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Re:Work Hard You'll Get There Eventually (hint: no you won't) on Saturday April 12, 2014 @10:03AM (#7577847)
The dog-eat-dog one-person band?
How would anyone other than the Glass user know that the cover is actually obstructing?

I mean, a person could fashion a "cover" that functions as a one-way mirror does, no?

Re:What Happens to Older Developers? on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @06:18AM (#7427652)
I understand, and figured as much.

The positions you mention just didn't work out, then?

Re:What Happens to Older Developers? on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @06:12AM (#7427638)
Please allow me to preface with this: I figure your intent is not to demean the tasks of other professions, and none of what I'm saying is rhetorical.

That said, why not take the job of caring for the elderly relatives? Use it as a way to buy yourself some time while you become a specialist?

(I know a couple of people who have worked as certified nursing assistants for about ten years, among other things, scooping poop. They like excrement about as much as, I presume, most other people in existence; for them, it's a fact of life, though, and they're able to support their family well enough.)

Re:Mint now lets users keep track of their Bitcoins on Thursday January 30, 2014 @09:54AM (#7150923)
I'd like to give it a go.
Re:Rename GTFO to GOAWAY on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @02:52PM (#7139255)
Understanding by the greatest possible number of people should be the goal here, in my opinion.

GOAWAY makes plenty sense when compared to GTFO, assuming that not everyone who learns of it intentionally is well-versed in that of which GTFO is a relatively smaller part. Grandma wouldn't necessarily get GTFO (right away, anyway) but she would likely pick up GOAWAY in a snap.

Of course, the above assumes a section of people who are fluent (enough?) in English to grok the spec.

EDIT: Grammerr.

EDIT: Clarification in response to Vonmoltke.

Re:Open for everyone on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @02:25PM (#7139109)
Don't be an ass.
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