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by edw519 15y ago
Hey Steve, lots of Hacker News readers are just as smart as Jeff Bezos. Some of us may even be smarter. You may remove every third paragraph for him, but you can remove every third word for us and we can fill in the rest with our giant br
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by edw519 15y ago
Reminds me of this old story: A religious scholar was telling his wife about the interesting discussion in class one day. "We were attributing the reason for removing the chicken's legs before cooking it for soup." "Reb Schalcter said it wa
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by edw519 15y ago
Nice list, Jacques. My list of heroes is shorter and even more obscure: Samuel Weissman & Louis Marcus My grandfathers There were two of the smartest people I ever met, but neither ever went to school a single day of his life. Both work
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by edw519 15y ago
Have you had another idea you’d pay if existed? 1. A device that rings a bell or flashes the lights in any/all rooms of my house if my cell phone is at home and rings. This way I don't have to carry it with me everywhere in the house. 2.
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by edw519 15y ago
I found the "Alternative careers" hilarious. My version: Your code sucks. Alternative careers: "Do you want fries with that?" OP's version: 1. Inability to determine the order of program execution Alternative careers: Electri
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by edw519 15y ago
I appreciate a good hack, but just can't get past the idea that this is a solution in search of a problem. 2 Reasons I would never consider using this: 1. I don't want anyone to have any idea "how busy I am". Maybe I'm old fashioned, but th
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by edw519 15y ago
Thanks for posting this. It takes a lot of balls (even with a throwaway account) to post something like this and, hopefully, only good will come out of it. If this thread goes like these kinds of threads usually go on Hacker News, I have no
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Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class(slate.com)
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Google Offers to compete with Groupon, Living Social(post-gazette.com)
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How to succeed in small business(deniseleeyohn.com)
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Programmer Classifieds(edweissman.com)
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OmniTouch: Wearable Multitouch Interaction Everywhere(chrisharrison.net)
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Misperceptions About Venture Capital(me.lt)
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by edw519 15y ago
I always chuckle when anyone says, "It's not too late to..." It's never too late to do anything . And it's never too late to get good at almost anything, especially programming. My story: Age 21 - graduated college Age 23 - graduated
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by edw519 15y ago
So I'm kinda confused... You shouldn't be. Here's what happened: You thought your ex-boss wasn't an asshole. You were wrong and you found out the hard way. Now that you're in business, sad to say that it's probably not the last time that
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by edw519 15y ago
I admire OP's financial project and appreciate his sharing it. I imagine quite a few people may benefit from it. But make no mistake about it, the #1 reason for any "How I did <anything regarding money>" is really, "I am cheap." We
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Why You Can’t Invest in My Awesome Start-Up(slate.com)
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A programmer’s greatest enemy is getting stuck. Agreed. I often know where I want to go but can't seem to get there with code. This sucks and good programmers must find a way to get through this. A crucial skill in programming...is the a
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Imagine if your house had Windows(raganwald.posterous.com)
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You bring up something I failed to mention: this can be a touchy situation. In your case, it sounds like you have a great customer, but not a sugar daddy. I would never do something to upset a current customer. You could make them a partner
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Dennis Ritchie dies at 70; computer scientist helped develop Unix(latimes.com)
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by edw519 15y ago
I don't have lots of advice, but I have written about my experiences. Check out #232 here: http://edweissman.com/53640595 The pawn shop guy, the employer of the friend I met for lunch, and the stranger I met at an industry dinner all tur
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by edw519 15y ago
Great post, Jacques. Thanks for your kind words. People might even consider doing business with you, but nobody wants to be 'first' for fear of being burned. This can also work in your favor... It's rare, but sometimes you can find someon
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by edw519 15y ago
I did quit my full-time job. So did I. Many times. About half the time it worked out great. The other half, it sucked, just like yours does now. You are not alone. I'm constantly broke, on the verge of poverty... Then get a job, any job
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by edw519 15y ago
These are great! A few more of my own: What does my reptilian brain "sense" in .5 seconds? What can be removed to improve it? What is confusing? What is offensive? What could make it simpler? What could make it clearer? Whic
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Why Small Businesses Aren't Innovative(slate.com)
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Public Debut of the Computer Mouse (San Francisco, 1968)(sloan.stanford.edu)
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New Legoland park opening in Florida(msnbc.msn.com)
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"I want to put a ding in the universe." Perhaps his biggest ding was inspiring so many of us to pursue our own dings. R.I.P.
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What we really owe to Steve Jobs(cnn.com)
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