matth2

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by matth2 17y ago
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61P. It would be a good machine except (1) the screen quality is consistent with that described in this article. Furthermore, it's developed hundreds of dead pixels. (2) The shift keys need to be hit exactly in the
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by matth2 17y ago
I'm in Newcastle, but in Sydney almost weekly though.. feel free to let me know about any meetups! matt.howlett at the domain gmail
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by matth2 17y ago
someone gave me a sympathy vote! I just realized it wasn't quit this bad - it was more on Saturdays ( $0.06 a paper! )
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by matth2 17y ago
delivering papers, $0.04 a paper, up at 5am 6 days a week.
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by matth2 17y ago
The paper could benefit from a few more pictures
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Why Technologists Want Fewer Patents(online.wsj.com)
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by matth2 17y ago
It can also often be a ticket to bigger money because they'd rather pay someone they know and trust than take a risk with someone they don't.
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by matth2 17y ago
I'd love to see a blog post that focuses on the 'barriers exist' point. Maybe some case studies. I guess there are a range of levels of barriers to entry, and any example of high barrier to entry I can think of implies you've already done a
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by matth2 17y ago
I've been a contract software developer (in Australia) for a few years now and have been doing this via a company that I set up. Creating a company to contract through certainly creates work and (in Australia at least) there is no tax advan
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by matth2 17y ago
I'm getting surprising amounts of joy from Qt (via c++). It's well thought though, has proved to be fairly painless to use, and is getting very comprehensive in it's current version. Also, I love the performance. Interestingly, I haven't go
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by matth2 17y ago
If it takes X characters to achieve something in language A, and X*4 to achieve the same thing in BLUB, I don't think this means BLUB is 4 times slower to develop in than A. When I develop software, most of the big delays, and excuses for p
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by matth2 17y ago
I think change is certainly key as the catalyst for a turn around your state of mind. That said, from my experience, I wouldn't expect to ever have an immediate, deep psychological turn around in response to any particular change, even a ra
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by matth2 17y ago
One i recently discovered: cook some shell style pasta then add a small can of (possibly flavored) tuna. the heat of the pasta heats up the tuna. easy, cheap, good for you.