SoftwarePatent

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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   This isn't really the place for this, you should try stack overflow.
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   Have you tried Evernote? http://www.evernote.com/
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   I upvoted this but disagree. My first submission to Hacker News was an Ask HN[1]. Since that day I have been working hard to follow the advice I was given there. I can't express how valuable the advice was to me. Under your suggestion, that
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   Allow us to mark certain accounts as "friends" or "favorites". Then on every comment and article, display points originating from "favorites". Like "77 points by pg / 15 points from friends." This preserves the democratic aspect of the site
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   My non-profit startup uses tech to document Haiti's rape epidemic(haitirewired.wired.com)

   6 points by SoftwarePatent 16y ago|0 comments
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   World's first "computer program" was written by a woman(en.wikipedia.org)

   1 points by SoftwarePatent 16y ago|0 comments
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   "the more highly compensated you are, the less likely that you will actually be able to enjoy the work you are doing." If you take only one thing from this thread, it should be the above quote. If you need a highly intelligent, hardworking
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   I often wonder why Google is giving stuff away for free. Can a publicly-held corporation do something just because it's cool, interesting, or The Right Thing To Do? Here's something they give away that I use every day: a reliable DNS server
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   by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

   For anyone watching this video, zoom to 6:55 to skip a long, dull discussion about filling empty seats in the audience.
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    that's interesting that you come from finance, I'm coming from a similar field in terms of hours and job satisfaction. These four books are exactly what I'm looking for.
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    "Any engineering field, really, where you get to create ." This is what I am missing at my current job. I don't create anything! My clients are people who innovate and build. I want to be my clients.
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    Thanks for the advice. Given the choice as you define it here, I choose to be a "programmer", without specializing in only one language.
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    Ask HN: How to step up my coding skills?

    95 points by SoftwarePatent 16y ago|54 comments
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    This depends on many factors. 1) What country the lawsuit takes place in. Unfortch I only know US law. Here in the US, the factfinder (a lawyer word for either the judge or the jury) can order legal costs to the winning party under certain
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    No, that does not strike me as unusual. In a small company, people are forced to wear many hats. Matters like this can usually be "resolved" through a few emails or a phone call. If the CTO were to call his outside counsel and direct her to
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    by SoftwarePatent 16y ago

    IAAPL (I am a patent lawyer), but I am at the very beginning of my career. Anyway, non-lawyers often are too credulous when they get nastygrams from the other side. Don't believe everything they say to you! It's amazing what non-lawyers wil