JoeKM
What's the difference from Bootstrap? Why don't you view its source? Read through the framework's documentation? For one the default styling is significantly different than Bootstrap.
The one thing I fondly miss about Slashdot is people would liberally tell you to RTFM when you asked something obvious that could have been answered by reading the article posted.
I'm curious about statistics like the most frequent bike routes people take, the longest rides, the density of bikes per location, etc.
NYC has a population 10.40 times larger than the largest city in Netherlands (Amsterdam), with a density that is 7.85 times greater.
I agree intensely with this. I have always preferred designs without excessive ornamentation, but at the same time I like a little gradients and border radius. Border radius gets me especially.. you can have flat design with border radius -- but you don't need a border; just use border radius by itself. The kind of flat design that is all about sharp edges and boxes is so ugly.
There are more life frictions as we age that dissuade us from continually learning. If you realize this and work against it, there is no way someone significantly younger than you can realistically be a better fit for a job. They may have knowledge, but you'll have that and decades more experience and wisdom.
I've been using a GeekDesk for 2 years now. I recently purchased a LifeSpan Treadmill (just the base) for my standing desk as the next step, and really like it. Careful though, you can't go from sitting to treadmill, it's too much body shock, you'll need to ease into standing for a few months first.
Now take a high school graduate who sucks at math, but may be a great web developer. My advice to them, should they want to work at Google, is graduate from college.
If you have a full-time job and family life, and side-projects of your own that are not OSS, how do you find time for OSS?
You need to find OSS that you're motivated to develop for. You shouldn't pick some random project that you have no interest in for the sake of boosting your GitHub activity. You need to set up your project environment. You need to debug/test your patches. You need to learn and conform to the coding standards of the project you're dealing with. You need to communicate with the project team and be available.
All these things together require a lot of time. Great if you're single and in college or without a job.
OSS projects, and GitHub in particular, have an elitist stigma surrounding them these days. I don't think it was like that ten years ago. All the Silicon Valley hot-shots are contributing to the OSS projects all over the place. One may think reading HN that everyone and their dog contributes to GitHub and is active, but I don't think that's the case (at least outside of Silicon Valley).
Any PHP post devolves into: "I hate PHP." and "Why do HNers hate PHP?"
Any Google post devolves into "I hate Google." and "Why do HNers hate Google?"
Any Apple post..
On and on and on.
I'm not fond of PHP, but I don't know it as well as Ruby and Python. Still, I like to read about new technologies concerning PHP. I use HN to discover new stuff, but HN is a poor resource concerning PHP. HN has tremendous vocal disdain for PHP. Every PHP thread transforms into "Why I like or dislike PHP" instead of actual discussion regarding new technologies or libraries. What's worse is the debates feel like I've warped 10 years past because there is nothing ever new to them. People complain about the old things of PHP and never talk about the new things.
Put simply, even though I don't know PHP that well I feel like maybe it has potential and can actually do good in the right hands, but HN brainwashes you into thinking PHP is the worst.
I think I'm outside the ages Tumblr is marketed toward, but when you say "freedom" are you referring to lack of censorship, e.g. pornography and other obscenities?
Also does it make sense using Chef/Puppet with Docker?
What? Seriously. What the fuck? Am I viewing the same HN? Just about every Andrew Mason related topic is bountiful of upvoted praise.
I'm appalled by your insinuation that respect is deserved and not earned.
I too can make blanket ignorant statements. Google is not just an advertisement company anymore. Haven't been for awhile.
Companies kill unpopular or bad products. Google is not unique.
You don't wear flip-flops a lot walking long distances, do you? The lack of heel-support is a huge contributing factor to over-pronation and probably Plantar Fasciitis. If you're not wearing flip-flops, are you walking several miles with proper support shoes for that distance if you have a flat foot? Something like the Asics Kinsei or Kayano series.
I'm a runner and regularly walk/run several miles to work too. I have no arch in my foot, but this was a couple years before I ever got a standing desk. I developed serious foot pain one summer wearing flip-flops everywhere.
I also have a standing desk I've had for 2 years now. It's a Geek Desk, and has a motor that allows it to raise from sitting to standing. First couple months I definitely had some new aches and pains, but they eventually went away. Two years later, I don't have any pains now. I don't stand all day though, I alternate between sitting and standing, and I take breaks about every 25 minutes.
I wonder about your posture on your makeshift standing desk. If the desk wasn't at the correct height it could also cause problems.
Edit - Also I picked up one of these years ago and use it daily, helps a ton: http://www.amazon.com/Medi-Dyne-ProStretch-Unilateral-Stretc...
Sitting for too long causes Thrombophlebitis too.
Standing desks are fine. Just like sitting, you don't stand all day. You take breaks. You move around.
The greatest benefit of a standing desk is you're more readily able to take breaks. You're already up. I think anyone with a sitting day job can attest to skipping breaks because of the effort of standing up. Yes, you heard me correctly, and it's true. Sometimes you're so into a problem or issue your brain tells you to skip taking a break because it's not worth the effort of getting up.
Google Reader drama isn't ever going away on HN, is it? The loud minority keep bringing it up regardless of what innovative products Google develops.
> I want my email to be a consistent experience - not to get some different behavior if I access through a certain device.
One decade ago most clients poorly supported HTML email, if at all. It was an inconsistent experience. Understandably it was new technology, so most of us patiently waited until the standard was adopted by email clients.
Same thing here.