EECS

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by EECS 15y ago
1. I never said anything about the CS industry and I don't see why that matters, regardless of what industry this is part of. I never said CS was of higher integrity than others nor was that ever part of the discussion. 2. I don't think of
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by EECS 15y ago
I'm sorry if this sounds rude but I can't agree that you have high integrity. If you did, you would have never considered a lie (white or not) just simply because you felt you needed to, regardless of any reason. I much rather have someon
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by EECS 15y ago
You forgot the famous third-click. Ctrl or cmd click or right click seems... too much work lol
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by EECS 15y ago
Whatever your estimates, usually double it or reduce it in half against your favor. Clearly that formula doesn't always work for everything but estimates are often off and things happen, you need to pivot, shit comes up and money runs dry,
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by EECS 15y ago
That's an ironic comment to make considering I always hear people bring it up.
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by EECS 15y ago
Saw this but don't know if the Author actually responded or not. Was posted earlier this month. http://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3473.0
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by EECS 15y ago
There are good coders, great coders, and just a bunch of awful ones. There's a difference in being able to code something that works, and something that works brilliantly, and even better at scale. That said, readability and good commenting
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by EECS 15y ago
The short answer is no. The only exception I can even think of in extremely rare cases where you program something in a language some company would not want to use and may potentially not acquire you for (which for most web languages it's n
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by EECS 15y ago
You can find bulk batteries for cheap at Costco, Home Depot, and a ton of other stores. They sell them in 24, 36, 72 packs for almost nothing. And there are deals online that make them even more lucrative at times. Can't remember the last d
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by EECS 15y ago
Personally, unless the conversation warrants (i.e. where it matters) to mention I'm a founder or CEO or anything of so-called C-level / executive rank, I try my best to leave it out. Instead, I usually say "I work for...". Don't really thin
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by EECS 15y ago
I could be wrong but this doesn't seem like you guys trying to validate a couple of ideas . It seems more like validating an idea . Else it'd be any idea revolving around plants. Since the first answer I would have posted would have been
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by EECS 15y ago
This list can be long and I'm tired from lack of sleep and coming back from another event so I'll just give one answer off the top of my head... One of the things that turn most people away, but particularly mentors you want to work with, i
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by EECS 15y ago
I don't understand this kind of thought process and why the OP and johnsocs (another commentator) would come to this conclusion given the volume of business/marketing/etc articles that show up on Hacker News as well. Just because it's calle
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by EECS 15y ago
There are several lifestyle projects (ie cashflow) that run solely as a plugin so yes, it can generate revenue. But most companies often run a plugin in conjunction with a website. It's rare for a company to be entirely nothing but a si
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by EECS 15y ago
I've been on both sides as well, having done many lifestyle projects and businesses as well as building startups including successfully getting acquired and I have the opposite view. I strongly believe that the main reason the author claims
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by EECS 15y ago
Setup: http://d.pr/P1PU
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by EECS 15y ago
I receive a lot of emails and always try to zero it out along with the spam folder (I use both gmail and google apps for business email) and generally find the spam folder 99.9% spot on. It almost never accidentally spam the wrong mail. I p
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by EECS 15y ago
Crashes a few times upon initial loading. Had to refresh. After it did load, I find the examples are much harder to read than helpful. There are a couple of Chrome plugins I currently use for hacker news for helping identify new comments as