jlees

70 ms·

571.
by jlees 16y ago
Another ex-Weblogs Inc here (hi, Randall!) It was the pile em up and sell em cheap model that burnt me out in the end. I genuinely spent a lot of time early on writing quality posts, getting breaking news (because I was in the UK and so awa
572.
by jlees 16y ago
If you've gotten through to the interview stage then it doesn't matter what school you went to. Re-examine whether you did perform well in those interviews. :) Recommendations from people you know and have worked with and who can vouch for
573.
by jlees 16y ago
There are also courses designed to support switching, e.g. I read maths with computer science IA which usually goes on to 100% maths IB, but switched to computer science without a single headache. A friend switched from computer science to
574.
by jlees 16y ago
As a Brit I understand it in terms of the noun, not verb. "Food with us" is just as understandable as "Eat with us", though.
575.
by jlees 16y ago
You do, though. I recently had my AdWords account suspended and got to talk to a human at Google to handle the issue (through normal channels). For Chrome OS, we have an actual call center with real people sitting in it.
576.
by jlees 16y ago
Would be so much more awesome if it calculated travel time for you.
577.
by jlees 16y ago
Microsoft? Pff, I hear there's a CEO job currently vacant at Apple...
578.
.com, the class(dotcom.olin.edu)
2 points by jlees 16y ago|0 comments
579.
by jlees 16y ago
I have to say I wish my first 72 hours in Silicon Valley were anywhere near that exciting. Great report, shows that if you time it well - and know people - you can really get a lot out of even a few days here.
580.
by jlees 16y ago
I'm interested as to the anecdotal benefits of using a templating engine like jade or haml. I much prefer the longhand way of embedding code into handcrafted HTML, but then I date back to the early PHP and ASP days and use Django heavily at
581.
by jlees 16y ago
A lot of the second half of this article could be summarised as "Think about people if your software/system/airport involves them." However, I'm not entirely convinced by her argument that this was the main flaw. Release without thorough te
582.
by jlees 16y ago
As an ex-hardcore player I'm amazed at how easy it is to have fun in Cataclysm now without even raiding. And it's actually enjoyable treating heroic instances as I used to treat progress raids - reading up on a fight at a time, watching vid
583.
by jlees 16y ago
I also joined a world top guild (bouncing around #2 in Europe around the time I played). It's a totally different experience from even that described in the OP, and other people's experiences getting sucked into life at the mid-level-40s. I
584.
by jlees 16y ago
Everyone at Google who uses their laptop in a public place (heck, even on the company shuttle) should be using a privacy screen. However, doesn't mean that everyone is. :)
585.
by jlees 16y ago
"Security! Security! Security!" Although there were some fantastic lecturers at Cambridge who were somehow very terrible at getting the material across, but whose content/personalities were so enjoyable it was worth turning up anyway. I dar
586.
by jlees 16y ago
I first started typing out programs from books and magazines into my ZX Spectrum when I was about 6.
587.
by jlees 16y ago
Python's NLTK has a lot of the raw tools at hand to do NLP tasks.
588.
Lean Startups beware: AdWords may suspend you(trendpreneur.com)
3 points by jlees 16y ago|0 comments
589.
Isle of Tune - generate music by building a city(isleoftune.com)
3 points by jlees 16y ago|0 comments
590.
by jlees 16y ago
Great idea - I'd love to help you guys out with copywriting, especially as it seems to be a big problem for HN-ers. Sadly, I don't have an iPhone so I can't even try the app. Meh.
591.
by jlees 16y ago
Anecdotally (why my PhD turned out to be a bad idea): 1. I got a supervisor who gave her students a lot of freedom but it worked entirely the wrong way. 2. The UK doesn't pay well. 3. I didn't get any money for conference travel as my PhD s
592.
by jlees 16y ago
The UK stipend is in line with the US one - it's not Europe-wide decent pay, that's for sure!
593.
by jlees 16y ago
Absolutely. Also, there are plenty of great open source developers contributing to the Chromium project to help get the OS working on multiple platforms. If you have an Eee or Dell Mini, for example, there are builds for those freely availa
594.
by jlees 16y ago
There is a window manager. You can dig into the code via chromium.org if you want to understand the details :)
595.
by jlees 16y ago
The devices we have right now will all be given out to US pilots.
596.
by jlees 16y ago
I know nothing about the distribution side, sorry.
597.
by jlees 16y ago
That was me. Happy to answer further questions here, though I don't want to turn HN into Reddit. (No, I'm afraid I don't know when or if you're going to get one.)
598.
by jlees 16y ago
As a European working at Google (and there are plenty of us), I feel your pain. However, although so many things are easy to scale internationally, products with licensing and regulations are not in that category. We do work actively on mak
599.
by jlees 16y ago
The 3G is provided by Verizon on this device.
600.
by jlees 16y ago
My SO got his this morning.

More ›