xyzzyb

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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   Too late, I've already switched to DuckDuckGo.
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   Big reverse opinion from me. I'm big into cataloging and organization of my files. iTunes rescued me from a complex nest of mp3 folders and got me into a unified metadata interface that allows me to slice and dice my collection anyway I cho
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   It works that way when you order pizza online with a credit card. Since you enter the tip in advance the driver knows it. A bigger tip upfront (yes, you can still tip with cash) gets you a faster pizza, nicer service, and occasionally addit
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   My brothers and I, big adventure and Adams fans, hotly anticipated this game at the time. Unfortunately it was no where near the epic levels of awesome set by the Infocom game. So much meh and so buggy that we didn't even finish it.
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   Is it really a regular part of your workflow? How often are you unsubscribing from lists? Maybe just archive them when you are in the middle of workflow, then have a weekly time when you work up filtering for the non-spam unwanted email you
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   Very much this. Big events are well covered and documented. It's the ephemera that I find most fascinating. http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pegenre.html
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   Evolution isn't some process that's specific to life. It's just a term we use to describe what happens to a living system with external pressures. That same process happens to any system with external pressures. If I put a bucket in the rai
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   todo.sh + Dropbox is working well for me. On every computer I want, easy editing via mobile devices, plaintext.
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   by xyzzyb 16y ago

   I'd love it, but their "currently on air" selection is much too limited, more limited than the free version.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Thanks for that. I've been following them via RSS for a while now, but didn't even know that I could subscribe directly in stanza.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    The programming team I currently work with is like this. The shop is PHP (legacy) and Django (new); but no one has any tools on their own computers. All development is done on a series of servers: alpha to beta to pre-production to producti
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    If it was anything like the menial jobs I've taken, he was also part of a fantastic culture of camaraderie.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    That last one is more about systems analysis than user experience.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Or even peon at a big university. Better hours, less pay.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Agreed. My job is a means to an end, not a personal definition. I'm a husband and father first. I love the job I have now because it's just a job. I do interesting programming. I work 40, zero overtime. My time is flexible, I can come or go
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Time to break out the Ye Olde Fortran or a bottle of Klein's.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    I'm not sure that's the HN audience. I came here looking to get away from the childishness of reddit, yet have found a new (and, hitherto to me, unknown) brand of childishness: the entitled startup programmer. Reddit was primarily populated
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Either pretty definitive isn't as definitive as all that, or I'm a complete aberration. I genuinely prefer reading text on an active, high contrast display (monitor, ipad) rather than a passive, low contrast display (physical books, e-ink
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Why is there no love for the (appropriately named), Hacker's Diet? Incredible results here. http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Not so. Even manage a couple of 500kcal "starter" days is not too bad. http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/subsubsection1_3_3_0_3_... The Hacker's Diet: appropriately named.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    I find this one to be most unsettling: http://pics.livejournal.com/sergey_larenkov/pic/0002922z/
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    Unless you're displaying tabular data. Yes, I've seen sites using divs for genuine table data.
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    by xyzzyb 16y ago

    I'm on Dreamhost and it's been fine for my limited sites. They're cheap, give me ssh access, and I can install whatever I need. I let them handle my registration as well, nice and easy. I've used my primary domain to variously host standard