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Microdobe?(mattmaroon.com)
9 points by ashu 18y ago|9 comments
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by ashu 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=172345
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by ashu 18y ago
I think the "never have started" is probably the crux of the matter. People who don't actually build things tend to look at the world from a very different perspective. The focus is more on "how is this thing different from anything else I
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by ashu 18y ago
True journalism, indeed.
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by ashu 18y ago
What the parent says is that a proper assessment will require an in-depth knowledge of how it is actually implemented. Taking random shots like this article does is like a blind man trying to grope an elephant.
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by ashu 18y ago
Actually, stuff like git changes how a developer does development. It encourages quick experimentation which can considerably affect the result. I don't care whether it's the "D" of "DVCS" enables it or not, but the end result seems signifi
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by ashu 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux "Flux is usually the integral of a vector quantity over a finite surface." So, I don't think the author is clueless. The vector quantity in this case is the electric field. Edit: although, from reading
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by ashu 18y ago
Some more details here: http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=...
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by ashu 18y ago
Window maximising: I use some Quicksilver scripts from http://jon.smajda.com/blog/2007/06/30/keyboard-control-for-m... The fact that you can use keyboard shortcuts makes this even better.
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by ashu 18y ago
Ubuntu/Debian which is more UNIX-y than MacOS in some ways has none of this. Software installation and uninstallation is a breeze. In my 2 months of experience with the Mac, I have found that the Mac is very appealing when it's new. It's be
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My Mac Mini(mattmaroon.com)
24 points by ashu 18y ago|96 comments
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by ashu 18y ago
Regarding your .NET comment, I don't think it's .NET that's the problem. It's Windows that hackers cringe with.
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by ashu 18y ago
The article states that he refused to let his lawyer act and took charge of proceedings himself many times, so it is not clear how bad the lawyer was.
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by ashu 18y ago
Right. All successful entrepreneurs must speak perfect English.
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by ashu 18y ago
I do grant that web browsing probably will get better with multicores. I’ve been talking about my technical work, however, not recreation. What??? Web browsing is only for recreation? Perhaps, he meant that it is recreation for him ...
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by ashu 18y ago
This is probably the most vividly presented talk I have ever seen in my life. No wonder Google bought Gapminder immediately after this talk.
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Debunking myths about the "Third World" (uses Gapminder)(youtube.com)
2 points by ashu 18y ago|1 comments
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by ashu 18y ago
very cool
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by ashu 18y ago
I don't get it - who compared the odds anywhere in this discussion? It seems to me that the goals are just completely different. DHH is not explicitly aiming to grow the company into a billion dollar mammoth. A startup and its investors are
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by ashu 19y ago
One of the things I would so dearly love to do - especially something in Maths. I am waiting for my startup to succeed :P
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by ashu 19y ago
I loved "A First Course in Abstract Algebra" by Fraleigh. It was a while ago, so I don't quite remember whether it had solutions for the exercises or not. [edit]: There's also Michael Artin's "Algebra" which is somewhat dense (certainly wit
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by ashu 19y ago
Google. GMail. Wikipedia. DropBox. Anywhere.FM.
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by ashu 19y ago
I actually disagree with a couple points there. I think it's not true that entrepreneurs are "born". I come from a culture (middle-class India) where entrepreneurship is so unthinkable, it's almost a taboo. And yet, I think I am very much p
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by ashu 19y ago
which is fine. now you are assured and more confident. you won't sell your next gig so early! :)
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by ashu 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=163474 Heh heh!
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by ashu 19y ago
Yah, I can't believe why nobody seems to even bring up this point. Perhaps, building those abstractions will be tough, may be impossible, but not even worth considering?
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by ashu 19y ago
Normally, I would have agreed but in Google's case, there is so much evidence to believe they will do a better job. Scaling is their biggest technological achievement to date. The reason they are running away with products with such great
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by ashu 19y ago
True. Although, the noise in favor of it is also due to complete misinterpretations. People don't realize that the "X of Y" metaphors are rarely very deep; they provide an approximate introduction to a new product, but not much beyond that.
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by ashu 19y ago
People just love misinterpreting products, comparing them to completely unrelated things and just making noise. That's right. Making noise is the goal. All else is secondary. Can't people just say "Hey look, here's a new product which IS US
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by ashu 19y ago
What: Banks. With: lib-www-perl.

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