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I ordered my phone October 10, 2017. As of March 21, 2022, I have not received my order yet. When given the option, I selected to receive the completed phone, rather than a beta bu…

Ha! Have to laugh at one sentence in particular > candidates are assessed in a number of ways, but one is via a decidedly non-digital method – the Japanese art of paper folding, or…

So if that wasn't the best offer for the day, what makes that offer stand out to be mentioned vs the highest offer you had received that day?

Yes, I also alternate. But my ebb and flows are around motivation, not exertion. If I am working for someone else, and I put in a lot of effort, then I feel completely drained afte…

I really like Duolingo. It's not my favorite way of learning a language§, but they do a good job of pounding vocabulary into your head over and over. I will never forget that jeruk…

This is an important point, and an oft-quoted mantra I've seen from older devs. Your computer will change, and has little to know difference on your health. Your monitor, keyboard,…

John Carmack coding Quake on a 100 pound 1080p CRT in 1995[0] is a great image that this article reminded me of. I seem to remember monitors being 800x600 around that time, and a f…

It's cathartic to read other people who have to go through this. I'm fighting red tape for my team as we build out a dashboard. Outlook is packed with 1–2 hour meetings for the nex…

I really appreciate your blog, and especially find articles like "Design Better Forms"[0] very interesting, if even to provide a nice check-list of do's and don'ts to keep in mind.…

> macbook … and lasts 22 hours on a single charge I keep hearing this but have not experienced this in person. I usually get about 5 hours of life out of it. My usual open programs…

Cargo is one of the nicest build systems I've used. Coming from maven, I have nothing but love for what cargo brings and how easy it makes it. The key thing for me with Cargo (and …

Hi epimetheus2! There are probably going to be a few people here who say, "code in the morning, spend your time and mental energy on yourself before you spend it on your company". …

I frequently travel, and bring my AppleTV with me to hook up to hotel TVs. It would be great if they made a way to support Web logins for WiFi. At the moment, I do t see a big chan…

I'm reminded of Diggnation from around 2005. Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht would put out weekly videos/podcasts where they'd talk about the top news articles appearing on Digg (whic…

It's nice to see PHP adding useful things like enums and async (green threads). My foray into Web development started with Perl, but quickly segued into PHP with how much simpler i…

And the cool thing – it looks like there has been some interest[0] in supporting Power for WINE. [0] https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2019-February/14...

The adjective form of orthodoxy is orthodox. Think of something like the "Orthodox" church. And it's antonym is "unorthodox", for example: "the unorthodox church" ;)

I'm not the OP, but my attempt through breaking down word etymologies would be something like: ortho: rigid, straight, correct doct: teachings, learnings ic: of, or pertaining to S…

If you don't mind, which motion-detecting sleep mat did you wind up going with?