jsvaughan

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@jsvaughan Software developer / contractor / the person behind http://www.bionicbooks.com / the person behind amazing freecycle site http://freelywheely.com / London
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Comment · 5 months ago
might be worth trying a cheap solder sucker pen if you havent (the mechanical recoil type), significantly better than nothing
Comment · 1 year ago
We've got 3x spectrums, two 48k rubber key ones and a plus2. we've even got such random things as a Trickstick :)(https://worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat4.html). I got them out of the loft the other day but the biggest problem i found is that few of the original game tapes still work. did manage to play Jetpac though :)
Comment · 1 year ago
Can highly recommend orienteering racing if this seems like your kind of thing
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Comment · 3 years ago
This is not a question of someone being 10x what you are.

In our industry there are plenty of very weak developers, I bet you have worked with someone who is 0.1x of someone reasonably good, even someone who makes a net negative contribution.

Comment · 3 years ago
Great post, I hadn't seen this before
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Comment · 4 years ago
I owe my career to this book. I learnt binary from page 93 when I was about 8 years old so I could draw custom graphics on the screen (an airplane that i could fly around)

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