Ok I'm curious... I've heard this type of comment before, and I don't get it. I read a lot before e-readers. I almost never smelt books, nor do I have some romantic idea about such things... BUT If I wanted my ebook to smell and feel like paper I'd tape some newsprint to the back.
"I really want to go travel the world with the money I've saved up at my day job, but I also want to grow as a developer in the process. This is a long-term engagement: 2-3 years or more depending on whether my software is successful.
Awesome, welcome to the fun:D
I'll probably be hopping from hostel to hostel at first, with a few weeks at each.
Each place you stay try to find semi-furnished apartments by the month if you can. Honestly if you can find them you will save loads of money. I usually found a touristy area in my desired city, and asked bartenders and restauranteurs.
How do I find a good work environment in these conditions? Do hostels generally have quiet areas where work could be done?
Not really, they are designed typically with socializing in mind. My favourite hostel work space is in bed... Next best is an area with various cafes.
Is it OK to get out your laptop and spend the day in a cafe in Europe, assuming you keep buying drinks?
I find it is more internal that I start to feel uncomfortable working in any particular cafe too long or too many times in a row. I don't think they mind, but I start to feel awkward. That is why I like areas with lots of cafes/bars all with internet. So I can shuffle around a bit.
What about hackerspaces — are those common on the other side of the globe?
I haven't found them, they would be a welcome site to me. Maybe more in Europe.
(Apartments are an option for later on, but I'm concerned about losing the social atmosphere that's built in with the hostel lifestyle.)
I find when I'm working I lose that social atmosphere anyway and have to find it outside after work anyway. I'm not sure the benefits of a hostel outweigh the costs.
I've never done anything like this before, but I'm really excited about the idea! Any advice would be greatly appreciated."
I don't have to think too far back... I think one of the first things they'll see on the Galapagos with their human camera people is cars..... They'll wonder why they didn't just pop it on one of those... Distances aren't particularly walkable short in the galapagos.
There is such a spec –that spec is the code for the program though, so he wouldn't be outsourcing the code if he had it.
Exactly. The only true spec for a program that is sufficiently precise to describe the behaviour desired is the code itself. That is why you can't just put the spec into a compiler and have it run.
Amen. I think about Canada like an uncle who is terminally ill and no-longer talking any sense. I loved him very much, but I must move on, I don't want to see him go, but I also don't want to see him like that. I feel many Americans feel the same way about their home. The one thing I can say for certain is that I don't want to be there at the moment it flatlines.
I see "DUBAI" "COLUMBIA GLACIER" "THE AMAZON" "LAS VEGAS" "EXPLORE THE WORLD" at the bottom of the page... It's the last one that leads to a page where you can search anywhere you want.
I spent a lot of time refactoring some of it, but as soon as he makes any changes it needs doing again
When I read this, I immediately thought there must be a software difference between the two workers.... Like OpenOffice vs Word... Stuff that has been made to work in one, can often look awful in the other and viceversa. He makes a change and breaks everything... He thinks he is doing the right thing... Hours wasted fixing something that is really caused by an incompatibility of software. That type of thing could cover a wide range of his complaints about his coworker.
Humans are weird. "Let's destroy our planet by trapping and force-feeding coffee beens to a small mammal, take it's shit, grind it, put it in boiling water and drink it as a high end novelty drink."
Not being from the US, and being a world traveler, I actually find this fairly insightful. I think it is exactly what makes a currency stable. How much of the currency can buy me a cheeseburger? Or hotdog or whatever. Will it be the same tomorrow? If or when BitCoin has more businesses using it for trade, the price should stabilize. It hasn't yet. Doesn't mean I won't buy in, but I'll be more carful about selling to make sure I maintain or improve my financial position between the currencies. If I did have a store in BitCoin, would currently have to peg the prices to a stable currency. That means anyone looking at the price of an item doesn't really have any historical point of reverence to compare the prices, cause it will change from one moment to the next. As a business, why would I do that? As a customer why would I do that? On the other hand as a store of value, it is just fine. Can buy at almost any price, and hold, and know that in a few years it will be worth more? Awesome. So no BitCoin for burgers yet. But BitCoin for savings? Fine.
Except as a normal course of work I do call from another country... I could use skype but it isn't as clear as a land line.
Here is where I see a problem... I'm not too sure, but I seem to remember something about spoofing phone numbers/call display via an asterisk server. If that can be done then using phone numbers would be useless.
They’re rioting in Africa They’re starving in Spain There’re hurricanes in Florida And Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls, The French hate the Germans, The Germans hate the Poles, Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch, (And I don’t like anybody very much!)
