BklynJay

The box-art says, "Winner of 26 PC Game awards". Is that for the series or for Sim City V? I have a hard time believing its the latter.

eInk is easier on the eyes than the highest resolution display available on any smart-device. I have half a dozen smart devices and still choose to read (books, not comics or web-pages) on my eInk device when given the opportunity.

It is impossible to love more than I love this right now.

Is that Joel Spolsky's office or the Fogcreek library?

Very cool! I'd like to be able to see / comment on a video by clicking on it.

1. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It's ok to mope for a day or two. Get it out of your system. Then get it together for long enough to act, because you have work to do.

2. You're in your early 30's and you feel like all your decisions have been made and that everything about your life is set in stone? I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt, that isn't true. You're still young. Don't focus on what you've done. Let that be chapters 1,2 and 3 in your biography. What do you want chapters 3.3 through 8 to say? Do you want them to say, "He made some mistakes and let them rule the rest of his life"? Or "He got his act together and made opportunities for himself."

You're on Hacker News. HN is absolutely rife with stories of people creating opportunities for themselves.

One last thing: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Very cool. Now I need something like this to be projected up on the giant-screen of my secret underground lair.

One of the comments: "It's funny that all these guys loved the letter, yet didn't realize it's their fault that the letter even had to be written. If only they hadn't been falling for trumped up resumes and bogus cover letters for years."

The scariest part - from the article, elected government officials lend credibility:

The Church of Scientology opened its new National Affairs Office in Washington, D.C., in a ceremony led by David Miscavige. Joining him in this dedication were Members of U.S. Congress Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Danny Davis (D-IL); as well as Liz Gibson, Senior Program Manager, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Looks great!

cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.music also gives some notable dates in music-history.

What could possibly go wrong?

Thank you for the feedback. I suppose my question was operating under the assumption that once I decide how I want the contract structured, I would have a lawyer write it up sufficiently. Its more a question about do I want to share ownership of the source with the client, fully assign, etc. What is considered reasonable in the freelance development contracting space.

On what planet does this make sense? Here on Earth, this is generally considered "unwise."

Dad of the Year Award: For. The. Win.

Great job! Congratulations. It takes a lot of persistence and drive to see a project through to the end.

Q: What's the best way to generate a random string?

A: Ask a first-year CS student to quit out of Vim.

Who else is expecting the chief scientist on the project to say: "What could possibly go wrong?" :)

Great work guys. Easy to use website with a clear design. Love the product and will be ordering at least one.

Well, obviously the solution is to just check it 100 times a day! :)

(that's what I do)

I've been out of it for quite a while. It was somewhat unsettling to reflect back upon my experiences. Usually time softens the edges of a harsh experience, and you recall the "good times" far more frequently than the bad. Usually.

As an influential Managing Director once told me, "This business brings out the worst in everyone."

Right on - London vs. US is very different. I envied my UK friends who left work at 4pm on Fridays to have a drink with their colleagues, when I'd regularly be working till 8 or 9pm.

Yep. But even though you say "of course it does," the majority of people don't realize that until its too late. There's nothing obvious about the situation from the outside looking in, unless you possess uncommon introspective abilities or have read up on what you're describing there.

It's funny you should mention London - our London counterparts always did speak differently of their hours, managers, and opportunity for growth. So I agree with you!

I worked exclusively on front-office systems nearly for the entirety of my time as a developer for an investment bank. I didn't even get into how there are very few opportunities for growth and other, more HR-related/culture aspects of the job.

I'm glad you have good things to say about your work! I just wish I could describe the time that I and my colleagues spent at those banks in a better light. It was utterly life-altering when I left. I felt like I was living for the first time since college.