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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
>There was a time when only wealthy folks could afford goods. Capitalism happened and now everyone can afford goods. Okay this may sound abstract.....when you buy an object which has been crafted to perfection by another artist....you d
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
not everybody....only the person who tells me what to do ,writes emails all day and makes almost double my base and at least 5 times my bonus. If the the desire to not get fucked over is being selfish...then so be it!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
If your boss actually lets you make cool things then you are lucky....chances are that you are a salaried bitch who can code! How can you be happy when your boss makes much more money than you writing emails all day...point is that you shou
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3202914 You should really read patio11's comment on the Google 250K thread...individual developer productivity is indeed through the roof! We would not actually mind working for a company but companies
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TELL HN: The dots eventually do connect.
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Me too...I have even read his book....The idea that we have to choose one between them is a logical fallacy called False Dilemma!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Straw Man is the name of the fallacy!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
haha yeah I should have said positive real numbers!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
thanks!
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The entrepreneur who rents out sheep.(nytimes.com)
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
haha....yeah I didnt think of that when I made my profound statement.
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
My respect for him remains the same because when you multiply infinity by any number what you get is still infinity!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
A programmers opinion of Java goes a long way in showing what kind of a programmer he/she really is!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
very good point about instant gratification...I completely agree!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
So that means that my incompetence made me blind from the greatness of this post! Well its possible but I am not buying that right now. What I would buy is that maybe I have not reached a sufficient level of karma to comment on Hacker News
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
If you wish to disagree please do so but write down the reason for your disagreement.Also how is this against HN Comment guidelines? EDIT: Okay I get it. From HN Guidelines "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comm
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
See this post is a testament to Hacker News's decline.Not because I think that post doesnt have something interesting or intellectually arousing to say.It absolutely does.I create things too and I understand the importance of creation espec
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The Cacophony of the Brain(nytimes.com)
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
</RANT> Well I think you're right...but this "culturism" that you talk about has something to do with the fact that Indians from India are not inherently very good at managing people or software projects.In fact I would say that sta
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
haha true....When I talk to women at Bars...I am an iPhone/iPad Artist....They dont realize that that involves tweaking LLVM flags and debugging segmentation faults haha!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Here is something constructive to take away from Patrick's essay. If you work in a bureaucracy dont whine about code quality ,better testing etc coz guess what ...No one really gives a shit! If you really want to do good work do where its a
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Question : How do I go about drawing my own point clouds.?
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
dude thats awesome man....I have been thinking of making a cool virtual reality app where you changed the projection of the view with the accelerometer and gyroscope...could potentially use your library aking it...thanks a lot!
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Try to go into Steve's mind when he said "OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW"....try going to the mind of a person who is about to die.....try going to the mind of a person who realizes that this is the end....these last few seconds are the last of a li
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
With all due respect...I think that the factor we are trying to maximize is not money...It is overall life satisfaction and happiness as a hacker. Personally I would choose 80K a year building my own awesome apps ,making a name for myself,t
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Search around on HN.You will find a lot threads with Single Founder success stories in recent times.Probably more than Startup Success stories.Two names that come to mind are Instapaper and BigNoggins productions.
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Yes I think so too.I think this option was simply not available to Patrick when he started figuring his way out of his corporate soul-crushing job.The path that he took was probably the best under those circumstances. But now (thanks to ser
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
Yes in fact that is all...when I say awesome I do mean applications that create real value for people.No bullshit...just good products that people will love to use. You are right.If you have a family and dont really have a million saved,it
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
I think Patrick is missing a niche segment of Hackers who have been making a lot of money in last few years.They are the independent Mobile App Developer(iOS/Android) If you choose this path then you dont even have to start a company,all yo
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by freemarketteddy 15y ago
What are you smoking?

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