chiffonade

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by chiffonade 18y ago
> I suspect that's because the seeds themselves have been genetically ruined. Same with farmers markets: their vegetables are not only tasteless, but they're also ugly and more expensive. WTF? Here in California (both nor and so) all
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by chiffonade 18y ago
Also, I'm guessing until probably about age 45, people feel better about hitting the next age bracket so they'll mark the older one if there's any overlap.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
It never is, unless you're sending data to satellites in orbit. If they lease the network access, how exactly are they fixing the latency issues on hardware and software they do not control?
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by chiffonade 18y ago
Being a self-important egomaniac is one of the most common qualities of people who start their own businesses. Is that what you were detecting in my tone? Well, you're very observant.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> How do you recognise good programmers if you’re a business guy? Simple. Ask someone who knows. If you don't know anyone who knows, you might want to reevaluate whether you should be getting into the tech industry. As for the arrogan
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by chiffonade 18y ago
You're using the @ symbol incorrectly.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> "We've developed specific algorithms in our technology that address latency issues across the GSM networks," Piilani said. Apparently they're doing time travel in software now.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> This begs the question, What the hell is the point?! It raises the question. Begging the question means something else. Look it up.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
This cloud stuff sounds great! I can't wait to use it in 5 years when it's reliable.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> Why hasn’t this been done? Why is YCombinator the only place to go? This has been done plenty of times, and Y Combinator isn't the only place to go. There's lots of places/people you can go to in order to get < $100k of start
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by chiffonade 18y ago
I just tell people I invest in startup companies or that I don't really have a job.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
... why can't you just add more application servers?
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> I would argue that his strategy couldn't be any worse for beating the odds than anyone else's You're trying to have a better strategy, not one that "isn't any worse". Sigh.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
What? This is the formula for building a marriage in which you resent your wife 10 years down the line, not any way to build a successful company.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
This is true, and I think the article mentions that explicitly and implicitly. However, that's not the point it's trying to make. The point it's trying to make can be summarized in one sentence: When starting companies with fellow egotist
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> The biggest problem we faced was that my partner had just gotten into a relationship which requires almost as much time as a new venture. This is when you start giving people ultimatums. Sounds dramatic, but it isn't. It's what's re
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by chiffonade 18y ago
In other words, make sure you aren't both a couple of passive-aggressive powderpuffs that will steam roll each other into oblivion.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
I think anyone who can figure out what an adjective put in front of a noun means understands what these phrases mean, the point is that they're just so fucking ridiculous as to be laughable.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
The antonym of hapless is shrewd.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> As expected, the NTT Open Source team working on Synch Standby ran into some unexpected issues Is that sort of like a known unknown? Or an unknown known?
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by chiffonade 18y ago
I was talking mostly about Eastern Europe, but thanks for your useless input.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> You're right, though Of course I'm right. I've worked with just as many European H1-B's as I have Indian H1-B's with many coming from Northern and Eastern Europe (scandinavia, poland, ukraine, czech, etc.), yet none of these "patriot
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by chiffonade 18y ago
Education aside, degrees are useful for determining if someone went to college. If you went to college too, you have something to talk about - 4 years of shared similar experiences during a very formative period in your life. This is very
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by chiffonade 18y ago
The US government is finally starting to look like the US population.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> They are taking a side in the H1B controversy because he's an immigrant? You must be new to racism.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
This guy Ferriss is a crackpot.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
> Innumeracy is embraced by business people A good businessman uses his numerical intuition far more than his numerical literacy - math is a way to prove intuition as it relates to business. A good mathematician also operates in this wa
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by chiffonade 18y ago
If you really care that much about dynamic range in music, learn to play a few instruments yourself. Quit whining about shrink wrapped commercial products, because they're never going to be up to the standards of a connoisseur.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
Wow, an entire blog post dedicated to white guilt.
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by chiffonade 18y ago
I would have the TV but not subscribe to cable.

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