fizx

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   by fizx 17y ago

   Yeah, but Myspace was incompetent.
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   by fizx 17y ago

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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   by fizx 17y ago

   I don't know how true the whole article is, but I definitely get anti-social under stress. Worst part of being a startup founder, if you ask me.
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   Under Threat, Women Bond, Men Withdraw(scientificamerican.com)

   8 points by fizx 17y ago|4 comments
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   by fizx 17y ago

   Cash may be an inefficient motivator. Perhaps an extra monitor (~$700) motivates some engineer more than a $2k/year raise. That doesn't mean that cash, especially in large quantities, has no motivational power.
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   by fizx 17y ago

   AFAIK, it went down with the rest of brickhouse about a year ago.
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   by fizx 17y ago

   In my experience this is true when you're solving easy problems. The hard part of solving lots of easy problems includes managing time, not making errors, creating simple, understandable abstractions, etc. Solving well lots of easy problem
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   by fizx 17y ago

   I have no grounds to voice my opinions and advocate for the world I wish to live in. Thanks for setting me straight a2tech!
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   by fizx 17y ago

   Data point: I submitted a simple patch for Rails 3 that got resolved in about 2-3 days. On the other hand, I have good friends who have experienced the same issues you describe.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    What's the vibe right now? SHDH goes til midnight... Should I consider heading down from SF, or will it be petering out by that time?
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    by fizx 17y ago

    He passed (at 82, I believe) about seven years ago. It was both sad and not sad, as he lived a long and amazing life. He programmed the guidance systems of one of the Titan series rockets. He also was in the Navy in WWII. At one point, h
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I just wanted to chime in that the reason I'm a programmer today is that my grandpa helped program the navigation systems on the SR-71. I found that slightly inspirational :)
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Why should relational db writes not be idempotent? MySQL example: INSERT INTO table (id, a, b) VALUES (1,2,3) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE a=2, b=3;
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I don't have interest, but I'd like to say that I find your simplicity and humility refreshing, and I wish you the best fortune in your endeavors!
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I thought April Fools was yesterday.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Where do you live?
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Meters make great bicycle parking spots :)
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    by fizx 17y ago

    +1 (would love to continue hacking on node-avro, coffeescript, express, etc)
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    by fizx 17y ago

    And PHP CMS circa 2003.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Facebook is using both.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    You should look at http://www.parabola.unsw.edu.au/vol45_no2/node2.html which derives that the best strategy is to use the first 1/e of your potential dating life to set a baseline, and then choose the best partner that exceeds it.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Is GAE not that?
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    by fizx 17y ago

    Perhaps the steam engine could be delivered in an impervious sealed box (a close cousin of the massless spring), and thereby pass my test. It's hard to see how to put one-click shopping in a box.
24. 924.▲
    by fizx 17y ago

    Bullshit.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    This article suggests a test for obviousness (and therefore patent invalidation): If the patent's commercial use necessarily requires full disclosure of the contents of the patent, the patent is obvious. Counterarguments?
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I like this group--how it's pretty nice and brutally honest at the same time.
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I think there's a difference between discussing it, and discussing it somewhere it will pop up on your competition's Google Alerts. ;)
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    The Jison grammar for CoffeeScript is surprisingly sexy(github.com)

    1 points by fizx 17y ago|0 comments
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I was halfway through the signup process when I realized I'd be at sxsw. Great idea though!
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    by fizx 17y ago

    I'd be happy to chip in $1k to help the legal fees of creating such a standard clause. In CA, there's the protection of http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&#3... , but the burden of proof is on the employee. I'd lov