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by F_J_H 17y ago
That is interesting. At the Smart Energy conference I spoke about, one Canadian utility that has implemented smart meters and Time of Use pricing found virtually no evidence that people were reducing their consumption. If anything, load wa
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by F_J_H 17y ago
"All idealism is mendaciousness in the face of what is necessary." - Nietzsche
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by F_J_H 17y ago
I work in the Energy/Utility field and just got back from a “Smart Gird” conference where smart meters (i.e. real time interval metering) was discussed at length. Although these types of devices are really cool to “energy geeks” like me, if
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by F_J_H 17y ago
hmmm...
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For some reason, this reminded me of a T.S Eliot quote: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. The funny thing is, I vaguel
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Seems to be another variation of "he who has the fastest iteration times wins". Edit: As well as fail quickly, fail cheaply.
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Along the same lines, I had a professor who once said that you "can't have thoughts for that which you do not have words for". This refers more to vocabulary than writing, but I feel that there is some truth to it. Although the author may
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Yeah, I understand and ultimately agree with you with respect to startup programs. My rant stems from a general theme that seems to come across in comments on this site that business people and managers are idiots, and programmers are gods.
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Re: Lesson #3. And where is Woz now? I would be reluctant to put forward that Woz was more important to Apple’s overall success than Jobs or vice versa. Truth is, they were both important and (assuming the author is suggesting Jobs was t
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by F_J_H 17y ago
The thing, everyone with an account on HN would put themselves in that category. It's like asking someone if they are a better than average driver. Of course they are. And, if you are a successful startup, sooner or later you will become
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Yes, always and every time, I'm sure! ;-)
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Good post. Ideas are a dime a dozen - there was a post a while back that listed 99 ideas... Reminded me of a couple of good quotes: "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." George S. Patton "A
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Would only "geeks" use this?
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by F_J_H 17y ago
You are right - I remember hearing/reading that one now too, but I can't remember who said it. (It may have even been Churchill or Oscar Wilde.)
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In my experience, this is all to often the truth: "There is also the problem that programmers tend to be somewhat faddish. It is not uncommon for them to recommend a solution that is technically fashionable, not necessarily what's practical
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by F_J_H 17y ago
You mention on your site that the servers are in "an N+1 redundant environment". Is it your own data center or is that outsourced? Also, I would second jgrahamc's question re: encrypted backups.
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"Unfortunately the part that was commercially viable was not original, and the part that was original was not commercially viable." That's awesome.
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by F_J_H 17y ago
Or, you could ask for his/her university transcripts and get a fairly good summary of a whole lot of tests. :-) Also, this may not be a popular comment on this board (which I have been lurking for quite a while), but there is more to a goo
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by F_J_H 17y ago
re: "Asshole Driven Development" If you're in a design meeting throwing out a bunch of great ideas while helping others understand why their ideas won't work, and you can't spot the Asshole, then chances are...
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He will no doubt be proven right on some things and wrong on others. In general though, if I had a big pot of money and had to decide on where to invest it, my decisions would likely fall along the same lines. Key here, as another commente