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Re: http://b.holyjeeb.us/post/14541753998

Yardboy — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:50:24 -0000

I love the internet. For various reasons.

Re: One Chart, Twelve Charting Libraries

Yardboy — Wed, 18 May 2016 10:48:41 -0000

Here's a working version I did using the data preprocessing method: https://jsfiddle.net/Yardbo...

I wasn't aware of seriesMapping API - that will be useful. The csv "fixer" is also nice, thanks!

Re: Intercom Raises $50M – a Message To Our Customers

Yardboy — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:15:47 -0000

Yep. LOL'ing at all the hand-wringing over the use of the word "fuck" three times.

Re: How to Install Android SDK / ADB on Windows

Yardboy — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:37:27 -0000

It was an HTC One M7. We were unable to even bring up the device when connected to a computer - couldn't see it connected as a drive, couldn't get a new ROM into it, so couldn't even flash it (no removable SD). Ended up just doing a replacement with insurance plan. I appreciate the follow-up.

Re: How to Install Android SDK / ADB on Windows

Yardboy — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:10:30 -0000

If the phone is bricked - stuck in boot loop, only goes to recovery mode - and I cannot do step 13 above, am I dead in the water?

Re: Female Authors Depend on their Husbands to Write Romance

Yardboy — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:57:25 -0000

Hey, that man is not just "supporting" you and letting you live like a princess, he's "managing your life" as well. I mean, jeebus, I don't know how on earth you managed to get dressed this morning without him.

What an imbecile. Is this Kozlowski guy even married?

Re: Holy Jeebus! - I can’t figure this out, and it’s driving me nuts....

Yardboy — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:40:04 -0000

Look again, dude. That doesn't hold true at all. First picture - 79 and 80 are the same, then it goes up a little for 81, then 80 is still at that same height. Third picture, 66 and 72 at the same height, and 75 is higher than 81. 4th picture - 79 above 80, then two 82's at different heights. Etc., etc., etc.

Re: http://b.holyjeeb.us/post/1659179335

Yardboy — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:54:46 -0000

It's a flash object. The object code to embed it is here:

https://gist.github.com/361...

Re: http://b.holyjeeb.us/post/20480160498

Yardboy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:49:11 -0000

Good ideas, all.

Re: Getting Things Done

Yardboy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:38:42 -0000

Like you, I prefer pen and paper to any digital method. I use the 43Folders Hipster PDA (http://vurl.me/JGHW). That is, instead of a notepad and stickies, I just use index cards. One item per card, and your tasks can be sorted, shuffled, organized, grouped, spread out and viewed in total or inspected individually. No rewriting when a task carries over, just set the card aside till tomorrow. And, while crossing a task off the list is great, nothing beats tearing up the note card when it's done.

Re: Visual Cues for Better Coworking

Yardboy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:15:16 -0000

Hi Alex. Great idea. If I might ask a couple q's... are you painting the dark desks, or are you buying new desks that come like that? I know previously you were using Ikea desks, what make/models are these?

Re: http://blog.railsrumble.com/blog/2011/09/12/rails-rumble-springtime-edition

Yardboy — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:16:45 -0000

Wow, what a dick.

Re: A Clever Business Model

Yardboy — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:04:03 -0000

On pricing, you know you've hit the sweet spot when the client grimaces and says "that's a lot" as he pulls out his checkbook and starts writing it out.

Re: Your Code is My Hell

Yardboy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:11:30 -0000

I think this nails it. Ruby/Rails at one time makes it very easy to write good code and very easy to write bad code. What you actually get is going to depend on the nature of the developer - "lazy" or "smart".

Re: http://b.holyjeeb.us/post/8129081502

Yardboy — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:27:35 -0000

OH: "So, when they say 'this is not rugby or any form of it' what they really mean is 'this is a form of rugby'."

Re: Education reform: eight school chiefs to watch in 2011 - Chiefs for Change, coalition of five state school leaders - CSMonitor.com

Yardboy — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:09:51 -0000

Eric Smith stepped down as Commissioner of Education in Florida a month or two ago. Timely reporting!

Re: How to Edit Headers and Footers in Word 2010

Yardboy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:47:42 -0000

FYI, for posterity - had this problem as well and finally found it. It is now called "link to previous" and shows up as a button just to the left of center on the Header & Footer Tools ribbon.

Re: IBM “Jeopardy” Challenge Day 2: Very Different From Day One

Yardboy — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:48:39 -0000

Ah, looks like I was a little wrong about the buzz-in threshhold as well. This video indicates that the threshhold for buzzing in will change depending on game/score conditions:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: IBM “Jeopardy” Challenge Day 2: Very Different From Day One

Yardboy — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:37:58 -0000

Watson didn't win the buzzer on the Baghdad question, it was one of the daily doubles, thus the low-confidence, though correct, guess. From what they explained last night, Watson wouldn't have buzzed in with only 32% confidence.

Re: Congrats, Self-Righteous Internet Mob. You Killed a Magazine.

Yardboy — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:52:49 -0000

"Copyright protection may, however, extend to substantial literary expression—a description, explanation, or illustration, for example—that accompanies a recipe or formula or to a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook."

http://www.copyright.gov/fl...

Re: Les Hill — Everyone's first Rails app

Yardboy — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:05:17 -0000

It goes deeper than that. After reading about the security issues in the initial release (http://www.kalzumeus.com/20..., I think it's more an "everyone's first WEB app" issue. I hate to think that Rails' reputation will be tarnished by the Diaspora dev team's clear lack of experience in what really are fundamental web dev concepts.

@qrush said it best: http://twitter.com/qrush/st...

Re: Coworking Spaces

Yardboy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:23:08 -0000

Frankly, I didn't like his tone at all.

Re: Smack a Ho.st

Yardboy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:57:34 -0000

Very nice.

Re: A Christmas Tale

Yardboy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:49:03 -0000

Incidentally, I know that the Christmas Rant link is not THE Christmas Rant, unfortunately the only clip on YouTube of THE rant has disabled audio. Boo. Hiss. It was the best I could do.

Re: Be at least as smart as a parking lot.

Yardboy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:26:35 -0000

As an accountant studying for the CPA exam, I took a rather comprehensive Business Law course at the University of Illinois. After that course, I always read everything I sign and I have never hesitated to strike the provisions I don't like from boilerplate lease agreements, sales agreements, etc. A battle usually ensues, and I usually win - a sale is a sale, and being willing to walk away does wonders for the other party's capacity to accept your changes.

I have always wondered about the parking lot thing. One specific thing that I remember (the class was 15 years ago and I have only spent 8 months of that time as a practicing accountant) is that you can't contract away your liability for true negligence. I know it's not the easiest thing to prove, but doesn't that come into play? For instance, say the attendant just walked away for half an hour and left everything unattended and someone stole your car. He's an agent of the parking lot company, and that's true negligence. Right? Or not. :)