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   by donaq 16y ago

   While I am no fan of Java the language myself, there is no reason for schadenfreude. I would like to see Java survive, if only because of its virtual machine (and Jython, Clojure, JRuby, etc).
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   by donaq 16y ago

   You are currently using 642 MB (8%) of your 7489 MB. I don't know, maybe if you have a lot of mail, you should check that once in a while.
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   by donaq 16y ago

   Already watched that. It was pretty awesome. :)
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   by donaq 16y ago

   I actually wonder why, amongst all the billions of humans who have ever lived, there has never been a randomly mutated individual who exhibited negligible senescence. If such a person existed, man, the stories s/he could tell us.
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   by donaq 16y ago

   It's probably not so much a predictor as it is one of many prerequisites.
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   by donaq 16y ago

   From recent personal experience, the 2-3 hour stints are increasingly a thing of the past.
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   by donaq 16y ago

   As long as it's clear and succinct, does this really matter?
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   by donaq 16y ago

   I am in almost the same situation, but I'm partially supporting parents instead of a wife. Good luck to us both. :)
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   by donaq 16y ago

   Wouldn't explaining the reasons for not moving while using the money instead for generous employee bonuses solve that problem?
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Dependants and student debt.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I actually agree with you about the definition of success. I would consider my next project a success if it somehow generates enough profit to allow me to dump the day job. However, that in itself is a lottery (the one I was referring to),
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    by donaq 16y ago

    The design team has lead the way, developing a “touch language” which goes beyond the work that we’ve seen elsewhere. Rather than single, magic gestures, we’re making it possible for basic gestures to be chained, or composed, into more so
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Speaking as a programmer, I don't think you need to be a brilliant programmer to do a startup. If you can cobble something useful together using duct tape and glue, then sprinkle some glitter on it until it looks sort of nice, people will p
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Me too. I'm in Singapore and, say what you will about the way the country is governed, but they always make it easy for business to be conducted here. If Google is actually trying here, I'd be very interested to know what difficulties the
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Well, actually, I think startup founders actually need this kind of slight delusion. In my more rational moments, I think my ideas suck, my plans are hollow and I'm going to be a wage slave for the rest of my life because of my obligation
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Truly an epic post. Halfway through it, I had to come back and upvote it before returning to the article.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I am not in school. I have mouths to feed.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    See, this is why I dream of making FU money. So I can spend all my time doing stuff like that.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    If you're at all like me, you might end up being very discontented at every job you go to, especially when you see things that are obviously being done wrong, and you do not have the power to change them.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Wow, I did not know there was so much bad karma for Paypal. Does anyone know of alternatives for businesses not located in the US?
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I'm sorry, but I just don't understand this decision. Is Oracle in need of cash or something? Why did they become patent trolls? I mean, they're not even in the smart phone business, and it's not like Google is going to put a DBMS into Andr
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    by donaq 16y ago

    My point was what MJR said. Employees who understand said arcane legacy code are important. Do you disagree with that or did you misunderstand the point of my reply?
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I wouldn't say Android is fluff.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Speaking as someone who is currently a contractor dealing with arcane legacy code without documentation (as is usually the case in my experience), institutional knowledge matters.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I got the same thing and I chose to bite the bullet.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    You cannot do this alone — it is way too hard, both work-wise and emotionally. Who's "You"? Does he know every person planning to be a single founder that well?
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    by donaq 16y ago

    I submit that those people just aren't narcissistic enough. I am narcissistic, but I don't often have negative opinions about other people. Mostly I just don't form opinions about other people because I am too involved with myself! (and my
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Urgh, I learned Java in school and recently had to use Java at work to do some stuff with a bad XML schema (think lots of "<parent><child><grandchild_1 /><grandchild_2 /><grandchild_3 /></child&#6
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    by donaq 16y ago

    In the places where Google Checkout supports seller accounts, perhaps. The rest of us are mostly giving Android development a miss because we can't sell apps.
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    by donaq 16y ago

    Another reason not to be the bucket of crabs, guided strictly by self-interest, is that if one person declares that he's charging a big sum for doing something and consistently getting paid, it will raise the bar for the entire industry. In