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by ffn 12y ago
Where would you go? Every centralized service will eventually run into this problem of contributory copyright infringement. If you truly want to change the playing field, free us from the shackles of copyright, and bring us to a new world o
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by ffn 12y ago
Wait, why are we attacking flat buttons, rounded borders, and non-gradient backgrounds when it's the incestuous nature of ideas in the Valley that's really the problem. I mean, in the article, the guy spends time at the beginning
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by ffn 12y ago
You need to suggest what those words should map to, otherwise, what are we suppose to do with them? Map them to bullshit also? That would make the article not necessarily make sense. I propose the following: lean -> no money startup -&gt
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by ffn 12y ago
There is like 30+ years of social-psych research and papers backing up why average people (the swat team members) can become truly the hand of evil as situations demand of them. The most (in)famous of these studies is the Milgram shock expe
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by ffn 12y ago
Can someone explain to me why 90% women graduating in healthcare is not considered a gender gap but 90% men graduating in compsci is? Why isn't anyone pushing to have more men go into K-12 education, nursing, etc.? And if you're c
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by ffn 12y ago
This is good stuff, reminds me of all horrible cancer I've had to deal with working on certain projects in past. This hopefully isn't an issue with anyone else out there, but there also should be a check for complexity in the view
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by ffn 12y ago
Oh sweet. Looks like I don't have to put vendor assets code into my git repos anymore. Thanks rails-assets.org
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by ffn 12y ago
Man, I come to HN expecting articles about the latest javascript MVVCVCCMCCV framework, the release log of some marginally different overhyped product, yet another person flaming DHH for expressing his opinion on anything, etc... but always
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by ffn 13y ago
But your job as a person is to not be an asshole to your friends. And one's job as a person is far more important as one's job as a CEO.
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by ffn 13y ago
There is inherently nothing wrong with those jobs; both give you adequate skills one needs to not only survive in a company, but also strike out on one's own. In addition, both are positions that will always and forever be needed for a
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by ffn 13y ago
Most companies don't want to be associated with pr0n...especially big companies whose market base depends soccer moms and children
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by ffn 13y ago
k, brb, building a git sarcastic tool
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by ffn 13y ago
I was completely okay until I came across his entry on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnellum_peckii and then I was done for the day
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by ffn 13y ago
One of his points was that it is extremely hard to predict where the next boom in the greater STEM field will be. Several years ago, internet boomed, then bust, then boomed again. Meanwhile, petro rose while aerospace fell... It's prec
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by ffn 13y ago
Maybe I'm just neurotic and work is getting to me, but the tone of the article felt oddly erotic to me...
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by ffn 13y ago
Because most people are on the bandwagon that travelling and volunteering is the thing that enriches their lives. Personally, I can see where they're coming from, but for me, karaoke, creative writing, and dancing are a lot more engaging an
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by ffn 13y ago
Maybe it's me and my clearly misogynistic contributing-to-the-patriarchy-and-oppressing-my-female attitude toward the whole thing, but with females I always try my hardest to be friendly with hugs over handshakes. Most of them are totally o
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by ffn 13y ago
>The book bares all about how the parenting model worked for her older daughter Sophia, now 17 and heading off to an Ivy League college, but backfired dramatically for her younger girl, Louisa, or Lulu, who is now 14 Why do we associate
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by ffn 13y ago
Oh wow, this is kind of fun. Might definitely use on some of my quirkier sites. Thanks OP
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by ffn 13y ago
As the guys who usual says "that's a swell idea", or "yeah, I'm down for some McNuggets" to really gross food decisions (masochism, I don't know), I personally love it when other folks throw out these "sequestration" choices because it's us
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by ffn 13y ago
At where I work, we call it chance_2_buy_lunch.scss Every Friday, we pick 3 random lines from chance_2_buy_lunch.scss (and another 3 from chance_2_buy_lunch.coffee) and the writers of those lines have to buy lunch for the rest of the team.
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by ffn 13y ago
Really interesting read... but out of curiosity, how does exercise play into the sleep schedule? In order to maintain a good sleep rhythm, when is latest one should exercise? Also I'd like to know where you get your supposedly free stopwatc
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by ffn 13y ago
Why does it matter if Discount Oakley Sunglasses really enjoyed your post or not? As long as the writer feels more motivated to continue writing afterwards, then what do you possibly achieve by telling him or her that "oh, don't believe in
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by ffn 14y ago
God... this is particularly painful because I remember first seeing this in a thread on boards.4chan.org/g/... and now, several months later, here it is on hacker news.
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by ffn 14y ago
How about a bike with a combo lock built into its gears so that all the gears will only spin if the correct combo is given. The built-in combo lock can also be rigged to detonate some wired-in explosive if someone attempts to forcefully rem
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The rise and fall of Sony(gamesindustry.biz)
4 points by ffn 14y ago|1 comments