gcheong

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   by gcheong 19y ago

   Once I learned that database systemss are an application of relational calculus is when they became interesting to me and it's amazing to me now that nobody ever mentioned this to me during all the years I worked in industry with relational
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   same thing I do when the economy enters a boom period.
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   Whoa there, surely you're not suggesting something like a "Results Oriented Workplace", only someplace truly on the cutting edge, like say a big retail chain would try something that radical ;^): http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Careers/story?id=
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   40 and I still feel like a programming noob, but I've only been at it for about 12 years. One advantage I think those of us who work for big corp may have is that we can see inefficiencies all around us and inefficiency = opportunity. May
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   I am not suggesting that books can replace facing challenges. I am suggesting that there is an area of research (positive psychology - yes it's real) that is determining what the cognitive processes are between people who persevere in facin
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   Learning how to stick with it.

   22 points by gcheong 19y ago|13 comments
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   I think you're right.
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   Seeing a little text based graphic game called "lunar landar" running on a commodore PET that a teacher had brought in when I was in middle school.
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   by gcheong 19y ago

   I lived in Japan for 6 years and found that it's quite an easy place to live in (and I lived in both a rural/industrial backwater as well as the Tokyo megapolis - Tokyo was much more fun). Yes, you do always feel like a foreigner but you al
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    Does anyone believe that the future viability of web application innovation depends on the availability of consumer access to higher and higher bandwidth connections (at a cheaper and cheaper cost - to the point of commoditization), and if
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    Alex, a Parrot Who Had a Way With Words, Dies(nytimes.com)

    5 points by gcheong 19y ago|1 comments
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    I guess I was only blind for a week: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/09/we-found-it.html
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    I wondered the same thing, but now I see a search bar. Was I blind all along or did this just get put there recently?
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    Use version control?
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    Have a look at "The Myths of Innovation" by Scott Berkun
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    Thanks for the advice! -Greg
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    How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?

    22 points by gcheong 19y ago|13 comments
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    Speaking of the best minds in engineering. Here is some good advice: http://norvig.com/21-days.html
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    by gcheong 19y ago

    I have a degree in CS and it taught me very little about how software is developed in the real world. I would choose A mainly because the chance to work on an interesting project and enjoy that level of freedom rarely comes along in a paid