harryjo

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by harryjo 10y ago
It seems like you are saying that the headline is nonsense because the authors of the article are using non-standard meanings for their words. Any system with optional components has a factor of 2^n in its count of configurations -- each op
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by harryjo 10y ago
India obviously has a huge English influence, going back to the colonial days.
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by harryjo 10y ago
That's a strange way of saying "BBC UK's UK monopoly prevents BBC Worldwide from serving UK users"
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by harryjo 10y ago
Time to update the old canard. "If you could have invented Slack... you would have invented Slack." Execution is everything.
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by harryjo 10y ago
He was also harsh in a dishonest way, picking the pockets of his business partners and employees.
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by harryjo 10y ago
I don't doubt (or endorse) claims of mafia connections, but I don't see how "recruiting at a strip club" is shady or criminal.
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by harryjo 10y ago
That sounds like extreme short-term thinking that is used to fool investors and partners until the gig is up next quarter.
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by harryjo 10y ago
Got a DMCA hit pretty quick: https://github.com/FullScreenShenanigans/FullScreenMario/
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by harryjo 10y ago
It's not true in this case, though. People who have the power to choose, are voting with their feet. Still, many people have short term thinking or knowledge (better to get higher pay now than realize it will hold back by career trajec
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by harryjo 10y ago
Some people are less sensitive and are able to tune the noise out. Some are not. Sometimes success depends on willingness to use ear coverings and stimulants (caffeine, ritalin, adderall), and willingness varies. I'd rather pay for a w
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by harryjo 10y ago
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html #8 joel used to (still does?) host a job board that used Joel Test as a factor. Maybe it died when StackOverflow launched.
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by harryjo 10y ago
What was the price compared to a cab, though? $10 vs $30?
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by harryjo 10y ago
You are referring to, for example: http://clojure.org/reference/transients Combining the two ideas Transient imperative logic in the core (5%), Functional mantle (90%), Side-effecting imperative crust (5%).
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by harryjo 10y ago
What happens when everyone chooses the same good school?
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by harryjo 10y ago
Does Amazon sell those? I can't find and planning that favors alternative modes in my local shopping district.
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by harryjo 10y ago
> I don't make them memorize anything -- I agree that's a waste of mental capacity -- they just learn it through tremendous repetition. I don't understand. You are drilling them to memorize through repetition.
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by harryjo 10y ago
Previous discussion, almost exactly 1 year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10125523#10126308
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by harryjo 10y ago
Sounds a lot like gold, then, $43/gram for elemental nothing. OK, it's something, but not nearly justifing its price relative to other metals, except the shared delusion that underlies all currency.
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by harryjo 10y ago
Or inventing a conspiracy theory around the JFK assassination? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_(film)#Critical_reaction
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by harryjo 10y ago
So, EULAs and TOSes have no meaninful legal effect?
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by harryjo 10y ago
Ugh, that's clearly a joke that got converted into a factoid as it passed through a dim NYT reporter and then Wikipedia This is a bad flaw in Wikipedia -- it only cares about sources, not credibility of sources.
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by harryjo 10y ago
It's relevant to the local context of the story. The time of year doesn't really matter, the season does.
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by harryjo 10y ago
The point is, lying is bad, it rips the fabric of society. Fiction is not lying, it is useful, contextualized nontruth.
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by harryjo 10y ago
GE went for a puff piece in the Times, and then tilted their hand and undermined their whole campaign. Just another hamfisted attempt to copy the visible trappings of successful software companies, which unfortunately are those companies ow
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by harryjo 10y ago
It's like Year of Linux on the Desktop. Every year it gets better, and some long-suffered pain point is solved. But every year the world moves on and users want more. Without a massive investment, it just can't keep up.
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by harryjo 10y ago
It was an opportunity for a Google feminist PR cycle, that started with the followup comment from another investor who congratulated Google on diversity, the statements from the people on the dais, and the ladyday promotion. The trigger eve
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by harryjo 10y ago
No one complained by unnecessarily gendering "Mr." Drummond and downgrading his Juris Doctor's title to "Mr". Why not?
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by harryjo 10y ago
Remember when restaurants used to serve a chocolate mint with your bill? Andes Candies kept the restaurant industry afloat.
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by harryjo 10y ago
People being jovial doesn't mean they aren't working. It just means they aren't stressed out about deadline or other pressure. The deadline is extrinsic (At best, arbitrary at worst), missing a deadline doesn't mean the
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by harryjo 10y ago
> The surgeon noticed he was sleeping and told him to take a walk. Pardon me?! The surgeon didn't say "take a nap" ? Your girlfriend's brother should see a doctor about possible apnea or other sleep disorder.

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