edw519

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901.
by edw519 15y ago
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that your daily work and working for the greater good are mutually exclusive. You may not realize it, but you are often contributing to the greater good on a daily basis simply by doing your job.
902.
by edw519 15y ago
======================== | Interesting | Boring | | Work | Work | ================================== | Nice || Heaven | Read | | Office || | HN. | |--------||--
903.
by edw519 15y ago
From "The Godfather", about the cycles in their "industry": MICHAEL How bad do you think it's gonna be? CLEMENZA Pretty goddamn bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That's alright -- this thing's gotta happen every
904.
by edw519 15y ago
It doesn't have to be this way. Perhaps with some planning and leadership, Detroit could follow Pittsburgh's example: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/pittsburghs_renaissa...
905.
by edw519 15y ago
Bravo. This looks like an excellent next step. Not necessarily the ultimate scalar, but it's nice to see the vector pointing in the right direction. As was one of the many outspoken people in one of the earlier threads, I hope I speak for
906.
by edw519 15y ago
Even if you don't believe they are nice guys...do you really think they are so dumb... Of course not. I'm not even sure what I said to imply either of those. The story Arrington wrote yesterday about Airbnb not offering to help was bulls
907.
by edw519 15y ago
She's not an expert in anything, She's the world's foremost authority on personal suffering from the elephant right on Airbnb's critical path. Do not underestimate the power of this. I can visualize a team of people working on this issue
908.
by edw519 15y ago
Airbnb & YC, just fix this please: 1. Get a new place for EJ. Furnish it fully. Pay for everything. 2. Help her restore her virtual identity. Use any resources at your considerable disposal. 3. Help her find her irreplaceable stuff. A f
909.
New app provides real-time bus info(post-gazette.com)
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910.
by edw519 15y ago
I get angry when I realize I will never again be who I've always been before, someone who lived strong and free by the creed that people are essentially good, that if you think optimistically, trust others. Please don't let them steal thi
911.
by edw519 15y ago
you usually don't have the luxury to pay your bills, pay your employees in full etc, let alone do stuff orderly. Make not mistake about it: paying your bills and paying your employees in full are not luxuries, they are requirements . G
912.
by edw519 15y ago
The pricing strategy is based on nutrient content, again according to the Harvard pyramid plan. For the vended products, you pay: one cent per gram of sugar, two cents per gram of fat, four cents per gram of saturated fat, one dollar per
913.
Smile, You're On Everyone's Camera(slate.com)
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914.
by edw519 15y ago
Typical enterprise developer: 1. User knows exactly what he wants. 2. User can only express that in his own language. 3. Data flow diagrams, best practices, structured design, etc. 4. Dev still doesn't know what user wants but bui
915.
by edw519 15y ago
Axiom: Boring work can never compete with Hacker News. Axiom: Hacker News can never compete with interesting work. Theorem: The interestingness of my work is inversely related to my Hacker News participation. Supporting data: Today I'm regr
916.
by edw519 15y ago
How I deal with recruiters: If they need understanding of the technology, I will gladly help them with that. If they need understanding the domain knowledge, I will gladly help them with that. If they need understanding of interpersonal, or
917.
When it comes to presentation, Mark Zuckerberg is no Steve Jobs(cnn.com)
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918.
What's next on the Internet? Ask your kids(latimesblogs.latimes.com)
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919.
by edw519 15y ago
11. Rewrite something that desperately needs to be rewritten. So many times I've encountered something and thought, "I can't believe that people are actually expected to use this software." It was bad from a user perspective: difficult to u
920.
by edw519 15y ago
First this: 1plusV claims its sites were “blacklisted” by Google and lost most of their traffic over a period of several years, suffering “irreparable” harm then this: Between 2007 and 2010 no less than 30 vertical search engines created
921.
Tech's star CEOs could be drag on Obama(sfgate.com)
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922.
by edw519 15y ago
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." - Isaac Newton I believe there are quite a few of us here at Hacker News that could claim you, Mike and Jerry, as our giants. Respect.
923.
How to pick a password that's hard to hack(latimes.com)
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924.
by edw519 15y ago
1960's: Eddie's so gifted! Send him to a special school. 1970's: What a nerd! How will he ever meet a girl? 1980's: What? You want to go out with me? What a nerd! 1990's: Look at that's nerd's car. His father must have bought it.
925.
Tech giants vie for cloud control(usatoday.com)
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926.
Hypersonic jet promises L.A. to Tokyo in 2 1/2 hours(latimesblogs.latimes.com)
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927.
'Ultimate cloud' comes to the rescue(cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com)
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928.
What you don't know about the summer solstice(msnbc.msn.com)
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929.
Put a cork in the Internet bubble talk — for now(msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by edw519 15y ago|0 comments
930.
Rare cosmic blast traced to black hole(usatoday.com)
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