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by bbq 15y ago
Well, we all know it takes 10,000 hours of conscious practice to become an expert. And if you buy the Hackers & Painters analogy, you'll see programming, marketing, bizdev, etc as arts. It can be hard to observe improvement in these are
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by bbq 15y ago
Joel mentioned plugins so I can only imagine integration will exist at some point.
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by bbq 15y ago
You'll have to define 'dumb' and 'truly intellectual' first. One might define a 'dumb' person as one who is incapable of enjoying 'truly intellectual pursuits' (whatever that means). In this case, no it's not possible but it's also pretty
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by bbq 15y ago
You can download minecraft from any computer here: http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp The client is self-updating.
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by bbq 15y ago
Sweet. This seems to be exactly what I was about to make a much worse version of myself. Good work.
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by bbq 15y ago
Well, that says at most Skinner has tried those things in order to become independent (inelastic) of the 'economy' (whatever that means). There's no analysis to back that up. The last line of the paragraph you quoted is Last year average
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by bbq 15y ago
"But as I have come to see it, it is more about facing the world as a "team". In larger groups (that is to say, extended family, all composed of marriage links), perhaps even as a "tribe"... think about that." I agree! Why do those links h
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by bbq 15y ago
Like everything else, it's good to have diversity. Like you say, it is too socially and possibly legally costly to discuss openly other arrangements. The pressures need to relax to allow other lifestyles blossom. It's not about being able
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by bbq 15y ago
Hmm fair enough.
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by bbq 15y ago
I was just rephrasing the headline.
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by bbq 15y ago
"Lockheed Martin wants billions of dollars" Well, no shit.
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by bbq 15y ago
Or in too human terms
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by bbq 15y ago
All I can say is you're missing the forest for the trees http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2883641
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by bbq 15y ago
"Towards history? I'm talking one this one very specific situation." Have you ever read a (U.S.) high school history textbook? They bring a similarly simplifying tone to the thousands of singular specific situations in the past and it does
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by bbq 15y ago
"You really should let this go. People have already made up their minds about facebook, and who created it, and where the ideas came from. Even if those people are wrong, it doesn't matter. They've already decided." Is it just me or is this
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by bbq 15y ago
Or, just do what you want and don't try to fit some label for which thousands of people have thousands of different definitions.
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by bbq 15y ago
I'm wondering the same thing. I imagine with CoffeeScript it could look very nice.
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by bbq 15y ago
See also: patents
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by bbq 15y ago
Perhaps we're moving too fast now.
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by bbq 15y ago
Is there anyway to use your HP-50g (or equivalent) as an input device to your computer? I couldn't find anything other than the minimally featured HP CalcPad [1] and TI's offering in the wrong direction [2] Is there a market for something l
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by bbq 16y ago
Right, and calling Tim Sweeney an Epic developer is underplaying the fact that he founded Epic Games. Or maybe I have no sense of humor...
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by bbq 16y ago
You're trying to control the character of this site. It started in a good position, but has been slowly drifting. You can wait for it to change its course and find its way back to the sweet spot. Or do nothing and hope it finds a new pos
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Print the value, origin, and flavor of Makefile variables(blog.melski.net)
2 points by bbq 16y ago|0 comments
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by bbq 16y ago
Out of curiousity, what are the social justifications for stereotyping and bullying?
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by bbq 16y ago
So because the competitor used Windows, konad's actions were justified? If that is the case, that's a very weak justification.
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by bbq 16y ago
It is a thought experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment
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by bbq 17y ago
I found this interesting: http://www06.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=50%25+of+60%25+of+%24... Whereas it gets this completely fine: http://www06.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=60%25+of+%2420 It seems to forget what % means.. edit: And then http
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by bbq 17y ago
Just tried Crystal Galaxy out on IE7 (at work) and it works great. I actually didn't expect it to work at all but I was impressed.
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by bbq 17y ago
How does this help?
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by bbq 17y ago
It's been hinted at in dan_sim's post, but if you have a "real project" in mind just go do it. Learn what you're missing when you need to. You probably know more than you think.

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