Hyena

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by Hyena 15y ago
It just needs to be pointed out: an education at Random State University can be had for less than $10,000 a year. Taking that degree in a low-cost state would enable low expenses overall.
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by Hyena 15y ago
Shifting the opinion of normal voters probably won't matter; they tend to have strong, pre-existing loyalties and SOPA is unlikely to change them. But motivating a group that tends not to vote completely upsets the balance of power in the U
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by Hyena 15y ago
That finding relies heavily on reports by teachers, not actual tests of creative ability. As such, the methodology tends to filter out any non-disruptive creatives, leaving people who have both creativity and anti-social behavior sets.
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by Hyena 15y ago
This presumes that the kickstarters have the real resources necessary. The fact that a lot of people agree with your vision does not ipso facto create the resources necessary to pursue it.
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by Hyena 15y ago
Unless Google learns that you don't like to buy things and so stops wasting everyone's time and money.
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by Hyena 15y ago
It kills the trademark. Once something becomes generic, anyone can use it. So a competitor could say "we produce the best photoshop software" because the term is now simply a word for editing photos digitally rather than for a specific prod
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by Hyena 15y ago
Don't discount the value of family connections, whether to family-run businesses or through friends. I turned down three jobs (two family firms and one using friends in the oil industry) because I did not feel I wanted a life beholden to th
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by Hyena 15y ago
The compiler thing is actually the major problem. There are lots of choices and it's easy to become lost in those woods. LPTHW has the benefit of "download this", which removes an entire realm of choosing that's much less important than sto
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by Hyena 15y ago
On HN? None. But I personally know people who did not care about programming until they encountered a language or teacher or project which really clicked. LPTHW seems to do that an awful lot, in fact. I take that back, on HN, at least one,
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by Hyena 15y ago
I believe this is largely incorrect. You can learn to love something, largely because you find yourself successful at it. On other threads you can hear from people who hated math until they learned logic and they were off to the races. I am
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by Hyena 15y ago
Upvoted for similar experience. It is much more interesting to solve arbitrary math problems than a specific arbitrary math problem.
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by Hyena 15y ago
I think by "daunting" he means that the books do not look accessible to someone outside programming. I would say "Learn Python the Hard Way" if you're absolutely new to it. It moves quickly and will give a good sense of what it's like to ac
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by Hyena 15y ago
This is deeply incorrect. If it were correct, mathematics education would have to begin with set theory and physics probably could not begin with F = ma . Our pedagogy is cumulative but it is tellingly built on some hand-waving and "you'
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by Hyena 15y ago
"Hot new start-up".
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by Hyena 15y ago
According to the article, they hit liquidity trouble during the financial crisis which caused them to go into technical default. According to the article, they have $20.2 million in assets and $27.7 million in revenues but Regions Bank refu
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by Hyena 15y ago
The irony of STEM education, especially engineering, is that the people who design the curriculum would not think an acceptable end user outcome is "if it fails, buy another and try again". They would redesign it until you got the desired r
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by Hyena 15y ago
This needs a citation. The writer is probably leaning on his own extended circle of acquaintances which is likely to be, like him, young and male. This group is fairly cocky and entrepreneurs from this group could be expected, at a minimum,
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by Hyena 15y ago
Why would anyone ever be dropped from a program? If they want to withdraw, they can. What this system does is it flattens the learning curve by drawing it out some but using its still substantial late trajectory to grant master's degrees wi
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by Hyena 15y ago
I think that works well for computer science but possibly not so much for other fields. Comp sci seems unique in that it does not require immense background to get moving, unlike mechanical or chemical engineering. How did the master's go?
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by Hyena 15y ago
You quote me inaccurately where you disagree, I actually said: >If we have a STEM graduation problem, I place the blame squarely where it belongs: on STEM departments. And then proceed to state that we need a redesign. The comment was a
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by Hyena 15y ago
I have a degree in art history and have been applying to graduate school in computer science. I have had ample opportunity to reflect systematically on my choices in undergrad and what I've done since graduating. While early drafts of perso
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by Hyena 15y ago
Usually the law that gets broken is obscure and not intended for business in the first place. Social has a risk of running up against privacy laws whose intent is actually to prevent random 7-Eleven or Super 8 employee from recording you an
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by Hyena 15y ago
This is pretty weak sauce. Most successful entrepreneurs either never break a law or never intend to. The activity of Gates and Zuckerberg barely rate as "mischief", the tech equivalent of letting 20 year-olds drink beer at a college party.
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by Hyena 15y ago
Ant-trust has been on the books so long that the truly ominous examples are simply beyond the pale. For example, Verizon buying out cable companies then locking out Netflix. Or the cellphone providers colluding to divide the market amongst
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by Hyena 15y ago
He's making a subtle distinction because he objects to the word "entrepreneur" in this context. I see this as a valid objection; perhaps we should consider retiring "serial entrepreneur" for someone who does this frequently. What they're ac
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by Hyena 15y ago
A grocery store is different. It may process anywhere from 1 to 100 items per person, some of whose prices will depend on weight. Your local chains will probably always make you go through a pre-installed POS for payment and you will probab
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by Hyena 15y ago
This could work rather well if it is asymmetric: comment required to downvote, but downvote comments do not require additional comment before downvoting. It would rapidly punish people who are downvoting because they're just really passiona
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by Hyena 15y ago
How did the $0.55 price turn out? Did you keep it?
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by Hyena 15y ago
Yeah, my credit union had, until recently, a single branch in my hometown. Debit cards and the CU Service Centers thing has made this a complete non-hassle. The only real problem is that when I call them, I do it across time zones.
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by Hyena 15y ago
That's pretty common. When I was in college, my parents wanted to keep tabs on the account they deposited working money in. It gives them peace of mind, especially considering the sums being discussed. The only time it ever came up was when

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