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by eb 18y ago
This isn't really news without any details.
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by eb 18y ago
"PG's claim is the best hackers can work wherever they want. This claim is a fallacy. No amount of technical skill guarantees that you can get hired exactly where you want." Again, you're taking the "wherever they want" thing much too liter
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by eb 18y ago
Can you think of any examples where a particularly excellent hacker is stuck at a crappy job to pay the bills?
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by eb 18y ago
You're taking the point about a hacker being able to get a job anywhere far too literally. He has his pick among the top software companies and startups but, no, he probably won't land a job designing rockets for NASA.
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by eb 18y ago
I don't see the point you're trying to make. We're talking about freedom in hacking abilities here. If you're severely financially strapped then, yes, you're restricted. No one is saying otherwise.
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by eb 18y ago
Absolutely. I think the meaning of "hacker" is being diluted, I'm seeing people use it interchangeably with "programmer" on this site. When I think of great hackers, guys like Richard Stallman, Justin Frankel, or DHH come to mind. They're m
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by eb 18y ago
What has Facebook done that's particularly evil?
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by eb 18y ago
I don't think that's true. Those sites grew mostly through word of mouth. I don't consider that to be devious. What's wrong with Jimmy Wales operating a porn site? I don't see how that's related to Wikipedia.
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by eb 18y ago
Can you provide some examples?
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by eb 18y ago
Asking why someone is special is not a thoughtful question. This is a rare case where a troll has managed to spawn coherent anecdotes. If you read over the comments, there is no real discussion, there isn't even a topic. It's just a bunch o
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by eb 18y ago
I find it amusing that this site is so concerned with quality yet when such an obvious troll comes by, you're all blinded by your admiration for pg. Way to feed the trolls. I guess we know what Hacker News' kryptonite is.
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by eb 18y ago
too late: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680
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by eb 18y ago
It's creepy that this discussion was voted to the top. I don't see the value in his question.
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by eb 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=152481
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Google: Announcing Project Virgle(googleblog.blogspot.com)
6 points by eb 19y ago|4 comments
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by eb 19y ago
I don't think the quality has declined much at all. Good articles make it to the top and the commenting is fine. Your comments were downmodded because they were petty and you have a bad attitude. When you post: "whatever downvote me, i am p
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Deploying Goog411(googleresearch.blogspot.com)
1 points by eb 19y ago|0 comments
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by eb 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27962
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by eb 19y ago
Where/when did Norvig comment on Arc?
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You're Not a Programmer, We Won’t Pay You That Much(maratz.com)
19 points by eb 19y ago|11 comments
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by eb 19y ago
No, the point of high-level languages is that you exchange speed for simplicity and power.
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Four console games you might like...(steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
14 points by eb 19y ago|5 comments
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by eb 19y ago
You shouldn't expect privacy when sending information to someone else's server. Google records your searches, pg monitors voting, and TiVo knows what you're watching on TV. The data associated with a user is valuable in improving the produc
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by eb 19y ago
"Microsoft logged everyone's MSN IM conversations for 6 months" This title is sensationalist and inaccurate. The article says that the dataset consists of one month of logging: "'The compressed dataset occupies 4.5 terabytes, composed from
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Arc: popular since 2004!(arcfn.com)
2 points by eb 19y ago|0 comments
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by eb 19y ago
Reformatting is not an "easy risk management technique." It's completely inaccessible to most people. I don't understand the point you're trying to make with that article. Clarkson published his account details and challenged people to expl
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by eb 19y ago
It's foolish to live your life in fear, checking every meal you eat for poison. There are many things that require a leap of faith. Where's your tinfoil hat? These incidents mentioned in the article have been very rare. They did a pretty go
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by eb 19y ago
If you installed Xcode Tools/Developer Tools, then you have a copy of gnutar. Mac OS X, like other BSD systems, include their own version of userland tools in the base system. If you want the GNU version of specific tools, you have to insta
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by eb 19y ago
There was nothing wrong with your factory install. As I said in a previous reply, gnutar is installed as part of Apple's Xcode Tools. It is not included by default. There is no reason to format every factory-new machine that you receive. Th
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by eb 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9256 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30387 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18026

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