felipe

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Why VCs invest in stupid companies(e-consultancy.com)
4 points by felipe 18y ago|0 comments
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by felipe 18y ago
On the bright side... Brazil also suffered from hyperinflation during the late 80s and early 90s, requiring programmers to deal with the craziest policies you (or the IMF) can imagine -- From nationwide account freezes to exchanging entire
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by felipe 18y ago
I think the main source of this confusion is the lack of understanding of the difference between computer science and software engineering: "A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build." http://www.stevemcc
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by felipe 18y ago
Seriously, how can someone possibly review Children of Men in less than 160 chars???
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by felipe 18y ago
And what's your point?
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by felipe 18y ago
And ironically the only one who actually made money out of this whole deal was the guy who jumped out of the ship at the early beginning...
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Tools for Agility - A White paper by Kent Beck(microsoft.com)
1 points by felipe 18y ago|0 comments
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by felipe 18y ago
Google the keyword "ICT4Dev". I think it's pretty much what edw519 already said: Build something of value and you are already making a difference. I think the step one for you is to figure out what community (target user) you feel connected
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by felipe 18y ago
> When we pay for foreign students to earn advanced degrees, only to kick them out of the country once they've graduated, we're cutting off our nose to spite our face. Right, I agree with you, and I understand your argument (though I do
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by felipe 18y ago
> I can name at least a half-dozen foreign doctoral students and post-docs, whom I know personally, who are/were on NIH and NSF funding Those grants are research-based, so NIH and NSF are paying them in exchange of research work. In you
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by felipe 18y ago
Could you please share some numbers? Is this the case for the high-tech industry in specific (the argument is around high-tech workers) I have a grad degree. Certainly I didn't get any help at all, and I don't know any one in my class who
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by felipe 18y ago
I have never met any high-tech immigrant worker who complained about making less than others. I, for one, know for a fact that my salary was compatible to other with similar skills and experience Maybe you are talking about offshored jobs,
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by felipe 18y ago
> We already pay for foreign citizens to get graduate degrees from US schools I think this is a tiny minority, and in fact foreigners don't even have access to subsidized loans (I know that because I fully paid for my education by myse
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by felipe 18y ago
The reason I posted this article is because I have first-hand experience as a foreign-born worker who immigrated via a work-visa and eventually got my masters here in the US. The fact is that the immigration process for high-skilled workers
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Silicon Valley Engineer Testifies on Need to Retain Talented High-Tech Students and Professionals(ieeeusa.org)
8 points by felipe 18y ago|30 comments
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by felipe 18y ago
He is talking about an IDE feature that indicates that, well, your test passed! http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/EclipseCon2006/shots/junitTestsP... The idea is that you write a few lines of code, test it (most likely you'll get red), and you
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by felipe 18y ago
Unit testing written first actually forces you to throw away bad code more often. The test is independent from the production code.
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by felipe 18y ago
I hated unit testing until I learned this practice: http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/testfirst.html Since then I really enjoy writing unit tests. It really changed my mindset. Unit testing is more about design rather than testing i
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by felipe 18y ago
Sorry for this bad situation. What I would do in your situation is to try to pre-sell this solution to potential customers (hospitals, healthcare companies, etc... You definitely have a leverage there as a nurse). Once you get a few commitm
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by felipe 19y ago
The world is not in panic because of the US housing market. The world is in panic because of the falling dollar and inflation.
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by felipe 19y ago
"Four Steps to the Epiphany" is a must-read. Also, get "Bootstrapping" from Greg Gianforte.
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Jaxer AJAX Server: Server-side DOM, easy remote calls, and more(aptana.com)
3 points by felipe 19y ago|0 comments
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Americans from Google and MS doing start-up in China(english.cri.cn)
1 points by felipe 19y ago|0 comments
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Nintendo Brain Age's scientist gives up $11m in royalties(news.yahoo.com)
1 points by felipe 19y ago|0 comments
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by felipe 19y ago
"The Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid" is excellent too: http://www.amazon.com/Fortune-Bottom-Pyramid-Eradicating-Pub...
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PBS Frontline: Growing Up Online -- Excellent Documentary(pbs.org)
8 points by felipe 19y ago|1 comments
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by felipe 19y ago
Have you tried Prosper? http://www.prosper.com
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Bill Clinton on Social Entrepreneurship(charlierose.com)
1 points by felipe 19y ago|0 comments
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by felipe 19y ago
knowledge != information
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by felipe 19y ago
> I would be willing to bet you that they have no interest in becoming a service economy. I completely agree with you. More so, I believe China (and other developing nations) is pursuing a knowledge economy. We were pursuing it too, u

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