econgeeker

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by econgeeker 15y ago
What I really wonder, reading this story, is how he would have done if he'd gotten a product that didn't look like an iPod. What percentage of his customers were thinking they were buying an iPod? My nephew, one day, came to me excitedly te
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You're expressing a prejudice here and advocating discrimination based on it. It seems ideological. You're saying "Don't hire people if they don't contribute to open source projects." You assume they are watching TV, rather than, say,
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by econgeeker 15y ago
No, you're saying you want an excuse not to hire people who don't contribute to open source on your favorite source hosting site.
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You're right. However, state's don't really care about logic. They have one hammer: Legislation. Everything is a nail to the legislature.
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by econgeeker 15y ago
One of the key motivators that made me start my own company was this kind of nonsense. Poor managers, having made bad hiring decisions, are always looking for some way to short circuit the process. The entire recruiting agency industry ex
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by econgeeker 15y ago
My point is that journals should use whatever methodology to choose papers for publication that they feel is appropriate. And that there should be no forced "peer review" standard, since this methodology is currently being used to exclude
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by econgeeker 15y ago
Exactly, you advocate "peer review" to censor scientific papers that don't agree with a pre-ordained political position. That's not science, and that's not objective. If you understood the issues, you'd understand that I disproved the AGW h
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by econgeeker 15y ago
Frankly, I think g+ is one of google's more innovative projects in recent history, namely the way circles work. But think about the "copy first, innovate second" idea. When your product is a search engine, there already are engines out ther
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You cringe when you hear phrases like "collective opinion" regarding science, because science is supposed to be objective, correct? Further, I suppose you recognize that science is not subject to the will of the majority, but to the scient
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by econgeeker 15y ago
Joe Armstrong (one of the erlang creators) wrote a book for Pragmatic Programmers. This is the book I used to learn erlang. It was quite an interesting ride, and I think it is an excellent book for learning the language. I think erlang is
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by econgeeker 15y ago
Windows PCs from about 1994 to now have been an example of "only execution matters". The whole industry is commoditized, and the only way to compete is on price. This has produced really low quality, lowest common denominator junk. Since A
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The "Big Content" industry wouldn't be able to do this at all if they had to go thru the courts. It is government control and government regulation that is the perpetrator here. The ISPs rolled over because they are dependent on government
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by econgeeker 15y ago
If that was a physical attack, then all the bottles kagen threw into the audience were also physical attacks. Frankly, it would have been a better outcome if kagen had gotten beamed in the head with the bottle. In that case, at least, inno
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by econgeeker 15y ago
I mis-spoke. My average karma per post was well over 4, not 6. (memory fail.) http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nika OF course, I know that by doing this, I'm likely to get hellbanned again...
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by econgeeker 15y ago
New Rule: If you're going to show a sexy, naked, or scantily clad woman in a slide, you damn well better be making a self deprecating joke. If you show a derogatory slide about an innocent bystander (such as an ex-girlfriend) whatever you
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by econgeeker 15y ago
I was hellbanned in the past and i was not trolling. I had over 1,000 karma earned in 6 months. My average karma per post was well over 6. I was not trolling. My posts were not getting voted down, despite often taking unpopular positions. I
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You're presuming that you need to develop expertise in a particular area in order to sort out "correct" ideas. This presumption is falling into the trap that is being pointed out. Put me in a room with an expert in a topical area and a pro
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by econgeeker 15y ago
I've noticed this form of anti-intellectualism is becoming more prominent in recent years. It is almost as if people are being taught it. When presented with an argument that they cannot debate, people will demand a "citation" or "creden
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by econgeeker 15y ago
This tells me a lot about what you think is attractive. To be honest, only 2 of the celebrities were ones I would consider to be on the attractive side of the coin. Currently, gaunt looking women, are considered "attractive". Many of thes
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by econgeeker 15y ago
I understand the frustration of getting a rejection from Apple, it probably wouldn't sting as much if they had better bedside manner. When it happened to me, I was livid for about 5 minutes, thinking it was actually due to a bug on their e
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by econgeeker 15y ago
There's a huge difference between Tim Ferris and Eric Ries. If you made these charges against Ferris, I'd agree with you. Ferris is constantly self promoting, and attempting to cultivate a cult of personality. I know what Tim Ferris looks
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You can currently pre-order it from the iBookstore. Bonus: It is $5 cheaper there than it is on the Kindle!
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by econgeeker 15y ago
This is really good advice, for those who aren't doing it. For those of us who are doing it, however, books such as this one can be very valuable for improving how we're doing it. I've found that some books pay for themselves thousands of t
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by econgeeker 15y ago
As a developer, what's relevant to me is the addressable platform. Here the comparison is between a bunch of android phones with a mind boggling matrix of hardware and OS versions... to just one of the iOS devices. Having ported an app betw
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by econgeeker 15y ago
You're making an assertion of a fact of law when you say: "Assets used in the commission of a crime can be seized regardless of if you are charged or even found guilty of that crime." This is the perspective of those who agree with the Asse
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I worry that brussels and the UN are both just as bad as the US government, only a number of years behind them. The UN doesn't throw its weight around violating people's rights in large part because it doesn't have the power to do so. I th
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They wouldn't need a lobby if they weren't put in a position where they had to spend a lot of money-- essentially paying off politicians-- to conduct basic operations of their business, such as offering new products or engaging in a merger.
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The government set up the original digital spectrum auctions to establish three carriers in each geographic region. I'm not sure what following auctions have done, but this essentially set out the competitive landscape to be (what eventual
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You don't have to choose between a nice place and low taxes. high taxes and regulations can give you cities like detroit and chicago while low taxes and regulation can give you cities like hong kong, monaco, panama city, etc. In fact, the
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A high tax jurisdiction will charge, often, %40 of profits at the corporate level and then another %40 at the personal level. So, for every $100k you bring in, corporate taxes reduce it to $60k and personal income taxes reduce it to $36k. A

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