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by edw519 12y ago
Why are there so many stupid ads on the internet? Because idiots keep clicking on them. Why are there so many "scamsultants". Because idiots keep hiring them. Nice piece, Jacques. In my younger days, I would have wholeheartedly ag
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I review commits now and then and find some of these issues - but due to the nature and timeline fo the project cannot do it for each and ever commit of course. Why not? I do. I have 8 direct reports and I review every single line of code
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Let's not forget about how much bullshit government adds to non-bullshit jobs... My Typical 8 hour day 1979 to 2002 (before Sarbanes-Oxley): 7 hours: code 1 hour: overhead 2002 to 2014 (after Sarbanes-Oxley): 1 hour:
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‘The Imitation Game’ Dramatizes the Story of Alan Turing(nytimes.com)
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How to Treat Your Cat (or Manager) 1. Any cat > any thing, no matter how expensive. I wish my carpets and furniture weren't all scratched up, but I really don't care that much. Corollary: Any manager > any project. The proje
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How do you communicate if you won't hit an estimate? Immediately, with brutal honesty, and positively. 1. Immediately: Never delay communication. Most people will be less upset about the schedule than the fact that they weren'
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59, programming for 42 years, the last 35 professionally. Here on HN for 7.5 years. I've always been very busy (one of the main reasons I don't post on HN as much any more). I don't have a resume. I'm not on LinkedIn. If
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Lots of data, graphs, and interesting thinking, but what sticks out the most: 881 words about "What makes for a stable marriage" and not one of them is "love". This piece demonstrates two of the most common memes that co
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This is a nice list of stuff everyone hates, but I'm not sure that these things are the cause of killing team motivation. Instead I'd call them co-factors, things we can't stand but put up with if the most important stuff i
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Drone Delivery for Amazon and Google Slowed by Headwinds(newsweek.com)
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Sleeper spaceship could carry first humans to Mars in hibernation state(cnn.com)
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Tech in a bubble? Unease builds over good times(usatoday.com)
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Sinquefield Cup: One of the most amazing feats in chess history(slate.com)
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I discovered this by accident years ago, and now "sleeping on it" is absolutely essential to my making progress, in fact it's probably my most important work hack. I started off by decoupling programming from analysis, doing
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by edw519 12y ago
I am fascinated by how you punctuate your sentences with your hands. You pause for as long as it takes to makes sure you are going to say something of value. Sometimes these pauses are maddeningly long. You are fiercely optimistic and stat
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He was carrying $75,000 raised from relatives to buy a Chinese restaurant... They took $18,000 that he said was meant to buy a used car. ...was stunned when police took $17,550 from him during a stop in 2012 for a minor traffic infract
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One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field. It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What re
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Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs(usatoday.com)
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Ego. "Not getting along" is what happens when one believes that "I" is more important than "we". Once one gets beyond themselves, one can "get along". They still may not agree, but now they've pu
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What would YOU do? Stop thinking about myself and start thinking about others. Find someone who needs help. Help them. Repeat. Before you know it, instances will become classes and you'll have more important things to do than you cou
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Hey gdb, I have made thousands of posts on Hacker News, Twitter, and my own blog. Every time someone emails me about one of my posts and tells me about how it affected them or reminded them of something, it makes my day. So thank you! I&#x2
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I've always believed that in a Venn diagram, the intersection between 2 circles "Embraces Technology" and "Helps Others" was very large. Thank you, Jean, for sharing a such a beautiful example. And thank you, Arthur
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by edw519 12y ago
Reminds me of a friend's response when her doctor asked if she exercised. She said, "On purpose?" I understand her. As a busy person, nothing is more boring and time consuming than exercising "on purpose". I ride my
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by edw519 13y ago
I'm sorry to say I couldn't accept your proposal for a political contribution. Please don't take it personally. The requests I receive get better every election cycle, and since there's a limit on the number of candidate
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Loved this line: For now we’ll keep collecting data to see what other worthless knowledge we can assimilate. On one hand, we want to lighten up and acknowledge that not everything we do is to "save the world". On the other hand,
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This is so important and comes up so often that I now have a boilerplate answer from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=191275 and also #49 here: http://v25media.s3.amazonaws.com/edw519_mod.pdf * The s
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Are Hackathons the Future of Medical Innovation?(slate.com)
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You lost me at almost blindly supports Israel's increasingly unjustifiable occupation . Why is it that people who know so much about one thing feel compelled to open their big mouths about something else they clearly know so little ab
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All the Things "Silicon Valley" gets wrong about Silicon Valley.(slate.com)
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- When will the next bus/train be at this spot? - a non-DRM ebook reader with Project Gutenburg installed - auto convert from client/server to webapp or phoneapp - grocery delivery for us not in SV,Seattle,etc - reser

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