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wenbert

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wenbert··on Design Patterns – A comprehensible guide
Thanks for this. And I just realised, examples are in PHP!
wenbert··on What's new in Docker 1.13: prune, secrets, checkpoints and more
Sweet. Now time to play. I followed that bug until i got tired of it. Took a couple of months! Good on them for fixing it. Thanks!
wenbert··on What's new in Docker 1.13: prune, secrets, checkpoints and more
Does this mean the qcow2 disk space usage in Mac is fixed?
wenbert··on Google AMP Is Not a Good Thing
I feel sometimes the web is going in circles.

A) First we had simple web pages B) Then people want to do fancy stuff on it. It became slower C) Back to A

Instead of going back to "A", it seems like there new are ideas are coming out (like AMP) but in the end, I really wish we would just go back to "A". HTML is HTML.

wenbert··on If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn’t have hired them
Have you tried appear.in ?
wenbert··on From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece
Would google ban ads for fake news sites?
wenbert··on U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination
lol yep, I should have expected this. :)
wenbert··on U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination
In New Zealand, we also have this thing called "Kiwi Experience". I think it's just an excuse to pay someone who is new to the country because they have no "Kiwi Experience".

Mind you, some or maybe even most immigrants (at least from my country) have at least 3+ years experience. Job experience means more points for Immigiration NZ.

wenbert··on No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep
Jesus. 30 hours straight. I know I wouldn't work 30 hours straight in IT - I think everybody is bound to make expensive mistakes when they're tired. And how much more for doctors? When what's at risk isn't just money but someone else's life.
wenbert··on Vancouver Housing Tax Pushes Chinese to $1M Seattle Homes
Buy in Auckland New Zealand lol
wenbert··on Original Diablo Pitch Document (1994) [pdf]
I think the "randomness" is Diablo games is what makes it really addictive. I remember playing Diablo 1 and I couldn't stop playing because I couldn't wait for the next item to drop.

Also, a low-end machine could run it!

Diablo II, still the same thing - it was basically a better Diablo I.

Diablo III on the other hand came out with an Auction House - which basically killed it. I played in the early parts of DIII, it was okay but not as fun as DI and DII. However, things are very different now. There have been lots of updates in Diablo III and Blizzard killed the Auction House - So can't say how it feels now. But I'm pretty sure the "randomness" is still there - which basically what drives the game.

wenbert··on How I get my employees to work 80 hours a week
Does he work 80 hours a week?!
wenbert··on New Chromecast 2015
I live in NZ. And not being able to easily change the DNS settings in Chromecast sucks for me. If I would have known this, I would have bought AppleTV. :(
wenbert··on A redesign of the Django websites
I actually find serif fonts easier to read for long texts. So I'm loving this one! ;)
wenbert··on Microsoft Azure Outage
Well, their status page is telling lies.
wenbert··on “Game Programming Patterns” is now finished
Good choice of font. I can't stand reading long online material with sans-serif.
wenbert··on 900 Workers Have Already Died Building Qatar’s World Cup Infrastructure
Philippines has one. They treat you like criminal when you try to leave.
wenbert··on Python.org Redesign Preview
Please use a serif font for non-Titles. Every time I read something online that is a couple of paragraphs long (eg: documentation), I always wished that they have a Times/serif font version of this document.

It would probably not be as "beautiful" compared to Non-serif fonts but it would certainl help my eyes (and I'm sure for others as well - especially if we spend hours in front of a computer screen).

wenbert··on Ask HN: How do you escape CRUD jobs?
Find different ways in doing it. When I do not have time, I do it like how I did it in my previous projects/work. When I have some time, I try do it in a different way - look at my previous code and then try to improve.
wenbert··on How to start with Backbone.js: A simple skeleton app
I played around with backbone.js for a couple of days and gave up. The documentation is there but it doesn't help someone who knows 0% about the concept.

Then I tried Knockout.js - It has a very nice quickstart. http://learn.knockoutjs.com/ - after a few days playing around with it, I started on my project.

Good resources: Knockout.js Documentation http://www.knockmeout.net/ Stackoverflow

wenbert··on Notepad++ 6.0 Released
Does it have "smart" word wrapping like Sublime Text 2? I think it is one of the killer features for me. I sometimes need to work with a small screen and need word-wrapping on.
wenbert··on How to increase productivity per square inch of your screen
Firebug. It takes a lot of space. I work on 17" 5 year old Macbook Pro and could not imagine working on an 11" screen. Also ShiftIt and Alfred are probaly the most useful productivity apps I have used.
wenbert··on Sleepyti.me
I think the results are very good for me. When I wake up using Sleepytime, I usually feel refreshed and able to do push-ups and some stretching early in the morning.

1) Just right before sleeping, check sleepytime 2) Set alarm 3) I wake up refreshed

Note: I have a very flex schedule, so this works for me.

wenbert··on Sleepyti.me
I use this site daily. I used this last night. I see you have updated the site a bit ;)

I also recommend this to almost everyone! Also, I suggest that you have a .com domain name to redirect to sleepti.me? This is because I spend a great deal of time and effort explaining the domain name - sleepyti.me :| Instead of having something like: "sleepytime.com". Sleepyti.me works great when typed but not when spoken (word-of-mouth). Just my 2 cents.

wenbert··on Jotform domain seized by US due to user generated content
Reading the comments below, am I safe if I have my domain name registered with Namecheap? How can I make sure that this won't happen to one of my sites? Is this Godaddy specific or all domain name registrars affected by this? What about non-US registrars (can you guys name some)?
wenbert··on Logging consulting hours - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
I simply use google docs spreadsheet. Has everything I need and I can "privately" publish it.
wenbert··on Windows to Mac to Windows to Mac to... Linux? It doesn't matter.
Photoshop. It's what keeps going back to Windows/Mac OS. Make Photoshop install without headaches in Ubuntu and I'll switch tomorrow.
wenbert··on Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers
I agree with CRUD jobs. And I think in reality most programmer jobs are like that. Unless you get to the point where you design something (ex: a system) and then implement it.
wenbert··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2012)
SEEKING WORK - remote. Web developer. Wordpress, Django, jQuery, PHP, Python, etc.

FYI: I am in the Philippines.

wenbert··on Ask HN: What music do you like to listen to while you program?
Mostly, Somafm. Secret Agent / Groovesalad. (If you are not familiar, then you should definitely check it out: http://somafm.com/)

In a noisy environment (coffeeshop, etc.), I listen to Nightwish or Tool with my cheap earphones.

Also, once in a while I pop in the Diablo II soundtracks.

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