Tekhne

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by Tekhne 10y ago
This. One thousand times this. The author's subjective judgements of other people aside, from my point of view, mandatory pair programming is a plague on the software industry. If others want to engage in that practice, cool, but I ref
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by Tekhne 12y ago
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not
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by Tekhne 12y ago
This analogy is flawed, and I think represents the exact problem developers experience with non-developers. There's an underlying assumption that we know what walking or a taxi are. We don't. In this analogy, developers would need
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by Tekhne 12y ago
My advice is that you read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Happiness-Guide-Developing-Importa...
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by Tekhne 15y ago
This downgrade may just be the first sign of real problems to come. For detailed coverage of the coming US financial storm see the documentary I.O.U.S.A. from former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker (I've seen it on Netflix streaming).
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by Tekhne 15y ago
I absolutely 2nd this suggestion! It was really fascinating. There were some dry parts, but mostly I couldn't stop reading (actually, I did the audiobook).
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Actually, bash completion DOES help with long arguments or any arguments. It's true that you have to invest the time to write a completion script tailored for the commands you're interested in, but it can definitely be worth it (e.g. git co
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by Tekhne 16y ago
OT: We're so used to tech buzzwords that sometimes we don't realize our secret language sounds odd. Just look at the title of this post literally. It's pretty hilarious.
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by Tekhne 16y ago
If you read the book "Learned Optimism," you'll see that the research shows this to be a bad strategy. All things being equal, you're more likely to succeed if you have an optimistic or best case view of things, unless the consequences of b
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Yea, I for one would welcome fast, comfortable, ubiquitous trains. Also, it would be nice if America could really embrace ideas like work from home or Results Only Work Environment in jobs where that makes sense. In my current job, there's
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by Tekhne 16y ago
> ... Americans will still get up tomorrow and drive their gas guzzling SUVs ... Let's say that I'm an American with a gas guzzling SUV. For the sake of discussion, what would you suggest are my better alternatives (taking into account
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by Tekhne 16y ago
2,500,000,000 barrels / 150,000 barrels per day / 365.25 days per year = 45.6308464522 years
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by Tekhne 16y ago
I don't think it's fraud. It's breach of contract.
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by Tekhne 16y ago
You're right. In fact, I have my vimperator setup so that it automatically does this for Google Reader and GMail, and only for the relevant tab (i.e. if I hit "v" to view a Reader article, the pass-through turns off on the new tab). I did i
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Does this really work? I've Googled around, and it looks like some/most of the junk mail you do this to won't actually make it back to the sender, but will just be disposed of by the post office.
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Turn your outside, rear view mirrors out on your car to completely expose your blind spot. When done right, you should have a continuous field of vision by scanning your eyes from your inside, middle rear view mirror to the outside mirror,
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by Tekhne 16y ago
I second that. I'm a vim lover anyway, but vimperator has been awesome for me. I had RSI problems and this really helped me to reduce my usage of the mouse. Like vim, there's a learning curve, but there are very useful corners to explore.
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Reading on the toilet is actually bad for your lower intestines. It can lead to health problems. You want to minimize (within reason) the time spent sitting over a hole like that.
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by Tekhne 16y ago
I like to start with the underlying structure of the data as well, which for database-driven web sites means the schema. "Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won'
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by Tekhne 16y ago
Unfortunately, I don't have source in front of me, but I've read some research that indicates that subvocalization is actually necessary for full comprehension, and that claims to the contrary are apocryphal. It's probably best to investiga
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by Tekhne 17y ago
There's an alternative to the Readability tool called Clippable: http://brettterpstra.com/2009/11/03/clippable
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by Tekhne 17y ago
This article follows a line of reasoning about quality which seems to lead to the conclusion, in part, that Apple makes superior products. My question is "compared to what?" The conclusion is drawn based on the fallacious view that the prop
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by Tekhne 17y ago
I would add to this that it's important to view optimism and pessimism in the face of risk as a conscious choice. Which view you take is your strategy for acting in the face of that risk. The research presented in the book "Learned Optimism
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by Tekhne 18y ago
Actually, I think vim comes with pretty good Python support by default. I'm using vim 7.1 and there's, for example, a good python.vim syntax file that came with.
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by Tekhne 18y ago
There seems to be some Sun-focused FUD and Linux-focused fanboyism flying around here and on Kirk's blog. Obviously, that's no way to evaluate competing solutions. We need facts. We need apple to apple comparisons of hardware and operating
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by Tekhne 18y ago
I agree with this advice for the most part. Nevertheless, I would insert insurance (health, disability, auto, etc.) between emergency savings and long term investing. Choose policies that are appropriate to your life needs, but definitely d
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by Tekhne 18y ago
Quick nit: that headline should read "What If...It WERE Easy to Write Firefox Extensions?" due to the subjunctive mood of the verb.
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by Tekhne 18y ago
I wish I still had the links handy, but there's over a century's worth of research out there showing that it's a bad idea to go over 40 hours in a workweek for any extended period of time. Of course, everyone's different, but I've noticed I
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Ask HN: What criteria do you use to {up,down}mod submissions?
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by Tekhne 18y ago
When people say "multitasking," I think they really mean "heavy context switching." It's important to re-frame the idea because actual multitasking is /extraordinarily/ difficult. It takes years or decades to master multitasking in even one

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