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Square Welcomes New Investor Sir Richard Branson(d1g145x70srn7h.cloudfront.net)
1 points by JackDanger 15y ago|0 comments
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by JackDanger 15y ago
KIF+Zapp is awesome, it lets our iOS engineers and Rails engineers keep up our testing culture. Recommended.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
I agree that the poster may not have intended to exclude women, but when they imagined that work environment in their head I'll bet they weren't imagining it full of women writing code.
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Software Psychology: Narcissistic Interfaces(jackcanty.com)
22 points by JackDanger 15y ago|0 comments
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by JackDanger 15y ago
For those curious to read it, it's an open-letter from one Seattleite to another (Kenji to Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz). The most hilarious job application I've read in a while. Worth a read.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
For another perspective on why R is worth learning, check out Zed's essay on it: http://zedshaw.com/essays/programmer_stats.html (note: just ignore the ranty parts and there's brilliance underneath)
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by JackDanger 15y ago
It reminds me of Zed's excellent distinction between invention and implementation: http://zedshaw.com/essays/c2i2_hypothesis.html
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by JackDanger 15y ago
This appears to be a chart of our recession. Obama is just one of many loosely-connected actors here.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
There's some good stuff here but it's mixed in with some truly sick casual sexism. Unfuckingacceptable.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
If you like, you can run your own: https://github.com/jackdanger/hacker_news
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by JackDanger 15y ago
At first I thought 1Password would be slightly helpful, but it's proven itself incredibly useful. All my passwords are complex and different and I have reliable encrypted backups of them.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
That domain name is running an open FTP server. I'll bet a dictionary attack against the 'root' or 'admin' user was all that was necessary.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
Chernobyl proves that that's not a guarantee.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
I'm 29 and my cofounder is in his 40's. We've been at this project for a few years and it's clear that the only thing that matters is whether we're willing to hussle. I have no intention of slowing down my entrepreneurialism at any age.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
Agreed. If you visit Seattle on a sunny day this is where you need to set up work for the day. I think I'll head over right now, actually.
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by JackDanger 15y ago
I know you're not looking for advice here, but just so it's out there: consider a degree that's not C.S. You'll always be a hacker and you'll enjoy it a lot more (and be better at it, in some ways) if you craft a formal education around wha
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by JackDanger 18y ago
It's an awful way to evaluate a leader but it's better than so many of the arguments we're getting from news pundits.
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Ruby hack offers YC news feed with full articles(news.9suits.com)
1 points by JackDanger 19y ago|0 comments
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by JackDanger 19y ago
Gentoo - it's what I know.
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by JackDanger 19y ago
You might be able to outsource more than you think. I've had to learn the hard (read: expensive) way that putting my sweat into a site is only worthwhile when the piece that I'm building is unique to the internet. Everything else has been