psj

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by psj 3mo ago
Oh man, I love this. I cut my teeth on FoxPro 2.6 for DOS. You could really get things done in that environment. There were times in later years that I really missed that kind of all-in-one, fully-integrated system.
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Lisp: Icing or Cake?(dthompson.us)
244 points by psj 2y ago|52 comments
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by psj 9y ago
This describes my experience very accurately. Eventually one can build one's life around the personal flexibility working at home offers, and that can add (even more) real resistance to change, even if change is what might be best.
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ArangoDB and GraphQL(mikewilliamson.wordpress.com)
4 points by psj 9y ago|0 comments
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by psj 9y ago
That's one more way a government isn't a business. Also, didn't Trump campaign on generally minimizing government? Did (does) he also run his businesses in such as way so as to "minimize" them? Obviously there are a
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by psj 9y ago
Indeed. If you were to truly run the government like you'd run a business, wouldn't you "fire" all the older people who are no longer performing at an acceptable level i.e. retired?
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by psj 10y ago
I just logged in for the first time in forever to say thanks for a really interesting and thought-provoking read.
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by psj 10y ago
"Sequel", or "skewl" when I'm in a hurry. Who has time to say "ess que ell"?
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by psj 11y ago
He also did a little write-up around this stuff: http://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/201698.html
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by psj 12y ago
Shopify's founder wrote an interesting article on his experience apprenticing in Germany: http://tobi.lutke.com/blogs/news/11280301-the-apprentice-pro...
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by psj 17y ago
or, use http://excess.org/urwid/ , which contains awesomeness.