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by antpicnic 14y ago
The one tip that will really help you to code 10x faster - know when to ask for help.
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by antpicnic 15y ago
How odd that HP calls these servers Project Moonshot. A moonshot used to be slang for something with a low probability of success.
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by antpicnic 15y ago
In the Seattle area, we have OneBusAway. You can access it from the web, by texting, phone, and via apps for Android,iPhone, and WP7. OneBusAway started as a graduate student project at the University of Washington. http://onebusaway.org/
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by antpicnic 15y ago
We need to encourage entrepreneurs of all ages who want to start all types of businesses. For example, a friend of ours started a business creating fantastic pastries and desserts for restaurants. Her company will never go public. But she e
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Would You Like a Smile With That? The importance of customer service(nytimes.com)
5 points by antpicnic 15y ago|0 comments
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by antpicnic 15y ago
The economy has become much more dependent on service jobs. We're not very good at increasing the productivity of services jobs yet. How do you increase the productivity of a psychologist, artist, or even a server at a fancy restaurant?
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by antpicnic 16y ago
When I first started programming, I used the hunt and peck method. Life was tedious. Then I took a class called "One Hour to Touch Type" from the University of Washington's Experimental College. I actually learned the entire keyboard in abo
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by antpicnic 16y ago
The 10th most popular book at the Seattle Public Library is "I Stink!" by Jim and Kate Mcmullan. It's about garbage trucks in NYC and targets children ages 4-8.
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by antpicnic 16y ago
Google needs Bing to be moderately successful to avoid an anti-trust lawsuit. Bing is a win for Microsoft either way. If it gets about 30% market share, then Bing makes Microsoft money and forces Google to invest more in search. If even the
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by antpicnic 16y ago
The data doesn't seem to agree with your supposition of runaway state spending. According to the Tax Foundation ( http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/486.html ), state and local spending as a percentage of income has trended downward
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by antpicnic 16y ago
I'd like to hear Apple's side of the story. This topic has been all over the Internet today. Is the candidate just trying to get free PR?
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by antpicnic 16y ago
We were in Ashland,OR for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival a few years ago. The public radio station repeatedly said they were located in "the mythical state of Jefferson".
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Move to Seattle. Washington state has no income tax or capital gains tax.
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Would You Pay Someone To Drive 253 Miles For Groceries?(thekitchn.com)
1 points by antpicnic 17y ago|0 comments
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Too bad they didn't match Linode's offerings. http://www.linode.com/
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Medicare, not Social Security, is the primary problem. Social Security's problems can be resolved using a similar adjustment like that done in the 80's. Push out the retirement age and there is no problem. Medicare and healthcare costs are
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Fine Homebuilding WoodenBoat I like to keep the back issues. Everything else I either read online or get from the library.
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by antpicnic 17y ago
I suggest reading the classic "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Book-Touchstone-book/dp/06712...
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Lesson 9: Count on the federal government bailing out the company insuring your credit default swaps. Otherwise, your "investments" will be worthless.
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by antpicnic 17y ago
Seattle's Swedish hospital is offering a similar service at their Ballard Campus. http://www.swedish.org/body.cfm?id=2907&oTopID=1050
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by antpicnic 17y ago
For some queries, Wolfram Alpha is excellent. As mentioned in other comments, Wolfram's marketing sucks not the search engine. Like all potentially disruptive products, it meets the needs of a particular niche well, For example, try "popula
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by antpicnic 17y ago
The article says: "To qualify as a small business, the corporation, when the stock is issued, may not have gross assets exceeding $50 million (including the proceeds of the newly issued stock) and may not be an S corporation."
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by antpicnic 18y ago
Except they forgot to include any numbers. What good is a budget without numbers?
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by antpicnic 18y ago
How can we help but go through a slow period while households and banks repair their balance sheets? Just increasing the savings rate from the current 5% in January to a more sustainable 10-14% means people will need to forgo a of consumpti
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by antpicnic 18y ago
Doesn't it seem likely that MS created Silverlight so they could build web based versions of their applications that don't suck? I wouldn't be surprised to see Office 14 really blur the lines between desktop and web based software. That bei