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Ex-Microsoft Executive to Take Over Health Site Repairs(nytimes.com)
2 points by brnstz 13y ago|0 comments
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Judge Rules Against N.S.A. Bulk Collection of Phone Data(nytimes.com)
267 points by brnstz 13y ago|3 comments
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by brnstz 13y ago
For one thing, he might not graduate at all. Ok, so he has his open source credentials. That might get him a job or give him connections to help start a company. But a bad academic record is not a positive indicator you are an open source g
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by brnstz 13y ago
Your problem is not that your family is conservative. I don't know how "bad" your GPA is, but if it's trending downward, the problem is not your aunt/grandfather's views on the world, however outdated they may
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by brnstz 13y ago
You can stop reading after the picture, which happens to be at the top. Why doesn't every programmer have a great GitHub profile? The same reason not every mother of 3 children looks like a fitness instructor. Priorities. You write C++
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by brnstz 13y ago
Imagine a (very fictional) Yelp user who has 0 money, will never go to a restaurant again in his life, or buy anything at all for that matter. But he has perfect memory and can write excellent reviews of thousands of restaurants he's b
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by brnstz 13y ago
You might say this is frivolous lawsuit, and I'd agree. The plaintiffs have zero chance of winning, there is no coercion, there is no semblance of employment. But. Take a moment to think. What is the value of a website like this, witho
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by brnstz 13y ago
I don't particularly think it's important how Bush spent 7 minutes in response to an unprecedented situation. If he spent the next 7 months (or even 7 hours) going on a book reading tour, well... 9/11 was a confusing day. I w
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by brnstz 13y ago
From the recent Penn Jillette AMA on reddit: "I'm very very careful with my time. I try to do nothing that someone else could do. So, I write, I perform and I spend time with my family." http://www.reddit.com/
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by brnstz 13y ago
The problem is not gender parity at conferences, but gender parity in the industry. You see the inverse at conferences in fields dominated bg women, and there are no "boy tickets".
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by brnstz 13y ago
You can do: m1 := map[string]int{} m1["a"] = 1
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by brnstz 13y ago
This article conflates the ideas of pure price discrimination (where goods are identical) and premium pricing (where they are not). No one is better at this than the travel industry. Remember that story about a travel website showing higher
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by brnstz 13y ago
Don't worry about changing the world. If through your best efforts + chance, you happen to change the world, that is great. But if you go through life believing you are without value unless you do something grand, you've got a 99.
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by brnstz 13y ago
The two footnotes are good counter-arguments. The only time I can imagine making a class final (can't extend) is when it's a matter of security (e.g., Java's String class). Then there is a matter of "well, it's not
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by brnstz 13y ago
How do you know they don't "deserve" it? There are many reasons an employee could be underperforming. It could just be a bad fit / poor communication prior to starting. If you're hired to do X and you end up doing Y
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by brnstz 13y ago
Try working for your college. The IT department probably has work study jobs, which will give some "real world" experience but not intrude into your studies too much.
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Tumblr's iOS app fails to log users in through a secure server(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by brnstz 13y ago|0 comments
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by brnstz 13y ago
The best way to donate your time is if you can contribute specialized skills. Teaching kids to program? Really efficient. Serving food? Not so efficient. Also consider there are a lot of unemployed people in this country who would be helped
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by brnstz 13y ago
It's useful if you are underground (e.g., subway).
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by brnstz 13y ago
Imagine if an American said he was going across the "world" from New York to California.
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by brnstz 13y ago
Someone stole a bike before it was initially locked into the rack, which is pretty much a one-time event. Not to mention the bikes have GPS and can be tracked down. http://www.businessinsider.com/first-citi-bike-has-been-stol...
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by brnstz 13y ago
Bike helmets are not required for adults. I usually wear one when biking in Manhattan, but I rode Citibike today and went helmetless. This is probably statistically whack, but I "feel" safer riding Citibike without the helmet, mostly becaus
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by brnstz 13y ago
Being social in the real world is a different skill than being social online. You might want to practice both (although, from experience, I'm going to say being social in real life is more important.) Try a different psychologist, maybe yo
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by brnstz 13y ago
The New York Times / NYTimes.com - New York, NY (NYC) We are hiring a number of positions, including frontend, backend and mobile engineers. There are also some management positions. Android, iOS, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript
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by brnstz 13y ago
Financial Times - http://www.ft.com/
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by brnstz 14y ago
All forms of notation are deficient. If you want proof, just listen to a muzak (elevator music) cover of your favorite pop song. It is correct according to a professional transcriber's notation, but it loses nuances and imperfections that c
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Rigging the IPO game(nytimes.com)
122 points by brnstz 14y ago|63 comments
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by brnstz 14y ago
> I genuinely do not understand US securities law. I just finished watching Econ 252 lectures from Open Yale, and the basic evolution of US securities law is explained pretty well. I highly recommend it. http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/e
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by brnstz 14y ago
As others have said, in many cases the request for food is a bluff hoping for money. There is a guy in my Brooklyn neighborhood who stands on the corner every day asking everyone, "Hey, can I get $3 to get something to eat?" We call him $3
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by brnstz 14y ago
In what ways would it be worse?

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