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by dstein 16y ago
Qwiki is certainly getting way more attention and hype than their "disruptive technology" deserves. You can't just add a screenreader to Wikipedia and call it innovation.
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by dstein 16y ago
Eventually you just come to the conclusion that you will never be paid adequately unless you start your own company. After all, why would a company hire you if you aren't a good investment.
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by dstein 16y ago
How much is Oracle suing Google for? If Oracle can get anywhere near $5.6 Billion from suing Google this could end up being one of the biggest tech blunders since AOL/TW.
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by dstein 16y ago
Techcrunch is what I imagine it would be like if Perez Hilton blogged about technology.
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by dstein 16y ago
Can you show any evidence of Microsoft .Net or Azure gaining popularity? I admittedly have no evidence other than my own social circles and preconceived notions.
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by dstein 16y ago
Well I'm older than you are. And I didn't say it's dead. I said it's a dead end. Microsoft's dominance has absolutely been on the down slope for the past decade, and this time they will not recover. Your business will succeed if it does
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by dstein 16y ago
The problem for them of course is they've chosen a dying platform. Microsoft's operating systems, mobile toolkit, and their entire technology stack as a whole is coming to a dead end. I have never met a developer younger than myself who u
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by dstein 16y ago
To techcrunch's defense, their writers really don't have any idea what technology is. They actually think when a company receives money it is technology. Just like they think blogging a rumor or opinion is journalism. So, to techcrunch w
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by dstein 16y ago
A: Google is likely far more reliable.. It's not about reliability. It's about trust. When you cross-site script yourself by giving Google access to the contents of every page on your site, you are entrusting this company with your data
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by dstein 16y ago
Developers would rather spend two months building their own than spending a dollar on yours. This is a true, and somewhat unfortunate side-effect of the open source movement. The expectation that all tools be free, makes it completely un
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by dstein 16y ago
It's the same thing. If the company isn't paying dividends the stock price includes whatever dividends the company will pay out in the future. The value of the stock is the total value of all expected future dividends priced in today's do
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by dstein 16y ago
It's important to note that stock valuations are derived from the expected future profitability of a company. Stock is a claim on future profits. Compared to a company like Halliburton, who has to build billion-dollar oil rigs before they
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by dstein 16y ago
Sigh, you shouldn't be relying on Google for this anyways. No company should be hosting files critical for your website except you.
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by dstein 16y ago
George looked down and sighed. “So you are telling me there are no guarantees, and oh by the way, you want me to mentor these new guys on the business requirements?” “Yep, that sums it up,” I responded, not half as convince
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by dstein 16y ago
What is starting to really irk me about Facebook is how birthdays are handled. It's like the site is basically one big happy birthday wish site. Each day it's somebody else's birthday and all their friends take turns trying to write a som
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by dstein 16y ago
It's a splendid idea for a startup, and could get going with almost no real effort. Just a domain, a few example videos, a tutorial/blog, and a request for more videos. See if there are other people willing to film and upload their videos
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by dstein 16y ago
I think of it as kind of an inverted religion. Instead of having faith that something magical happened in the past, a singularitarian has faith that something magical (or maybe terrifying) will happen in the future.
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by dstein 16y ago
I tend to agree. By revealing your previous salary you lose any negotiating leverage you had.
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by dstein 16y ago
I'm on an iPad and can't find any way to view the flood images. And it would probably have taken only one line of code to enable it to work on all touchscreen devices by adding an on click event.
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by dstein 16y ago
I've started making sn effort to do the opposite. I work sitting down, and do all my idol browsing, email, video watching standing up while using an iPad. So working is the relaxing part of my day.
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by dstein 16y ago
By chance is your idea a free and open social network that will destroy Facebook overnight and make billions of dollars?
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by dstein 16y ago
It is somewhat ironic that a lot of PG's essays talk about finding the "next Google" or "next Microsoft" and investing in disruptive new technology. But when you go through the YC companies at http://yclist.com/ they are almost exclusive
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by dstein 16y ago
to become a competent programmer by the end of the year. My plan is to learn a new language every two months. Jan-Feb: JAVA Mar-Apr: Haskell May-Jun: PHP Jul-Aug: Python Sep-Oct:HTML 5, Javascript This is about the programming equivalent
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by dstein 16y ago
By reading this email, the recipient acknowledges and agrees that all of the information contained herein is confidential Was this unintentional humour? It's implied that by reading this "super secret" email that the valuation is meant t
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by dstein 16y ago
ConnectU was launched after Facebook. Their original idea, as explained in the movie is that "Harvard Connection" was a dating site for Harvard students.
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by dstein 16y ago
I really hope Facebook doesn't settle this time. I want to see this go to court and watch these guys lose the entire fortune that was dropped in their laps. It would be great if this lawsuit establishes in court, once and for all, that id
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by dstein 16y ago
1) Take your income from programming and save as much as possible. Depending in your income & lifestyle you can probably save up several hundred thousand in a few years. 2) learn to trade the stock market. Continually invest, and re-i
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by dstein 16y ago
It's probably easier to give you some name suggestions than a list of a reasons why a name is or isn't important.
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by dstein 16y ago
Consider this a gift. It's a thinly veiled advanced-warning pink slip.
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by dstein 16y ago
The problem is Silicon Valley venture capitalism might be in a bubble right now, but the broader stock market is not (yet). I'd be surprised if the open market doesn't see straight through these valuations.

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