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Go principles in Agile: Choose backlog items that serve two purposes(mountaingoatsoftware.com)
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Japan's aging population could actually be good news(newscientist.com)
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Wow... that's a really nice thing to do for one in need. Gotta be your friend Zed!
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Instead of choosing one over the other, why not choose both? I specialise in both PHP and Python. For web projects on commodity hardware, nothing beats PHP, especially when used with powerful frameworks such as Zend, Yii or Drupal. For inst
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Original link is down, probably got hit by the HN DDoS. Here's the contents of that link, retrieved from Google Cache. =============================== Goodbye academia, I get a life. =============================== One of my first memo
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by eugenesia 13y ago
This reminds me of the question, "Do we live to eat, or eat to live?" To a business, money is like food. Without food, you can't live. But is eating the primary goal of your life? Similarly, a business (but especially a start
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Agree with you that the market isn't able to pick out value, especially value that isn't easily exchangeable for money. Social work is of indispensable value from a particular perspective, and social workers are in short supply in
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by eugenesia 13y ago
+1 for CodeIgniter. Easy to learn and easy to hack, as it's very transparent about what goes under the hood. Despite (or because of) its simplicity, I moved on to other frameworks after about 2-3 projects. But nothing beats CodeIgniter
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How to fail in a Drupal project: Fixed price contracts(wunderkraut.com)
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Thanks analogAndroid - I'm just getting started with Puppet and Vagrant too. Great article, hoping to learn more from you!
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by eugenesia 13y ago
The Russians have said he's applying to 15 countries for asylum. He's trying to gain public support and put pressure on the US government, while at the same time persuading countries to give him asylum. Releasing a statement will
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by eugenesia 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Singapore or Remote Drupal/PHP/Python/HTML/CSS/Sass I'm a full-stack web developer, strong on the front end, focusing on Drupal and Python. I'm normally based in London but will be in Singap
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by eugenesia 13y ago
It seems that the grooves pointing towards the centre of the platform make for an unnatural walking gait. At the start of a step, the foot will move inwards towards the line of travel. As the foot crosses the torso, it will move outwards ag
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UK becomes first country in world to approve IVF using genes of three parents(independent.co.uk)
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by eugenesia 13y ago
But I do agree with one of the commenters, who said that "women have to work to maintain likeability by walking the tightrope of the double bind. Women who are too masculine (which they must be to succeed) often are NOT liked. Those wh
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New Research Shows Success Doesn't Make Women Less Likable(blogs.hbr.org)
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by eugenesia 13y ago
This is very interesting. More research should be done. It may be the case that for high-profile games - which are almost guaranteed to sell well - demos are not needed. And the article also states that marketing budgets are not taken into
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by eugenesia 13y ago
Yes that's true - in fact there are multiple strategies that can be employed when monetising an app, neatly summarised in this TechCrunch article: http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/26/how-free-apps-can-make-m
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MVC's "fat model, skinny controller" is a load of rubbish(joncairns.com)
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by eugenesia 13y ago
If you're able to make a living doing a PhD (from your stipend and being a teaching assistant), it might help to tide you over till the economy improves. But obviously, this article is just for fun! If you're looking for a more se
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by eugenesia 13y ago
I had a degree in electrical engineering, but only coded substantially in VC++ (self-taught) in my fourth year of university. The university syllabus only covered the basics of Java and C++, not enough for a real job. Thereafter, I served m