jdimov9

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by jdimov9 11y ago
Or, just use the right tool for the job, to begin with - Phoenix http://www.phoenixframework.org/
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by jdimov9 11y ago
Ok, so you're not stupid, you're actually a very thoughtful guy. You just really irritate me by throwing all these labels at me. First of all, I have never read Ayn Rand and am not familiar with her work (perhaps I should, you&#x2
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by jdimov9 11y ago
You talk funny :) I didn't get where you're going with all of this, though.
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by jdimov9 11y ago
You seem to have all of your values backwards. Technological innovation CREATES value, doesn't destroy it. It necessarily disrupts the status quo and pisses people off, and that takes courage, but does not make the innovator a bad pers
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Ask HN: Why does HN allow downvoting without explanation?
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by jdimov9 11y ago
I mean, seriously. It's hard enough to come up with an innovative technological idea that people actually embrace and to turn it into a viable, sustainable, profitable business. In fact, that's SUPER hard, it's one of the har
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by jdimov9 11y ago
Ok, I worded this wrong. I meant it as in "Wow, that Perl script is from 2008, I'm impressed and surprised because the article gave the impression that this is a relatively new trick." Can we stop the downvoting torrent now?
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by jdimov9 11y ago
Was the downvote because you don't like my questions, or because you don't have a good answer?
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by jdimov9 11y ago
Who should be reminded? Why? If you mean "we entrepreneurs" - what exactly do you expect us to do about it? Again, why?
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by jdimov9 11y ago
The Perl script is from 2008
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by jdimov9 11y ago
This should be required reading for all software engineering / computer science majors, but it's not. Would replace so much other useless junk that kids are taught in school these days and would actually help produce grads worth h
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by jdimov9 11y ago
I agree that most complexity in software systems comes from managing state. So here is a simple solution - stop doing it. Stop managing state. Use the right tools for the job. Most mainstream programming languages are ridiculously inadequat
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by jdimov9 11y ago
I came to the same conclusion around 2001 while trying to adapt Cigital's ITS4 static security scanner to Perl, but stopped short of producing a "formal proof" :)
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How the AWS Cloud Is Allowing FinTech Startups to Disrupt the Banks(linkedin.com)
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How fintech startups and hedge funds use AWS to leave the banks in the dust(a115.co.uk)
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by jdimov9 11y ago
Looking through the list, it seems to me like a good 90% of these (if not more) can be summarised as "lack of product-market fit", meaning that they blew their money on building something that nobody wants. Anyone notice anything
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by jdimov9 11y ago
I've never been to Yemen but somehow am in love with it (and so wish I could visit).This film started my obsession: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478213/ So sad and inexcusable what is happening there right no
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by jdimov9 11y ago
I know what you mean, that's a chronic thing for me. I'm periodically freaking out about money to the point of shutting myself down - even more so now that I have 3 children to take care of. Even though if I have to look at it obj