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Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by pavelludiq »

davidw wrote: post #23
izaidi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you code on?

Linux or BSD is where it's at for hackers. MacOS is nice too, of course, it's simple enough that my mom can use it. Just that if you really want to be in control of things, you probably want Linux. If I had to do sales or something else where looking flashy was important, I guess that would be another place where Apple's very nice looking products would be a good pick, but Dell+Ubuntu is a much better price/performan…

I code on Kubuntu using vim. Macs are too expensive in my area + i don't really know of any advantages to kubuntu other than the prettier interface. My kde desktop is really fast and i can do my daily tasks really fast so i have no problem with it. Macs are probably cool too, but i enjoy flexibility more than pretty icons, and my crystal clear icons are pretty enough for me.

ps. Fluxbox is pretty too.

Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by akd »

philh wrote: post #29
jfarmer wrote: post #17

There's something about lists like this that bother me. I know it shouldn't -- it's meant to be light and humorous. I think what bothers me is that the person she describes is really, godawful boring. The line that stands out for me: "If you want to understand your boyfriend, understand computers. It’s not that difficult." I...I just don't know. I'm an engineer at an early-stage startup and computers are a big part o…

I agree. I've never had a girlfriend or worked at a startup, but I hope I'd be mature enough not to care if she used Windows, had an obsolete/nonexistent gaget collection and was happy working in a cubicle. And that I'd understand her well enough to be able to show my affection in ways that meant something to her, rather than requiring her to understand that it means something to me.

How many people have you teased for being technologically inferior, such as writing "u" instead of you or accidentally installing Gator? When you rip into other people for doing this, even if not directly towards your girlfriend, she sees that and probably starts feeling self-conscious if she is a technological dunce too.

Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by edu »

davidw wrote: post #23
izaidi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you code on?

Linux or BSD is where it's at for hackers. MacOS is nice too, of course, it's simple enough that my mom can use it. Just that if you really want to be in control of things, you probably want Linux. If I had to do sales or something else where looking flashy was important, I guess that would be another place where Apple's very nice looking products would be a good pick, but Dell+Ubuntu is a much better price/performan…

I want to be in complete control in my production machines (aka servers) not in my development machines. When I want to code I want to get it with the minimum hassle.

Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by tpiep »

> "You will have to appreciate the time and effort it took to run a search engine optimization campaign on the website he made you for your birthday, and how important that is to him. He shows his affection differently than other guys do sometimes."

That's funny.

Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by axod »

neilc wrote: post #31
axod wrote: post #21

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Anyone serious about coding.

Crazy talk. Apple hardware is nice, but OSX is at best mediocre for systems programming.

I'd still use OSX then virtualization to get to whatever OS I need. It does depend what sort of programming you need to do though.

Do many people still do systems programming? :/

Re: Why you should never be a startup girlfriend

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Post by davidw »

edu wrote: post #37
davidw wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux or BSD is where it's at for hackers. MacOS is nice too, of course, it's simple enough that my mom can use it. Just that if you really want to be in control of things, you probably want Linux. If I had to do sales or something else where looking flashy was important, I guess that would be another place where Apple's very nice looking products would be a good pick, but Dell+Ubuntu is a much better price/performan…

I want to be in complete control in my production machines (aka servers) not in my development machines. When I want to code I want to get it with the minimum hassle.

It's not exactly tough to code on Linux, so it's not an 'either or' proposition. Furthermore, you get the added bonus that if you set things up right, you can have very similar environments on your desktop and server.

And even on your desktop, there are good reasons to have more control than Apple might allow you to have. Steve Yegge's focus follows mouse rant is a great one:

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/settling-osx-focus-f...

... and finally, it's just cool, for anyone who really loves to hack, to get source code to everything.

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