro is so easy and cheap to come by and since it's mescaline as well I can't imagine it's too differ
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by weeksie 16y ago
Actually we just skinned them, sliced them lengthwise, cut out the woody core, and ate them like cucumber spears. I have a strong gut and am not bothered by extremely bitter things but most everyone else was pretty repulsed by the entire af
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by weeksie 17y ago
At my studio back in Sydney we had several San Pedro cactuses (they contain mescaline and are identical to Peyote in effect) growing on the balcony. One night after taking everyone out for drinks we went back to the studio and got into them
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by weeksie 17y ago
YES. I want smart people on my team, but I NEED people that can actually work with a team. In my experience "Rockstars" are usually kids who have a knack for development and fragile egos.
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by weeksie 17y ago
What you don't seem to understand is that most people can't make themselves see far enough into the future to deny satisfaction. That's not a weakness, that's normal. The ability to see beyond that and delay gratification is a _strength_. I
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by weeksie 17y ago
How idealistic. The problem is that when you start working in a very high paying job, as finance jobs tend to be, there is a catch. All of that money. By the time you have a mortgage, a care, and a vacation home, it's very hard to get away
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by weeksie 17y ago
I'm not big on the pair thing; not saying it doesn't work for a lot of people but I just don't care for it in my projects. I like it for doing code reviews or going through to tighten things up, but not as an all-the-time development strate
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by weeksie 17y ago
Five developers is the maximum that I will put on a project. That doesn't mean the larger hunk of software doesn't have other teams working on it; just that they need to be separated by a well defined API (service based or otherwise). If th
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by weeksie 17y ago
Funny, but the reason my relationships have gotten better over time has just as much to do with how much I've grown as it does with my partners.
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by weeksie 17y ago
Actually, given how many dogs are in New York I'm often pretty surprised at how little dog shit there is on the street.
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by weeksie 17y ago
There's nothing I love more than watching middle and upper-middle class people talk knowingly about the homeless; both sides indignantly insisting that the other just doesn't understand it. No judgement, mind you, it's just one of those iss
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by weeksie 17y ago
Brilliant. I'm glad to see a sex positive startup being recognised for its value, rather than shunned because investors are too prudish to see value. This kind of stuff really improves the quality of people's lives, creates value, and gener
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by weeksie 17y ago
Whatever. I made a point based on the quality of the newspaper itself; then I followed up by refuting the argument it made.
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by weeksie 17y ago
a) The Telegraph is a tabloid, why not link to a better news source? b) There is precedent for this sort of move, as Krugman's original article said it was done in the 70s with Germany and Japan until they raised their currency values. Is i
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by weeksie 17y ago
Just echoing the praise here. I've been using it on my current project (which is my first serious foray into the NoSQL landscape) and I am quite happy with the results.
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by weeksie 17y ago
I agree completely. People will find things to complain about nearly everywhere. Frankly, if I had an opportunity to spend more time in India I wouldn't complain one bit because I really enjoy the country and I could be quite happy going wi
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by weeksie 17y ago
He was exaggerating about the scarcity, I've travelled Japan with vegetarian friends and they could fine suitable food (and quite nice food when we were in the mountains around Buddhist temples). In any case you're getting into a nitpick ab
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by weeksie 17y ago
Booze and meat can be found in Bangalore, much the same way that vegetarian food can be found in Japan. And I've been to a few of the pubs there. Well. Yeah. Not to say I didn't enjoy my stay, on the contrary I loved it; but I wouldn't move
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by weeksie 17y ago
Mate, I've been to Bangalore and while there are more bars than elsewhere in India it's a far cry from, say, New York where I'm living in alcohol sodden bliss ;)
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by weeksie 17y ago
I can't imagine living in Japan as a vegetarian teetotaler. There's nothing wrong with that lifestyle but, man, pick your battles. Those things—the working, drinking, and meat eating—are part of the culture and it's not exactly a well kept

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