j_baker

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811.
by j_baker 15y ago
I think this is where the Turing test is supposed to come in.
812.
by j_baker 15y ago
I would argue that C++ is a pathological corner case.
813.
Motorhead encourages fans not to buy box set due to record co greed(cnn.com)
1 points by j_baker 15y ago|0 comments
814.
by j_baker 15y ago
I agree with the general principle, but it's very easy to overdo this approach. The difference between delegating and pawning your decisions off on other people isn't always easy to define. Sometimes I'll say something along the lines of "
815.
by j_baker 15y ago
I agree with the general principle behind this. But I don't agree with it in practice. It's a bit like saying "Nobody wants to learn how to drive, they want to learn to get to the store.". And strictly speaking, that's true. I mean, nobo
816.
by j_baker 15y ago
I agree with you on this one. Working long overtime doesn't just make you unhappy, it isn't productive either (although I certainly have to grant that it's necessary sometimes). The biggest problem is that it tends to become self-sustaini
817.
by j_baker 15y ago
...or the rockstar says they can't do it, and mean it. Then they don't do it. Not done.
818.
Upper classes 'more likely to lie and cheat'(telegraph.co.uk)
4 points by j_baker 15y ago|0 comments
819.
Want a promotion? Think like an entrepreneur(money.cnn.com)
2 points by j_baker 15y ago|1 comments
820.
by j_baker 15y ago
It's not that different from any other type of selling. If you ask someone out, they'll probably say no if you seem to want to go out with them a little too much. Or at a job interview, you'll probably be told no if they sense that you wa
821.
by j_baker 15y ago
You know, I started to get suspicious around the time I read the phrase "gentleman's agreement". I can't think of any good motivation a person could have for wanting such a thing aside from the fact that the lawyers haven't drawn up a co
822.
by j_baker 15y ago
There are reasons to sell a startup aside from having built it to flip. It can even happen in a startup that the founders had every intention of building into a big sustainable business. Many times, it's because the founders and/or invest
823.
by j_baker 15y ago
I agree with the author, but for diametrically opposed reasons. It's more that I don't think my web framework should decide that I need to be using MVC. If I want to tightly couple my view logic to my model logic, that's my (and my team's
824.
'Nomad' planets could outnumber stars in the Milky Way(news.cnet.com)
1 points by j_baker 15y ago|0 comments
825.
by j_baker 15y ago
What exactly makes Cassandra "not really" a KV store, while Riak "really" is a KV store? I'm calling No True Scotsman.
826.
by j_baker 15y ago
Guilty developer syndrome is arguably a good thing. The reason being that having it means a developer doesn't have Nothing's Wrong, Everything Is OK Syndrome. That's the one you have to watch out for.
827.
1985 Steve Jobs interview(playboy.com)
1 points by j_baker 15y ago|0 comments
828.
by j_baker 15y ago
That's an awfully arbitrary statement to be presented as factual. Clearly the programmer deserves to be punished, and I would argue that he already has been. His professional reputation has probably been permanently tarnished. But does h
829.
by j_baker 15y ago
I think this is a case where the right thing happened for the wrong reason. I don't doubt that the defendant wronged Goldman Sachs. But it's clearly absurd that he should have to spend 8 years in federal prison for it.
830.
Can a middle-aged neophyte make it to Carnegie Hall?,(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by j_baker 15y ago|0 comments
831.
by j_baker 15y ago
Now I have another link to help them understand why their management style isn't working they way they think it should. I have a feeling it will require much, much more than a Spolsky link to get that through their head. But perhaps I'm
832.
by j_baker 15y ago
Of course any good idea can be taken to an extreme, and Spolsky probably is doing that with this one. But my experience is that the majority of startups will be fine. The problem is much more rarely "The engineers are getting away with mu
833.
by j_baker 15y ago
Let me start by saying there is an obvious bubble in the market - or in more professional terms, an oversupply of early stage capital, mostly in seed stage. It is no news that in the last couple of years many new private individuals / ange
834.
by j_baker 15y ago
Try telling that to Larry Page. Google believes greatly in the "hire smart people, then get out of their way" method. You might be surprised how well it works
835.
by j_baker 15y ago
Am I the only one who feels that distraction isn't necessarily a bad thing? I find that even my most productive days aren't distraction-free. And oftentimes my best ideas come when I'm most distracted.
836.
by j_baker 15y ago
That seems like an awfully arbitrary statement to make, especially when copyright infringement is largely a civil issue. Not to mention that grellas is an attorney, so I assume he knows what he's talking about. As I understand it, crimina
837.
by j_baker 15y ago
I think he chose a pretty bad example to lead in with. Yeah, the comment to Lovell lacked taste, but it was hardly the worst thing that could have been said. That said, there was a good point here: Think before you open your mouth. Could
838.
by j_baker 15y ago
That's certainly true for some definition of "robust" and "timely". I'm assuming yours doesn't include security and bug fixes.
839.
by j_baker 15y ago
You know, one thing I like about your system is that you aren't at the top of it. I have to question peoples' motives when I see an article like this where they're clearly at the top of the hierarchy.
840.
by j_baker 15y ago
I've seen this story before, and the root cause is almost always the same: too much unpaid technical debt. Certainly I have to grant that you have to take the quick and sloppy solution from time to time. But do it too much and you end up

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