jargon

3 ms·

1.
by jargon 16y ago
Months ago -8 was the limit. Really, what's the point in limiting the display to -4 if it's really minus n? Why not just show minus n?
2.
by jargon 16y ago
And 1 point is actually zero. Now I'm down to 4, so 15 minus "5" plus 2 = 4 in hackernews math? For the record, I don't care about karma points, I care about whether or not the system works correctly.
3.
by jargon 16y ago
Yeah, I know the "rules". Point is, everything at big think is a video. Funny how I had 21 karma points before I posted that comment, which got 4 down votes and another comment got 3 upvotes, but now I have 15 karma points. How does 21 - 4
4.
by jargon 16y ago
everything at bigthink is a video.
5.
by jargon 16y ago
1) The students who are currently being misled into believing $125k in debt and a piece of paper are a sure ticket to financial freedom. 2) Startups who want students to eschew school for lower salaries at the startups because they don't ha
6.
by jargon 16y ago
I was reading a book about Roads that talks about roads from brazil to the pacific. The author mentions a story about seeing a teen in South America, Venezuela iirc, wearing a t-shirt with bin laden's picture on it and the author asked the
7.
by jargon 16y ago
That is one way to look at it. Another way would be to create a portfolio . Spend $25/mo or whatever on a web server, build some web apps and put them online for people to see. Don't work for free. How do you feel about working on open
8.
by jargon 16y ago
The value of a printer is easy to understand. The value of a programmer with no portfolio is not.
9.
by jargon 16y ago
None of these are competitive advantages that are the opposite of the suggestions from the previous post about things that are not competitive advantages. There are plenty of people who are passionate about their startups, working in a team
10.
by jargon 16y ago
So basically, practice makes perfect.