BigZaphod

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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I guess I was focusing on the bit-level answers since that's what the article and most of the comments seem to value the highest. You're right, though, the original question itself is not so much of a problem, I suppose. What bothered me is
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
For almost all typical programming jobs out there, isn't asking a question such as this like hiring someone to flip burgers and expecting them to demonstrate how to butcher a cow during the interview?
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Lab-Sized Earthquakes Challenge Basic Laws of Physics(wired.com)
9 points by BigZaphod 16y ago|1 comments
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I've never written a cover letter. In fact, I've only needed a resume once in my life so far (I'm 31, been employed steadily in the field since I was 15) - and that was just so the company could "keep it on file." (I have no idea why it mat
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
This is a pretty stupid article. It basically boils down to, "I'm old and it's my right to assume kids are stupid even if maybe they aren't - but I know they are! So there!"
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I'm sure that sometimes it's the rush and sometimes it's the ego, but I find a huge problem with off-the-shelf code is that it rarely fits into what you've already written. It can be something as simple as having different naming convention
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
That is my speculation as well. I posted about it here a bit ago (whoa.. 26 days.. time flies!): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1657709
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I'm not sure why you'd assume that being okay with being paid average (or even slightly below) is such a crime. How does this translate to the company being filled with "terrible employees" and the like? I think you're assuming that everyon
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
This is very true, but I'd like to add that old cliche: money isn't everything. I'm making about 65% of what I was making 2 years ago, but the experience is far better. I have awesomely talented coworkers, get to work on fun stuff, have fre
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I'd suggest not burning anything.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
My immediate response was: Ha! Good! ..but that's the problem with all these sorts of debates, isn't it? Everyone is acting on their first, almost instinctual response and never stopping to think beyond their own selfish beliefs and desires
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
It was a just bit more than a "slight" increase. I think Apple had been planning on being able to double it all along - hence the initially lower dpi. But of course they'll never say for sure.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
If it's so easy, why had no one else put them in their phones or built their laptops out of them?
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
Apple uses most of the same components as everyone else, but not exactly identical and not always in standardized configurations. They are doing the work of coming up with solid, profitable, and interesting combinations of mostly-pre-exis
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
While reading this, I couldn't help but feel like he wants the "more open" platforms to beat Apple mostly because it means that he (and others) can just leech off the work being done by the OS or hardware vendors so they don't have to bothe
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I actually know one of the designers who worked on iTunes 10, and frankly, I'm tired of seeing all the hate. All of the designers worked really hard on it and considered and balanced hundreds of conflicting constraints that no one outside A
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
Yes, exactly! With no content storage and 100% streaming, there's no reason this couldn't work from any iDevice to any AppleTV. What I mean is: Say you have the MLB app on your iPhone, but your friend doesn't but he has an AppleTV and giant
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
There's already a Hulu app for iOS. The only reason they'd have for blocking AirPlay would be if the content providers got bitchy about it - but the thing about AppleTV is that it's all streaming. This makes it, conceptually, no different t
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I think the big thing people are missing in Apple's strategy with this is the streaming from iOS to AppleTV. Steve demoed the feature in such a way that it got very little attention - but I think that was intentional because the feature isn
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
What about this particular startup required you to get to America? The world is a pretty big place and there's plenty of other places to work within that don't have the (hopefully temporary) political issues with your religion.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I'm no expert, but I've always understood that to be basically true - that our entire system depends on debt because debt is how money is created and our system depends on that process in order to avoid falling over itself. It's part of the
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
As is mine. Why waste money on interest? If you don't have enough to pay for a thing, you shouldn't buy the thing.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I was going leave a comment asking why this was here, but after reading about his mathematical prowess/history all I've got to say is: whoa.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I'm not so sure. My own terms are pretty hardcore... :)
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I guess that'd depend on the situation and I certainly understand that feeling - I've been there before! I presently work for http://iconfactory.com , and we try to keep meetings to a minimum as a matter of principal. Artists need flow to
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
For me, the answer is: I like programming. If I did my own thing, I'd have to do all that other non-programming crap, too. Suddenly I wouldn't be a programmer anymore. Meh.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I think you'll find that pretty much anyone will freely give him a pass on that. It's beyond well-earned. His skills are freaking legendary.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
What do you mean "got around to updating it?" The iPod touch gets updated every year - just like the iPhone! Apple most certainly does care about the iPod touch. It sells like crazy.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
I hate money, but it'd be nice to have more of it.
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by BigZaphod 16y ago
Character is important! In Plants vs. Zombies there's that crazy guy named Dave who sells upgrades and says ridiculous things. Each plant and zombie has a distinct personality you can read about that's fun and goofy. There's visual jokes as

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