MarinaMartin

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by MarinaMartin 11y ago
There's a lightbulb in the bottom right you can click to give feedback. We have already gotten feedback that it's a little hard to find so we will fix that in the next day or so! And if you're a coder we would love comments a
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Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks(techcrunch.com)
2 points by MarinaMartin 12y ago|0 comments
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by MarinaMartin 13y ago
Did you include HHS hospital charge data? If not, might be a nice fit: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2013pres/05/20130508a.html
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by MarinaMartin 13y ago
StackOverflow and its variants are part of my morning routine. Never know when the random question you read today will solve a future problem!
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by MarinaMartin 13y ago
Brilliant!
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
If you ignore the photo-sharing capability for a moment, it sounds like they're trying to create a more accurate alternative to GPS. In the 1700s Britain awarded about £100,000 in "Longitude prize" money to people who contributed to the dev
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
My favorite part of this experiment is that he tested with Monkey Island. Go Guybrush!
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Me.
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Anyone know how to sign up as a SOLE volunteer? Ironically, I cannot seem to find the answer via a web search.
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Some companies created at SW have gone on to be real companies, but SW is really better for getting the feel for working with other people and then working with them on other projects. I can think of five funded (not that that's a metric fo
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Do the tutorial at http://railstutorial.org . It's SO important for the non-technical folks to at least be able to whip up an app on occasion, to be able to hire technical people effectively, to communicate your needs effectively, etc. Dru
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I really expected this article to be about photos of these draft dodgers drinking booze, making out with a guy, etc. But updating your Facebook profile on the Sabbath? That's hardcore attention to detail, Israel.
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Israel uses Facebook to catch 1,000 draft dodgers(washingtonpost.com)
32 points by MarinaMartin 16y ago|23 comments
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I personally open a (yellow) phone book to a random page and brainstorm ways to make that particular industry more efficient. But then again I'm an efficiency consultant. I'd peruse idea/complaint websites and see if one idea tickles your f
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Slicehost's documentation is the BOMB. I aspire to be like PickledOnion one day.
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Don't give away half of your company for two months of work. Pick up some consulting work pronto. Sell your car. Try to get up-front payments from future clients. Anecdotal stories of people securing funding in one day over lunch are true,
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Man opts out of porno scanner and grope, told he'll be fined $10K(boingboing.net)
11 points by MarinaMartin 16y ago|1 comments
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I read the first paragraph of this article and thought "this article is clearly written by an angry female." Lo and behold, the author's name is Cindy. Go Wired magazine for choosing your covers based on what will sell and not based on the
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Hell No There Will Never Be a TechCrunch Canada(techcrunch.com)
1 points by MarinaMartin 16y ago|1 comments
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
IANAL, but based on many conversations on the topic and a few close friends' personal legal experiences, WA generally doesn't uphold non-competes unless they're very specific (in geographic area and in time). If someone is encumbered a geog
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
This speech is the perfect blend of humor and sound advice: "I’m here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy. After all, it’s calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average."
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
At what point will CA's abysmal tax environment stop Silicon Valley from being a sought-after destination for entrepreneurs and talented employees? Reinforcing the idea that CA is a great place to start a business while they're sucking busi
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Reading The Pragmatic Programmer helped me a lot with the problem-approaching aspect of things, but then I didn't pick it up until I was moderately comfortable with PHP. (I'm not a FT programmer so my learning process tends to be s-l-o-w w/
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
When I first read this title, I thought "Why is Chris Dixon on welfare?"
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I had trouble reading past his suggestion for a "bill of rights" for Internet users. Real, important rights are being trampled on all the time in this country. A "bill of rights" that guarantees the right to watch football on your computer
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I'm in the same boat, a little further down the river. Also started with MIT OCW and How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (in addition to the O'Reilly Python book). Best thing for me was to escape the textbook-like examples (quadratic equ
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I'm not sure I'd be suspicious. Many programmers aren't particularly savvy at business negotiation (hence the need for a biz-dev co-founder).
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
Crossword puzzles.
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by MarinaMartin 16y ago
I've been considering an arrangement like this too, only I've heard a number of stories about people who kept taking "weekend" trips to renew their 90 day visas only to one day not be able to re-enter the country. I've overstayed an EU visa
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What Will Future Generations Condemn Us For?(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by MarinaMartin 16y ago|2 comments

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