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Free the llama!
They should release the source code into the wild.
RIP!
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Maybe we need to start the "free the llama" initiative...
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UPDATE 4: what did you say you wanted?
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Bummer, must have missed that
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Have you tried Flipboard?
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I think it consumes RSS feeds and displays them to you. I don't know if it produces any.
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Interesting. Might help to resurrect some of the for-pay mags. Not that they were worth reading ever.
[edit]Well, back in the day, things like Byte were definitely worth paying for. Of course, that's really ancient history.[/edit]
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: [edit]Well, back in the day, things like Byte were definitely worth paying for. Of course, that's really ancient history.[/edit]
Hhhhmm, I do remember that magazine! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine)[^]
You know what I used to read but was always hard for me to find was http://www.codemag.com/Magazine[^] looks like they are still around. (i think that was the magazine, maybe that was a C+ or C magazine too, can't remember )
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JoeSox wrote: I used to read but was always hard for me to find was http://www.codemag.com/Magazine[^]
For some reason I'm getting a free subscription, and I find it quite good actually. There's some decent and in depth articles there.
Marc
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It get's harder.[^]
I present to you the following line;
Quote: About 52% of people age 45 to 64 are "regular" drinkers, meaning they had at least 12 drinks in the previous year
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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The other 48% are "irregular" drinkers, meaning they had at least 12 drinks the previous day...
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It's like your sheep loving. You're "infrequent", now all we need to work out is if that's one or two words.
speramus in juniperus
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Quote: Part of the issue is that people in their 40s and older simply tend not to drink as much or as often as those in their 20s and 30s, which lowers tolerance.
The solution seems pretty obvious!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And if I remember my chemistry, alcohol IS a solution.
speramus in juniperus
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Or, at least usually, enjoyed as one ... the pure stuff isn't all that enjoyable ...
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I find after 40 drinks there are too many hands and not enough glasses.
speramus in juniperus
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12 Drinks is a average night out surely?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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ChrisElston wrote: Quote: About 52% of people age 45 to 64 are "regular" drinkers, meaning they had at least 12 drinks in the previous year day
FTFY
Will Rogers never met me.
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Not a problem: while being drunk I feel myself younger.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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CPallini wrote: Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Veni, vidi, vini.
I came, I saw, I had a little wine...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Nice!
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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I put my resume on Monster a couple weeks ago to see if I could drum up some additional consulting work. My experiences:
1. Even when you check "remote work only" and "NO relocation", the phone rings off the hook with "can you relocate to Timbucktoo"
2. 98% of the calls are from job shops operated by [people from a different country, take a wild guess], God only knows where they're really calling from, with names like "Lucky", and mostly impossible to understand
3. OK, I've been doing Ruby on Rails for a year and have obviously extensive .NET experience as well. What does everyone call about? Ruby on Rails. It's like they can't see anything else.
4. One company just now replied to the job shop with:
Interesting candidate, but I don't see any academic achievements or any reason why his positions are short termed (see below, I let them know that these were contract roles). Also, I don't think 90K is reasonable, given these code samples. Would he be interested in discussing further at around 75k.
What a joke. Academic achievements, my arse. Last time I took a college course (Fortran using punch-cards!!!) was 33 years ago. 90K was barely acceptable, and they offer 75k? And...Interesting candidate ??? F.U., given that I'd given them links to my Ruby on Rails projects, websites, and articles here, I've had people jump all over my skills (of course, they're in places you couldn't pay me to move to.)
I'm so sick of this business, the bullshit interviews, the phone calls, etc. As I've said here and elsewhere over and over again, word of mouth is the best, and it's certainly how I've gotten the really fun and interesting (and great paying) jobs.
The thing that pisses me off the most though is that these companies all want "on-site" contractors/employees. First off, as a contractor, it's my understanding that it is illegal to require on-site work unless it can be demonstrated that the work can only be done on-site. Second off, most of these companies create products that have something to do with remote access (for example, have you seen the ADP commercials for how you can check all your security cameras from your tablet?) yet they all demand on-site work. WTF is with that? We live in the age of telecommunications, and yet, for example, when I did a stint with Citigroup in NYC, almost every person had a 2 hour + commute, one way. I'm disgusted with this dehumanizing industry.
Screw it all. Grrr.
Marc
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