abyssknight

I stopped reading after "Ask them on X", but contribution by MCP just compounds on the issue.

I loved this movie, and I appreciate the overall premise of the letter -- simplicity can be freeing, because it allows you time to breathe and discover what really fulfills you. That said, I will never have just 3 hobbies. That's not who I am. I did, through the clarity of the pandemic, learn that there is more to life than money and climbing the career ladder. I don't know that I would have learned that without that time to be alone with my own self trying to find ways to be fulfilled in a time where my job at the time wholeheartedly sucked.

I came here to ask the same question. Honestly, I was hoping for proper encryption. That's the only feature Day One does not have that I want so very badly. I have no desire to upload my secrets to your server. No offense, but that's just irresponsible for a private journal.

Saw this yesterday, and was truly moved. There's just so much hope in her voice; in her life. I can only endeavor to experience that kind of unconditional love and support in mine.

I do this, and occasionally I catch flak for it. I put in 8 hours, and that 8 hours happens to be fantastic -- regardless of how busy I look, what I work on, or who I work with. The problem is that casual observers don't see that. They only see the present.

Thankfully, my efforts were noticed despite my lack of unpaid overtime. I've been promoted twice in the past three years, added to special panels and events, and even been given assignments that just rock.

There is this stigma around working 40 hours a week, and only 40 hours, that I will never understand. If you don't need more 40 (or even less) to do your job, what does it matter? The employer is getting what they asked for, and often times more, and you're getting a paycheck. Its called ROWE: results oriented work environment. Just a shame it hasn't caught on in the US.

I just picked up the TI EZ430 dev kit, and then this hits the web. I tried for days not to back it, and then it hits HN. Oops. There goes the money, and my pride. ;) Hopefully its as awesome as it looks!

Sounds like what tawlk does. Wonder if their training data/method is better, though.

Why do startups do this? I've seen this a few times over the past few years, and every time I find it loathsome. Dirty laundry isn't something you just go around airing because someone sent you a C&D letter. It could have been a mistake, it could have been a rogue legal team member, it could have been anything. Does it matter to the general public? No. Should it? No. This is between two businesses, and should have stayed that way. It makes both parties look very unprofessional -- and that's about all it achieves as far as I can tell.

I had a chance to see the tech demos for Tawlk, as lrvick is a member of our local hackerspace, and I have to say I was blown away. This thing is amazing, and the way the infrastructure works is pretty sick too. Definitely worth saving the link and checking back when you have more time.

I, also, cannot edit the doc at the office. I agree with you 100%, the language and platform is not what the client needs to be concerned about -- its the features, business cases, and what they 'need'.

If this is one of those anti-Microsoft zealotry things, then I'm really disappointed. Their tool chain may be proprietary, but with things like NuGet and .NET MVC spawning from inside the belly of the beast, I can't vilify them one bit.

You really have to admire these guys. They've managed to make money and give away everything they've designed at the same time. This is the critical mass I want OSHW to achieve, and we're seeing it happen more and more. I know a few folks who are getting ready to release OSHW versions of their hardware products soon and this just shows them that it can be done -- and their business can still stay afloat.

My assumption is that after Arrington was ousted, they went back to their old ways.

Kind of sad, really.

I have to disagree. A college education costs about $26,000 for Florida residents here in Orlando for a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Compare that to my first year's salary which was roughly double that, and the cost begins to look minimal.

The opportunity cost is relative, since the people you meet in college may very well be the best resources you have for maintaining your drive, innovative spirit, and will to keep on. Just the discipline of finishing something is worth the time and money spent. That said, it depends on _you_ and your situation.

Personally, I wouldn't be who I am today without suffering with my peers through classes like CS1, Discrete Structures, and Computer Architecture. My first piece of real consulting work, the first proposal I ever wrote, was for an ad on our local university's job board.

Disclaimer: The total cost of my education was paid by scholarships, so I do not have first hand knowledge of how this works, just providing my anecdote. $26,000 figure was calculated using my in state invoices from 2003-2007 so they may need adjusting for inflation.

This smacks of silliness. People are using their development devices as their business and personal phones. This is called out in the developer agreement and every beta software agreement. Don't do that.

Ubuntu was always about giving the every-man a usable operating system. Describing the typical new user as "a complete retard who can only click shiny buttons" is extremely rude and misguided. Not everyone is a terminal guru, and not everyone uses Ubuntu. If you don't like the distro, slipstream yourself a new copy with your favourite WM. I don't understand how anyone can complain about progress like this -- if you don't like convention over configuration, maybe Ubuntu isn't for you.