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by edw519 15y ago
You forgot the biggest bullshit of all, Marco. Hacker News users: I'm so mad that the government is doing <xyz>! I'm so mad that big business is doing <xyz>! I'm so mad that venture capitalists are doing <xyz>! I'm s
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by edw519 15y ago
Sorry to say, I've been through a very similar situation 3 separate times in 3 different cities as the primary caregiver. The least intuitive and most important thing I learned each time was that there are many wonderful options available b
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by edw519 15y ago
Thanks for the quick response, j3. I sure didn't mean to be snarky and it looks like you didn't take it that way. I believe you just added more data to my argument. Let me explain... If there's only a 3% chance of getting accepted into some
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by edw519 15y ago
How much do you get paid to fill out the application? I love the idea that you're "edgy" and thinking outside the box, but honestly, have you really thought your application process through? As an ugly introverted nerd who still has trouble
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Stupid Bosses I've Had (Part 2 of 3)(edweissman.com)
17 points by edw519 15y ago|9 comments
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What's really behind Twitter's staff exodus(money.cnn.com)
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Doctors should not operate on themselves, lawyers should not represent themselves, and academics who are totally detached from reality certainly should not diagnose themselves. Notice the total detachment from reality in these remarks: Wil
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by edw519 15y ago
OP here. I just threw this together to have a little fun on a Friday morning. I knew I wasn't alone, but it's still nice when you guys remind me how much I'm not. It seems like there are two worlds for programmers these days: never having e
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Famous Last Words by Bosses I've Had(edweissman.com)
315 points by edw519 15y ago|182 comments
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Insidious Bug or Comedy of Errors?(edweissman.com)
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by edw519 15y ago
Sometimes we hackers work too hard to make things more complicated than they need to be. I was referring to the hackers who use the forum, not the ones who run it. Sorry for the confusion. It really is much easier and more beneficial for
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by edw519 15y ago
Discussions like this remind me of my favorite scene from "Roadhouse", the best bad movie ever. Discussion forums are kinda like bars and hackers are kinda like coolers... All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One: never un
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by edw519 15y ago
Hmmm, algorithms to control elevator behavior. How about algorithms to punish inefficient human behavior on elevators: a. If people are on the elevator, it stops on a floor for a button that has been pressed, and no one gets off (as measure
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by edw519 15y ago
The scariest part of all of this is that they can tell which physical computer you log in from. Sounds like a business opportunity: a proxy not only for your IP address, but for your browser / cookies / history / operating system. I look fo
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Barefoot running: bad or beneficial?(msnbc.msn.com)
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Microsoft Ends Another Vertical Market Dalliance—This Time In Healthcare(techcrunch.com)
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Facebook is Hiding Your Mail(slate.com)
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Millennial entrepreneurs bypass the unemployment line(usatoday.com)
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by edw519 15y ago
Yes, thank you! I thought I was the only one. Patrick, I love almost everything you write, both here and on your blog, but the idea of listening to anything for more than 5 minutes drives me nuts. Maybe it's my OCD, or my need to focus de
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Startups: Get big or get bought(money.cnn.com)
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The most interesting college courses are wasted on 18-year-olds(slate.com)
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by edw519 15y ago
we don't hire people who say things like that I don't work for people who don't hire people who say things like that. but don't feed us a line of bullshit And I certainly don't work for people who refer to a candidate's concern for conf
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Entrepreneurs are public servants, too(usatoday.com)
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by edw519 15y ago
There are a few quotes from college I'll never forget. One of them was by my chemistry professor who said, "I have a great deal of respect for the equal sign." He put one student's homework on the screen. Instead of answering: A + B = C
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by edw519 15y ago
I'm unhappy and have been unhappy for years. It sounds like you want to be happy, so you made this post. That's a good step. Pressure landed me in a field I have absolutely no interest in. You did <a>, <b>, and <c&#6
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by edw519 15y ago
Being a natural optimizer, maximizing the value I get out of Twitter (and anything else) is an ongoing process. That process obviously needs tweaking if it made me unfollow @danielbmarkham. Daniel, you're one of my favorite writers, both h
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by edw519 15y ago
OK, I'll bite. I was hoping to learn a little something about myself, but I'm not sure I did. My results: Blog Entry #1 (advice) - Arthur Clarke Blog Entry #2 (humor) - Cory Doctorow Blog Entry #3 (advice) - Stephen King Blog Entry #4 (auto
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by edw519 15y ago
Turn off your phone in the mall? Yea, right. Now there's great advice from someone who's in touch with modern reality: 1985 - If I don't see you again, I'll figure you ran into your friends and went home with them. 1989 - Meet me at the fou
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by edw519 15y ago
Changed from "No horizontal scroll bar at 800 x 600?" to "No horizontal scroll bar to get beyond right fold?" Do people even realize that some of their content becomes unavailable on certain browsers and at certain resolutions. Thanks.
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edw519's simple rules for reading on the internet: That's a Back Button (to the cadence of "That's a Paddlin'" from "The Simpsons") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgR0m-9FmM Login button below the fold? That's a back button. Animat

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