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by brown 16y ago
Well, that's a downer. I had such high hopes for Maemo/MeeGo. It just wasn't meant to be. I do love my N900. Coincidentally, I just started getting into app development the past few weeks. No SDK for Windows or OSX? Seriously? The SDK
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by brown 16y ago
Since you mentioned data structures... The nice thing about most data structures is that they are deterministic, and therefore there is (usually) a clear definition of "correct". Write your unit tests, make sure they work, and then make s
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by brown 16y ago
Or a really crappy deal compared to how much value Bill Gates and Steve Jobs got out of it.
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by brown 16y ago
Agree, but willingness to answer also has context. I'm almost always willing to answer simple questions such as "Where can I find XYZ?" I have to be in proper mental state to answer more complex questions such as "Can we discuss the large
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by brown 16y ago
Background: Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF [2006] http://news.cnet.com/2100-1012_3-6079320.html
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by brown 16y ago
N900 runs it swimmingly. <3 my N900
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by brown 17y ago
The sentiment here seems to be overwhelmingly positive. Call me a cynic, but this reminds me of "magic_quotes" all over again: a "feature" that tries to help, but masks the fundamental problem.
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by brown 17y ago
I think Java developers everywhere were happy that Sun opened up Java, but does anyone think it was a good business decision?
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by brown 17y ago
He refers to the Powerpoint presentation that you would show to VC's or other potential investors. It includes the high level objectives of your company, why you're different, market size, plans, etc. Refer to Guy Kawasaki's famous blog po
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by brown 17y ago
How heavy handed will they be? Are you concerned that they'll interfere with your productivity or is this more of a small incremental step?
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by brown 17y ago
Yes, they do. In my opinion, the biggest cause of this is the artificial caps on the number of doctors graduated every year. Only a small fraction of qualified med school applicants are accepted each year. (In my idealism) more doctors wo
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by brown 17y ago
I'm currently operating in Manila. Low cost of living. Extremely cheap local labor (hiring system admins for about USD$5k per year). People speak English well. Very American-ized environment, so minimal culture shock. There's a growing
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by brown 17y ago
One of the biggest advantages of Google's pure hosted play was that the backend is immune to piracy. Once MSFT opens this door, it can't be shut. MSFT has always had a love/hate relationship with piracy, fully knowing that they can use it
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by brown 17y ago
[off-topic, nitpick] To anyone who plans on writing a blog post with graphs: please differentiate data sets with actual colors as opposed to closely related shades of blue.
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by brown 17y ago
This is a really interesting follow up to a great Atlantic article I saw a couple weeks ago: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/ideas-tax The general concept is that the only thing that should be taxed is behavior we don't want, which
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by brown 17y ago
I highly recommend Process Explorer ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.asp... ). It is like the default Windows Task Manager on steroids. It is the tool most preferred by Microsoft devs. It is very lightweight and
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by brown 17y ago
The hacker in me feels great sympathy. That is a painful bug. The software engineer in me cringes at the thought of upgrading a production system without testing in the lab first.
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by brown 17y ago
"Not capable" can have two meanings. First, you could mean that Microsoft engineers lack the skill and ability to make a better calculator or text editor. Second, you could mean that Microsoft's hands are tied by a variety of reasons (leg