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roderick3427··on Skeleton 2.0 CSS Framework
I've been waiting for this for years. Thank so much for this!
roderick3427··on MacBook Pro 2011 - Change.org: Fix All Early 2011 Models with Graphics Failure
My MBP just started having this very problem last week.
roderick3427··on Why We Cancelled Our Kickstarter And Funded It Ourselves
At least for me, my Livescribe has a learning curve to it. Plus it doesn't feel as natural to write in and with compared to a plain notebook. Again, this is just how I feel, but the Mod notebooks seem to place more emphasis on the design and quality of notebook compated to livescribe.
roderick3427··on AOL chief cuts 401k benefits, blames Obamacare and two “distressed babies”
I wouldn't have expected this sort of behavior from a big tech company like AOL.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Should I use Wordpress to power the front end of my Rails web app?
Do you know of any good online resources that could be used to learn how to use wordpress to pull api calls from a rails app?
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Becoming a General Surgeon?
Yes sir loans.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Becoming a General Surgeon?
It doesn't take decades to become a general Surgeon at least not in the US. You have to get your undergraduate studies done (4 years) and then go to medical school (4 years ). After that you have to do your residency in general surgery which is about five years. So it adds up to be about 13 years give or take.
roderick3427··on Dont Pay A Cent - Free Marketing Tools
Spam link
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Best way to buy litecoins?
On that site what does it mean when they say "Amount Available: $100 - $500 USD"?
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Hacker News Person Of the Year
since you put it that way, I agree also.
roderick3427··on 37signals valuation tops $100 billion after bold VC investment
Yea I agree, I never knew billions of dollars were thrown around so casually by the government and internet companies until recently.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: When is a programmer good enough to freelance?
Whenever someone is ready to pay you for your services. I'm sure you can solve a lot of business problems with what you know already. You just have to put yourself out there and find some clients who are need of your services.
roderick3427··on The music / business idea I haven't seen tried yet
How do you feel about bandcamp? Wouldn't it solve the same pain points?
roderick3427··on This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable.
Don't feel guilty. It's stories like yours that give other people hope that breast cancer can be and will be beaten. Thank you for sharing.
roderick3427··on Black Girls Code launching in Miami
Why is it when we talk about gender, race, and technology together we get so bent out of shape? It’s a fact that in the US the tech scene is predominantly made up of white males. Because of that we have some people who want to add some diversity to our community. And these people have designed and built special programs to address this. Try and remember what got you interested in the tech scene may not work for the next kid.
roderick3427··on The Story of My Desk
So what do you use to dual screen with your Macbook Pro?
roderick3427··on The Story of My Desk
If you don't mind could you tell us a little bit about your setup, hardware and software?
roderick3427··on Seeking Austin area startups for "Startup Day" event at a Fortune 10 company
Check out the Capital Factory(http://capitalfactory.com/startups/). That should be a good start.
roderick3427··on No more new episodes on Railscasts?
He's done a lot for the community. I think he's earned a break.
roderick3427··on How I live and how I work
Not spending money = a conservative life wasn't what I meant by my statement. I was just pointing out that we do have people in the world who prefer to live their lives very conservatively and beneath their means financially. I wasn't saying one thing equals another.
roderick3427··on How I live and how I work
I think it's a matter of comfort. Some people can live life flying by the seat of their pants. In my opinion, those types of people are comfortable with moving fast, breaking and fixing things, and trying new adventures. They can look back at their lives and tell their grand kids how they'd lived to the fullest. But, on the other side of the spectrum. We have people who feel comfortable living very conservative lives way beneath their means. I think it provides them a sense of security and empowerment. They may come from backgrounds where they never had much growing up that could've contributed to that behavior, maybe. I'm sure my denfintion of a wholeheartedly lived life would be different from yours and a lot of other people. I don't necessary think your definition or anyone else is wrong. I just know at the end of the day we come from different backgrounds. Our desires from life have been shaped by different lives lived in different times or places. If it's comfortable for you to do and you're still happy about life afterwards with no regrets, I see no problem calling it "living life to fullest".
roderick3427··on Ask HN: OSX vs Ubuntu for Ruby/Rails Development
I use vagrant on my mac that has Ubuntu loaded on my VM.
roderick3427··on On Confirmed Assumptions or, Not Trusting Google is a Good Idea
I completely agree with you.
roderick3427··on Zinc – Order products with a few lines of code
Let's not forget https://infraprint.com. They're the Stripe for printing.
roderick3427··on Apple: The organizational Rorschach
Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you consider their redesign "flat"?
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Appetite for DevOps Screencasts?
Vagrant is a very useful tool.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Appetite for DevOps Screencasts?
I'd say you're on the right track. I wouldn't mind seeing some screencast of the following:

- How to setup automated deployment for rails apps, scala play apps, node.js apps and so forth.

- How to use Vagrant to simulate an app that uses riak clusters.

roderick3427··on Ask HN: Any interest in chef/puppet hosting?
I think you should monetize your knowledge and package it in the form of videos, ebooks, and consulting.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: Is this fair compensation for Lead Developer at a start-up?
This sounds like your friend the CEO is taking advantage of your friendship. I'm sure he wasn't able to squeeze three weeks of free work out of the guys he outsourced to.
roderick3427··on Ask HN: What is the popularity of Rails outside of Silicon Valley?
To be honest, I think ruby is a very good backend language to start out with. The syntax is very clean and easy to understand, the online resources are very vast and up to date. A lot of startups use ruby on rails because you're able to build apps very fast with it. That's why you see a lot of rails job openings in Silicon Valley, because that's where a lot of the startups are.
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