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by amorphid 10y ago
Depending on a line of credit to fund your business' operations definitely makes you the bank's biyotch. I remember Zappos being encourages/forced to sell for the same reason [1]. Their outcome had a happier ending, but the
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by amorphid 10y ago
On my commute to work, the "bike lane" is shared between bicycles, cars, parked cars (between the bikers and sidewalk), and busses. Basically, they painted bike logos on the asphalt in an already jam packed lane and told everyon
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by amorphid 10y ago
Hey! This is a topic I'm interested in, too. If you'd like brainstorming on the idea, drop me a line. My email is in profile. My first thoughts: - iterate more quickly by experimenting with non-computer users who aren't in
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by amorphid 10y ago
I didn't have much success hiring a mentor. The people I wanted to give money to were too busy, or didn't want to take my money for personal reasons (being held accountable for me actually learning, feeling I couldn't afford
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by amorphid 10y ago
I'm 41, 42 next month, and working as a software engineer. At age 39 I was a technical recruiter who decided to become a developer. I've never felt my age has been a significant factor in getting work. What has been a lot toughe
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by amorphid 10y ago
I use stars as a metric in deciding which unfamiliar library seems to be real. It's right up where with number of downloads, and most recent commits. Not a perfect system. Just a sniff test.
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by amorphid 10y ago
I'd say it depends on how well the non-profit is doing. I recruited a couple dozen engineers for a couple of successful non-profits in the Bay Area. They usually paid 10% to 20% less than my startup clients, and probably offered a le
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by amorphid 10y ago
I dropped Verizon about 3 years ago for Net10 Wireless. Net10 offers "unlimited" data even on their cheapest plan, which is basically full speed for the first 500MB of data, and then 2G speed after that. Even though 2G speed is
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by amorphid 10y ago
I like Atom's built in package management. Less to think about.
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by amorphid 10y ago
"I want to get into science." <-- "science" is about as specific as "tech". You're going to have to narrow the focus of your inquiry to get a helpful response from me :)
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by amorphid 10y ago
My issue with those APT on Debian is that I almost always have to add another PPA to download a version of something that I actually want to use. That reduces the utility of APT in my view. Having a crowdsourced list of Homebrew packages
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by amorphid 10y ago
I disagree. As a friend of mine said, "if you don't trust a software package, don't use it." I have paid exactly $0 for Homebrew. Reporting usage statistics makes it better, and I'm happy to be chip in to help out
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by amorphid 10y ago
Define tech.
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by amorphid 10y ago
I suck at studying. It's boring, I have a short attention span for words on a page. And I'm not a good listener, so someone explaining things to me verbally is the fastest way to fill my brain. I used to try learning this way,
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by amorphid 10y ago
I'll be the first to confess I'm not a JS wizard. That being said, it'd be nice for the following to be easier: * figuring out which events are listening to a given DOM element at any given time * sane debugging for things F
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by amorphid 10y ago
>> Spend 50 hours building anything substantial with JavaScript and you'll get a good handle on... I don't mind MY JavaScript. It's everyone else's that drives me bonkers. Tracking down things in JS is a timesuck
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by amorphid 10y ago
Geothermal also produces radioactive waste! Water gets pumped into the ground, becomes steam, the steam rises, and is used to generate power. The steam brings with it toxic sludge, which needs to be disposed of. Not sure why, but they do
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by amorphid 10y ago
I like asking the question, "if we were to extend you an offer you like, would you accept it?" It's not perfect, but I haven't of a better approach that isn't pushy.
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by amorphid 10y ago
Kind of high pressure, no?
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by amorphid 10y ago
"Someone else already knows the trade secret for the problem I'm trying to solve, but they won't tell me the solution, because I don't have lots of money. Even if they did tell me, I probably wouldn't understand it
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by amorphid 10y ago
I do not agree. A person who doesn't work their butt off usually lacks any sort of meaningful perspective derived from hard work.
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by amorphid 10y ago
Why lock yourself into a lease? I can rent a private car w/ chauffeur right from my phone.
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by amorphid 10y ago
Some gems reference Posix specific things. And your Gemfile.lock may include the platform upon which Bundler was run, be it Windows or Posix, and that can be a problem when trying to install gems on a different platform. And some nice uti
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by amorphid 10y ago
You could use an RFID chip, with an understanding that sharing it bad. Not perfect, but not unlike how drivers pick up a ZipCar now.
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by amorphid 10y ago
Agreed. I recently transitioned from Rails development to devops, and there's no Ruby on any system by default. My Bash got better fast! Fortunately Elixir/Erlang releases include all the executables you'll need. They aren
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by amorphid 10y ago
I tried learning Ruby on Rails on Windows 7. It mostly worked, until it didn't. When I asked others around for help, and it became clear I'd done some newb thing to generate an un-google-able error, I was on my own. No one I kn
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by amorphid 10y ago
Typing on my phone sucks. OK for reading. Sucks for typing. And half the time my phone is busy charging because I drained the battery. And my data plan sucks. And a desktop/laptop has plenty of storage. But mostly, typing on phon
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by amorphid 10y ago
Figure out the intersection of what you want to do, and what you can do, and emphasize that. So, for an experienced technical founder at a successful company, think about... - this job for which I'm applying, what do they REALLY need,
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by amorphid 10y ago
Ah, that makes sense. It doesn't install anything extensions of it's own, only using the kernel bits provided by Hypervisor.framework.
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by amorphid 10y ago
I dislike it when I create an account with Facebook on some site, and then can't do basic things like update my email address.

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