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961.
by gamble 17y ago
My post was ambiguous, but I didn't mean to say that engineers don't specialize. The difference is that an engineer's value lies in their understanding of a technical domain and skill in analysis and design, not the particular tools they us
962.
by gamble 17y ago
Absolutely. I loathe the emphasis on being an 'X programmer' in the software industry. I've never met anyone who described themselves as an 'Autocad engineer'.
963.
by gamble 17y ago
This is basically what I've been saying about Android since it was announced. The iPhone comparisons and controversy over 'openness' were inevitable, but Google's motivation for Android was always to prevent Microsoft from acting as a gatek
964.
by gamble 17y ago
There's plenty of applied AI out there, but since the '70s people prefer to call it something that sounds more practical, like 'machine intelligence' or 'soft computing'. Part of the reason people don't notice it is that many of the applica
965.
by gamble 17y ago
Conversely, it's usually to your advantage to be perceived as smart, rather than just hard-working. Everyone believes they could work hard, if they wanted to. The people who impress us are the ones who make it seem effortless.
966.
by gamble 17y ago
I've written about this here before, and though it's not a popular position on HN, I don't think that most startups offer a good return for most employees. There are exceptions. One is the topic of this article: people who are able to move
967.
by gamble 17y ago
You might want to try out the Wacom Bamboo multitouch trackpad. Seems to do everything the Apple notebook trackpads do, plus you have the option of using a pen.
968.
by gamble 17y ago
The screen quality on the Macbook has always been terrible. Maybe the new model is better, but the previous versions have had awful off-angle viewing. The screen alone justified the move up to a MBP for me.
969.
by gamble 17y ago
What bothers me is the inability to buy a USB multitouch trackpad. I've only seen one model for sale, only in Japan, and lacking Mac drivers.
970.
by gamble 17y ago
Wait until the deal with Oracle goes through...
971.
by gamble 17y ago
No, not really. The upgrade price for either OS is about $130 retail. The difference is that MS is talented at producing bad PR by listing the 'full' retail MSRP at some ridiculous price that no one ever actually pays.
972.
by gamble 17y ago
Apple's 10% market share is actually a financial advantage now that application support isn't such a big issue. Whereas it would be hard for Microsoft to grow beyond the overall market for PCs, Apple has plenty of room to grow.
973.
by gamble 17y ago
The typical employee's <1% share won't even make up for the overtime they put in unless their company turns out to be the next Google.
974.
by gamble 17y ago
I agree wholeheartedly with Paul, but you do have to balance it against the amount of work involved. Something that's fulfilling at 40 hours a week can be grinding when you're at it 60+ hours a week. The problem with working as an employee
975.
by gamble 17y ago
They're not true magnetic monopoles. If I understand correctly, they're unusual crystal structures that approximate the behavior of a monopole in some ways, but they aren't true monopoles. Div(B) still equals zero. Here's an article I found
976.
by gamble 17y ago
"The simple reason is that if you over-perform at the loser level, it is clear that you are an idiot. You’ve already made a bad bargain, and now you’re delivering more value than you need to, making your bargain even worse." I'm surprised t
977.
by gamble 17y ago
Sell 15" notebooks for $300 and you'll see netbook sales dry up. I don't think 10" notebooks are going to be a mainstream product in the long term.
978.
by gamble 17y ago
I'm not familiar with the Australian school system, but I bet there is a lot more national control over curriculum and teaching standards. The convoluted admissions process is the price Americans pay for having a decentralized educational s
979.
by gamble 17y ago
My husband's company invited their IP lawyer to give a talk on software patents a few years ago. He compared them to the English enclosure movement of the 16-17th centures - no one really believes they're protecting innovation so much as pr
980.
by gamble 17y ago
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." ...but the badger knows the most important thing: how to eat hedgehogs. ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6216749/Hedgehogs-... )
981.
by gamble 17y ago
Totally agree. For the average employee, their potential upside is pretty small unless the company experiences Google-like levels of success. And if it fails, they aren't even likely to get respect from potential employers for the attempt.
982.
by gamble 17y ago
Not to mention that Canada has a special fast-track application process for US visa holders who want to bail...
983.
by gamble 17y ago
There is a degree of overlap in the hydrocarbons used for gasoline and diesel fuel, and refineries routinely adjust the ratio they produce to match seasonal variation in demand. It's also possible to crack the heavier hydrocarbons in crude
984.
by gamble 17y ago
Interesting announcement, given the comments Audi of America's president made recently that only idiots would buy a gas hybrid. For the average person, a plain old diesel is probably the best value at the moment. Eventually, though, I suspe
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by gamble 17y ago
For cargo, yes. But humans? NASA has spent decades trying to make space travel safe, and the shuttle is still one of the most dangerous ways to travel on a per-journey basis. NASA doesn't have to worry about turning a profit either. It will
986.
by gamble 17y ago
I've been told that the political machinations on the committees that decide hardware standards are far more cutthroat than software standards. Software patents aren't very lucrative, whereas owning a patent that's necessary to implement a
987.
by gamble 17y ago
Comes off as a bit of a puff piece. It's interesting to contrast the perspective in this article with the employee reviews on Glassdoor.
988.
by gamble 17y ago
If you want to have a rational debate, opening as John Mackey did with a quotation that implies your opponents are parasitic socialists is probably not the best way to start.
989.
by gamble 17y ago
The consensus seems to be that it's going to be difficult to scale traditional CMOS devices below the 22nm node. At those dimensions, you can't dissipate the heat produced by electrons tunneling through the gate dielectric. Beyond 22nm, it
990.
by gamble 17y ago
Comma splice.

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