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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   Or, it could be that 90% of people applying for programing jobs can't program.
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   I've been reading a book called "Falling in love: Why we choose the lovers we do". It's a fascinating book, and it mentions how studies have been done to show that when people believe that other people like them, they behave in a way that a
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   I'm guessing there aren't any brakes. That's the trendy way of doing fixed gear bikes.
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   The original story is at: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3220819 The link is meant to go to a comment where somebody asks about the Zynga situation, and Fred Wilson replies with: "i think it is an example of what the media does to co
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   A VC (Fred Wilson) on Zynga's "Give our stock back or you'll be fired"(avc.com)

   2 points by davidjohnstone 15y ago|2 comments
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   The faster Flash performance won't be much of a selling point now.
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   I did like that sentence, but I can't help but think it's wrong. The author of this article is probably as much of a "computer nerd" as any person at Facebook/wherever, but they can identify all sorts of problems with the "social graph", so
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   I never noticed it. I've seen the light on, but I've never noticed that it just isn't there when it's off. Now I'm very impressed!
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   by davidjohnstone 15y ago

   I'm pleased to be corrected by somebody who knows what they're talking about :-)
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    I should clarify that the comment was by a forum member, not Canon Rumors themselves. How much does a $10k price difference matter when you live in a world where lenses can cost >$40k?
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    As desirable as the specs are, this comment on Canon Rumors balances things up: "To those fawning after the Red...sure, it looks nice, but the poor color rendering, impossible proprietary workflow, and constantly-in-need-of-updates software
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    There is some stuff happening in the world of angel investments/startup incubators here. We've got nothing like what the US has, but Startmate (in Sydney) started last year, AngelCube (in Melbourne) started this year, and York Butter Factor
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    It's good to see that Stripe is as easy to use as they make it out to be. I recently discovered that accepting credit card payments is a massive problem that I'll soon face, and soon after that, Stripe appeared and promised to solve all of
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    It's neat, but not particularly useful. But neat. The best thing about this is that I now know that these Twitter visualisations are called "Twitter walls". I've spent the last week working on my own, and now I know that there are already m
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    I found it interesting that Steve Jobs was worth "only" about $6B when he died, and more of that wealth came from Pixar than Apple. But, the driving force behind wealthy and successful people is very rarely money.
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    by davidjohnstone 15y ago

    I'm not speaking from experience, but based on what I've read, this makes perfect sense. Happiness/life satisfaction doesn't improve with more money. You need enough money to be comfortable (i.e., a roof over your head and food on the table