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astrec
18y ago
Australia
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astrec
18y ago
Specifically in the classroom? Or just cheating in higher education in general? I get emails from students asking me to complete their CS assignments with reasonable frequency. Because I'm a prick (and actually worked for my degrees), I'll
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Whitehouse.gov uses RDFa
(sitepoint.com)
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Your own body: An entrepreneur's most valuable asset
(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
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18y ago
Me too, only it's easier here because 1c and 2c coins have been removed from circulation so you round to the nearest 5c.
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astrec
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In this one paragraph he's actually suggesting there is no great skill to being a receptionist other than being social. Really? What an incredibly long bow to draw.
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astrec
18y ago
a) A simple idea doesn't infer a simplistic idea. b) Building a company is like building a baseball team... Which is pretty much exactly what the article says: What if you were hiring a receptionist? What spare-time activities would sugg
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astrec
18y ago
Where citizenship is a condition of employment by statute, that condition is usually exempted under anti-discrimination legislation. For example, my little brother is an aerospace engineer designing for the JSF project - "Are you a citizen?
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astrec
18y ago
Indeed, but that doesn't make it illegal.
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18y ago
It's not illegal to ask a question which in answering, the applicant may offer such information. Illegal: Are you a U.S. citizen? Where were your parents born? What is your native language? Legal: Are you authorized to work in the U.S.? Wha
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The Interview Question You Should Always Ask
(blogs.harvardbusiness.org)
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The Great Internet Video Lie
(blogmaverick.com)
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Essential Strategies For Creating A Successful Web 2.0 Product
(web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com)
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18y ago
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Pencil and Paper As Good as Nintendo DS Brain-Training Games
(fastcompany.com)
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astrec
18y ago
And annoy a whole bunch of others.
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In this economy, we're all entrepreneurs
(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
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Bob the Impaler
(cringely.com)
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astrec
18y ago
Wasn't suggesting to you'd actually write a product schedule priced relative to beer (or anything else), but only that there are some who have difficulty connecting a figure with value delivered. This is more common than you'd think. You've
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18y ago
Some people just don't work well with numbers, whereas if his plan was priced relative to something he valued his perception might change e.g "Double your leads for less than a couple of pints."
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Why Apple might be better off without Steve
(mathewingram.com)
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18y ago
A problem for the PC nuts, in particular those that maintain words like "waitress" are sexist, is that they're very often hastening the descent to a masculine-neutral, and so are ultimately complicit in preserving the very system they oppos
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18y ago
You're American then? Waitress is still very much the term in this part of the world.
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18y ago
Whether all those words are frowned upon would largely depend on dialect (Queen's, International, American etc.) and local custom. For example, I use waitress, stewardess and actress, but never authoress or manageress. It's probably quite b
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Rails versus Django
(superjared.com)
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astrec
18y ago
Perhaps you need to find the Steve to your Woz?
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Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Because they don't do anything
(jessicamah.com)
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The Create A Twitter Revenue Model Contest
(alleyinsider.com)
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Firefox Plans Built-In Usability Platform
(sitepoint.com)
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Elephant 2000: A Programming Language for the year 2015 Based on Speech Acts
(lambda-the-ultimate.org)
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A crisis immune to rhetoric
(businessspectator.com.au)
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