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by edw519 15y ago
Congratulations, Jason Baptiste! I made a point of meeting Jason when we lived in Miami at the same time. I had to meet this guy who made so many great comments here at Hacker News. Glad to see you've moved on to bigger and better things.
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by edw519 15y ago
Good umpire: "I call them as I see them." Better umpire: "I call them as they are." Best umpire: "They aren't anything until I call them." Same idea: Good programmer: Smart and gets things done Better programmer: Wri
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by edw519 15y ago
Reminds me of this oldie but goodie: A smart businessman went to a bank near the airport to borrow $10,000 for his overseas trip. The bank demanded collateral, so he left his Rolls Royce in their warehouse vault. A week later, he returned
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Why a hyper-personalized Web is bad for you (Q & A)(news.cnet.com)
3 points by edw519 15y ago|0 comments
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Lender 2.0: Kiva's Premal Shah(latimes.com)
14 points by edw519 15y ago|2 comments
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In-demand grad takes a very big gamble(news.cnet.com)
1 points by edw519 15y ago|0 comments
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by edw519 15y ago
I could have written the bit about my grandfather. He passed away 36 years ago this week and I was already thinking about him quite a bit. He was the most amazing person I ever met. He came to the U.S. alone when he was 11 years old and li
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by edw519 15y ago
2007: Is this really the kind of thing we want on Hacker News? 2008: Maybe we oughta just autokill techcrunch posts. 2009: More drama from the drama queens. 2010: Not Hacker News. 2011: Sigh.
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by edw519 15y ago
Programming is... examining an existing problem, devising an elegant software solution, building that solution, and enjoying the results. helping a customer define a process and improving that process with technology 100X. building somethin
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Crowded coupon industry competes for users(today.msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by edw519 15y ago|0 comments
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by edw519 15y ago
It's not so much that I disagree with OP, it's just that I've never done much of what he recommends. Initially, screw the algorithms and data structures. That's like saying, "Initially, screw the basement and build the attic." The number
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Darwin's travels may have led to illness, death(hosted.ap.org)
2 points by edw519 16y ago|0 comments
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Americans, Everything You Do Is Monitored(shtfplan.com)
6 points by edw519 16y ago|7 comments
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Move over, laptop: It's tablet time(latimes.com)
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by edw519 16y ago
I have yet to encounter a manager (in the enterprise) who actually cared to take a closer look at the worked performed in your above list. I have. Many times. But indirectly. Let me explain... IT Managers get feedback from our customer
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by edw519 16y ago
This is a nice start, but after reading "Pillar #1 - Technical Competence", this sounds more like a guide for systems administrators than for developers. Don't get me wrong, everything in Pillar #1 is important, but I think there are much m
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Japanese lab invents Internet kissing machine (cnn.com)
2 points by edw519 16y ago|0 comments
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by edw519 16y ago
My favorite bit: Evan: This is one of our recruiting strategies. We literally go to recruiting events...and we just tell them, "Hey, I'll give you a thousand dollars if you can beat my co-founder, Prasanna here, in a coding challenge." Jas
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by edw519 16y ago
What you call "semantics", I call "a critical distinction" that needed to be pointed out. In my early years, I wasted a lot of energy trying to be more productive, efficient, effective, (call it whatever you want), until I learned one of th
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by edw519 16y ago
Pretty much. Do that enough days in a row and you'll have little else to worry about. (I'd say "good" instead of "productive".)
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by edw519 16y ago
How you measure... Simple answer: I guess my original post was a long round-about way of saying: Bad measure: "Do I feel like a had a good day?" Better measure: "Do I feel like I got a lot done today?" Best measure: "Do I have more valuab
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by edw519 16y ago
I am not interested in maximizing Productivity. Productivity = Output / Input (Efficiency == Productivity) So all I have to do to be more productive is to reduce Input. This is easy. Just write a code generator. I can write 100,000 lines
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Suit against PC renter raises privacy questions(news.yahoo.com)
3 points by edw519 16y ago|0 comments
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Couple says rented computer spied on them(post-gazette.com)
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by edw519 16y ago
It appears that your browser does not support LeanDesigns. Wow, one of the few "Review my startup" posts for something I'd actually use, and I hit a roadblock on the first click. I understand that you want to use the latest and greatest t
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by edw519 16y ago
for(a=0;a<aa;a++){ if(bbb[a]<bbbb[aa]){ bbb[aa]=bbbb[aaa] }else{ bbbb[aaa]=bbb[aa] } } I'll be out of jail in 30 days. The original programmer will be fine once the stitches are removed. Actually, all ki
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by edw519 16y ago
Oh, what the heck, here are mine... 1. Start with the answer, then work back. 2. It worked. You changed something. It doesn't work. It's probably something you did. 3. The answer is always "yes". Sometimes, "yes, but", but always "yes".
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by edw519 16y ago
I have always hated this and probably always will. I have rarely eaten lunch with my work mates. Just a few reasons why: 1. I don't want to talk about work at lunch. 2. I want to get out of the office and get some fresh air. 3. I often wa
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Amazon's cloud crash destroyed many customers' data(technolog.msnbc.msn.com)
3 points by edw519 16y ago|0 comments
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by edw519 16y ago
As I read about OP's awakening as he talked to some of the Techstars mentors, I kept thinking, "Haven't I heard this somewhere before?" Then I realized that I got many of the same feelings from reading the book _Do More Faster_ by Techstars

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