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I've become disillusioned with Apple - because of hardware decline, because of lock-in. I've become disillusioned with Microsoft's OneDrive because I've had issues even with keeping data in sync between two machines on…

I work from home 100% of the time now, and I'm wondering about how to get more good light in the room that serves as my home office. My house is situated in a subdivision, with what I'm guessing is a 12-15' gap between…

I'm a freelancer doing automation programming. I need to grow my business as I have too many eggs in one basket, so to speak. I know I'm going to need help to do that. How technical does someone doing sales for me need…

I know this is probably a novice mistake, but this is a constant source of frustration. PS C:\Users\ms\chef-repo\cookbooks\my_cookbook> git add . warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in metadata.rb. I've switched from…

I went to the hospital with chest pain on Monday night. ECG and blood work checked out fine. BP was sky high, and still is higher than normal. The doctor asked me about acid reflux, sleep deprivation, anxiety/stress. My…

In previous companies, I've signed IP agreements that basically said, "you code it? we own it. all of it" I really don't like those kinds of agreements, but I understand them. Now that I'm running my own company, and…

Zed Shaw makes a case against Python 3 in his LPTHW, now. Personally, it rubs me the wrong way. Another guy speaks and makes a rebuttal (https://eev.ee/blog/2016/11/23/a-rebuttal-for-python-3/) Guido has already said…

I used to have a ThinkPad W530. It was a glorious machine. Its successor, the W540 has a full number pad on the right side of the keyboard. Because of this, the trackpad isn't centered, but skewed to the left. This is a…

Just getting ready to leave my day job of ~9 years, and go full-time contractor with a customer I've been doing side work for. I want to mitigate as much tax liability as I can. However, reading our tax code is not very…

There are some posts where the resulting conversation in the comments are at least as good (if not better!) than the post content. I'd like to save those off. What's the best way to do that, short of a copy/paste?

My goal is to develop mobile apps, starting with Android. My background is only perl/bash/SQL - just scripting. I know you need to know Java to do Android, but my question is... how much? I'm going through a Deitel…

I've heard and read from many sources that say Python is an excellent first programming language. I'm curious to know the following: 1. Was Python your first programming language? 2. Are you a professional (paid)…

I'm not very familiar with how the whole VC cycle works, but I've always been curious... When a company gets funding from a VC, what is it typically used for? Is it mostly a fat raise for the founders, or is it spent on…