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by gridspy 16y ago
I've placed a ceiling at 5-10 programmers, because most tasks can be broken into modules such that only 5-10 programmers are working on a module, with decent separation between modules. Beyond ~7 people, someone needs to begin to coordinate
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by gridspy 16y ago
I saw your comment and laughed, then realized you were serious. If you are working with 500 programmers, they are likely to be mostly mediocre - the good ones would have run away screaming to better jobs. Sure, if you have 500 mediocre prog
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by gridspy 16y ago
Your company isn't going to be worth much if it fails to execute and falls behind your competitors. If using Java makes you 10% slower, but your code is more maintainable by Yahoo - Yahoo will buy your competitor who won market share with t
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by gridspy 16y ago
Yes, but it seems lately that Yahoo is where good startups go to die. Viaweb was purchased because it was successful. According to PG, it was successful because they could implement major features in a weekend.
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by gridspy 16y ago
'Entrepreneurs' who can't think critically for themselves regarding their potential are in for a rough ride.
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by gridspy 16y ago
There is also option (3), somewhere between (1) and (2): Explore the problem space and make a start while working for your previous employer. Slowly reduce the number of hours you are working (i.e contract vs fulltime). Once you are getting
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by gridspy 16y ago
That was my story too for some time. Working on gridspy (still sub-profitable) while also holding down a fulltime job. See http://blog.gridspy.co.nz/2010/02/part-time-entrepreneur.htm... Now I'm contracting on the side while working on Gr
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by gridspy 16y ago
This would be a great answer to the "Real life hacking" YC question, especially with your mention of the formula behind human interaction you discuss in another reply.
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by gridspy 16y ago
If the founders are working in their own company, contributing to the local economy, is this really a problem for the U.S?
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by gridspy 16y ago
The company doesn't have to be be a quote-unquote "Startup" to be a viable business employing U.S citizens. If a mom-and-pop operation moves to the US and employs US citizens, does it really matter if it is going to grow fast?
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by gridspy 16y ago
I probably should have said "Problem Domain" I.e Are you an author of a library, a browser, a startup, experimental code, rapidly evolving code, space shuttle code ? Each one has different measurements of "success" and these can effect your
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by gridspy 16y ago
It sounds to me like he got beaten up in his own comments section. The people commenting don't seem to realize that he is talking about a different type of programming than the commenters are doing.
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by gridspy 16y ago
Speaking from personal experience, there are a lot of fads in software development. From the most recent language to the latest and greatest library. From design patterns through to work practices like Agile and TDD. You must be critical in
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by gridspy 16y ago
You see the same sort of artifact with kill bill, which often has titles at the bottom of the screen.
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by gridspy 16y ago
I like how you can see artifacts from the bold yellow letters that show up often in the film.
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by gridspy 16y ago
My wife, who actually is a Clinical Psychologist has a motto. "A problem is not a problem, unless it is a problem" She agrees with you. It is the pop-sci nuts who do not.
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by gridspy 16y ago
SwipeGood is hoping that many people will make the same mistake you made. It is a savvy business move that lines up very well with their business model of supporting charities.
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by gridspy 16y ago
That would be even more awesome if you were programming.
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by gridspy 16y ago
Thanks for presenting Lisp macros in terms that I (as a C++, Python et al programmer) can understand. I can see why they are as powerful as claimed.
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by gridspy 16y ago
I'm looking forward to hearing similar stories as we deploy Gridspy. Well done.
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by gridspy 16y ago
What would be cooler would be a completely separate bond-building robot that can weld / whatever and can independently traverse the completed building. When it was too far from its next destination a quadrotor would come and give it a lift.
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by gridspy 16y ago
Indeed. Because the work IS pipelined Pickup --> Travel --> Deploy --> Return to pickup
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by gridspy 16y ago
You could interleave the illumination of the subject with each photo taken 1. Illuminate 2. Take photo 3. Show photo Repeat. If step 2 is really short, you could have the illumination phase be much shorter than the show photo phase and the
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by gridspy 16y ago
Only when the fake female accounts upvote his real account in some way.
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by gridspy 16y ago
The issue isn't getting a copy of the original work for free. Of greater concern is the penalty for creating derivative works - so we can't have http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies
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by gridspy 16y ago
Worth noting here that new works such as the LOTR movies would get a fresh copyright term.
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by gridspy 16y ago
Nice last paragraph: Nonetheless, I am delighted to note your ﬁrm statement that the attack will no longer work and pleased that the industry has been ﬁnally been able to deal with this security issue, albeit some considerable time after th
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by gridspy 16y ago
I hope you edited the corresponding wikipedia page.
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by gridspy 16y ago
The article only specifies that one player is homeless. I don't see why that is relevant, beyond society pushing those at the brink further over it.
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by gridspy 16y ago
You could make this transparent to the browser. A forward web-proxy on the mars side that has a local 1TB cache that doesn't expire for months. If a request misses the cache, it is queued to be sent with the next upload transmission. An hou

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