JimmyL

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by JimmyL 16y ago
If HN were to have an official mantra, surely one of the finalists would be "charge for a product based on the value delivered, not based on the cost to deliver" - so why wouldn't that apply here? The publishers think that a ebook delivers
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by JimmyL 16y ago
You can't upload a Linkedin URL into the 'resume' field of Taleo/whatever applicant management system your company is using and have it work properly. If you're dealing with a small company, you could try it - but clicking a link and openin
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by JimmyL 16y ago
I figure my morning routine (when the goal is to get as up-to-speed as I need to be about the world in the most efficient way possible) is the best indicator. When I wake up every morning, I consult the following: 1. My BlackBerry, for seve
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by JimmyL 16y ago
I enjoy micro-distilled liquor (mostly gin) not because it's necessarily better, but because it's different. If I'm looking for a traditional gin, I don't think anyone's going to beat Tanqueray 10. It's solid, consistent, well-balanced, and
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by JimmyL 16y ago
If they (and I'm looking at this site in particular, but it applies to anyone using that design pattern) actually wanted to fix this they'd have the tweet be a reply to @sfvote (or something like that), as opposed to a stand-alone tweet. Do
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by JimmyL 16y ago
If you can add a 20% markup while providing the same service and with no impact on sales, that screams that you're undercharging everyone. Up your base price for everyone by $40 an hour (if they'll pay $30 more, they'll pay $40 more), and t
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Bondsmen don't generally put up the cash directly for a bond, instead they have a standing deal with the courts they work that guarantees that they will pay if someone skips bail (which is backed by the local line-of-credit; I should have b
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Interestingly, there are some district courts/jurisdictions that are turning against bail bondsmen for being exploitative. Some will try and outright ban them from operating (either by explicit local ordinance, or by denying them the agreem
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by JimmyL 16y ago
If a manager of another department came to talk to you about moving (and you're at that large a company), there's a very good chance that the prospective manager has already given your current manager a heads-up that you had that conversati
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by JimmyL 16y ago
A suit (my current black one is wearing out), a new desktop computer (the old one was in storage for a few years and died), and a few specific hardcover books. Realistically, I'm going to end up buying the first two for myself, but will pro
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Simple: by their standards, he's not a loyal repeat customer. People who the airlines care about - and will move heaven and earth for - are their top-tier frequent flyers, guys who fly 100K+ miles per year. If someone picks up that many fli
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by JimmyL 16y ago
>> claim ownership of a word on the whole Web That's not what they're doing - they're claiming exclusive use of the word FACE in the restricted context of online chat and bulletin board applications. While I can think of a few group
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by JimmyL 16y ago
They're applying for a trademark on FACE in the context of "Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest an
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Turnitin was just being brought online at my university while I was there, and there were some interesting (university) Senate cases about it - in particular, one student who refused to submit his final exam to it for various reasons was fa
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by JimmyL 16y ago
The thing I'm not clear on (and to me, this makes a difference) is the nature of just how canned the exam was. Specifically, was an entirely pre-made exam (from a teachers' edition) given to these students, or did the teacher himself select
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by JimmyL 16y ago
If they're getting access to the whole QPX feed, this is a great step forwards for the Hipmunk guys. Matrix - the gold standard in flight-finding websites - is powered by QPX, but its weakness has always been its less-than-great UI. Sure, H
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Now you've got me curious...what kind of interface or IDE does someone who's blind use to program?
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by JimmyL 16y ago
I did an hour-on/hour-off cycle when I was in school studying for exams each semester, and it was great. Working for an hour meant that I could nail a solid two concepts, and then go do something else for an hour, and then come back and spe
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by JimmyL 16y ago
The Economist has a particular and well-known style guide that all writing for the publication must follow, be it for the online version (like this piece) or otherwise - and as others have pointed out, one of their styles is using the third
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by JimmyL 16y ago
See some discussion of this article yesterday at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1869226
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by JimmyL 16y ago
> Imagine a democratic political system in which no one is allowed to be a member of a political party. How would things be different? In many municipalities, this is how it works - all elections are non-partisan, and setting up non-par
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by JimmyL 16y ago
I wouldn't bank on people getting what the name means, if that's part of your branding strategy - if you're getting questions about it here (where I think it's fair to say almost everyone knows what grep is, and most people have probably re
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by JimmyL 16y ago
"Knowing" Ajax isn't a skill, like riding a bike or knowing what the $() operator does - it's understanding a concept. In short, it's a term that describes a design pattern where some Javascript makes an asynchronous HTTP request in the bac
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by JimmyL 16y ago
For me, it depends on what I'm trying to accomplish with the communications hit, as both methods have their pluses and minuses. I find email is much better if I have a complex/multi-step idea that I'm trying to convey. The act of writing it
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Delaware has the Delaware Court of Chancery ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Court_of_Chancery ), which is where most business-related issues are heard in the state. It's got a long and established record of well-understood precedent
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Tailor your style for the size of company you're dealing with (with the implied "do a bunch of research on the companies you're serious about first"). Applying for a position at a bank/multinational/"big" company with a full HR department a
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by JimmyL 16y ago
Best of luck with this - political software is a great niche industry, although a very competitive one. If you're looking for a new feature, I would suggest some type of offline mode. Many people have this image of a political phone bank be
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by JimmyL 16y ago
In doing my CompE degree, my favorite part of any of my junior- and senior-year classes were the last two weeks - which was when they'd connect what you'd spent all semester learning with what you'd learned in previous classes. "This transf
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by JimmyL 16y ago
It's not legal - UFC is going after them (and Ustream) hard for broadcasting their streams (see http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-UFC_anti-pir... , among others). DMCA says that Justin.tv is in the clear so long as they follo
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by JimmyL 16y ago
I've always been curious about the legalities of running an online real-money poker site. I see you're based in Costa Rica, where (presumably) this service is legal - how does the illegality of this in the US play into your business plan?

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