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by apstuff 18y ago
Reminds me of Jude Law in A.I.: Patricia in mirrored room: I'm afraid. Gigolo Joe: Of me? Patricia in mirrored room: Yes. Gigolo Joe: That I will hurt you? Patricia in mirrored room: Yes. Gigolo Joe: I think... you're afraid of letting go.
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by apstuff 18y ago
My friend's father would always say (and meant it): "I've never had a problem finding work. Getting paid for that work, now that's a different matter."
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by apstuff 18y ago
Richard Feynman's appendix to the Rogers Commission Report on the failure of Shuttle Challenger. http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/feynman-report.html The section titled 'Avionics' is a good read for any programmer and relevant to Dijkstra
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by apstuff 18y ago
O-Spama.
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by apstuff 18y ago
What's the difference between a hedge-fund manager and a pigeon? Only the pigeon can put down a deposit on a Porsche 911.
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by apstuff 18y ago
I'd like to see tech focus on making things with things that make things. As advanced as robotics appears to be, it still feels like it has a lot of untapped potential.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Doom? Looks more like a countdown to something. While most major corrections since 1929 have occurred on 4/1, 7/1 or 10/1, this one dropped out on 10/09/08. Hmmm, let me guess, the Dow's bottom is at 7,654. We are currently at T minus 8 an
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by apstuff 18y ago
Tech entrepreneurs have always needed three (3) things: Technology, Money and Time. It used to take a lot of money to buy mostly okay technology that took too much time to learn and use. In 2008, the technology is stable, powerful, and reli
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by apstuff 18y ago
Classic Feynman. I read it every year with my CS students. But let's give it some context. Von Neumann had delivered his talk "Computers and the Brain" only two years earlier where he referred to the components of a computer in biological t
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by apstuff 18y ago
"Integrity is not a commodity. It’s the most rare and precious of personal attributes. It is the core of a person’s and a company’s reputation." -- Dick Kovacevich, Chairman of Wells Fargo Reuters: AIG's ex-CEO refuses $22 million severanc
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by apstuff 18y ago
Psst. Hey pal. What's a fella gotta do to get Dugg?
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by apstuff 18y ago
One is dealing with his own money while the other is not.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Attributed to J. Paul Getty. Just finished the Felix Dennis book too. A little self-indulgent at times but a good read.
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Ask HN: What Is Chrome Written In?
2 points by apstuff 18y ago|2 comments
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Testament To Perseverence In A Tough Business(deadlinehollywooddaily.com)
2 points by apstuff 18y ago|0 comments
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by apstuff 18y ago
It's stupid not to work on hard problems. Worse, it's lazy.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Second by second. Synapse by synapse.
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by apstuff 18y ago
Payouts are considered losses by insurance companies and $50M is a lot of money. It's a legitimate question and probably standard policy to ask if a claim is a scam.
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by apstuff 18y ago
"Yeager" The biography of Chuck Yeager -- first test pilot to break the speed of sound. His description of going above 80,000 feet, the subsequent failure of the aircraft and what he does to regain control is chilling. The book's a good re
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by apstuff 18y ago
Enrollment by young Americans, both boys and girls, is dropping in all fields of engineering. The nation doesn't need that many hedge fund managers does it?
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by apstuff 18y ago
Nice job Peteris. Takes time to be that detailed. Thank you. You're right tho'. Good video tutorials for programming related topics are not easy to come by. Takes a lot of pre and post production to do them right. I've never liked the 'spea