But we can be thankful, and tranquil, and proud For Man’s been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud, And we know for certain that one lovely day, Someone will set the spark off And we will all be blown away.
They’re rioting in Africa, There’s strife in Iran. What Nature doesn’t do to us Will be done by our fellow man.
Change the rules... I suggest a PR war. Isn't that what Americans are good at? At least at home... Jam/destroy/takeover broadcasting within the country, give the people a message that would actually help them help themselves. Hide messages in food/medical aid.... Basically out communicate the NK gov't.
I'm curious how this will affect BitCoin in Iran... My understanding is that any blocks generated in Iran after 20 hours (120 blocks) of a network split would be lost when the network rejoins. So even if no one tried a double spend attack, there could be "lost money" that has been spent. I realize that it isn't likely anyone here would know, but are there currently routes around the firewalls that people are using to avoid this situation. Or is BitCoin still connecting fine from within Iran?
The PDF download response is kinda funny... But basically not worth the download...
It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: "Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?" The answer to that question is no.
I'm glad... Now if hopefully they will keep it that way... I won't hold my breath.
The only alarm bells that will be ringing over at EA is that Amazon is full of libelous astro-turfers from "the competition" and internet trolls who are jelly of EA's success. The "poor sales" will be seen as a sign that their new-angled DRM is working since most people are Pirates and can't handle their masterful security scheme.
It isn't poor sales that is closing it down... It is high returns and chargebacks.
People are going first to their retailer (Amazon) for a refund, then the factory (EA) then their banks (Amex,Visa,MasterCard)... If they follow that, at one of the three steps they will get a refund. And the people to fit the bill at the end of the day will be EA (and I don't know if you have ever seen amazon chargeback fees...).
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I'm sure you can, but can you find a Corona for under 80cents.... ;)
Besides I prefer Victoria, which is harder to find outside of Mexico
Fun, and here in Mexico we sometimes drink dos equis (XX) :D
they like the feel, smell, texture of books
Ok I'm curious... I've heard this type of comment before, and I don't get it.
I read a lot before e-readers. I almost never smelt books, nor do I have some romantic idea about such things...
BUT If I wanted my ebook to smell and feel like paper I'd tape some newsprint to the back.
Yeah, NASA needs to get with the pop-culture... Mars One, one-way trips and reality TV.....
They should do their best to support such a project.
"I really want to go travel the world with the money I've saved up at my day job, but I also want to grow as a developer in the process. This is a long-term engagement: 2-3 years or more depending on whether my software is successful.
Awesome, welcome to the fun :D
I'll probably be hopping from hostel to hostel at first, with a few weeks at each.
Each place you stay try to find semi-furnished apartments by the month if you can. Honestly if you can find them you will save loads of money. I usually found a touristy area in my desired city, and asked bartenders and restauranteurs.
How do I find a good work environment in these conditions? Do hostels generally have quiet areas where work could be done?
Not really, they are designed typically with socializing in mind. My favourite hostel work space is in bed... Next best is an area with various cafes.
Is it OK to get out your laptop and spend the day in a cafe in Europe, assuming you keep buying drinks?
I find it is more internal that I start to feel uncomfortable working in any particular cafe too long or too many times in a row. I don't think they mind, but I start to feel awkward. That is why I like areas with lots of cafes/bars all with internet. So I can shuffle around a bit.
What about hackerspaces — are those common on the other side of the globe?
I haven't found them, they would be a welcome site to me. Maybe more in Europe.
(Apartments are an option for later on, but I'm concerned about losing the social atmosphere that's built in with the hostel lifestyle.)
I find when I'm working I lose that social atmosphere anyway and have to find it outside after work anyway. I'm not sure the benefits of a hostel outweigh the costs.
I've never done anything like this before, but I'm really excited about the idea! Any advice would be greatly appreciated."
Good luck, it is fun!
I don't have to think too far back... I think one of the first things they'll see on the Galapagos with their human camera people is cars..... They'll wonder why they didn't just pop it on one of those... Distances aren't particularly walkable short in the galapagos.
There is such a spec –that spec is the code for the program though, so he wouldn't be outsourcing the code if he had it.
Exactly. The only true spec for a program that is sufficiently precise to describe the behaviour desired is the code itself. That is why you can't just put the spec into a compiler and have it run.
Amen.
I think about Canada like an uncle who is terminally ill and no-longer talking any sense. I loved him very much, but I must move on, I don't want to see him go, but I also don't want to see him like that. I feel many Americans feel the same way about their home.
The one thing I can say for certain is that I don't want to be there at the moment it flatlines.
MAYBE this will lead to some unique designs, but I would still want steel in the barrel and the bolt.
Just think 3d printing of carbon nanotubes.... Steel would be weak and heavy in comparison.
