sethco

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Opower IPO today(businesswire.com)
1 points by sethco 12y ago|0 comments
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by sethco 13y ago
I have a Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile which I occasionally use to tether my laptop and I have never gotten a warning like that. I have the unlimited voice/data/text plan but don't pay for tethering (which stock Android supports natively of cour
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by sethco 14y ago
Cherry MX Blue switches are similar in feel to the Model M style buckling spring switches but have I think a slightly shorter travel and require a little less force. Cherry MX Brown switches have a lighter touch and less of a click when the
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by sethco 14y ago
I am a big fan of mechanical key switches; blank keys are partially a gimmick but also can be a useful tool to force you to touch type. I use a Filco tenkeyless board with cherry blue switches and blank key caps today and am very happy with
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by sethco 14y ago
I started using blank keyboards about three years ago and it did in fact force me to touch type and has increased my typing speed a lot. Even after ten years of programming I was a 4-6 finger hunt & peck typist. Once I started using a b
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by sethco 14y ago
ActiveRecord::Base#delete_all allows you to delete directly in the database. For example: Person.delete_all("created_at < '2012-01-01'") will generate the sql command "delete from persons where created_at < '2012-01-01'"
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by sethco 15y ago
I got a lot of value out of it last winter when I was looking for a new job. It helped me learn a lot more about the companies and often the people who I was talking to. Two companies where we progressed to in-person interviews told me in a
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by sethco 15y ago
Actually it isn't very anonymous at all. From a few minutes of looking at that account I know both of their first names and their address (also the name of their cat).
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by sethco 15y ago
San Francisco & Washington DC. Engineers, engineers in test, designers (we especially need visual and user experience designers!) OPOWER is an energy efficiency & smart grid company working with utilities and their customers to help
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by sethco 16y ago
I'm not going to comment on whether you should try to fix things at your current company but I have some good perspective on the job market and some of the options that you are looking at so I will comment on those things (both from your or
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by sethco 16y ago
The idea and the execution are inextricably linked even in the academic case. The ideas that your academic friends are protecting have value because they, with a reputation for execution, have decided to focus on them. I have some ideas on
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by sethco 16y ago
One or two jobs ago this sort of policy was explained to me as: "If you are getting your work done we don't care how much time you take off. If you are not getting your work done we also don't care how much time you take off"