whichdan

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   by whichdan 15y ago

   Same here.. then it got out of control and now it's my career.
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   If I had $3k in the bank and $6k in debt, I'd be very wary of moving any of it around. What happens if your car breaks down and you need $1k in repairs? Your CC limit only goes so far. And if you don't have a car, I'm sure you can think of
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   I usually don't, only because I'm more interested in the comments than the links.
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   What would it take to make Veebot not look like a horrifying machine to anyone with "needle phobia"? Maybe if it automatically dispensed candy when it was finished?
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   I've been using FastMail.fm for around 4 years now. It's absolutely worth the $40/yr. I manage a lot of email accounts, and FastMail lets me define rules to file emails from different accounts into different folders, and automatically set m
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   Just an aside, Foxit[1] is much faster than Acrobat, and I'm pretty sure FireFox can open Foxit inside a tab. [1] http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   Where are you located / are you limited to a certain area? http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/43895122/ Not sure what the details are, but there's a PHP conference coming up in Boston in August.
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   I was friends with a blind web developer years ago - I remember him telling me that he had the computer "speaking" so fast that a tech fixing his laptop thought it was broken.
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   by whichdan 15y ago

   I'm not sure what angle they'd play with advertising, but I think "build a fighter plane!" sounds a lot more exciting to a kid than "improve the fuel efficiency of passenger planes!"
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    I used a ThinkPad T400 for about a year and a half before getting a Macbook Pro. The ThinkPad is junk compared to the MBP. Sadly, it's still one of the best Windows business laptops you can get.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Mostly a mix of art/music subreddits, and /r/programming, /r/php, /r/AskScience, and /r/DepthHub on my iPhone. AlienBlue is a really nice app.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Make sure you take the time to spec out any task that will take more than a couple of days. Nothing is more frustrating than going from working on well-defined projects to a stream of "arbitrary" requests every other day.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Thanks! They're arranged mostly arbitrarily, but I put the "large" logos at the bottom since I was originally hoping to have a 64x64 icon for every link. For location, I was thinking of just having an input where you could type your locatio
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    Show HN: 27 developer job sites

    10 points by whichdan 15y ago|4 comments
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    by whichdan 15y ago

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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Why not focus on writing your own (lightweight) framework or looking for a more long-term project? Maybe try using something like Symfony to mix things up? Try to create an ecosystem where you can spend time creating new code instead of try
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Error checking.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Cool little site. Is there a reason the eBay link goes through bit.ly?
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    From the perspective of a f/t telecommuting programmer - a commitment form sounds awful. We usually have a few short meetings each week to review what's being worked on, and to bring up any new tasks. When you have a team as small as you're
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Not sure how much space the leftover candy takes up, but twice a year (maybe once in the summer and once before the winter holidays) you could sell $24 boxes of random leftovers from the year. Would be great for new subscribers. You could e
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Have you considered offering a second "chocolate"-focused subscription? Things like green tea pocky, sweet potato kit kats, or even those little pocky-style mushrooms. After reading your post I signed up for the $13 sample, but $24/mo is a
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Is "is" even required? "Just $29 per wash, tip included"
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    Examples of functional programming in very large web applications?

    9 points by whichdan 15y ago|4 comments
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    I use Comcast (I'm in Boston) and I once called their phone support to see if I could get the "Domain Helper" disabled, and the tech had no idea what I was talking about. Switching to Google's DNS servers helped.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Thanks for checking on that. Bookmarked the book instead :)
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Is there a way to get a notification when the full book is released?
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    I'm curious - has anyone here had experience doing this with a few million rows of data? Even a few revisions each means the table would grow rapidly. You'd also (probably) need three operations for each insert: 1. Insert the new row 2. Fin
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    From the perspective of a software developer - I'd say once a month, and make it very clear that you're looking for multiple developers, not a replacement for someone who got hired&fired since the last posting.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    Start researching the technology it takes to run a site like Facebook. There's a reason companies of their size are looking for Masters/PHDs.
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    by whichdan 15y ago

    This is why I really liked EmEditor. It had neat features like vertical selection and native CSV support. It's great being able to switch between filetypes and have the editor automatically adapt to what you're working with. EmEditor also h