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I enjoy this video, by Casey's brother, outlining the studio rules: https://vimeo.com/34901903

I remember that movie. It's all fun and games until TFL sends an Oyster collector after another Oyster collector.

I use a modified digestive tract to minimize the amount of personal space I require. Thus far, it's working well.

I was disappointed to learn it wasn't a difficult place to visit after the kidofspeed girl posted about her (fake) motorcycle tour of the place some years ago.

[0] https://chernobylproject.blogspot.com/2012/01/slight-case-of...

Strange. I just bought a condo with them in DC. We were in a competitive bidding situation and the speed at which we were able to close (compared to other offers) was the thing that sealed the deal.

I added a lender I hadn't considered at their recommendation and they were wonderful (super fast response, competitive rates, willing to get appraiser to drop everything and knock things out really fast) and their use of online tools made things easy (esign and a digital document repository and deadline tracker).

Even worse, I once worked in an environment where our web server was an Oracle database, serving snippets of pages from stored procedures on port 80.

WARNING: Linked site may have malware injected into some of its ads.

Six questions, two about politics.

They really need to fire their VP of SKUs. Creating that role has resulted in far too much unnecessary fragmentation.

At this point, it's like she's just trying to justify her position.

Could you imagine being the manager assigned to watch such employees? That's a special hell.

I once worked at a newspaper, when "online" was new and side project of the marketing department so that they could sell more ads.

Until I automated things, we were cutting and pasting a few articles each night from Quark into BBEdit and hand-massaging it into HTML templates for upload. They assigned us an "editor". Poor guy had written pro-civil-rights editorials at a time when that didn't go over well. Got assigned shit jobs for decades to try and force him out. We didn't create new content; there was nothing to edit. But, they made him go to all the meetings and report that each day. Dude used a giant trackball and knew nothing about tech, but somehow landed in the department that would one day rule the newsroom. I wonder how he's doing these days.

Every time I see maps like this, I'm reminded of WorldCom.

All those pipes running through Mississippi, no real way to make use of them.

I don't get to control what the TSA does. I do get to control how I handle the problems they create.

You don't. You buy a $200 beater laptop and use that for travel. Load only what is necessary to remote back into your network. Don't carry any other data on it.

If it gets stolen or searched, no loss. Just buy the cheapest thing you find at an electronics store at the destination.

My old org kept a bunch of used thinkpads for this purpose. International travelers were prohibited from taking their work devices, just a loaner and a Remote Desktop client.

In SF? Check out http://www.workshopcafe.com/. Cheaper than you proposed, and designed to allow you to pay for the space.

I was unsuccessful in my interviews with Google several years ago, but left the process more impressed with the company and its employees than when I started. As a candidate, they were incredibly respectful to me, even when it became clear I wasn't the right fit for the roles they needed to fill.

I truly enjoyed them bringing me out for the weekend before my interview so that I wasn't rushed and to give me an opportunity to see the area. I also enjoyed the interview process itself (well, right up until the point one of my interviewers introduced me to some math I had no chance of solving). One of my interviewers even stayed in touch with me after the process, checking in occasionally and helping me make some new contacts.

Today, when I interview people, I keep my Google experience in mind and try to provide candidates a similar impression of my firm.

…and, if true, exposes significant concerns about the OS. I'm less concerned about Uber exploiting this flaw than some far more malicious actor.

Don't know where you live, but my old neighborhood in NYC had a Jewish police force - the Shomrim.

One of Uber's key problems is that they create insufficient opportunities for graft and corruption.

Let's connect everything to the internet, they said. It will be great, they said.

I use a Surface 3 and like it. I didn't upgrade to the 4 because they didn't offer an LTE model. I will upgrade if the 5 has an LTE version. For me, having data access anywhere is the key to getting the most function out of the device possible.

I've been pretty happy with it for casual use and as a "personal" device at the office. We have a very restrictive network, so I don't do anything personal on work machines.

Judge Caprio disagrees.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59KhIPOR0Jj653dC4laEJw

There is a similar situation in NYC [0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jIsxQNz0M

The Author’s name was familiar and I’ve written about Toggl [0] on my person blog before, so I checked my email. While my blog post was organic, turns out I’ve corresponded with this employee, when they suggested I update my post with their revised pricing.

Here’s the message she sent, it’s obviously a mass email they sent to everyone with existing posts.

Please update the content on your website if you mention Toggl's old pricing structure.

Hey, thanks for mentioning Toggl at Mark Lyon. We just had a major update I think you should know about - we made changes in the pricing structure.

For starters, the existing pro plan now costs $10 per user per month. We have added the options to pay either annually or monthly, depending on the user’s preference.

You can see the full new pricing structure here - https://blog.toggl.com/2016/03/pro-plus-and-pricing/

NB: If you mention Toggl out-of date pricing of $5 per user anywhere on your website, please change it to $10 when billed monthly and $9 when billed annually.

You can find the latest screenshots and logos here. Please make sure Toggl's listing on your website is accurate and up to date.

Finally, let me introduce myself - I'm Dunja, I'm the Media Manager at Toggl and would love to work with you in the future! We always have something to share and would love to see how we can work together.

Please let me know after you've updated the prices, and include your postal address, I'd love to send you some Toggl swag to say thank you!

Regards,

Dunja

I replied, letting them know I appreciated the updated info and had made changes as a result. It went into a ticketing system and they thanked me for doing so. A few weeks later, a bunch of stickers and a bag arrived via air mail. That was nice.

As much as I hate spam and “content marketing”, I was actually pretty happy with this contact as it helped me provide better information. I also really like their service, which also probably contributes to my desire to interpret their actions in a positive light. Contrast with the regular parade of cold “guest post” emails all websites seem to get. [1] No “trick” or “funnel” is going to get me to write a post about something that interests only the person who gets paid to promote it.

[0] https://marklyon.org/2013/04/tools-time-tracking-with-toggl/

[1] https://www.popehat.com/tag/ponies/

Shell out for the 5 year next business day onsite warranty. You get an entirely different tier of phone support and the onsite folks are the same ones who come to take care of my Lenovo stuff. Did this with my XPS 13 (9343, early 2015) and they have been wonderful. Had an issue with the space bar double-clutching and they showed up at my office the next morning with an immediate fix.

It's been a great machine.

Patio11 recommends FE International. I've not personally been impressed with their listings over the past couple of months.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9589223

Thank you! Ever thought of doing something similar for Facebook?

I hope not. I prefer my car service provider to be ruthless, impersonal, and corporate, not lovey-dovey like the "fist bump and ride in the front seat" people at Lyft. …and there's no way I want to go back to using DC Taxis.

I know one person who does this for real estate developers. He gets involved in contentious projects early on, goes to community meetings, offers testimony before the city council, etc. When construction gets going and people inevitably get pissed about some aspect of the project, he gets publicly fired to deflect the blame while the project moves on. Have seen it happen on three different projects in two cities now and, somehow, nobody catches on.

Interesting, but can't move past the sign-in portion. I'm not giving a website the ability to see my message subjects, headers and labels. Nothing on your site landing page convinces me of the value in doing so.