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by ivenkys 16y ago
Where is the "Take it For a Test Drive" , "See how it works" - Something along those lines. With new "webapps", its important to show the features,L&F that you bring to the table upfront without having to sign-up.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
City prices for Beer but the place is beautiful and very significant - a stalwart against "gentrification" of the area.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Let me guess - Shoreditch triangle.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Will be there, the Google Group doesn't seem to be working.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"I'm in the middle of a course on precisely that subject as part of an M.A. in Buddhist Studies" - Are there any books, articles that are more insightful than the linked article that you would recommend ?
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by ivenkys 16y ago
I use OpenBSD for Email, Music Daemon, FTP server, VPN, irc and of course as a firewall. The best thing about it other than its vaunted security is the absolutely fantastic documentation and predictability. Once you get something, anything
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'We are trailblazers' say Mars Mission volunteers(google.com)
1 points by ivenkys 16y ago|0 comments
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by ivenkys 16y ago
I must admit i have never read their other blog posts , lulz speak is a pet peeve of mine that's all. Takes all kinds.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
writing a comprehensible sentence would be considered a good thing i would have thought , pirate or no pirate.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Why can't the TPB folks actually write in proper English ? It might make other folks take them seriously.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
An interesting article and quite surprising , in the sense that an Indian bureaucrat is talking so openly but why is this on HN ?
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Glengarry Glen Ross - the original template for Boiler Room.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"So, since XML syntax bugs me," If you want to use Ant and XML syntax bugs you - google for Lancet.
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How to spot a psychopath at work(news.bbc.co.uk)
13 points by ivenkys 16y ago|10 comments
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"I can't think of a single use-case where Subversion is a preferred way to solve the version control problem". Developer expertise. My point is not that Subversion is a better VCS than git , it is not. I am a big fan of git and will use it
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"I might one day work with you and have to use your tools. If there's consensus about what the best tools are, then I am less likely to experience pain when moving." Your point though correct in the abstract misses one crucial piece of info
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"Engineers would count for more than MBA's" - i never said that an Engineer/Founder should be the CEO. However, in a Tech company the contribution and therefore compensation of an Engineer would be expected to be higher than that of an MBA.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Larry Ellison might not be a role model for anyone on the Technology side but he is one hell of a Salesman.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"is that there are a set of high-level version control operations that you’d expect git to be able to handle in simple cases without a lot of fuss." True. git is a "particular kind of" swiss knife of Version Control - tonnes of options, not
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by ivenkys 16y ago
@plinkplonk : i seem to have replied to your comment while you were in the process of updating it or did you edit it later.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"getting an MBA and climbing the corporate ladder" - one would have thought in Tech companies Engineers would count for more than MBA's, but clearly that's not the case with Yahoo.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
And i thought such things only happen in Large Banks. This is a sign of what is wrong with Executive Compensation across the board.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"It almost feels as though already being able to program is actually a hindrance." Hmm , that's interesting i faced the same problem. Fwiw , here is a technique i use to ease the learning curve. I picked up a light-weight project - Lancet f
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"Assuming they include over-the-air backup and fix the workflow issue" - hence why rsync wins.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Another theory of why the Yo-Yo effect happened on the Stock Market , the reality though is no-one really seems to know. These are all conjectures, there is no proof.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
"What I do is ask them some question that they could plausibly answer as a way to starting a conversation" - there is an idea right there - how to move from an opener to a proper conversation in a non-pub/bar/club environment ?
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by ivenkys 16y ago
One thing is for sure - FB is not having a good week.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
How will it be any different from the other providers ? That would be the key, being free is not really a differentiator any more.
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by ivenkys 16y ago
Did you try this on the London Tube,ideally at rush hour :-)
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by ivenkys 16y ago
I was attempting to be snarky - and not being very good at it - this whole idea of having rules for happiness sounds very cargo cult to me and of course the whole definition of happiness is extremely nebulous.

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