middus

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by middus 5y ago
I think that's what was meant with crap
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by middus 7y ago
Maybe ecosia?
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by middus 7y ago
S-Bahn means Schnellbahn, not Straßenbahn - so it's probably not ironic.
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by middus 8y ago
If the only backups they have are so old that they are deemed obsolete, that's essentially having no backups at all.
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by middus 9y ago
How do the Dutch come into play here? I am confused.
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by middus 10y ago
So what? This is not the US where people are sentenced to multiple life sentences. It's the UK, which has a different view on crime and punishment.
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by middus 11y ago
I think he is saying that it works for people who are either "at work" or "at home". Once you want to have your work notifactions during your leisure time, it gets complicated.
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by middus 12y ago
Maybe he has to support a family or relatives - who are you to judge how he spends his hard earned money?
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by middus 12y ago
Just because your job is in Manhattan, does not necessarily mean that you need to live in Manhattan (especially not in that $15k/month penthouse).
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by middus 12y ago
XKCDs correct horse battery staple earns merely 40% ("Warning: Your passwords are weak and your digital life is at risk!") http://www.getsafeonline.org/themes/passwrdcheck/results.htm...
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by middus 12y ago
Alternatively, you could continue using your editor of choice for editing and use grep to identify TODOs in your code.
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by middus 12y ago
Don't know. Are they behind a paywall?
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by middus 12y ago
I concur. But from what I've read online, you'd be the only person that "suits up" to go shopping at Walmart. (Do not live in America, though.)
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by middus 12y ago
Ordinary users do not want to disable JavaScript. Hell, they don't even know what it is. Advanced users like you can still use NoScript or about:config.
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Yesterday's work(diskurswelt.de)
2 points by middus 12y ago|0 comments
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Eric Sink's Veracity is no longer under active development(veracity-scm.com)
2 points by middus 12y ago|0 comments
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by middus 12y ago
This marketing site fails to answer the most important question: What's the value proposition? Why should I care writing "Pythonic" code?
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by middus 13y ago
Fortunately his qualifications are largely irrelevant for most people reading this. ;)
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by middus 13y ago
Alternative: Toyota MR2 in France :).
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by middus 13y ago
I'd love to write. Which pen should I use? Short answer: it does not matter. Writing matters.
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by middus 13y ago
Off topic: as someone who grew up learning British English, ars[e]coin is a very unfortunate name.
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by middus 13y ago
What's your point? That it's okay if police in Canada do it, too?
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by middus 13y ago
The falsity of a given (prominent!) data point just puts the care and diligence of the author into question and plants doubt in the reader's mind. It doesn't imply the validity of an opposing narrative.
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by middus 13y ago
Top of my head: Patrick, Thomas and probably a lot of other HN regulars. Looking besonders technology: lawyers, marketing and branding consultants, and, last but not least, management consultants. $2000 is not outrageous.
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by middus 13y ago
Let me break this down a bit: USD 500k at USD 2k/man day = 250 man days A US man year has ~235 man days, so that's just roughly 1 external FTE for a year. Not so much, actually.
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by middus 13y ago
Think about it: most Google users did not even use Google Reader. So: no, this does not happen in "real life", just in geek circles.
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by middus 13y ago
I think he's looking for people that are fit for the job AND the chat over coffee.
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by middus 13y ago
I just upvoted "php - Like" and "php - Dislike", because I both love and hate working with php. I guess I'm not alone...
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by middus 13y ago
What is a non-relational object-relational mapping framework?
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by middus 13y ago
My life as a consultant confuses the heck out of Google Location History/ Now/ Maps. Hotels are identified as my home address, client sites as work... come to think of it, maybe Google's right in the end and my perception of

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