menloparkbum

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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Yeah, you're being unfair, especially if you've used both Python and Java and consider them equivalent in terms of laborious configuration details. When I say CLASSPATH hell I mean the whole configuration mess that is maintaining a java env
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
This guy is insane, everything he writes is a lame rant about how life sucks since the demise of Symbolics. However, I will have to say that I was initially excited about Clojure and each day become more disappointed because it really does
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Each week it seems they have to put out x words and this somehow hurts the quality. I've found they tend to talk about internet/new technology from an outside point of view (heavy use of jargon to try and fit in, quick to sensationalise th
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
The Bay Area is hands down the worst place I have ever lived for dating.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
There are tons of sublets for that price on craig's list. Maybe put up an ad saying you are looking for a space, it worked for me.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
I would think that even in SF or NY you could squeeze more out of that kind of money Good luck. studio apartment, best deal in the city: $1000 1 burrito per day (or equivalent) $150 1 coffee per day
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
you lose even more money developing an application that costs more than $2.99 - because nobody buys them.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Your problem is that "cheap place" and New York are incompatible. How much do you consider cheap? I'm moving to New York and I haven't seen an apartment for less than $1800/m. I don't think you'll even find a share for less than $1000 a mon
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Kudos for the first ever Cat Fancy reference on Hacker News.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
NextBus isn't the company harassing the Routesy guy, "NextBus Informaion Systems" (NBIS) is. Reading between the lines, it appears that NBIS is run by a crafty fellow who got NextBus to grant NBIS exclusive rights to collect license fees fo
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
The link is heavily editorialized. The actual title of the article is: "Does A Private Company Own Your Muni Arrival Times?"
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Hm. When I look at UIC's tuition calculator, it's giving me $6757 per semester for undergrad engineering tuition and fees per semester. Over 8 semesters, that's ~54K. Other departments are slightly cheaper but all were over $6K/semester. h
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
he did what he loved But was he really doing what he loved, or was he partially an automaton doing what his parents engineered him to do, eventually becoming the only things he knew how to do? It seems like he almost had no choice in the
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
My comments are specific to the Joel on Software forums. IT can be a crappy job and complaining from time to time is a good way to blow off steam. But consistently venting about the exact same thing for 6 years is pathological. It also set
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Are you sure? I thought this, too, but just checked out my home state's University (Minnesota). It's a typical big state school and tuition and fees for 4 years are pushing $45K. I was surprised because I assumed total tuition was closer to
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
I've always wondered if the polyphasic sleep hackers have girlfriends or wives. It seems like you'd either have to be chaste, or else have a very odd relationship with your significant other. I can't imagine having sex, then taking a 20 min
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
I used to read the Joel On Software forums. The awful life of an IT drone was a common theme, it would show up about twice a week. The sad thing is that I recognize some of the posters' names and it's the same people who were posting the sa
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
What? What part of what I wrote is wrong? That's exactly how it works. I have liver problems. It's not liver transplant liver problems but it's a problem nonetheless. Here is how I found out about it: I felt vaguely crappy for 6 months bu
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
So you think in a span of 6 months, they conducted more tests, waited for the results, analyzed them, concluded Steve needed a new liver, put in the papers for the liver, received it, and finally gave him the transplant? Yeah, that is how
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Trig class in grade school (or high school) sucks, in a major way. However, I worked as a math tutor for 4 years in college. I tutored both college students and in an after school program for east african immigrants. What I observed in that
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
His comments don't even make sense. He calls twitter hippies because they aren't starting a virtual currency business that his company can glom onto. If his company is so loaded, why doesn't he start his own virtual currency business? Oh ri
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
slackers wear flannel shirts and loose jeans. hipsters wear flannel shirts and tight jeans. slackers drink Grain Belt Premium. hipsters drink PBR. slackers smoke marlboros. hipsters smoke parliament lights. slackers listen to pavement. hips
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Good point. I average about 1 text message per day, so I don't know.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
I don't know if it's the push notifications or the AIM app itself. All I know is that I was beta testing the new AIM with push and my phone would always be dead by about 2 pm, and I don't feel like I talk to very many people. Maybe about 5
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
It also reduces battery life to about 4 hours.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Flags are supposed to make the article go away. You end up with a dead thread with your comment, which is just noise.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a ka
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
You always meet them again.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
What do you think? I think your idea has already been implemented by Slashdot and if you like seeing labels like "+5, Insightful" you could go participate there, instead.
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by menloparkbum 17y ago
Isn't the situation actually worse for PhDs in science? I.e. not only can't you get a job in the USA because of foreign competition, you can't get a job overseas either (because the grad students can just go home)?

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