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by edw519 13y ago
58, been very active on HN since the beginning, 7 years ago. My passion and aptitude for hacking are higher than ever! I struggled all day yesterday, trying to organize parameters to feed an engine to propagate data that would generate code
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Inside the Incubator – Silicon Valley is satire, but feels like a documentary.(slate.com)
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One Tech Guru’s Crusade to Ban Handshaking(abcnews.go.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
I'm maxed up to match on 401k. Max it beyond match. At current returns and tax rates, investing pre-tax dollars will probably get you more bang for your buck that almost anything else.
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Hobie Alter dies at 80; shaped Southern California surf culture(latimes.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
I care more about the project than about the salary and benefits. Great! I suppose that's the case for most of us. I don't suppose that. Others may say that, but they really prefer what's in it for them. You are in the
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by edw519 13y ago
when you're ready to be useful to others again. Again? You just nailed the problem. If everything you did was for others, then this discussion (and many like it) wouldn't even make sense. You wouldn't "get burned out&q
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...it's become very, very clear that a person's upbringing almost determines whether or not they're going to be successful... The old town drunk died. His two sons, the bank president and the new town drunk were at his fune
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by edw519 13y ago
Manage things. Lead people. If the hundreds of poor managers I have known would have just understood these 4 words, nothing else could have made more positive impact.
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Online commenting: A right to remain anonymous?(usatoday.com)
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Bitcoin exchange CEO found dead in Singapore(usatoday.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
When is it stealing? As soon as you have to ask, "When is it stealing?", it's stealing, simple as that. As much as people would like to believe otherwise, all the rest is hand waving, semantics, and window dressing.
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What's next? "How to Make Yourself Have Sex When You Just Don't Want To" "How to Make Yourself Eat Krispy Kremes When You Just Don't Want To" "How to Make Yourself Love You Children When You Just Don&
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by edw519 13y ago
4 years ago, I had a feeling something like this would happen. See #4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025798 5 years earlier than I predicted and for a better job. Congratulations, sama.
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by edw519 13y ago
Why? Why? Why the fuck? Nerdie homes must make a buck. Have a need? Scratch that itch. Take a break to hack that bitch. People hurt & need more meds, Hacker rather show his creds. Breakthrus needed by a sage, But iph
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by edw519 13y ago
Great post! This really hits the sweet spot for so many here at HN. I especially like: The problem is that all of this is focused on us, the creator, and not on the customer, the consumer. If we're actually going to sell products, w
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by edw519 13y ago
Boss: We have thousands of bad orders that must be fixed now! Me: No we don't. We have 121 bad orders. Boss: There are thousands of them! Me: No there aren't. There are exactly 121 of them. I'm sure. Boss: I'm not going
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Can Shape Security revolutionize Web defense?(usatoday.com)
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Hackers: HealthCare.gov still riddled with potential security issues(nbcnews.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
Funny, seems like I always narrow my list down to this 1 item: "They are obsessed about their customers' success." Everything else is a byproduct.
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by edw519 13y ago
Counterexample: | .. | . . | waste | . . | stuff | of | . . | I | my | .
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Interviews Alone Are Ineffective When Hiring New Employees(info.avitusgroup.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
I'm just the opposite. I have eaten my lunch at my desk almost every day for years and can't imagine anything else. - I crave LONG periods of time for coding... - By noon, I'm really getting rolling. I hate to stop. -
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by edw519 13y ago
>If you're happy and you know it, missing quote missing quote >IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowItNotAVerb Not a verb >If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it, If you're happy and yo
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by edw519 13y ago
On the way to a sales call, a salesman, a project manager, and a programmer were kidnapped. When their employer refused to pay the ransom, the kidnappers granted each a last wish before killing them. The salesman said, "I still want to
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by edw519 13y ago
Tech billionaire checklist: - security detail - private jet - yacht - professional sports franchise - foundation - once respected media outlet as personal mouthpiece Once again, Jeff Bezos leads the way. (Jeff Bezos, CEO of
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by edw519 13y ago
Ability to turn off anything I don't want. Nothing distracts my focus from my core work more than the IDE doing something I didn't intend. This is especially irritating when I accidentally switched modes or put myself somewhere
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AllThingsD co-founders launch new tech site, Re/code(nbcnews.com)
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My first day here. (2506 days ago on my profile)
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This incident immediately reminded me of Hall of Fame baseball player Steve Carlton, one of the greatest professional athletes of all time. He had a simple method of dealing with media "issues": he didn't talk to them. From

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