Jormundir

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by Jormundir 13y ago
This reasoning is based on false circumstances. SF has a landlord's market, so they have no reason to shave the price for more business, but they have ample reason to raise the price to extract as much value out of the property.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
They do, I'm not sure how effective it is. They've been tweaking it a lot, which is a good thing. Ultimately though, management is the biggest influence by far on retention and team development.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Though not the focus of the article, I have a huge problem with the idea that leaders should pick out their best employees and reward them, while leaving the others treading water on their own. I am in the middle of watching a team constant
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Perhaps because a to do list is so simple it can be covered by every type of framework, and doesn't warrant using the very features that justify each framework. I agree there's lots of "reinventing the wheel", but I don&
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I don't think this article is giving enough consideration to what's going on with web application development. JavaScript is the de facto language of the web, so everyone is using it whether it's the right tool for the job or
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by Jormundir 13y ago
.. tomorrow around 9am .. Google buys KeenIO for $900 million.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
This wasn't exactly the point I was making. The "tricked" comment was not that Google tricked him (and really this isn't particularly about Mike), but that it is easy to trick yourself into seeing it as a better outcome
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I don't really see this as valid justification. This is the same explanation given every time, and every time the users are the ones completely screwed over. I think this is a justification to yourself rather than the underlying truth.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
When thinking about the merits of the mod, there aren't any. You can get mini computer cases for cheap, and they would work much, much better than his trashcan. So what we're left with is the "look a trashcan looks like the M
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Kind of funny, but what makes the new Mac Pro beautiful is the internal design, and that hackintosh is not beautiful on the inside.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Well now we can have a more productive debate. The "essence of property" as you state it of having absolute authority of what an individual can do with their property doesn't exist legally -- zoning laws are the first example
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by Jormundir 13y ago
The entitlement argument is completely stupid, and really is only made from a perspective of entitlement. This is a matter of history and establishment. Back before the tech boom we see today, these people, who are now facing eviction, were
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by Jormundir 13y ago
It looks like google's hosting some documentation links: https://code.google.com/p/yahoo-finance-managed/wiki/YahooFi...
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I used to ask myself this question all the time, I still ask it. The best answer I've come up with is: don't choose the language first. Pick the project to work on first. Once you've done that your field of (practical) langua
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by Jormundir 13y ago
There's also the problem across the aisle of employers looking for bullshit skills and experience that are almost completely irrelevant to the jobs they're offering. Graduating from college today and trying to move into the workfo
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Is there any evidence backing up these claims? I can think of exceptions for just about every one of these points.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Browsing through his site, all the demonstrations seem to be smoke and mirrors -- or at least props to portray ideas rather than actual tools to use. Just out of curiosity, has he made anything I can actually use? Or does he have any work t
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by Jormundir 13y ago
This whole issue of adding programming / computer science to the curriculum is overstepping and even outright ignoring the problems with our education system. If huge numbers of students graduate from high school without being able to
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I'd say "find people who don't know they're doing something inefficiently, and build a simple, straight-forward product that gives them a more productive workflow."
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by Jormundir 13y ago
IA labs developed their own technology and weren't just suing because they owned a patent, but because they thought their competitive advantage gained from development was being infringed upon. So they aren't a patent troll. This
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Your Talent Search Is Ass-Backwards(medium.com)
1 points by Jormundir 13y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Where are the interesting jobs?
59 points by Jormundir 13y ago|56 comments
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by Jormundir 13y ago
hah, your point is completely oversimplified.
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I think you've missed my point. -- I'm saying before even beginning a conversation about subsidies (for or against, doesn't matter), we need to resolve the systemic structural problems of universities. Perhaps also move forwa
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I'm still undecided on whether higher education should be free or not. There is an issue that needs to be dealt with (or solved) before we should considered making tuition free, though. I see the sky high college tuitions as a side eff
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by Jormundir 13y ago
Whether it would have made a difference or not, the institution had the chance to act for what was right, and they did not.
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The Overlooked Value of Static Typing(medium.com)
5 points by Jormundir 13y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How would a new OS be different?
58 points by Jormundir 13y ago|54 comments
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by Jormundir 13y ago
This thread looks like a confusion of what "thinking big" means. It looks like half of you define it as "think of a problem lots of people have" and the other camp defines it as "think of a big idea" (i.e. &quo
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by Jormundir 13y ago
I think your point makes sense for throwing out specific ideas to specific problems, but I don't think throwing out a general solution (lacking any concrete implementation) to a general problem is going to make someone who is capable o

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