Odd tidbit that I shouldn't know: in "The Social Network", Mark Zuckerberg has one of the new Mountain Dews in his fridge even though the year was 2003/2004.
@AlexMiller Joel mentioned something last week about a hackathon day before the D.C. DevDays conference, is there any info on what time that starts? I'm trying to plan my hotel stay based on how lazy I'm going to decide to be when it comes to travelling.
@MichaelMrozek Look at it this way, if it keeps repeating everything they say, maybe you'll be able to catch the whole podcast through all the disconnects.
@AnonJr I have the same problem on Fitness, how to get fellow kinesiologists online. So I'm wondering whether SE has a plan de campagne or if everything has to be organic. Because that way you're more likely to attract tech-savvy users, which skews the users base towards a crowd you might not be aiming for
@IvoFlipse Larry and I talked about at least getting some decent posts up there to up the Google Juice (legit, just too long to explain in a text box - we work for the same hospital). He also teaches Mechanic classes on the side, so we talked about using that as a platform for getting people interested in asking/answering questions.
@IvoFlipse We talked about that too. We figured it would be better to post a well-phrased question that the average person is likely to search for (How do I fix a flat tire?) and then he or someone else will provide a thorough answer to it - possibly breaking it down to separate, related questions to provide some good baseline questions and a few google-able, canonical answers.
Question: I learned some valuable tips on software development from my father in law, a home remodeler. The biggest was short delivery / pay cycles (weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2006/07/12/…). Interested if Joel / Steve have thoughts on the overlap of software construction / home construction, esp. on managing projects w/ short ship cycles.
@AnonJr Just like with the blog, you need to rally the community. Which sadly takes just as much time as actually writing the stuff you're trying to get them to write
@IvoFlipse So we've noticed. He keeps planning to take it to the Mechanics.SE Meta, I just don't know if he's done it yet. This week was his "un-bury myself" week since some of the classes he was going to teach got cancelled.
@AnonJr but if you can write an upvoted answer, you can write one of these posts too. Besides, that's what originally community wiki was for: to have users collaboratively make posts awesome. So my point is: don't try to do everything by yourself, discuss what you want to write with others and it will become a better post
@IvoFlipse I'll have to be the one that writes the questions, not the answers - Larry's the mechanic, I'm the programmer that showed him the SE network (starting with SU)
The latest NEC codes require child proof outlets, but not all municipalities require that code yet - a lot of them still require much older versions of the code.
@IvoFlipse That may be my next step. I haven't offered yet as I'm also a little over-committed these days - hence the intermittent activity on SO, etc.
Find a stick the length of your arm. Hold your arm out straight with the stick pointing straight up (90 degree angle to your outstretched arm). Walk backwards until you see the tip of the stick line up with the top of the tree. Your feet are now at the same distance from the tree as it is high. ...
There is absolutely no reason to use nails in this day and age. I urge you to use 1 5/8" drywall screws. There are several reasons. Screws have much better holding power, they are actually faster to install, and they can be slightly counter sunk during installation to make mudding a lot easier ...
@ChrisF I'm unwilling to try stuff like that. I'll screw with my computer and render it non-functional, that's fine -- I don't want to destroy part of my house
@MichaelMrozek agreed, if I screw up a computer I can buy a new one and replace it no problem. If I screw up a house I have to call a plumber/landlord/someone to come and fix it. And then they'll judge me.
@Jeff - I've noticed the difference between some of the different department programmers at the hospital. The ones that work with, and get a good understanding of the problem domain, and use the software, have a much higher satisfaction rate
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We've noticed that a lot of users (ourselves included) have a bunch of sites that they're interested in, but don't necessarily check in that often. While power-users can set up filters on stackexchange.com, the average user isn't going to figure that out.
So we're planning to introduce a weekly...
