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by grammaton 16y ago
Perhaps you're a workaholic. If so, I wouldn't be surprised that the idea of just unwinding for a while seems strange and alien. If you don't want to do it more power to you, but to those that do - they tend to think of it as an investmen
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by grammaton 16y ago
I think a lot of it comes from people reading certain luminaries - our own beloved Paul Graham comes to mind - who have good points, but not exercising critical judgement about whether said points apply to one's own situation.
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by grammaton 16y ago
How on earth did you get the domain? I'm shocked that it wasn't already taken :)
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by grammaton 16y ago
Monkey patching is bad software engineering, but it happens because it also works in many cases, and because it's fast. The fork and fix approach is a pretty heavy weight solution to an often trivial problem. Just because git (and lets fa
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by grammaton 16y ago
"Nocera's leaf is stable -- operating continuously for at least 45 hours without a drop in activity in preliminary tests -- and made of widely available, inexpensive materials -- like silicon, electronics and chemical catalysts." So semico
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by grammaton 16y ago
The fact that Google does more work on it would tend to weaken the point. Also, the fact that Google is using Apple's software tends to undermine the Team A vs Team B regime that's the premise of most of these discussions.
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by grammaton 16y ago
"While we’re excited to offer these new features to Android tablets, we have more work to do before we can deliver them to other device types including phones. Until then, we’ve decided not to release Honeycomb to open source." The until t
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by grammaton 16y ago
You do realize that Android's browser is built on webkit, yes?
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by grammaton 16y ago
Good news everyone!
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by grammaton 16y ago
>The pressure to perform is an inherent part of the job This is an inherent part of any person's job. Executives are not unique snowflakes in this regard. What struck me as really disconnected from reality in the complaints was that
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by grammaton 16y ago
For a good overview: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_w... Which is a summary of http://books.google.com/books?id=E1clEkV_1w8C for a more thorough treatment: http://books.google.es/books?id=APYDRo_ATicC Or "M
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by grammaton 16y ago
"Software code?" Really? This is the sort of thing that could have happened during a very small slice of highly unusual history. It certainly wouldn't happen these days.
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by grammaton 16y ago
>we still work shorter hours, take more holidays and have more leasure activity than our ancestors No, we don't. Peruse any study on this subject by a reputable researcher - we actually work far more hours and have much less leisure ti
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by grammaton 16y ago
Congratulations, first off, for responding to an argument I didn't even make. Kudos on your strawman. >Trying to 'cure' gay people and recruit them into a religious organization and culture >having available for download someone's
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by grammaton 16y ago
>He has the unique ability to speak about technology without actually talking about technology. This sounds like a euphemism for talking out your ass.
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by grammaton 16y ago
>Trying to 'cure' gay people and recruit them into a religious organization and culture is not as offensive to me as the practice of a central big-brother type authorizing and deleting programs on a computer that I own. You have some re
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by grammaton 16y ago
Fast paced is generally code for "we have the attention spans of fruit flies. We'll expect you to pick up the slack for our failings."
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by grammaton 16y ago
> Interesting - it would be helpful to have a definition of "fast-paced". The phrase is far too vague. Welcome to the wonderful world of MBA-speak.
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by grammaton 16y ago
This whole thing is a strawman. The author sets up a false dichotomy - either passionate amateur, or indifferent professional - and goes from there. Here's a thought - how about someone who's a passionate professional?
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by grammaton 16y ago
By and large people don't go crazy looting during disasters. The idea that the moment authority disappears, we instantly devolve in to dog-eat-dog anarchy is a myth - mostly promulgated by those who feel it's their job to be the one in c
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by grammaton 16y ago
Grand ideas, vision, and clarity of thought are no excuse for asinine behavior. This is what really puzzles me the most - why people are so willing to make so many excuses for "visionaries."
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by grammaton 16y ago
"...but all this "reality" keeps creating excuses, delays, etc. Can you imagine how frustrating that is if the product is so clear in your head you actually used it last night? Just get the fucker done! Enough excuses!!! Do you have any ide
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by grammaton 16y ago
While I agree with what you're saying, there's an exception to every rule. Normally I'd be one of the first to point out something is off topic. I've done so in the past. However, the strongest earthquake to hit Japan in three centuries
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by grammaton 16y ago
This assumes that moving to another career (because that's really what you're talking about here) is a frictionless process with no transaction costs. This is demonstratably not the case.
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by grammaton 16y ago
Yhea, it's pretty solid.
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by grammaton 16y ago
But read the article - the author didn't find a better job, he stopped working altogether. Yes, he was futzing around on his "farm," but he wasn't being paid for it and wasn't working a "job" in the traditional sense. Moving jobs is always
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by grammaton 16y ago
Given the handle I assume debating this with you is a losing proposition, but - it's not a matter of how far you fall, relatively. The middle class person who falls into poverty may lose the ability to feed themselves. The wealthy person
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by grammaton 16y ago
Um, so, avoid burnout by not doing your job. It's cool that Jacques had that option and all, but how does that really help the vast majority of developers who don't? I'm burned out right now, but quitting my job isn't much of an option ei
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by grammaton 16y ago
That's a little better. Granted, it's difficult to quantify things like socially outgoing and confident. Also, that's still not quite what the author is arguing here.
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by grammaton 16y ago
"The difference is that children of wealth traverse it at a height of one meter over a mattress, while the middle-class and poor traverse it at a height of 20 meters over a lava pit." I notice no one is commenting on this part. Namely, tha

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