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http://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2007/webcast/stev...
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http://www.debugbar.com/
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7 points by jdunck 18y ago|5 comments
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You're sort of arguing against yourself here. In the scheme of things, the sort of blind luck of getting slashdotted or having a significant blog market is nothing compared to the general effort put into startups. Think of something that w
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Google Video was originally positioned as the Authorities providing TV. Its brand was convoluted. Remember in-video audio search? It was never about user sharing. It was never about me . YouTube is sort of a special case, in that it ha
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I disagree that scalability has nothing to do with choice of framework. It happens that none of these frameworks address common scaling issues to a great extent, but that doesn't mean a framework could not do so. Regarding the "RoR clones"
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Software development is an exercise in managing complexity. Being able to isolate the functionality and verify the correctness is valued. OO is one attempt to make this practical in the large[1]. Smalltalk is a great start. If you want to
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Article: http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909 (08)00455-4
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Success running based on steps here: http://bc.tech.coop/blog/081023.html You'll need big.txt from here to run the Clojure spelling corrector: http://norvig.com/big.txt
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Helping people communicate? I care.
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Which sizable codebase have you migrated using 2to3?
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Ruby nerds have a good group going: http://groups.google.com/group/dallasrb?pli=1 Refresh Dallas usually has good turnout; topics are a mixed bag for a non-designer, but entrepreneurial people, in general: http://www.refreshdallas.org/
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Seconded. Obviously you don't want to work on crap, but keep in mind that Google was supposed by many to fail based on the existing maturity of the search market: http://www.bvp.com/Portfolio/AntiPortfolio.aspx Some of the ideas you've t
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This is why you're not in charge of MS. They make tons of money on their existing, if problematic, products.
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Aside from being open source?
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Also note that requests and responses are bits on the wire. Do not assume you can trust client data. Do not put client data directly into SQL or back on the page. This includes headers. Nearly all aspects of a request can be forged. Secu
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Note that there's a lot of bad webdev information on the web. Go to the experts and the sources. Avoid random blog's advice on javascript especially. HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html1/ CSS: http
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Attention is zero-sum.
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There's a conference and party this weekend. Also, blackjack and hookers. There are 10500 subscriptions to django-users. Betamax?
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What news regarding the story? Link?
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No, no, the entire media industry is watching to see if it's possible to make money on video online. Obviously, the only value Google could get from YouTube is cold hard cash for ad impression eyeballs.
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FWIW, we have 3 devs, and are discussion 4 10-hour days vs. 2 16-hour days with each person staggering 1 extra work day. Another thing is to specifically avoid interrupting each other except at times-- like, on the hour or something. Right
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Ask YC: Workplace experiments?
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Similar coverage, a bit dated now, but I think clearer: http://overstimulate.com/articles/2006/08/24/amazon-does-it-...