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Patterns for designing a reputation system(yuiblog.com)
33 points by astrec 18y ago|1 comments
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Bedpost Hack(geekmontreal.com)
3 points by astrec 18y ago|0 comments
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by astrec 18y ago
The author fails to adequately define passion, and thus leads us on a merry little semantic romp. Passion (n): a thing arousing enthusiasm. "Passion [enthusiasm] is the antithesis of good programming." Enthusiasm is bad programming? Really?
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by astrec 18y ago
Keep in mind a UI designer (IA/UX) and a graphic designer are also two different things.
695.
by astrec 18y ago
The piece was about as concrete as a corporate mission statement, and just as prosaic. Someone should send him a copy of "Made To Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die" - Chip & Dan Heath.
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by astrec 18y ago
"Is there a viable market for this type of transportation?" Absolutely. It's a 24 hour commute from our Melbourne, AU house to our Brooklyn, NY house. I've sat next to a fashion buyer who does the trip from SYD-NYC-SYD once a fortnight (tha
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by astrec 18y ago
Not exactly sure why you're being downmodded. If I follow, you're just saying (if a little enthusiastically) that DB/server administrator skills for hackers matter in a startup. You'd be right - at each startup I've ever been involved in I'
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by astrec 18y ago
I know it's a presser, but I figured quite a few people here would care about this.
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Bletchley Park Iconic Codebreaking Buildings in Decay(bletchleypark.org.uk)
1 points by astrec 18y ago|1 comments
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Dumping on the internet(reticulator.com)
1 points by astrec 18y ago|1 comments
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by astrec 18y ago
Wall Street will solve this exactly as they've solved every other talent problem - offer such ungodly amounts of money that every man and his dog wants to enter the field; skim the cream.
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by astrec 18y ago
Sure, but we're talking about testing ability vs. memory - switch is incidental.
703.
by astrec 18y ago
Agreed. My first job they gave me a copy of Deitel & Deitel's "C How to program" along with the test. You actually lost points if you didn't open it!
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by astrec 18y ago
Programming challenges sort the wheat from the chaff - in particular those who cannot code at all, but beyond that I've rarely found them predictive of future performance. Much more important that you hire a good fit for your company. An un
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by astrec 18y ago
You forgot to mention the obligatory beers at each event.
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by astrec 18y ago
Monash: The outsider who won a war. - Roland Perry.
707.
by astrec 18y ago
Sage advice. If you do decide to pursue this deal try and take the hit on the upfront and not the ongoings.
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Putting Java in our Script, our unfortunate doom(dustindiaz.com)
14 points by astrec 18y ago|0 comments
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Swedish artist ships GPS to make world's biggest sketch(theregister.co.uk)
4 points by astrec 18y ago|3 comments
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Arrington wrong on copyright(alleyinsider.com)
2 points by astrec 18y ago|1 comments
711.
by astrec 18y ago
A poor title selection detracts from what is otherwise very good advice. The formula is simple and elegant and the result quite useful: an elevator pitch. I can't count the number of times over the years that I've tripped over myself trying
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by astrec 18y ago
I was very careful not to mention blogs specifically. All sorts of content stimulates emotional responses and thus comment - photos, comics, software, articles, and yes, blog posts. As a feedback mechanism the "blog format" is de rigueur. F
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by astrec 18y ago
Why do you take the time to comment? For me, there has been an emotional response. Perhaps you moved me, taught me, or led me down the path to another discovery. Or maybe you're so wrong I've just got to give you the benefit of my wisdom! W
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by astrec 18y ago
Can't help but think Tipjoy and Disqus should do a deal.
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by astrec 18y ago
Yup. Given the omission it's not a proper Fisking. Well done otherwise.
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Brazilian Beetles Hold Key to Faster Computers(wired.com)
8 points by astrec 18y ago|1 comments
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by astrec 18y ago
I had hoped to read a cracking debate about whether Twitter should be considered a service, a community, or merely a service around which loosely coupled communities had formed, and the obligations implied by each for Twitter inc. I was (un
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by astrec 18y ago
You really haven't read much Steve Yegge have you? He has his gripes (some of which have been recanted, mind), but he explicitly states he likes Python. I'd say you're far from the truth.
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by astrec 18y ago
"Steve has engineered a kind of 'JavaScript on Rails' in order to fit into Google. All to avoid programming in Python." If only it were true. Steve wrote Rhino on Rails while working on a project that requires the JVM. At Google this infers
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by astrec 18y ago
Ya know, as much as I love Gimp; Photoshop it ain't.

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