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by akadien 17y ago
Maybe that gives them time to develop an idea into homerun for the VC firm, whereas bootstrap entrepreneurs have to hit singles and doubles at first to survive.
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by akadien 17y ago
You don't need a PhD to be a scientist and do real research. You need a PhD to be a tenure-track professor and hold a research position in many industrial labs. The education process produces credentials. Curiosity about the world and the c
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by akadien 17y ago
Like Ferraris.
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by akadien 17y ago
Uh, Q.E.D.?
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by akadien 17y ago
It's both. Ironically, the more progressive places I know of to work that do pretty cutting edge stuff are more likely to hire older programmers with demonstrable experience.
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by akadien 17y ago
That or they get pushed into management with the lure of higher $ multipliers. But, it's too late to realize that management sucks and the lure of $$$ was a siren song. It's with great courage that you attempt to go back the other directio
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by akadien 17y ago
What's hilarious about this myth is that I learned to program in NeXTStep using Objective-C well over a decade ago and am enjoying writing iPhone apps. But I hear younger programmers bitch about how hard it is to write code in Objective-C,
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by akadien 17y ago
That's exactly what I meant! Thanks for saying it so well.
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by akadien 17y ago
I'll go even further: all economic systems are based on greed , of which corruption is a manifestation, and fear . Those are the two basic emotional responses to finance, and the basic question is how do you not fall prey to mental errors
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by akadien 17y ago
Thank you for pointing out the obvious with a reference to Snopes.
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by akadien 17y ago
Don't real rockers wake up with a couple of groupies and do a few lines with a fifth of Jack?
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by akadien 17y ago
I don't know. The Greeks figured out the earth was spherical, but maybe everyone before them thought is was flat. Go ask the voices in the hole in Kola.
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by akadien 17y ago
That's because the deeper you go, the closer you get to Hell, which everybody knows is at the exact center of the Earth: http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/demonsscr.htm
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by akadien 17y ago
How long before this platform is commonly referred to as "WiPh" (Wiff)?
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by akadien 17y ago
IANAL, so can somebody explain how this isn't considered racketeering (you pay IV for their promise not to sue you)?
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by akadien 17y ago
Meh. Maybe I meant iPods. Too eager to get my flippant comment posted, I guess.
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by akadien 17y ago
Do people read headlines on HN before posting anymore? Can Arc check for duplicate URLs?
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by akadien 17y ago
Wait till a school administrator gets the bright idea of doing the same thing on school-issued iPhones and other mobile devices.
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by akadien 17y ago
It might make for an interesting honeypot to catch thieves in the act. Where' Chris Hansen? (Oh, over on chatroulette.)
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by akadien 17y ago
Very good advice. I started a social blog this weekend (www.financialpreparedness.com) to spread the notion that, while it's not a bad idea to prepare, the world is not going to end.
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by akadien 17y ago
I bet Chris Hansen is already working on "To Catch a Predator: Chatroullette Edition".
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by akadien 17y ago
The BLS does this kind of thing. You can start by looking here: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2003/spring/art01.pdf These projections are voodoo, but politicians and economic developers take them to the bank.
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by akadien 17y ago
I was hoping for a FreeBSD daemon tshirt, but "Got Root" would work, too.
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At least, but the code in a terminal window, with a another window showing a bit torrent client or something.
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by akadien 17y ago
The Dancing Guy never fails to amuse. Almost as good as the Hitler subtitle meme. Of course, a "lone leader" is an oxymoron. By definition, a leader requires followers. The concept of "first-follower advantage", as opposed to "first-mover
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by akadien 17y ago
You say flaw, they say feature.
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by akadien 17y ago
Imagine UFC cross-marketing with MIT! Similar in nature to the ragged copy of "How to Solve It" sitting on my shelf, I think this is a great idea for a course to teach approximate calculations and heuristics to the common man.
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by akadien 17y ago
"Naturally viral" and "monetizing potential" take on new meanings for this app. Poll: how many of you added markers? I did!
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by akadien 17y ago
If Java becomes assimilated into the Borgacle, then how does the ease and openness of developing for, oh, say, Android change? Are others seeing a less open future or am I paranoid?
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by akadien 17y ago
One of the saddest things about America at this point in history is how so many people are ignorant and damn proud of it.

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