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zeke
12y ago
Location: South Carolina, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No. Could travel some. Technologies: Unix, Linux, Perl, System Support, JavaScript Résumé/CV: http://www.qquiz.com/david_selby_resume.tx
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zeke
15y ago
With a round and a flat file you can turn a rake tine into a pick in 15 minutes. If you can find street-sweeper tines, you can bend them to make good turning wrenches. It is not an efficient use of time compared to buying, but still fun
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zeke
15y ago
One hint I have not seen here: while in input mode use <Cntl>n to auto-complete the word you are typing. This is very good for longer variable names and ensures your name matches what you have typed already.
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zeke
16y ago
regarding "Read trashy literature", the tabloids are harder to read than normal newspapers. They seemed to just be colloquial ways of saying, "crazy, wild", and never had a point. I found lay science magazines to be great practice; interes
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zeke
16y ago
April 2, 2010, Jones Gap State Park in Northwest South Carolina. There is no mobile phone service due to the mountains on either side so they keep a pay phone available.
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zeke
17y ago
I am red-green color blind. Still this works, the colors chosen are easy to differentiate. Also the large letters next to each section help. It might be possible to add a bit more contrast in the "F" section.
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zeke
18y ago
Not too long ago Amazon did not return anything if one word was wrong. They had "The Chocolate Bible : The Difinitive Sourcebook" and would not find it in a search with "definitive" spelled correctly. They have a better search now.
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zeke
18y ago
Have someone proofread. For searches on misspelled words "Type Less Words" s/Less/Fewer/, though your search doesn't match fewer results when more search words are added. "Type Words Correct Spelling", perhaps just "Correct Spelling
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zeke
19y ago
I have half a dozen locks behind my monitor. But I made a starter kit for my niece by removing pins from four locks and gave her my picks. Need to pull another tine from the the lawn rake and make a new pick.
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zeke
19y ago
A temporary phone forwarding service where you can give a number out freely but say "It will only work for seven days." Same idea as the onetime email address but for phones.
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zeke
19y ago
I would delay quitting. You should be able to gain skills in four hours per day programming outside of work. Back when I would quit jobs to take care of stuff, I would have two productive weeks, but this would dwindle to days of reading af