I see "DUBAI" "COLUMBIA GLACIER" "THE AMAZON" "LAS VEGAS" "EXPLORE THE WORLD" at the bottom of the page... It's the last one that leads to a page where you can search anywhere you want.
I just put in the Gobi Desert, and watched it getting smaller... What an interesting project. I bet a lot of researchers can use that kind of info.
I spent a lot of time refactoring some of it, but as soon as he makes any changes it needs doing again
When I read this, I immediately thought there must be a software difference between the two workers.... Like OpenOffice vs Word... Stuff that has been made to work in one, can often look awful in the other and viceversa. He makes a change and breaks everything... He thinks he is doing the right thing... Hours wasted fixing something that is really caused by an incompatibility of software. That type of thing could cover a wide range of his complaints about his coworker.
Sure..... And only 20% of statistics are made up....
Humans are weird.
"Let's destroy our planet by trapping and force-feeding coffee beens to a small mammal, take it's shit, grind it, put it in boiling water and drink it as a high end novelty drink."
Exactly one cheeseburger at McDonald's.
This.
Not being from the US, and being a world traveler, I actually find this fairly insightful.
I think it is exactly what makes a currency stable.
How much of the currency can buy me a cheeseburger? Or hotdog or whatever. Will it be the same tomorrow?
If or when BitCoin has more businesses using it for trade, the price should stabilize. It hasn't yet. Doesn't mean I won't buy in, but I'll be more carful about selling to make sure I maintain or improve my financial position between the currencies.
If I did have a store in BitCoin, would currently have to peg the prices to a stable currency. That means anyone looking at the price of an item doesn't really have any historical point of reverence to compare the prices, cause it will change from one moment to the next. As a business, why would I do that? As a customer why would I do that?
On the other hand as a store of value, it is just fine. Can buy at almost any price, and hold, and know that in a few years it will be worth more? Awesome.
So no BitCoin for burgers yet. But BitCoin for savings? Fine.
Except as a normal course of work I do call from another country... I could use skype but it isn't as clear as a land line.
Here is where I see a problem... I'm not too sure, but I seem to remember something about spoofing phone numbers/call display via an asterisk server. If that can be done then using phone numbers would be useless.
A recent scientific study just came out saying that scientists are better endowed and make better lovers then non-scientists.
There, that should put things in our favor when we go out to the nightclubs.
They’re rioting in Africa
They’re starving in Spain
There’re hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls,
The French hate the Germans,
The Germans hate the Poles,
Italians hate Yugoslavs,
South Africans hate the Dutch,
(And I don’t like anybody very much!)
But we can be thankful, and tranquil, and proud
For Man’s been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud,
And we know for certain that one lovely day,
Someone will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away.
They’re rioting in Africa,
There’s strife in Iran.
What Nature doesn’t do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.
-- Sheldon Harnick 1953
What is the Government doing with such powerful supercomputers?....
I'm sure it isn't Pong.
Great! :(
And now someone decided to spread it on slashdot... Thanks.
Now I have an upset stomach from that salad at that party the other night.
Change the rules...
I suggest a PR war. Isn't that what Americans are good at? At least at home... Jam/destroy/takeover broadcasting within the country, give the people a message that would actually help them help themselves. Hide messages in food/medical aid.... Basically out communicate the NK gov't.
I'm curious how this will affect BitCoin in Iran...
My understanding is that any blocks generated in Iran after 20 hours (120 blocks) of a network split would be lost when the network rejoins. So even if no one tried a double spend attack, there could be "lost money" that has been spent.
I realize that it isn't likely anyone here would know, but are there currently routes around the firewalls that people are using to avoid this situation. Or is BitCoin still connecting fine from within Iran?
The PDF download response is kinda funny... But basically not worth the download...
It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: "Does the
President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in
combat on American soil?" The answer to that question is no.
I'm glad... Now if hopefully they will keep it that way...
I won't hold my breath.
The only alarm bells that will be ringing over at EA is that Amazon is full of libelous astro-turfers from "the competition" and internet trolls who are jelly of EA's success. The "poor sales" will be seen as a sign that their new-angled DRM is working since most people are Pirates and can't handle their masterful security scheme.
It isn't poor sales that is closing it down... It is high returns and chargebacks.
People are going first to their retailer (Amazon) for a refund, then the factory (EA) then their banks (Amex,Visa,MasterCard) ... If they follow that, at one of the three steps they will get a refund. And the people to fit the bill at the end of the day will be EA (and I don't know if you have ever seen amazon chargeback fees...).
if someone reverse engineers the network protocol and writes a server for it.
This is exactly what someone will do. I doubt it will be too hard either.