geedee77

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by geedee77 14y ago
I've not got a CS degree (or any degree actually) and I've never really had trouble getting a job in IT. I started as a junior developer and worked my way up. I'm currently 35 and working as European Director for a large company. As peopl
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by geedee77 14y ago
You've fallen into the trap of reading about something that is written by someone who has no real boss and thinking that you could apply it to yourself. Living 'without time' is a great idea and is ideal for how we, as humans, have develope
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by geedee77 14y ago
Blue Toad could be a front company for the FBI ...
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by geedee77 14y ago
Are you American? Not being critical but I notice a lot of Americans seem to think that HN is only in America.
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by geedee77 15y ago
This needs to be integrated in with Siri so you can walk up to James and whisper to Siri and she'll tell you his wifes name, what he does and how his kids are doing in school ... if only there was a Siri API.
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by geedee77 15y ago
Pen and paper (or iPad equivalent)?
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by geedee77 15y ago
This is an old concept that Microsoft themselves used in early version of Excel. I remember that there was a way to get early Excel to use the same commands as Lotus 1-2-3 which, I think, was the main spreadsheet application at the time.
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by geedee77 15y ago
I do completely agree with this post but when did a blog post become the place for a one line piece of advice? What happened to the long, detailed blog post with loads of useful information - did they die out whilst I wasn't watching?
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by geedee77 15y ago
I can't remember where I read it (it may have been Wikipedia) but the shape X-37 was based on the shuttle which is why it's the current craft that's being developed by the military. There was another craft prototyped but it was too costly
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by geedee77 16y ago
This is the exact opposite to me. I spend my full day working, hit (or better) all deadlines, come in about 2 hours early and I still get grief from the big boss for leaving on-time!
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by geedee77 16y ago
I was expecting a large background image to load because the text colour seemed so inappropriate to the actual background.
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by geedee77 16y ago
Wow I feel old now - the first one I was around to buy in that family was the 8088! I remember getting excited when we got our first 286
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by geedee77 16y ago
You've obviously never tried Gourmet Burger Kitchen in the UK!
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by geedee77 16y ago
I think he's saying that they will rise over the next 100 years (well, 89 actually). Not completely unreasonable if you think of the advances in technology over the last 100 years.
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by geedee77 16y ago
My older brother, when learning assembly, needed a memory address to write to on the hard disk of my Dad's business computer. Sadly he chose the first one as he hadn't discovered the File Allocation Table at that point. My Dad wasn't best
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by geedee77 16y ago
I thought the Schweppes one was easily the best but the Lindt version took away from the luxury feel of the brand and damaged the buying experience.
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by geedee77 16y ago
I'm in the same boat. Just checked paypal, ordered on 25th Nov 2009, refunded on 4th August 2010 but with a shortfall due to currency conversion differences so I'm basically out of pocket (admittedly only a bit) due to lack of product. As
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by geedee77 16y ago
I was excited by WakeMate when it first appeared and signed up but it's been so long in shipping that I no longer have an iPhone that I can use it with. Talk about disappointment.
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by geedee77 16y ago
Reminds me of a web application I put together for a large British corporation. I was waiting for the final copy to be approved so gave them a test site with several bits of lorem ipsum in place of real text. It was failed due to there be
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by geedee77 16y ago
I'm not saying they aren't but when has the tactic against a bully being to bully them? Regardless of what you think about Paypal themselves, there are an awful lot of people that rely on the service they provide that can now no longer use
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by geedee77 16y ago
To be perfectly honest, the actions of the 'anonymous' are pretty disgusting and it's bullying. A company provides a useful service to the majority of the on-line world and, just because they do something to protect themselves and their id
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by geedee77 16y ago
Why are people so quick to blog about problems before trying to get them solved? The article clearly states that it was only after posting the original that the Moniker agent was contacted, isn't that the first port-of-call? I had a simila
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by geedee77 16y ago
This is massively irresponsible and smacks of the Wikileaks team trying to 'get at' the US government for reasons unknown. This is really the sort of information that could put lives in danger. Whatever good Wikileaks attempts to do is im
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by geedee77 16y ago
I certainly wouldn't presume to berate you for your opinion, and it's good to see someone who considers both sides to an argument, but I think we do need to keep hearing about these things otherwise we get to the point where we assume it's
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by geedee77 16y ago
I think this is a good article and a great reminder to us all about the underside to the world. I do want to say, though, that the 'men' (and they are only described as such due to their gender) in this story are a very small minority that
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by geedee77 16y ago
I'm in my 30's and wear a watch all the time (apart from in bed). I did go for a period (about two years) of not wearing one but it always didn't feel right. The reason for not wearing one then was because my previous one broke and I conv
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by geedee77 16y ago
The thing that worries me, and the thing that I think no-one has mentioned (apologies if you have) is that when did we have the right to exterminate a whole species just because it makes our lives uncomfortable? I'm well aware that malaria
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by geedee77 16y ago
The real gain that I could see from this is that we could have a device like this in every home, similar to a waste disposal unit. Then, if the refinary tech is small and safe enough, we could create our own fuels (for vehicles or generato
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by geedee77 16y ago
Yes, try working at a major law firm where technology is something that's tolerated rather than encouraged!
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by geedee77 16y ago
Maybe it is shit, but it's also documented and the punishments for ignoring the policy are clearly laid out. As much as you or I may think it's a bit dumb that Apple won't allow the easter egg, we can't be surprised by their reaction to it

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