shawnfratis

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by shawnfratis 8y ago
My advice to anyone would be to pick a career/job that at least relates to something that interests you. In the end it will make work a little more enjoyable. But as others have mentioned here, at some point you have to actually work a
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by shawnfratis 8y ago
>Ubuntu gives you a very clear option to pay for it when you download it. If it works for you and you want it to keep working, making a donation/payment may not be the worst idea. Yes, agreed. However, one of the points I think I&#x
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by shawnfratis 8y ago
I would not have a problem paying for software if what I was paying for didn't suck. Case in point: I have never been very happy with Win 10 since I got it, but in recent weeks it has become completely unusable, mostly because of their
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by shawnfratis 8y ago
>If you want nice things, you have to pay for them. Why the hell do I have to pay for something that has already been offered for free? That's called bait and switch. And maybe this is a stretch, but I think that should not even be
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by shawnfratis 8y ago
>Up until age 39, I was never not given an offer after interviewing. Now after 40, my offer rate has dropped to 1 in 14. Sorry to say this, but get used, as I have, to getting flooded with employment offers that might as well have a note
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by shawnfratis 8y ago
I've said this before (kinda) and I'll say it again: if you're not happy with a feature in an open source piece of software then get involved with the development process: https://www.gimp.org/develop/
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by shawnfratis 10y ago
If you're looking for an AutoCAD alternative try Draftsight from Dassault Systemes. There is a free personal version, but even the paid version isn't that expensive and it works pretty well.
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by shawnfratis 11y ago
To me, it seems almost as if the web dev is saying "if you don't have the latest, most up-to-date, most powerful device/whatever, then we don't want you looking at our ads". Seriously? I thought the idea of advertis
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by shawnfratis 11y ago
Editors, for both music and film, animators and pretty much anyone who use non-linear systems very much rely on the space bar to start/stop playback. Much easier, faster and more efficient than always having to reach up and push a butt