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by iqster 15y ago
Too many crap patents out there. Variation: a consortium where all participates share their patents in a common pool. If you are in the consortium, you promise not to sue any of the participants. This is good because startups can join the c
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Software Engineering vs. Computer Science(stevemcconnell.com)
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by iqster 15y ago
It is very hard to give numbers. But I think it is hard to argue direction though. If there was a no-poaching agreement in place amongst a "cartel", would salaries of the employees of the cartel be higher than normal? Certainly not. They co
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by iqster 15y ago
I'm looking forward to this course! For people who want to get their feet wet, check out David Singleton's awesome blog post: http://blog.davidsingleton.org/nnrccar After reading that post, I made one of my own using Lego: http://slowpin
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by iqster 15y ago
Go Canada! Very cool project. For folks in the Bay Area and interested in this kind of hobby, check out the space program at Noisebridge.
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Show HN: Self-driving Lego Robot using Python, Neural Networks
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by iqster 15y ago
I guess the market for developers isn't too bad these days .. you'll probably be fine either way. That said, I'll reiterate ... it is not fun to be in a position where you don't have cash coming in (an MVP typically != stream of cash). Also
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by iqster 15y ago
"The best time to find a job is when you have one" ... do you have something concrete lined up before you take the plunge?
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Show HN: Self-driving Lego Mindstorms Robot using a Neural Network(slowping.com)
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by iqster 15y ago
Hey dude! For RoR: 1) Have you seen the free Rails for Zombies course from code school? There is a part 2 which costs money ... but might be worth it if you enjoyed part 1. 2) There are a few screencasts on peepcode that might be useful. I
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by iqster 15y ago
If you hit ESC just as the page loads, you can get to Wikipedia content. Enjoy :)
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Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo(news.cnet.com)
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by iqster 15y ago
Do you know about Forrst?
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Mainstream media picked up on Wikipedia/Reddit SOPA-protest(money.cnn.com)
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Ask HN: Does MacPorts really suck so bad or am I missing something?
1 points by iqster 15y ago|1 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
Freudian slip? Wait ... you're making your own version of Hacker News???
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by iqster 15y ago
Was this open to non-Penn students?
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by iqster 15y ago
I had heard of your service before and thought it was a really neat idea! I wished there was a service like yours for getting paprika chips in the US. For some reason, it is nearly impossible to get them here. At one point I even thought I'
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by iqster 15y ago
Yes. And understanding why is important. Your collaborators/peers will be your most important source of learning. They will also form the basis of your professional technical network.
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by iqster 15y ago
Yup ... money isn't everything (for everyone). I knew at least two people in grad school who had sold their startups for decent but not exorbitant paydays and then had come to grad school for personal satisfaction and other non-monetary r
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by iqster 15y ago
My Java must be really rusty ... I just learned about Direct Buffers a few days ago (they seem to have been around since Java 1.4.x though). Anyone know how commonly used these are? I can't imagine vanilla IT apps making use of them.
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Top tech fails of 2011(cnn.com)
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by iqster 15y ago
I guess I should be more constructive but reading this made me cry inside. Setting up a twitter account and a launchrock page does not mean one has launched a startup.
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by iqster 15y ago
Like many of you (I suspect), I got into CS because of video games (had an Atari 2600, a C64 and an Amiga 500). Sometimes I get really nostalgic for the good old days. I came across a hilarious series called "Code Monkeys" a few years ago t
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by iqster 15y ago
Minor footnote: I thought the saying was "if you torture your data long enough, it will CONFESS to anything."
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Ask HN: Did Google in the US change their UI?
3 points by iqster 15y ago|4 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
You may also want to consider quantitative finance. They will likely welcome you with open arms. In addition to python, consider learning C++. I have some doubts about the social benefit of that field. But you might be surprised how well th
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by iqster 15y ago
I'm not so sure about that. At the time Joe H. wrote the original iPhone Facebook app, it was considered by many of my friends and myself to be a gold standard. It was limited ... sure ... but quite elegant for an initial version. I don't k
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by iqster 15y ago
That's been my impression too. I'm trying to figure out why that is the case. Is it mainly because of laws that make it hard to fire bad employees? Payments such as unemployment benefits, social benefits, etc.? Tax code issues? Or something
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Free intro course on JQuery from CodeSchool(blog.codeschool.com)
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