bconway

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by bconway 16y ago
Rigidly-structured salary policies often remind me of no-haggle car companies. Sure, it's good for the unmotivated, but the best will probably go elsewhere.
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by bconway 16y ago
Used Japanese. Any of them.
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by bconway 16y ago
Exactly. I've known very few companies (of size) where the history/cache/whatever of your local browser is of any importance. It's all logged and analyzed at the border.
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by bconway 16y ago
I was referring to time spent on implementation details, not designing a product. In my book, good programming practices and having a popular service are not mutually exclusive.
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by bconway 16y ago
The trend of companies being cheaper to start and the rise of angel and super-angel funds have left VC's without a place to make large investments? Isn't that the reason for the contraction of the "VC industry" in the first place? I think
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by bconway 16y ago
Exactly what I was thinking. One of the first things that comes to mind when starting designing a new web service in my head is some minimal spoofing prevention. At least make them go to the effort of running a debugger.
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by bconway 16y ago
It's a disease! http://www.scapegoatmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/too...
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by bconway 16y ago
The whole reason to even list any programming truths is because they would make you a better and faster programmer. Says who? Truths are not always good things . That doesn't make them any less factual.
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by bconway 16y ago
I believe it. We have a couple kicking around the office and they're fantastic tools. You won't get my HTC Incredible away from me (Vz > AT&T, optical sensor > trackball), but the extra effort required to root and NAND-unlock it
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by bconway 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering
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by bconway 16y ago
I tried that when I started in the fall of '09 and it failed miserably. When I came back this summer after intensively studying C and computer systems in general, things went a LOT smoother. I'm not doubting your story, but it's not a har
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by bconway 16y ago
It can't be said enough: regardless of whether your next step is to job search or to build a business, take a week off and let your brain unwind. Do it. You'll thank us later.
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by bconway 16y ago
That might be excusable once (not really), but the problem is they do it every 3 months . Seriously, stay away from this stuff.
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by bconway 16y ago
This is a nonsense discussion. Finding a cofounder is hard because everybody is looking for a cofounder. If that's the case, I would think it would be easy to find a match, not unlike drunk college kids looking to hook up (but hopefully a
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by bconway 16y ago
Most businesses don't need Knuths. They need "smart & gets things done". This can't be said enough. I so often see people get caught up on which technology, framework, or paradigm is right for a given idea (or worse, constantly revise
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by bconway 16y ago
Yes, there's no question that Windows 7 is a decent OS, but the desktop is becoming less and less relevant with each passing day. The new decade is about web services, cloud computing, social networks, and mobile platforms. Microsoft has be
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by bconway 16y ago
Good read. While I still like the idea and performance of Xen, the integration and up-to-date versioning you get with KVM on modern distributions is hard to beat.
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by bconway 16y ago
Seconded. If Oracle is going to turn Java into a minefield, it's going to have big repercussions in future uptake.
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by bconway 16y ago
Thanks for all your hard work!
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by bconway 16y ago
I clicked on the link hoping there was some interesting technology involved, but it appears to be just someone offering contract work. Best of luck to him, but I'm not sure it's a very novel idea (I do it frequently, I imagine you do, too
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Unrevoked team offers full flash access on HTC Incredible and EVO(unrevoked.com)
15 points by bconway 16y ago|3 comments
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Don't Hire That Developer(itmanagement.earthweb.com)
82 points by bconway 16y ago|64 comments
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by bconway 16y ago
By crap, do you mean "not like Windows," or actually crap? It looks native to me ("good" in my book), just like every other GTK app that I use.
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by bconway 16y ago
How do you see your business model changing over the next year as Android 2.2 (featuring integrated push notifications, for those who skimmed the article) becomes ubiquitous?
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by bconway 16y ago
The author makes a lot of claims about renting, but then backs them up with points that aren't specific to renting at all. For example: Speaking of which, having a car is convenient (and sometimes necessary), but is a monetary black hole a
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by bconway 16y ago
Web surfing is very similar among similarly-specced phones across all of the major OSes Actually, not at all. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/07/android-22-demol...
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by bconway 16y ago
It's fantastic, very fast and responsive, thin, and light. We bought ours through Amazon's wireless site and got a decent discount over Verizon's store. I'm not a big fan of the Sense UI, but it doesn't have any major flaws. At this time, I
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by bconway 16y ago
We recently moved from a family of iPhones to a Droid and Droid Incredible. I can't believe we didn't make the move sooner, although I suppose the Incredible isn't old enough to have made it much sooner. Regardless, for those not wanting
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by bconway 16y ago
Signed up, looking forward to seeing what they do. More interest in seed-stage work is great news for everyone.
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by bconway 16y ago
As others have said, know you value to the company. But, there are two parts to that. First (as already stated), know what a competitive salary is for your position and experience. Second, be able to back up your request . Have documentati

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