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Upmodded--I think this was sincere advice (wasn't it?).

My advice is to get a temporary e-mail address and put it in your HN profile. I'm sure you'll find some help.

Office of the Future: http://home.officesnapshots.com/2008/04/07/the-office-of-the...

I've seen a lot of programmers go from writing no tests at all, to TDD (and pair programming, etc.). This extreme shift in behavior makes it seem more like a fad; I prefer a balanc…

Watir (Ruby), or for a current project, WatiN (.NET port of Watir). It's fun to watch.

Good for them. But I think in this situation MS typically swoops in and makes a deal with the customer (and even if it's an unprofitable arrangement, why not keep the other guy fro…

You are El Gringo, Regarding the message in your edit, thanks for your post--this is (mostly) a helpful discussion. Just search for the dollar signs (norcalgrrl had a good response…

"every year he tops out at about 60% of his time being billable" Another general guideline is to estimate 1,000 hours of billable work (which makes it easy to calculate an hourly r…

He's resting.

Wanna hear more! :)

I don't know what an investor should do--I just watch the money move. Money will always flow somewhere, because it has to. Where will it flow next? Probably wherever it isn't this …

Summary: invest in an index fund. It was pretty cool of the Google v.p. to organize investment seminars. Also interesting to read their list of presenters--the Googleplex is defini…

Yeah, legacy COBOL probably equals "huge corporation." I assume, then, that there's an employment agreement covering this scenario. It's an ethical dilemma, but in my opinion the f…

I think he means the PhDs have been flogged by academia longer than the Masters, who thus retain a modicum of self-worth. I don't know about starting salaries, but DC-area hiring i…

Yeah, it's sort of convincing, isn't it? I have a Canon MP730 that was great, but doesn't talk to Linux or Mac. Faxing's no good since I got rid of the land line a long time ago. S…

Funny it's on go.com.

My interpretation: a perfectly logical argument may convince you to take actions that harm yourself or others, if all you value is intellect (robot builders, please take note). "Be…

I think your interpretation is spot-on, but I disagree with the quote. I suspect the author is defining compassion more like "pity" than "patience and understanding" (sympathy, by …

A good lesson on why not to hire employees. Or to own a grocery store, apparently.

Surely someone can cobble such a language together.

Secret to life: it's about the stories. Fifty years from now will you remember that day spent coding, or will you remember your adventure in California?

I agree with the others--video presentations take too long to parse. Besides, I only watch videos from the 70s. If you want me to watch your video comment you'll have to travel bac…

Hey guys, the typo in my search "slicehost\" generated: OMG... You killed the server! We'll get right on it...

Everybody Wang Cheng tonight! Very useful--nice job, guys.