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by bugsy 15y ago
He's got his history completely wrong. From the first days that home computers were affordable at all, there were tons of very small software shops. I recall purchasing programs from computer stores that came in poly bags containing a photo
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by bugsy 15y ago
The logo truly is a horrifically bad design, so much so that I just don't buy the claim that it is intentionally bad. That's just an attempt to save face because it is bad. Glad to hear they are working on the speed problem. I solved it a w
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by bugsy 15y ago
Thanks a bunch for this comment. I saw policy debate represented in the cool movie Rocket Science, but only just now did I connect that style to the internet trolling style that was (perhaps) pioneered on slashdot and has made its way into
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by bugsy 15y ago
Hm, looking up a couple products I have recently bought, very few reviews for them say "Verified Purchase". Yet most of these reviews are helpful. The useless ones are ones that say things like "Received it quickly!" from purchasers confuse
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by bugsy 15y ago
OK, so 5 people returned the book as "not as described." Here is a question. If you are returning a product to amazon because you don't like it, is the only way to get your shipping refunded and/or a refund at all to check the box that says
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by bugsy 15y ago
That's a very interesting perspective, I hadn't thought of that, the media's coverage of this topic is so one sided and lacking detail as to be useless. It's amazing that, unable to prove their case in court, they are resorting to deals wit
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by bugsy 15y ago
I sure hope so, it must suck to have to read insightful posts.
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by bugsy 15y ago
It's only a small market if your publisher keeps telling himself that. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Sure there are tech books on antenna design for satellites that don't sell many copies. But there are other topics that are of far
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by bugsy 15y ago
"they are standard" That is not the truth, it is a lie. "The new meaning of santorum..." That is not the new meaning. It is a propaganda tactic. It is not used in books nor does it appear in newspapers or dictionaries. "amused by a childish
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by bugsy 15y ago
Of course it worked out, half the people here run the latest version of NeXTStep on their phones and pads, another half run it on their desktops, and NeXT is considered the most successful contemporary computer company and is dominating the
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by bugsy 15y ago
No one suggested that. This article is here on HN as a technical matter involving Google algorithms. It makes a perfectly appropriate technical interview question.
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by bugsy 15y ago
Dan Savage and his followers are such obnoxious immature imbeciles that it makes a good interview question to ask about this incident and have nothing to do with any candidate that is in favor of such sick, childish and mentally depraved po
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by bugsy 15y ago
I would totally buy his book if I didn't find the prices of tech books to be completely absurd. I remember how for 15 years VHS movies cost from $79.95 to $119.95 because they figured their only customers were video rental stores. The probl
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by bugsy 15y ago
Interesting tip on using a flash and a super fancy camera. Having done this (actually I usually use sunlight not flash but if it's not a perfectly clear day outside the consistency of flash is useful), he should have mentioned you need to s
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by bugsy 15y ago
What you describe is not really the "wrong end", that is the standard way that projects are done by government.
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by bugsy 15y ago
This is a common scenario. Government picks the lowest bidder, but the price can go up every time there is a change in specs. Then every government agency imaginable wants to decide what color to paint the shed and the whole thing bogs down
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by bugsy 15y ago
Thanks. To clarify, certain classes of minorities, because of endemic racism, are statistically less financially able to work for free for a year. These are the sorts of types of minorities that certain kinds of firms don't want to hire, bu
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by bugsy 15y ago
In the US there's two very different sorts of internships. The first is what you describe, scamming desperate people during a economic depression out of free skilled labor that has monetary value to the company. The second is internships at
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by bugsy 15y ago
This is true that competent entrepreneurs are extremely rare. Here is an example of one of my cases dealing with such. Mr. P schedules a meeting. He is familiar with technology I have designed. He has an idea to enhance it with new function
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by bugsy 15y ago
"If you don't have the contacts and the experience of engineering a proper bis dev strategy, you ain't going anywhere." Sorry, complete nonsense.
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by bugsy 15y ago
Like many here, I have many book reviews myself that link to amazon. I link to amazon because that's what's most convenient for most people. I do not use an affiliate link because it's a conflict of interest. In the past magazines would hav
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by bugsy 15y ago
I must say this is an extremely good news headline which by itself completely refocusses my understanding of this acquisition.
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by bugsy 15y ago
That's a very interesting post. The problem is that in such extreme cases as North Korea, if the government is setting up this discussion list or has any access to it there is no possibility that the conversation was really anonymous. If th
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by bugsy 15y ago
Thanks for the response. I'll mostly skip the first three paragraphs of use of anonymity that is good, but I will say it is a bit weird that version control advocacy required anonymity. If there is fear of reprisal from something that most
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by bugsy 15y ago
> In conjunction with the deal, we are conducting a series of restructuring initiatives, including a significant reduction in our workforce. It actually takes some balls to come out and say that in the first email.
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by bugsy 15y ago
As a designer, inventor, developer and entrepreneur who spends much of his time trying to improve user experience, I have to say I only noticed this "UX" label being used about a year ago. A few years ago there was HUI engineer, HI designer
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by bugsy 15y ago
It defeats the whole point of this system if those who criticize things are simply labelled trolls to be considered bad corporate citizens. Chairman Mao called for a hundred flowers (opinions) to bloom. He invited criticism of the system. A
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by bugsy 15y ago
This is a good point. To date I have not had an anonymous survey in a small group that hasn't bitten me in the ass afterwards. I also find some anonymous surveys interesting when they are placed in my mailbox and come with a unique identifi
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by bugsy 15y ago
The commentary I have read this last week on this case seems to all take one side or the other and makes absolutist claims for either. There are certainly many such cases in copyright law where things are obvious and the result of a court c
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by bugsy 15y ago
Thanks very much for digging that up, that's a good find and very relevant. That is the source he uses to claim it's $2000, and the interview it's from claims the actual cost has gone down from $2000 to $1600, but then near the end admits

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