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by elviejo 14y ago
I think Elon Musk is over celebrated... He was fired from Pay-Pal He didn't start Tesla Motors (that was Martin Eberhard) He didn't start spaceX He is good at marketing though...
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by elviejo 14y ago
I think the reason why for-loops are rejected in Ruby is because of it's Smalltalk heritage. In smalltalk there are no loops and no ifs... just methods that are executed on a condition. So 'each:' isn't any more complicated than a 'whileTru
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by elviejo 14y ago
In Code Complete McConnell writes an example in which he writes the main ideas of how his code will work as comments in an empty file. so maybe one would go on write this comments, commit them as the 'How', and then in the first commit mess
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by elviejo 14y ago
Exactly I feel the same way... and when one dares to say that git is unfriendly the answer typically goes along the lines of: "...is because you don't study it enough..." so just another expression of RTFM. But the mere fact that there are
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by elviejo 14y ago
Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky http://hginit.com/ It's a pretty good tutorial. But to me the mere fact that there are so many posts on How-to use a tool that is basic in a programmers arsenal, tells me that DVCS are a solut
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by elviejo 14y ago
What prevents the Intermediary from stealing the money?
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by elviejo 14y ago
This is great. I wonder if applying a crowdsource solution, with humans selecting the billboard, would also have delivered a cost-effective solution with the benefits in less time.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Love the wife support: "if you don't try this you are going to go crazy and then will make me crazy... so just try it"
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by elviejo 14y ago
Or the cheapest version buy a fixed standing desk, and when you want to sit use a stool, or a very tall chair.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Atkins was right too.
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by elviejo 14y ago
everything is infiltrated: banks, goverment agencies, police... complete anonimity is esential.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Yeap the way to provide reliabilty is if several anonymous sources report the same problem. Also this system if the report is by smartphone it could provide GPS to know the location of an incident. but complete anonimity is crucial. And als
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by elviejo 14y ago
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration" (Edison) So the problem is not working on the 1%, that part is fun, interesting... is the 99% that some of us need help with.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Bertrand Meyer creator of Eiffel teaches at ETH Zurich
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by elviejo 14y ago
During my time in the USA, I saw that most people think the private sector is inherently more efficient than the government. As you said it seems like an axiom. However, I disagree it's people+procedures+technology that make a great organiz
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by elviejo 14y ago
I think this is the easiest path OP can take. good advice
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by elviejo 14y ago
I just enjoy the time with her... I pick sexy outfits that maybe she won't try herself... and I ask her to try them on. She can't say no... since she has already dragged me to the store.. so.. sexy girlfriend... buys clothes to make me happ
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by elviejo 14y ago
Maybe checkout this guide: Hackers’ Guide to Silicon Valley http://steveblank.com/2011/02/22/a-visitors-guide-to-silicon...
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by elviejo 14y ago
My father is a car mechanic and once said nothing more powerful.than having the right tool for the job. and he also said that your tools protect you.. the day you get a flat tire is exactly the day you put your tools out of the car...
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Best camera hack ever (turning a camera into a explosion detector)(slugsite.com)
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by elviejo 14y ago
Do you have link? is it in college or open to the public?
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by elviejo 14y ago
And this is the value add.
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by elviejo 14y ago
37signals got its name from 37 ideas they had about how a company should be. http://37signals.com/00.html
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by elviejo 14y ago
I hate all the ninja, rockstar and other terms. A company that uses those terms seems pretty juvenile to me. The kind of place full if nerf guns that dont take the joh serously enough.
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by elviejo 14y ago
I like developer. I think the term developer entails someone capable of working on the full lifecycle..analysis, design, code or maintenance. Sw developer is good.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Isn't by definition going to a "top 5 school" not a representative experience. Maybe his experience is the representative of most colleges and yours from a "top 5 school" the exception.
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by elviejo 14y ago
Yes this is pretty standard you just check out the email account of john@xyz... from your gmail account. and when answering you can select the from: field. Check this link: https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
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by elviejo 15y ago
I've found that being able to focus on one topic is invaluable for learning. Even more if we consider a difficult topic.
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by elviejo 15y ago
1 month everyday for 4-5 hours.
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by elviejo 15y ago
Dr. Goldratt wrote in his later works that the "biggest constraint is Management Attention". So it is crucial when you are constrained by cash, time, people, etc. to keep your focus.

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