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ericboggs | 2 years ago | on: Cormac McCarthy has died

I read "The Road" in a single sitting one night while my wife was working a late shift. I laid in bed staring at the ceiling all night.

ericboggs | 10 years ago | on: Fred Brooks retires

I worked part-time in desktop support at Sitterson Hall, home of the UNC Computer Science program, when I was an undergrad in the late 90s / early 2000s. My team supported Windows, hardware, printers, etc. I distinctly remember closing help tickets for Prof Brooks (and Matt Cutts while he was a PhD student).

My fellow undergrad tech support doofuses and I knew that Prof Brooks was a god and thus walked on eggshells when we were around him...which we quickly learned was totally unnecessary. He was incredibly friendly, gracious, and encouraging. A true Tar Heel.

Congrats to Prof Brooks.

ericboggs | 11 years ago | on: Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota)

The tower in Dallas, NC (on the map) is less than a mile from my childhood home. It sits in the middle of a cow pasture -- I grew up catching bluegill and catfish in a cow pond a few hundred yards from the tower. Never realized that it would be the 4th tallest building in the world if it were a skyscraper. Thanks for sharing.

ericboggs | 11 years ago | on: U.N.C. Investigation Reveals ‘Shadow Curriculum’ to Help Athletes

UNC grad here. These "paper" classes were very well known when I was an undergrad.

Your university almost certainly had similar classes that were very easy and required very little attendance...and were always full of athletes and lazy seniors looking to pump up their GPA.

You can't fault the students (athletes or otherwise) for finding a shortcut in the system and then exploiting it. It is the university's responsibility to quality control its curriculum.

ericboggs | 13 years ago | on: CashFlow forecasting for small businesses and freelancers

I didn't look closely, but if this product builds a direct-method cash flow statement from a balance sheet - then you've got a winner. Quickbooks - the default small business accounting product - does a HORRIBLE job with the cash flow statement.

ericboggs | 14 years ago | on: Ask YC: What would you like to know well? (Excluding the stuff you already know)

I've had a similar conversation multiple times with several different friends - though usually around skills instead of knowledge. The desired skills always seem to boil down to trades like auto repair, masonry, or carpentry. Presumably because I spend so much time in-doors, in front of a computer, creating "things" in the abstract, instead of creating something tangible with my hands.
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