xborns

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by xborns 8mo ago
I live near one of these projects by chance. It seemed like back door deals for land which some happened to be sold by a former Oracle exec then magically the tax district approved unanimously by < 10 council people to put a tiny city of
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by xborns 5y ago
I have to disagree. It all depends on the value I receive which some are a bit better than before. For example for Office365 Home you get 5 licenses including 1TB of OneDrive all for $99/year. If I had to pay for just one Office Suite
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by xborns 7y ago
Yes, distractions are not great - but communicating with your team is important. Even if the manager is not there the team does it and they do it usually < 5 minutes. Some days I literally don't talk to my team except for that 5 min
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by xborns 9y ago
Actually I somewhat disagree with that. I think they should code to some extent, but it doesn't scale in my experience. I lean to say #7 is a good point. If the manager is required to complete the feature their "free" time is
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by xborns 11y ago
Hmm, as a frequent flyer once a week. I have gotten a cold maybe once so far that may be related to travel within last 12 months. All I mainly do is wash my hands before and right after flights.
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by xborns 12y ago
As many have said if you simply rate-limit with captcha and block it complicates checking against all emails via bots etc. This rule doesn't apply well to say the majority of b2b systems that don't have account creations public. T
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by xborns 15y ago
I don't think they are making it that much better. They are making it nice looking. They charge a ridiculous rate? 2.75% for swiped and 3.5% for virtual terminal. That is more than double what typical rates go for swiped and cnp transaction
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by xborns 15y ago
I always wonder when people say Microsoft is holding back innovation why they don't say the same at Apple. I think Apple does some great marketing and design for their products but from a developer perspective I can see the noose closing mo