jamestimmins

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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Thanks, I appreciate the info.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
I think this significantly undervalues the importance of developing a culture where things can be talked about in a frank and open manner. It may be rare, but is extraordinarily valuable, and if people are never given the chance to have unc
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
What was the context of the "What Those Fools Don't Realize" quote? This is a particularly click-baity title, given that the quote is never referenced.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
This title is a bit misleading, as gigafactories are not involved in energy production, but energy storage. Closely related obviously, but not the same thing.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
To your first point, Richard Hamming's essay You and Your Research hits on this topic by distinguishing between people who work with their door open and people who work with their door closed. As he put it, the people who worked with
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
This is a fantastic idea, and I love the approach it takes to merge the real world with creative storytelling. While it's easy to get excited about things like VR to relive past events, it's very cool to see folks utilizing simple
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Agreed. I am simply referring to this video in isolation as the catalyst for an apology.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
I'm a bit unclear what is so negative about this. While there is an argument that a leader should be able to handle criticism without losing his/her temper, he appears to respond to the driver as an equal with whom he profoundly d
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
This hits home, because I recently made a list of all the unread books I own, and marked whether they were purchased (by me), gifts, or on loan. I was shocked by the number, and instituted a rule of not buying anymore books until I've
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Cons: Below market salary AND tiny stock options. If you're offering a Sr. Engineer a $50k-$70k salary, then offering 0.1%-0.25% of the equity is unacceptable.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
To be fair, Round Rock is 20 miles away from downtown Austin. While growing up in Austin we didn't view Round Rock as a suburb, but as a completely separate city that happened to be fairly close by. It seems only normal that someone wo
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Ask HN: As a software engineer, what's the best way to push back against Trump?
5 points by jamestimmins 10y ago|3 comments
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
His essays are definitely worth diving into if you haven't done so already. I don't agree with everything he writes, but I often find myself thinking back to points he's made or just ways he looks at problems. The one on Schl
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
This reads exactly like a press release, especially the way it addresses the limitations of the robot. Makes me think of PG's essay Submarine: http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
That's super helpful; much appreciated!
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Thanks! This is what I'll do. Much appreciated.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Does anyone know if there is an easy way to get involved in open source projects like this? The readme mentions adding PRs, but as someone that doesn't have much experience working with open source projects like this, I don't even
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Some of the best (perhaps cliché) advice I've gotten is not to confuse urgency with importance. It's far too easy to constantly be busy and checking things off of a list, while letting the really high-leverage things go unaddresse
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Udacity was an essential tool when I was working to get my first job as a developer, specifically the Intro to Web Development course taught by Steve Huffman. But its effectiveness came because it gave me the tools to go on and build projec
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
Hah thanks! I've never noticed that before.
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by jamestimmins 10y ago
What subreddits are good places to share on Reddit? I'd love to get feedback on small projects, but things that are definitely not polished/planned out enough to warrant posting on Product Hunt. I find that feedback is most helpfu
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by jamestimmins 12y ago
Very true. Hadn't thought of that. There were a lot early on, but you never hear about that anymore.
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by jamestimmins 12y ago
Worth noting that "iWatch" doesn't work because it sounds like the sentence "I watch". There's a lot of ways to take that in creepy/joking directions, which would be an unnecessary distraction from the pro
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by jamestimmins 12y ago
Makes me think of Peter Thiel's line: "we like to invest in businesses that aren't making a profit, because they know what to do with their money". Businesses that are paying back profits via dividends/buybacks are