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by bbgm 18y ago
That is a strange list. There seems to be a misplaced sense of priorities, which is somewhat alarming. The focus should, as you say, be on building platforms/libraries which can be used to build apps and services, either free or otherwise,
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by bbgm 18y ago
So true. Probably the first lesson I learnt as a product manager was how to take what users asked for in terms of features and then try and understand "why" they wanted it. Especially useful when you listen to a number of feature requests
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by bbgm 18y ago
Except that unused cycles don't work in production settings. Pharma companies tried doing that for discovery programs back in the day and found that getting a cluster was much more effective. Using spare desktop cycles is great for low-lev
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by bbgm 18y ago
Not necessarily true. To really get a fundamental understanding of a phenomenon, you do not have the time to build it and often you don't have the inclination. Nothing wrong with that. It's up to others to take that research, distill it
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by bbgm 18y ago
He was definitely emphasizing a focus on something "bigger" and a shift away from many of the current crop of apps/startups. Can't say I disagree with him either. There are so many smart people out there. We can definitely do more.
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by bbgm 18y ago
Depends on what you want to do as well. Hadoop is not the appropriate solution for doing molecular dynamics simulations. You also have to look at the support system. Something like LAPACK makes Fortran very attractive for numerical progr
607.
by bbgm 18y ago
Agreed, but the situation was a little different. We licensed software from academics, and during integration you'd find there were methods that seemingly ran afoul of an obscure patent, etc. These were not improvements (just general algo
608.
by bbgm 18y ago
The patent system is clearly broken. Case in point the drug industry where derivative, "me too" drugs get through a system, and they are clearly not innovative. Plus some patents are so broad that they completely stiffle innovation. Patent
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by bbgm 18y ago
Look no further than ScreenFlow. http://www.varasoftware.com/ For quick and dirty screenfast, the TechSmith folks have the Jing Project http://www.jingproject.com/ I have used both and quite happy with them. There is IShowU as well
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by bbgm 18y ago
I think it still does. I use both a mac and a pc. I tend to spend a chunk of time inside a browser. Desktop work on the PC is Outlook and Excel. Desktop work on a mac is mostly spent inside Textmate and a shell. All computing/web hosti
611.
by bbgm 18y ago
Wordpress. Have used WP, Typepad and Drupal, but Wordpress is what works for me.
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by bbgm 18y ago
At OSCON, Nat Torkington gave a great talk about teaching kids programming with Scratch ( http://scratch.mit.edu/ ), which looks like a great environment to get kids into programming at a fairly young age. In a world where kids have so man
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by bbgm 18y ago
Science is not just about formal degrees. It's about curiosity and interest as well. I don't see myself having conversations about science at too many bbq's, at least not in a non-scientific audience. I wonder how many people here know a
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by bbgm 18y ago
Agreed. Seeing comments here and elsewhere, one wonders if people actually care about quality education just because it's a good thing? How about access lab facilities, the ability to interact with other smart people, hopefully to learn fr
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by bbgm 18y ago
I agree that extinct is too strong a word. Let's call it "science is having a tough time" (and that it is). How many kids do you know who'd like to spend their holidays doing garage science (or adults for that matter)?
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by bbgm 18y ago
Not in this country. The facilities might be better, but I don't see any encouragement for curiosity and discovery, and I know enough people who've found out that doing DIY Biology might get them labeled as "dangerous people". Maybe I am j
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by bbgm 18y ago
This is one reason why science is getting extinct. What happened to garage science and the DIY chemistry kits? DIY Biology is essentially a non-started due to regulations. I loved blowing up stuff when I was a kid, and doing silly experi
618.
by bbgm 18y ago
Steve has obviously never had to develop software for the life science industry. My response to any such post is simple. It depends. It depends on the kind of application, for what kind of market, etc. I've seen more than my share of app
619.
by bbgm 18y ago
The workstation (specialized high end desktop I suppose) will stay on, mostly as your powerhouse machine under the table for certain specific uses. For most applications and usage patterns, I can't see myself justifying a desktop over a la
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by bbgm 18y ago
As a one time ultra-heavy Perl programmer, when I returned to programming this year after a hiatus of several years, Ruby just made the most sense to me, and you do a good job of listing why. I still use Perl occasionally, but essentially f
621.
by bbgm 18y ago
Now that's a good acquisition. Omnisio was very cool. Could slideshare be next?
622.
by bbgm 18y ago
As many as you need. I am not a full time programmer, but in recent months I have gone from 2 desktops (one for audio/video and one linux desktop) and a work laptop to one personal macbook pro with an Ubuntu VM, Slicehost (Ubuntu) and EC2.
623.
by bbgm 18y ago
I am sure there are many, but I am more than happy with Textmate
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by bbgm 18y ago
My initial reaction to Cuil was positive, but that's cause I kinda liked the interface and the first few searches I tried did really well. Lesson learned: Try at least 20, cause some were just horrendous. That said, there is some promise,
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by bbgm 18y ago
It's not about simplicity, but rather about productivity. In a way this could be considered in a similar manner asOccam's Razor, i.e. if you want provide x amount of productivity, the simplest way to do so is usually the best. Too often, s
626.
by bbgm 18y ago
And how does that logic work in a situation where land lines are becoming somewhat obsolete or atleast not a mandatory option? Plus, I carry a mobile, but does that mean I should only receive calls when I am home or near a land line? Sound
627.
by bbgm 18y ago
I have always found the Google Finance site easier to use. Even at the time they trailed in functionality, just getting round and finding information was a lot easier.
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by bbgm 18y ago
The home built "cluster" is not something new. A lot of academics have been doing this for years, sometimes in their labs, sometimes at home. The small cluster is pretty much dead (as per Chris Dadginian). If I wanted to do a lot of numbe
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by bbgm 18y ago
This has to be among the cooler things I have seen. Really like what Radiohead, Trent Reznor, etc are doing. In the synth community, there are quite a few programmers developing synths, scripting various sampling engines etc. Hopefully mo
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by bbgm 18y ago
I use winmobile and have regretted it pretty much ever since. The interface is just not intuitive as a phone interface. Not that most phone interfaces are, but winmobile 5 at least is about as bad as it gets.

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