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   by j2d2 18y ago

   I'm not a fan of the religion either. If you develop large projects, you'll probably find the power of emacs to be a huge time saver. Instead of having 4 terminals open, each with a vim session (something I typically see), you can just have
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   I'm not sure what to make of this. I think Hank is taking the idea that correlation is good enough too seriously. Since I've been playing with correlations at home and learning how people find correlations in huge data sets, I've found th
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   pick up emacs or vim while you're learning a new language!
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   I agree that the microblogging was an convenient excuse for building an infrastructure. I think this is why Jeff Bezos is excited about Twitter.
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   Emacs and Vi debates go on and on but usually have two categories. Some people like total control over their environment (emacs) and some people usually find enough power to get most things done fast (vi). Often, people who use vi don't rea
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   I think the focus on critical thinking in addition to an understanding of fundamentals is a quick way to find people who can learn any existing technologies. What one knows shows what they're interested in, but can they learn new things f
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   Perhaps even recommend IRC. IRC has developed the brass balls on many of my programming friends. Though it hurts at first, I'd recommend it to anyone seriously considering programming professionally as a psychological benchmark for having o
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   Please ask them to tackle the e-meter from scientology!
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   by j2d2 18y ago

   That's part of why people suggest releasing often and early. You'll have a better idea of what people think about your software that way.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I don't think people are paying that much attention to you... Try phrasing it like, "I said something similar 3 days ago. Perhaps you'll find it relevant."
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Rich Long Tail, Poor Long Tail
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I'm curious. I haven't been sold on the micro idea coming from twitter because I think it requires a fair amount of arrogance to think anyone will get something meaningful from 160 characters. But video provides a lot more expression in les
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I agree. Let's get off this Luddite train.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Odd... this page is broken in safari.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    It's ok man. No need to have a flame-war here. I consider anyone with a different viewpoint to be offering an argument against my pov. It's not vicious or aggressive, but still an argument. :) I'm down to have the debate in another forum if
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    If the person is a fanboy, they probably won't think they're equal. Pretending will at least get them part of the way until they know it's true.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I think this can be summed up easily as just treat the person like a human. Even humans accomplish great things sometimes. These heroes even worship other people and the more calm you are, the more respectful you will often come off as. I o
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Ruby with MSFT makes sense just as Python with Google makes sense. ;)
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Why doesn't anyone ever talk about distributed caches? Is it really necessary to hit the database for all data? Perhaps I'm confused...
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    Ask YC: negative comments disappear..?

    1 points by j2d2 18y ago|3 comments
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I recall an infosec researcher used to have this as their signature. I'm not sure how to get google to help me find it though... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&#3...
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    This arrangement properly demonstrates the power of sudo. :)
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Dog: make me a sandwich Cat: what? make it yourself. Dog: sudo make me a sandwich Cat: ok.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Is anyone else trying to bridge the gap between sms and the internet the way twitter is? I can't help but think Bezos sees twitter as an infrastructure service and not a micro-blogging service.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Hello. I'd like to talk to you about life working for Bloomberg if you wouldn't mind. jdennis@gmail.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I'm curious why the iPhone couldn't just take on these features?
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Fair point. I'm not sure how I'd feel about it being entirely pop-up window based, which I presume is the alternative to MDI.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    Quick thing. Don't worry about alphabetizing the news sources at the top. Put them in order of importance and let users change this if possible. No one cares about fairness. It's about the best being at the tip of your fingers.
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    I'm willing to share this site with people I work with and can even get it to the people on our trading desk if you give me a way of getting feedback to you. BUT, don't be surprised if people look at it for five seconds and don't care. Fina
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    by j2d2 18y ago

    You're still much more up on tech than most people I work with. To them, if it's not in bloomberg it doesn't exist.