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by zck 9y ago
Well, the decision isn't especially easy, given that I also don't feel comfortable having a bunch of cash sit out on a table in my kitchen. So I'd have to figure out a wallet strategy that made sense. Maybe I'll make a p
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by zck 9y ago
So if I have coin on, say, coinbase, what should I do? Should I withdraw it to a wallet before August 1, so I can access both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash?
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by zck 9y ago
At one point, I believe it was said that one reason discussion isn't allowed is so that stealth companies hiring aren't outed in the comments.
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by zck 9y ago
> Is there any good reason why splitting a hundred dollar keyboard would have to cost three times as much? Far decreased demand, and that effect on economies of scale. I'm typing on a split keyboard right now, but most people don&#
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by zck 9y ago
Yes; I find this one of the frustrations of git. Sometimes I want to know the larger context around a specific commit, and the commit message does not provide that. Commit messages are, in my experience, good at describing what, and maybe a
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by zck 9y ago
eBay bought a former employee's stock from him; it wasn't an investment. Craigslist later bought back the stock ( https://web.archive.org/web/20040813165340/http://www.cnewma... ).
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by zck 9y ago
There are two validation errors in the source! https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2F&cha...
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by zck 9y ago
I've coded or read some Lisp every day for almost seven years. I started tracking it on a year-on-a-page calendar, but after a few years it was so ingrained that I stopped tracking at all. I am now keeping track of it on an index card
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by zck 9y ago
Isn't asking for feedback in a real-world scenario (not a fake one like having your friends interview you) precisely the kind of thing one would do if he or she is interested in improving him or herself?
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by zck 9y ago
Of course leaving a well-paid job for your dreams is scary -- you don't have a plan! That's not a criticism, that's just how it works. If you were comparing two plans, you could more easily decide what's better. But righ
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Finding a Beached Whale: Pt. Reyes, California(cockeyed.com)
1 points by zck 9y ago|0 comments
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by zck 9y ago
I'm very excited for this. I think that a fantastic use case for GUIX, which would solve a large pain point for companies, is initial computer setup. And, at least for me, that means Java. Having a single config file that installs and
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by zck 9y ago
I tried to use it on top of my Ubuntu install to manage dependencies, and the very first thing I wanted to do didn't work. I wanted to set up Java so I could run Clojure, and the version of Java they build can't make any https req
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by zck 9y ago
Any idea why they're doing this? PR reasons? The linked Consumerist article doesn't say, and I can't get past the paywall of the original wsj.com article, even using the `web` link here.
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by zck 9y ago
Do you have better designs? If you're using Emacs-style editing, you want Ctrl shortcuts. If you're using vi-style modal editing, you want single keys to move around. What would you recommend? Note that moving your hand to the arr
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What It's Like to Be a Butcher(esquire.com)
1 points by zck 9y ago|0 comments
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by zck 9y ago
This article's point is a giant instance of survival bias. How many people went bankrupt when they were ousted as CEO of their own company, and because of that couldn't financially start second, third, fourth companies? There&#x27
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by zck 9y ago
I have a similar project, but for presenting org files inside of Emacs: https://bitbucket.org/zck/zpresent.el . The benefit is that it's org files, so you have all your standard org features, like easily adding ne
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by zck 9y ago
For some reason, I use "zck" (my initials) for meta-comments in code, mainly instead of "TODO", but also for TODOs that aren't just code, as in ( https://bitbucket.org/zck/zpresent.el/src&#x
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by zck 10y ago
Sure! You might want to see if you can find someone to try out the keyboard before you buy it. If you're in the NYC area, I can be found at some events. My email's in my profile. (Open offer to HN members).
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by zck 10y ago
I didn't find switching too bad, but I also set up my own layout for the non-alphabetic keys. So I don't find it hard to remember where most of the special characters are, because I just thought "where is the first place I&#x
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by zck 10y ago
I use an ergodox ( https://www.ergodox.io/ ) with Cherry MX Clears at work, and one with Cherry MX Greens at home. The ergodox is a split-hand^1 columnar^2 layout, with a thumb cluster. I like the thumb cluster because normal
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by zck 10y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if anyone who takes four years to animate a film alone doesn't measure success solely in financial terms.
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by zck 10y ago
> Lately I've come to the realization that almost any level of first draft, no matter how awful or off the mark, is sufficient for me to dive right in and finish writing it quickly. Dan Harmon (the creator of Community, and Rick and
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by zck 10y ago
Why is the solution "everyone has to listen to some music that makes them not able to work"?
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by zck 10y ago
Because you're less in the nitty-gritty when naming a branch, so you're more likely to name it with something referencing the large feature you're working on.
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by zck 10y ago
> If your commit message isn't sufficient enough to explain the purpose of the commit (ticket numbers, explanation, etc), it doesn't get approved. I'm glad this is the case where you work and develop. I have never worked a
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by zck 10y ago
"This commit has a bad commit message. Why did I commit it? Oh, it's on the branch add-search-functionality." I find that having a branch name that was the sole branch name when the code was made gives context to the commit;
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by zck 10y ago
In the case of merges, how would you tell which parent to look at? Branches might have been deleted, moved, or merged. > And if you rewrite history you can even use the reflog to really tell what the branch was like (as long as it hasn&#
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by zck 10y ago
> just setting up my twttr…again (account suspension was an internal mistake) https://twitter.com/jack/status/801270269184647168

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