menloparkbum

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Comment · 17 years ago

Yeah, you're being unfair, especially if you've used both Python and Java and consider them equivalent in terms of laborious configuration details. When I say CLASSPATH hell I mean the whole configuration mess that is maintaining a java environment. If you have any tips on making this not suck in Clojure it would be great to hear them, otherwise I am switching back to Python.

Comment · 17 years ago

This guy is insane, everything he writes is a lame rant about how life sucks since the demise of Symbolics.

However, I will have to say that I was initially excited about Clojure and each day become more disappointed because it really does carry with it all the baggage of Java. I had vowed to avoid CLASSPATH hell the rest of my programming days and Clojure often makes me feel like I'm lying to myself.

Comment · 17 years ago

Each week it seems they have to put out x words and this somehow hurts the quality. I've found they tend to talk about internet/new technology from an outside point of view (heavy use of jargon to try and fit in, quick to sensationalise the negative impact of anything new).

An ex girlfriend is a tech "journalist" for a new-world tech blog. What you've described is exactly how the new media outlets work.

Comment · 17 years ago

The Bay Area is hands down the worst place I have ever lived for dating.

Comment · 17 years ago

There are tons of sublets for that price on craig's list. Maybe put up an ad saying you are looking for a space, it worked for me.

Comment · 17 years ago

I would think that even in SF or NY you could squeeze more out of that kind of money

Good luck.

  studio apartment, best deal in the city: $1000
  1 burrito per day (or equivalent)         $150
  1 coffee per day                           $45
  2 beers per week                           $30
  health insurance                          $250
  muni pass                                  $45
  cell phone                                 $70
  cable modem                                $50
  stuff like soap toilet paper, laundry      $30
  github                                     $7
  hosted slice                               $40
  subtotal                                 $1717

Note that in SF or NY renting a room in an apartment is often more than $1000. Renting your own studio is usually at LEAST $1300. I have a special situation, I don't have to pay utilities. Everywhere else you will have to pay utilities on top of rent.

NYC will cost at least 30% more than this.

It's very easy to spend $2000 living a "cheap" lifestyle. I don't know what I'd cut out here. Aside from coffee and the beer, I don't really do anything a normal adult single male would do. That budget contains no dates, no movies, no restaurants, no books from the book store, etc. If I do any of those things a couple times a month I'm hitting $2K.

Moving to the east bay doesn't save much money unless you move far, far away. The nearby nice parts are not cheaper, the nearby bad parts are sketchy, and the far away parts require a car or else hours on the bus.