Todd

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by Todd 16y ago
The $151k besting of Start Fund was pretty good, too.
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Great overview of the technology choices and how they interact. I really appreciate when important companies reveal some of the inner workings of their sites. It gives something for the rest of us to go on. It can help inform our judgement
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.NET languages are compiled. The compilers build an intermediate representation (IL, similar to bytecode in languages that use a VM) and they're just-in-time compiled when they're first loaded, so they run as native code. As an aside, one a
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I wouldn't count them out. They've ported NT to ARM. The Windows Phone 7 shell, which runs on CE currently, could easily run as a front end to NT/Win8 on smaller devices. The touch device model and API is fully developed in WP7 and Win7. Th
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I ♥ wireframes - Great collection for UX ideas(wireframes.tumblr.com)
3 points by Todd 16y ago|0 comments
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.../html/home/home.shtml ...there's a certain symmetry, don't you think?
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Certainly there are some groups that are more negative than others. You may not have been exposed to it yet, but politics there can be terrible. Either politics between groups (often working on similar/competitive technology) or within grou
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You must really dislike football players, boxers, and others who engage in sports that cause repetitive light trauma to the head. They lose way more brain cells that way.
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n on 1 is a waste of resources. If you do 1 on 1, you can get into a much deeper line of questioning, because you can weave a thread of conversation lead by one person. You can then serialize the process to n - 1 others.
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The most successful people do something they love. If you love something, you will spend more time doing it. If you spend more time doing it, you will inevitably become good at it. Sure, it's easier to pick things up when you're younger. Ye
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+1 for the Matt Foley/Chris Farley quote
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Verizon also has a MiFi card.
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By coincidence, I happen to be using a 55" touch screen right now (an LG HDTV 1920x1080 with a PQ Labs touch overlay). It's actually pretty usable but I do feel neck strain a the end of the day.
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Funny but I once met an isolated developer who lived away from any other technologists. He pronounced it squeal. It was hard not to laugh but I couldn't correct him because he was giving us a presentation. The best I could do was offer the
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by Todd 16y ago
I looked forward to his little five minute vignettes into the night sky on PBS--called Star Gazer. He helped spur my interest in astronomy. He made a difference in my life as I'm sure he did in many other people's lives. (We'll miss you, Ja
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I agree with you. Learning to understand the spoken language is the most difficult aspect. Pimsleur helps with this. It gives you an early view through that window, so you can see what it's like to understand the spoken language, and prepar
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First, the older you get, the harder it becomes to learn a language. So begin now, regardless of your age. Second, you really must have a strong interest in the language, culture, or people of the target language (or at least be able to gro
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by Todd 16y ago
Michel Thomas is good. One issue is that he is originally from Germany, so the german edition is probably great. He teaches a number of different languages (such as French), where you won't be learning from a native. He did spend time growi
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by Todd 16y ago
True. However, carbs in the form of whole foods (like whole grain bread) take longer to process and don't cause the insulin spike. The insulin response is part of the problem that these diets seek to address.
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It's great to read a counter argument to the prevailing wisdom, with data to back it up. I've often thought that the argument that "if you can't find at least one person to join you, then your idea (or you) must not be that great" was a lit
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Also, in my experience, average users don't have a clue about markdown or wiki syntax. Instead, they use their favorite (often syntactically incorrect) dash trains (for em dashes), exclamation armies, or whatever and end up with broken form
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You may be experiencing a mild case of burnout. Career capabilities and recognition often undulate based on many factors. Even when you think you're doing everything right, it may be harder to do what you used to be able to do easily. I thi
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I understand your point, but they don't own the hq suffix. I see many sites these days with the join or get prefix. The fact is, as any of you know who've spent the hours at your favorite domain query tool, it's getting near impossible to f
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It's interesting to note that many of the potential acquiring companies were the IPOs of the dot-com pre-Sarbox era. Where would we be today if some of the great companies of this last decade had been able to IPO? We would at least have a l
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Agreed. Computer vision is a steep challenge and will limit autonomy. The derivatives of these types of devices will likely be deployed as drones in the meantime.
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I wish this archived done items.
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I worked at Microsoft for five years in the 90s. I dropped out of college prior to joining, so I was on the same trajectory as you are. I always say that Microsoft is a great place to have worked. It's great for learning how to ship real so
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The place for good business karma(marketplace.publicradio.org)
1 points by Todd 16y ago|0 comments
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There's already startups.com (but it doesn't cater to the same HN group). The problem with SE sites is they are geared more to solving problems and less about having a dialog.
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And it's gone...

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