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Re:Poll: What database does your company use? on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @04:14PM (#2685005)
Other - Netezza
Weather?
And coauthored lex.
Would this make it politically OK for Netflix to release a Linux streaming client? I read somewhere that the lack of a standard DRM lib was the blocking issue on an Android client.
Re:Android 2.3 Platform on Monday December 06, 2010 @12:18PM (#1975967)
Barometer = Altitude.
Re:17% leave their job due to insufficient recognition on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @01:54PM (#1887484)
and 17% stay at their job due to generous recognition.
Re:Why is a bag of weed always $10 (man)? on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @11:34AM (#1672150)
I have heard of people using hairspray to weigh it down. Turning shwag to the sticky icky.. at least enough to fool high school kids.
Re:Ask HN: How do I ask for a salary increase? on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @10:23AM (#1591516)
I entered the professional workforce a little late but had always been considered good with computers. Starting low($45k) I quickly came to conclusion that people where making way more money($85k) than me and I was just as good if not better at the task at hand than they where. With my managers support I asked my employer for parity with my co-workers. I received a good bump to start(65k) and over the course of a few years I was into a six figure salary. There was some drama that helped along the way, people quiting, epic weekends of coding, and normal BS of not working at a "google/fog creek" type of place but it worked out for me.
Re:Remember this? on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @11:44AM (#1433046)
Crazy! I was thinking about this site in the shower today.
Re:Pointer-events for HTML in Firefox 3.6 on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @01:32PM (#970308)
That was my gut reaction as well. But then thought about it this way. The programmer can solve with problem with z-index and now the designer can add stuff without interfering with the program.
I would have not gone down that path after my years spent with Clippy.
Todays typesetter is the sysadmin not the programmer. As the authors improve software to lower maintenance and hardware is moved to the cloud one sysadmin will do more than the IT dept could ever do. Help desk function will also shrink as users become more savvy, workstations more secure, and recovery automation ubiquitous. But remember type setters had a good run in the west, 1450 - 1960's.
Re:How Rent Control Drives Out Affordable Housing on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @08:53PM (#414964)
The rent amount is gossip from the super. The other stuff is first hand, and probably adds a little "control" to my rent as well, but believe me not that much.
Re:How Rent Control Drives Out Affordable Housing on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @04:15PM (#414688)
I have a vagrant living in my NYC apt building that pays $75 a month in rent and eats out of the garbage. He has no electricity or running water. When he opens the door to his apt in the summer the rest of the building gags. There are two other units that pay $75 dollars; a nice old couple and a loony chain smoker with bad BO.
Re:Ask HN: IDE versus Text Editor? on Friday December 19, 2008 @07:52PM (#404071)
I use IDE's that have vi keyboard mappings so I get the best of both worlds. Visual Studio and Eclipse both have vi plugins.
Re:ASK HN: Who would you use to host a Dot Net Nuke site? on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @05:57PM (#340628)
http://discountasp.net/sp_dotnetnuke.aspx .Net hosting tends to more expensive but discount has been good to me in the past.
Re:Keyboard sniffers to steal data on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @11:19AM (#338973)
This known vector has been around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST
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