Spyckie

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by Spyckie 18y ago
Aviary has been around a while and its been mentioned several times, but it never seems to 'stick' with me. I always see it, remember its potential usefulness, and forget about it the next day.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I agree with #3 the most: know the difference betweeen CS and software engineering. Specifically, if you want to do Software Engineering, be prepared to spend a lot of time learning it yourself. CS teaches you the fundamentals of programmin
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by Spyckie 18y ago
mmm... This reminds me of the J/P split in MBTI. Its not exclusive, but Js tend to like work and Ps tend to like play. Read up about it if you're curious: http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/mbintro.htm
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by Spyckie 18y ago
the site is very good, but i'll have to agree with op (of this comment). analytics is very important. i would switch from wordpress to this because this has a lot more options than a blogging engine but it still can be used as one.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
mmm... Anyone thought he skimped on the details a bit? I think it would be much more useful if it went in depth about the problems rather than just saying "I was too arrogant".
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I think HN people just aren't your audience (or they'd be on digg, reddit, etc.) so I don't think you should take this particular feedback seriously. On the plus side, I think its has potential to be another nice social hub on the internet.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I have similar results. I think its because I tend to write about what I'm not used to, good at, or what needs to improve either in a form of a complaint or a resolve to do better.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Think about it from OO's creator's perspective. For instance, this is what the creator of inheritance probably thought: "All of these objects do very similar things. I don't want to have to write these functions over an over again if they'r
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Just think about it as a change in structure - all your implementation stays the same, but where the code resides gets moved around a bit. This moving around eventually ends up making your code read like a short hand walkthrough of some tas
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Message-Oriented coding is also why commenting is so important. You don't need to know what's going on inside the method, but you do need to know what the method does, which is best accomplished through documentation. O.O is useful to you b
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by Spyckie 18y ago
RadRails works well for me. Its really about how familiar you get with the program, and how much you customize it to suit your coding habits (and how much you prefer the mouse). Customizations that I use/advocate: 1) Get or make a good colo
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by Spyckie 18y ago
You've invested a lot into this - I can tell you that your friendship will never quite be the same. Still, try to keep it, as 10 years is quite an investment. Read up on his personality type. MBTI has helped me figure out why I can't get mo
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I like this article. Its like saying "Lets not use banks cause they can just take your money, profit from it, and may not even give it back to you." Which, ironically, is true because of the financial crisis. The solution though is not to "
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by Spyckie 18y ago
needs much more on the parallels between Japan's economic bubble of the 80's and the current US bubble - been looking for some commentary on this. Still, good post.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
well, in RockYou's case, you could get around Facebook's privacy settings, which is seriously not cool. Imagine the outcry of Facebook's initial newsfeed, and multiply it by 10, and you'll find that shutting down RockYou was a good choice.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Pardon me if I offend anyone, but isn't this doing more work for the same functionality? Can someone give me some insight into why this would be desirable?
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by Spyckie 18y ago
It is useful and important - just not to hackers. If you look at the range of MBTI personality types (not that this is hard evidence), there's plenty of people who don't view the world in terms of focus, efficiency, and usefulness. In fact,
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[research paper] Where does Entrepreneurship pay? (Serguey Braguinsky)
1 points by Spyckie 18y ago|0 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Q1: I would leave them alone for now. Sorry, but unless I know what my relationship is within the group, I would treat them like outsourced work (which means, I would avoid). There's just too many things that can go wrong - they may have go
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Ask YC: Graduate funding going down?
9 points by Spyckie 18y ago|14 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Its definitely a culture thing. Its best shown by the Chinese parent's desire for their kids to play the piano. Do you think Chinese parents make their kids learn piano because they themselves were inspired by Mozart and Chopin? No, they le
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Has anyone said anything positive about this?? I for one will - this is a great idea. People who are looking at the fad aspect of it are missing the position that the company has. What these guys have set up is a system that allows them to
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by Spyckie 18y ago
'Make something you yourself want' is what I would recommend to hackers in general. No offense to them, but when it comes to understanding what others want, they aren't able to do it, and often lament, criticize, put down, or devalue other
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I think office alternatives will have to gain traction on other devices (read: low-cost browser-only computers, fancy mobile devices), and from there attack the regular consumer market. There is just no reason to use a web based alternative
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by Spyckie 18y ago
These posts on email are fascinating. I see 2 major divergences in email usage (or 3, actually). 1) a lot of people see email for personal use - as a TODO list, as a collection of your own information, etc. I think this constituent is made
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Good idea. Did you research your target audience? Because if your target audience is females, you should put more effort into your design approach. You should read http://www.scribd.com/doc/2629403/Marketing-to-Women-The-Wor... A summary:
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by Spyckie 18y ago
The way to approach the Google problem is to ask, when have I been dissatisfied with google search? And you're right, there are very few weaknesses. One of the startup approaches to the Google problem is to join forces with them instead of
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Get a virtual secretary - you can ask them to do much more than just spam filtering. A bit on the expensive side, though. :) http://www.b2kcorp.com/basic_services.html http://www.taskseveryday.com/Pricing.html Other ideas, if you're wil
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Basecamp's new affiliate program(affiliate.37signals.com)
3 points by Spyckie 18y ago|0 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Go after those top-tier schools. If you're slacking off on homework working through SICP, you're probably top-tier worthy. People who go after their interests are by definition more interesting. Don't weigh yourself on the standard metric b

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