scottw
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Long time HNer but I usually prefer to read than to comment :)
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Comment · 11 years ago
Marginally related: an entertaining exhibition table tennis match between the author (Syed) and Barney Reed (worked at Google) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ug0qbmi2Kw
Comment · 11 years ago
Phrased as perceived. The author is probably too young to appreciate what his mother likely did for him. Becoming a parent has a tendency to change your perspective on parenthood.
Comment · 11 years ago
You sure those are images? All we know for certain is that those are GET requests.
Comment · 11 years ago
Someone asked him a similar question at the last YAPC in Salt Lake City in June. "What's with the [colorful] shirts?" He replied, "I like the colors."
Comment · 11 years ago
> That quote is so insulting to me as an introvert because it takes such a solipsistic and ego-stroking view of the world: that people who are successful are successful because they fit into the world better, not because they are comfortable and adapted to living in a world that isn't perfectly suited to them.
This was my reaction too, but I was delighted to find that _Quiet_ does not have that tone as a whole.
Comment · 11 years ago
This is not the same thing. Hamming worked with geniuses who knew the difference between "A moment Dick? Have you ever noticed how (some astute observation)?" and "Hey! Good weekend? (some bland filler)." See chapter 3 of said _Quiet_.
Comment · 12 years ago
Seems nice, but it seems to ignore the exif rotation/orientation data... is that something that should be handled when the image is uploaded?
Comment · 12 years ago
This is the kind of wisdom I wish I had when I started my career and assumed that everyone who did things differently from me was stupid. I wish I could give it to all my current smunderlings when they complain about "bad" code written by otherwise smart and capable people last year... There's always a story behind what is, and it's worth learning before passing judgement.
Comment · 13 years ago
Is there a particular font that works better than others for this? I've tried all my fixed width fonts and the clock is barely readable in any of them.
Comment · 14 years ago
I built one of these:
http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Ikea-Standing-desk-for-22-dolla...
and I've been using it since early July and spend most of my day at it. It has significantly helped how my back feels by the end of the day. It's plenty sturdy (I actually bought two of the tables: one for my monitor and keyboard, the other I cut the legs down to the same height as the keyboard on the other table. I put my laptop on this one).
I also have a Steelcase Leap chair I bought in February which helped with the back too. I still use it for writing in my notebook every couple of hours.
I stand barefoot on a cheap backpacking foam pad which I cut in half. I keep a pair of flipflops at my desk if I need to run around the office. Every so often I'll do some leg stretches. I'm considering buying a quality antifatigue mat, but I'm making this work for now.
Comment · 14 years ago
You can do it with an API call too: http://www.fakecall.net/
Comment · 14 years ago
Given the results of this group (I was 3 for google, 2 draw), I wonder if Google simply has a stronger technical bias than Bing.
Comment · 14 years ago
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Comment · 14 years ago
Wouldn't less ice at the poles (= more water at the equator = higher rotational inertia) mean a slower rotation? Maybe we can get that second back.