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by jlees 14y ago
There are also many reasons why you should not. (Speaking as someone who left her PhD two years in to do a startup.) The best thing to do if you are facing the option of a PhD and also interested in other paths (startup, bigco, etc) is to f
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The story of Suck.com(keepgoing.org)
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Shattered Glass - The rise and fall of a knockout, over-inventive journalist(vanityfair.com)
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by jlees 14y ago
Great to see this. The BBC's overdue - my startup received funding from 4iP, Channel 4's creative fund, but looks like this is going to be a little more involved. Hurrah for one more option for creative UK startups!
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Our Billionaire Philanthropists(theawl.com)
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How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions(nytimes.com)
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by jlees 14y ago
The Google+ Local landing pages are the replacement for those Maps pages. It may take time for this to roll out but it's what I see when I click "more info" or the restaurant name from a search in Maps. It's a huge improvement.
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Comparisons between software and medicine(farmerandfarmer.org)
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Magnificent application of game theory on a live game show(bengoldacre.posterous.com)
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The Most Dangerous Gamer(theatlantic.com)
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Creative YouTube interactive marketing campaign by Tippex(youtube.com)
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Canada creates glow-in-the-dark dinosaur coin(news.yahoo.com)
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by jlees 15y ago
Plus, you might find yourself more productive on days when you have exercised. I certainly do.
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by jlees 15y ago
For some reason the original site was submitted (as were a couple of articles about it) yesterday and not upvoted enough -- I'm glad this has finally made it to the front page. And wow. $100K for his college fund. The Internet is incredible
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by jlees 15y ago
Yes; as a female programmer I find both of these kinds of things offputting, not encouraging. Of course, if I were a female programmer who needed $5k and a kick in the pants to level up (e.g. if this had been around 2 years ago) I would pro
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by jlees 15y ago
I have a traditional, theoretical-focused CS degree, which I followed up with a more practical CS master's and half a PhD in natural language processing. I dropped out of the PhD to do a startup. I do not currently program for my job - I'm
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by jlees 15y ago
Multiple CS degrees, and whether having more than one has helped.
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by jlees 15y ago
This. There is a difference between learning to use today's cutting edge technology, and learning the principles that will enable you to build tomorrow's.
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by jlees 15y ago
In which case, I'd love to see companion articles on other types of diversity to remove this debate entirely.
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by jlees 15y ago
It was created by the Tokyo office, so was launched on time for them. :)
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by jlees 15y ago
HN tie-in: Reed Morse, "lead engineer" for GMail Tap, is one of the founders of Punchd, a 500 Startups company which was acquired by Google last year. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3166030
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by jlees 15y ago
Yes, but Techcrunch choosing to explicitly feature the women from YC, not the interesting ideas from YC, creates the effect -- that's what I'm referring to. Mind you, being in YC may minimise the impostor syndrome.
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by jlees 15y ago
It's also condescending towards the women. It's really hard to shake the internal feeling that perhaps you only got featured because of your gender, and not your brilliant idea, as well as the external perception that that may be the case.
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by jlees 15y ago
Here's a thought. Helen Fisher's research categorises people into four dominant personality types based on levels of neurochemicals: http://socionist.blogspot.com/2009/04/helen-fishers-types-ex... For dopamine, which according to the cat
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by jlees 15y ago
They organised a free one for members of the public to attend. Definitely worth the price. :)
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by jlees 15y ago
I've often thought with today's sensors and wireless tech that there should be an accessory and mobile app that constantly measures your blood sugar, good for diabetics and optimal-nutrition folks alike.
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by jlees 15y ago
In today's heavily SEOd world, sometimes the AdWords ads are actually more helpful than the first 10 results. It's always a sad moment when that happens, but in certain verticals it's becoming almost inevitable despite everyone's best effor
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by jlees 15y ago
On a similar note I'd nominate Good Calories, Bad Calories as my book. Ferris gets my back up, especially the received wisdom that others quote from him, but Taubes really opened my eyes to the fact I could change what I eat and feel ten
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by jlees 15y ago
I definitely have this problem, but perhaps not quite in the way the app is solving. From the site - love the retro theme! - it seems that I can remember names and associate them with mnemonic facts (such as a job title). That's fine, but m
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by jlees 15y ago
Grocery bagging specifically is an interesting point culturally. Bagging helpers do exist in the UK, but 99% of the time you will bag your own groceries as the cashier scans them. It gives you something to do while waiting, and enables you

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