Repost from timoreilly:
This post by @fredwilson is a perfect outline of the skillset required of a modern software developer: http://bit.ly/7xqDu1
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Dec 2009
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Repost from rocketkeis:
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Reply to rocketkeis's tweet:
@rocketkeis someone should suggest that to management
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I wish the Exodus queues would fire. People need to play different formats every so often :D #mtgo
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Repost from mkapor:
Tremendous rant by Fake Steve Jobs on the ATT’s whining and what’s wrong with the USA http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/12/a-not-so-brief-chat-with-randall-stephenson-of-att.html
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I have the following .js file being run using cscript on Windows Vista with Office 2007:
var err = 0; var app = WScript.CreateObject("Word.Application"); try { var filename = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine(); var enc = filename.toLowerCase().indexOf(".txt") >= 0 ? 65001 : 1252; var objDoc = app.Documents.Open(filename, false, true, false, " ", " ", false, " ", " ", 0, enc, true, false, 0, true); objDoc.PrintOut(false, false, 0, " ", " ", " ", 0); } catch (e) { err = 1; } finally { app.Quit(0); } WScript.Quit(err);The point of the code is that it will accept a filename from stdin and print that document using Word. My problem is that for a particular printer we are testing with, the document doesn’t get printed. I can trace that it executes .PrintOut properly and without any errors, and that the WINWORD process is started and terminated as expected (I can see it in the TaskManager). For our other test printer, the script works correctly.
I’m a bit new to this type of scripting (the guy who wrote it is on vacation…), any advice as to how I can resolve this problem?
Edit: I’ve isolated the PrintOut call, the rest of the script is irrelevant, even calling ActiveDocument.PrintOut from inside a Word document has the same problems with the printer.
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if it’s xmas season, why is it so hot outside? -Update via SMS for FREE using http://isip.ph
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I don’t have anything witty to say right now.
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Looks like I won’t be playing in this year’s Gold Rush. I don’t have a Standard deck (on paper!)
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Reply to rocketkeis's tweet:
@rocketkeis it skipped a few it seems
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Is the twitter-facebook link not working?
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Reply to mtgcolorpie's tweet:
@mtgcolorpie I like your latest post as well. I can relate a lot!
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Repost from wrongwaygoback:
@NorrYtt Who is the unknown planeswalker? I’m betting either Sam Beckett or Quinn Mallory.
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Reply to abeolandres's tweet:
@abeolandres how does one get into that gig where samsung is giving you HDTVs? :p
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There aren’t enough hours in the day.
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Ideal team size and ratios: https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/project-management/2009/12/ideal-team-size-and-ratios/ Some people might note the part about having extra testers for multiple OS/sw versions
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When inspiration comes I want it to find me working. - Pablo Picasso
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Reply to abeolandres's tweet:
@abeolandres are you giving it away? I would gladly join that raffle!
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A day in the internet: http://www.onlineeducation.net/internet
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If you’re a fan of The Big Bang Theory, you might enjoy this twitter list: http://twitter.com/roytang/bbt
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#mtg #WWK Celestial Colonnade (R) Land ETB tapped T: U or W. 3UW: Becomes 4/4 u/w elem w/flying and vigilance until EOT https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/226949-wwk-celestial-colonnade-buy-a-box-promo#c1
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They should reprint Dodecapod in #WorldWake, that would solve Blightning
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#mtg I find this amusing for some reason: Compiled list of N-for-1s http://strategy.channelfireball.com/uncategorized/compiled-list-of-n-for-1s/
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Reply to TrickMTG's tweet:
@mananation thanks, that sounds perfect! I’ll look into it
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Reply to TheDecepticons's tweet:
@TheDecepticons Apprentice data files have some weird format, I want a plain text file I can parse - probably just get from gatherer
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Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Radmacher
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Reply to mikong's tweet:
@mikong what’s #pechakucha?
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Is there any way to have my Yahoo Mail forwarded to another email address, without getting Yahoo Mail plus?
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ts_1, ts_2, ts_3, etc. are different fields on the same table? There’s no way to do that with a single statement.
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I just got killed by bees! #ZeldaSpiritTracks
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You will need a better editor than Notepad. With Notepad, use Save As…, and type “helloworld.py” in the dialog, including quotes so that the file extension is .py instead of .txt
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POI probably has a dependency on log4j. Just include the log4j jar in your classpath.
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It means that any single SQL statement you run is atomic in nature - it will either succeed completely or fail completely. If your SQL statement fails, and triggers that would have run as a result of that SQL statement will fail as well.
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MSI-ECS Great IT Sale: https://www.yugatech.com/events/msi-ecs-great-it-sale-pricelist/ Dec 8-10 at Eastwood. Too bad I don’t have time to pass by, we’re looking for a good netbook
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#mtg I’m looking for an easily-parsable database file of all magic cards. Suggestions? MTGO export doesn’t have type, subtype, p/t, etc
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth was thinking of Lapse of Certainty in the board, to stop Wrath/Time Walk. (Multiple accts confusing!)
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It’s never too late to be who you might have been
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@mtgsalivanth I took your WW list for a spin. It’s pretty good, but needs a plan vs fog
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Reply to mturian's tweet:
@mturian #WWK do it now!
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At Kerwin and Joy’s place
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I watched a baby poop today
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Repost from LaTtEX:
RT @pinoy2com: bakit daw pag pangit ang humahabol syo, stalker ang tawag mo. pero pag maganda/gwapo, secret admirer? :D
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have a slight headache. I should probably just relax this weekend.
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The PTQ didn’t go well for me. Ended up R/B again but my curve was not as sick as it was the last PTQ. Went 2-3-drop
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Going PTQ’ing today! Wish me a good sealed pool!
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth how often do the pauper queues fire?
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I have an applet that is crashing Firefox on Linux.
Can anyone tell me how I can enable the java core dump log file for this applet and where the file would be generated?
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I wonder if it’s a good time to play Standard on MtGO this weekend, all the Americans will be at States!
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It seems that coffee cannot compensate for a lack of sleep. =/