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by read_wharf 14y ago
Ubuntu is more than Unity. If you don't like or have trouble with Unity, try one of the other Ubuntu variants. I love lubuntu (lxde-based), it's just windows and a panel. Anything that gets between my windows and panel (like Unity) gets t
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by read_wharf 14y ago
There should be a Congressional Technology Office, similar to the Congressional Budget Office.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
They say that you should never re-write a project, but that's in the context of something deployed and operating. It sounds like you are not deployed. You've put a lot of time into the project so far, so you've learned a lot about the proje
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by read_wharf 14y ago
It's a network study. :)
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by read_wharf 14y ago
If dev is outsourced, then they'll be right there in the building when they need to tap a QA shoulder.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I'm no economist ... I think houses were appreciating while people were upwardly mobile in the economy. So not just more people, but more people with the means to buy a house (or borrow money for same). Now we're stagnant, and people are ta
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I have received mail from SSA addressed to <myname> Unknown, because of confusion over my name.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
You need the best and brightest so that you can say you have the best and brightest. You say that you have the best and brightest so that you can say you have the best and brightest.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
This was my immediate (and only) concern.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
"Am I the only one ..." The answer to this is always "no." Except this time.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
"Of course, there’s a catch. You couldn’t offload all those metals on the world market at once, for fear of crashing their prices. But the company would still own that much in equity, which would allow them to borrow against it. They would
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by read_wharf 14y ago
The worst thing we've learned is that all we have to say is "we followed standard procedures" and we get a free pass, regardless of how egregious standard procedures or implementations may be.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
Yes, exactly. We need tutorials for people who are primarily learning to program and are using a language for that, and tutorials for people who already know how to program and are using a language for GST.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I have just been educated by reading more of this thread. I can see an obvious need for one virtualenv, so that you can separate your service and its needs from the system python and its needs. Beyond that my inclination would be to go mo
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by read_wharf 14y ago
"First DO use packages that come with the OS." I'd go middle ground, and start here, but consider a self-built package where necessary. It depends in part on the focus of your distro. virtualenv. What problem does it solve? Different pyth
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by read_wharf 14y ago
Wasteful organization. The post: http://static.matthewlmcclure.com/s/2012/04/22/wasteful-computation.html One up, 404: http://static.matthewlmcclure.com/s/2012/04/22/ One up, 404: http://static.matthewlmcclure.com/s/2012/0
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I got my ... pointer stuck in the zipper.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
Welcome.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
It looks really cool. I wish, however, that the overall ecosystem was easier to create these things cross platform rather than per-corporation. I don't really want three or four different devices so that I can read works on iPhones, Android
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by read_wharf 14y ago
It sounds attractive to me, I like the idea of separate animated panels. I also think the idea of localized animation, to coin a phrase, could lead to some interesting presentation methods in more traditional books.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
So, the guy has reverse engineered the cause for a perceived slight, and his response is to block readers of HN from reading his stuff, even though HN readers have nothing to do with his slight, real or imagined. I had nothing to do with
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by read_wharf 14y ago
At work I use Outlook Tasks, because we use Outlook, Office and Sharepoint and it's easier to work within all that instead of fighting it. Tasks are basically a customized Outlook message, so you can dump all manner of Office artifacts in a
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by read_wharf 14y ago
1. Talk to a lawyer if you're concerned. An hour of time can't be that expensive, compared to the consequences you're worried about. 2. My guess is you're just a worker and employed at will. That works both ways. 3. See 1.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I envy you your tube, and I'd be up in that every day if we had one.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
"Don't be a cog." Inserted as the subtitle at the top of my TiddlyWiki organizer (my rolling ToDo list), and linked to pg's essay.
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by read_wharf 14y ago
"How much time do you spend in the gym?" I used to spend an hour a day, three days a week at a CrossFit gym, and a car made that possible. :)
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by read_wharf 14y ago
In the world and people that I currently see in front of me, any mode of transportation that requires a helmet is not viable for most people, whether that be bicycles, motorcycles or jetpacks. However, I also think people are more flexibl
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by read_wharf 14y ago
I've learned to never get too attached to anything that comes after "Or we just ..." :)
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by read_wharf 14y ago
There actually are showers at work, and a little gym, and an outdoor exercise station park. There's nothing stopping me from using all that except my interlocking schedule and my current physical issues. But mostly time. My commute is in th
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by read_wharf 14y ago
All good points, but one size doesn't fit all. Without details, I'll say that a) I'm physically incapable of biking that far (although years ago I could think about it), and b) my life and schedule intersect with other people before and aft

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