MikeMacMan

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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
On Safari, that link pinwheeled my MacBook Pro for about 10 seconds
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Yes, they can build some really ugly websites, but some very elegant ones as well. It's puzzling. My theory is that Japanese (and Chinese) readers process a web site differently from readers of word-based languages, such as English. Japanes
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Unicode is one of the 7 great blunders? For realz?
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Their product just wasn't that good; end of story. I think demographics played against them. A lot of the talk radio listener base is made up of blue collar workers, who tend to be conservative. And let's not forget about Air America's bigg
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
XBox
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I think s/he was trying to say that some people completely devote themselves to their work instead of side projects.
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it. Can I ask what market segment you're in?
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
If all you have are 2 data points for argument #1, then I'll take my chances with the government picking, what, Wifi technology? How hard can that be, and more importantly, how bad could the consequences of picking a 'non-winner' be?
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Is there a story here? I read the article twice and still don't understand what's NY Times-worthy here...
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
It's a good point. Frameworks like Rails have had a big influence on the Java ecosystem (Spring MVC, Grails, AppFuse), which goes to show you that it's not Java -the language- that would prevent a startup from considering Java, but rather t
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Other: Groovy
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I understand Jeff's point, but this post tripped my false dichotomy alarm: A. "spending three months fixing up this version in a sterile, isolated lab" OR B. "listening to feedback from real live, honest-to-god, dedicated users of your soft
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
An expat is generally used to describe a person who is living in another country for business. These people usually don't intend to stay permanently in the host country.
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I wouldn't think you would need to be that selective in private equity. How hard is it to buy a healthy company with borrowed money, run that company into the ground, and then flip it a few years later?
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I wonder what is meant by general proficiency?
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Yes, but it still requires more exposure for the more difficult languages.
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I'm pleasantly surprised by this. Now if we can only get properties...
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Right. It's hypocritical to punish students for being overweight, yet at the same time market KFC to them (or allow KFC to market to them, if you like).
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Maybe not having a KFC on campus would help... http://www.lincolnuniversitydining.com/locations.html
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I might have the minority opinion here, but I think there's no substitute for just grinding it out with rote memorization. It's true that after the first 500~600 kanji, you develop an intuition for how an unknown character might be pronounc
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
"People do other stuff besides 'work' at the office. Film at 11." This is arbitrary. You could just as easily target 'sports', and survey workers on how much company time they spend managing their fantasy football teams, checking scores, e
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
You can have mine! I'm currently on my 5th Mac, love it lots, but I have always hated the Mac mice. The latest one is no exception.
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
A more apt title might be 'How to Learn Enough Japanese to get the Basic Gist of a Martial Arts Book in 90 Days' This article is all kinds of wrong. You don't learn language by making lists of words. Think of a word like 'but'. In Japanese,
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Anything from Elmore Leonard
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Posers
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
Weightlifting, beer, cooking, baseball
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
And its evil twin, Mission Critical
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
I look for evidence that they really know what's going on in their target market (especially if it's a narrow vertical), are engaged in that market, and that they're not just a bunch of technologists with a cool product in search of a marke
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by MikeMacMan 17y ago
You bring up a good point, although I think the pyramid applies to you as well. Whether you need to scale your app, or scale your organization (salespeople, trainers, etc), it's all 'scaling'. As for Product/Market fit, if you have a produc
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How to Localize Your Software without Losing Your Hair (or Shirt)(thelocalizationblog.com)
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