quicklyfrozen

Some of the reason schools start homework so early is that parents demand it. I've seen parents complain that a first grade class isn't academic enough because the teacher didn't assign enough homework.

Is there any evidence it's a sales flop? Seems like Mac sales are up, but they don't break the numbers down by device type. I want the same things you do, but unfortunately it seems pretty unlikely to happen (except for 32GB I suppose).

Why can't we have a choice instead, for both 13" and 15" models?

IMO, the cheaper models still exist so they still have some chance of selling into education.

None in the North East either, makes me sad. Nothing better then their pecan waffles.

Anthony Bourdain enjoyed eating at one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_kbIVxl_o

So please tell us where these better employers are -- that is the point of this thread after all.

I've been in software for 30 years, and I only remember interviewing at one company in the Boston area that had private offices for most engineers -- Stratus, back in 92.

These conditions can come on very quickly, so even if your solution is to pull over and stop, you'll still need to find a way to do it safely.

And if you're somewhere this is common (e.g. Florida), and there are still human drivers, you'll have to account for them not slowing down at all.

If you're in an area where flash flooding can happen, waiting may be a more dangerous option. Or you could be in a place where there is no place to stop.

Well, RV fridges are burning propane to heat ammonia (so it can function when electricity is not available).

This is not the same as actually replacing the refrigerant with propane (or a propane/isobutane blend). Still seems less risky then a gas dryer.

IMO, he made a sarcastic reply to your rather rude message.

Should I not consider myself a professional developer because I don't find JavaScript bad? In fact, there are parts of it I quite like.

It's been done by hand in China. Not sure if we can replicate that in the west though.

All the extra time adds up: parking and walking to the train, waiting for it, a min. or so at each stop on the way; even more waiting if you have to switch lines.

As long as I could avoid peak time, I found it similar in Boston: 40 mins to drive in, 60-70 mins on the train.

And parking and taking the T wasn't even always an option as the garage on my route (Alewife) can fill up.

Both Toyota and Honda minivans are still available with 8 passenger seating.

The other issue with subdomains is that some customers will insist on typing "www." in front of every domain. Since the wildcard cert won't match, those customers will see an error.

I doubt you'd notice a difference. Over a long distance it should be faster then fiber (hence the private networks set up by HFTs). Had an office in Boston with a microwave link; it normally worked great, but could be disrupted by extreme weather (like heavy snow).

I'll take an occasional dog bark or lawn mower noise (usually during the day time) instead of traffic noise, sirens, yelling, loud music, wondering if my car will be vandalized, etc. And aren't modified compact cars more of an urban thing? Mostly SUVs and minivans around here.

And rarely being bothered by noise from my neighbors.

It takes a while to source all the ads, and the reflow that leads you to click on the wrong thing (e.g. an ad) is most likely intentional.

There's no way for them to do that for free -- VoIP calls to PSTN still cost money.

I think some of it must be an unintended consequence of usage bans. People still do it, they just keep the phone out of sight, and this keeps their concentration off the road for longer. (And of course you can't type by feel on a virtual keyboard.)

But that's always been the case, and today's 8 year old car is safer then it was 10 or 20 years ago, so I wouldn't think this was causing an upward trend.

I was surprised as well, but as COBRA allows you to remain under the company's health plan, that option goes away if the health plan goes away, and the plan goes away when the company stops contributing. When my last employer shut down, we had less then a week to find a replacement -- we were paid up to the end of the month, but that was it.

COBRA will also end with the company's health plan, so it won't be available once the company fully closes down.

Some sort of medical incapacitation?

So where would you document the "why" then? This is often the question I find most difficult to answer when reviewing code (including my own) -- after all, I can ferret out the what from the code.

In the basement of course :-)

Not having to clean snow/ice off in the morning is a luxury I quite appreciate.

Why would I want to know that? It has no relation to what my actual out-of-pocket expense is going to be.

And I can have the exact same test done twice and get different bills.

Not sure how I missed that...

I'm sure he's talking about MBPs with only Intel graphics (which frankly seemed a little underpowered for the Retina display much less a 4k monitor).

Yes, getting an older child out of the house can be like a hostage negotiation.

I don't think everyone realizes just how much worse health insurance has gotten in the past couple years for many of us. When my kids were born (10+ years ago), I'm sure the whole pregnancy and birth was covered by just one co-pay. Now, with a $5k deductible on the best plan we can afford, it would be a different story.

I don't know about you, but I seem to need to get around at about the same time as a lot of other people (and usually in the same direction).