jmtulloss

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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I tend to contribute to projects that benefit whatever else I'm working on at the time. If an open source project gets me half way to fulfilling a feature, I have no problem taking it the rest of the way and contributing back. It's better t
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
It is much better than digg or reddit, in my limited experience. Karma mongering still happens though, and it will probably increase with time as more users are added unless karma mongering is carefully considered in the design.
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
WebFaction is nice for shared hosting, but the 60MB limit on RAM and the lack of root access is fairly irritating sometimes. 600GB of bandwidth is nice though, way better than the paltry 100GB slicehost offers with their minimum package.
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
$75/Month is way more than the $20/month slicehost is offering. They do offer a lot more memory, but for the time being, I just can't justify $75/month.
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I agree. I personally don't really want to listen to people that care immensely about their karma scores. I think an exponential decay on how much karma you get based on upmods per second would be sufficient to avoid people rampantly upmodd
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
Those guys do look pretty good, and cheap. I'd sign up right away, but we are using facebook for our social aspects, so we probably qualify for Joyent's free accelerator (for a year). That's a pretty tempting offer, even if I have to learn
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I agree. I've also noticed that the same story as reported by two different news sources will get posted, which is essentially the same thing. Google does some pretty cool probability stuff (at least, I think that's how they do it) to figur
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Ask YC: What's the best virtual hosting for a development stage startup?
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I think he's intending to show how the system might actually work.
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Apple employees have to use different operating systems from time to time. There's a lot of software, especially in hardware design, that only runs on Windows or Linux.
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I find that it can be useful to just be in the same room when working on dependent, if separate tasks. It's often necessary to nail down details as you're thinking through every possible different situation, which really only occurs once yo
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I find a macbook with 2 virtual machines (linux/windows) gives me the power I need, the operating system I love, and the flexibility to develop in any and all environments. Plus, the size of the macbook is perfect when it's not your primary
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
To work with other people wherever they end up. We're not working in some cubicle day in and day out, we need to go to our co-workers and sit there next to them hacking on problems. I prefer hacking on my desktop too, but I could not operat
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
The pseudo multi-touch trackpad on the macbook is awesome. It takes away the pain of the one mouse button and makes scrolling a joy. After experiencing that trackpad, no other trackpad even comes close (though I bet the one on the macbook a
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
Facebook is less about making new friends as it is about communicating. I know you mention that you don't need any new ways, and I used to agree with you, but the plethora of options it provides for pinging your friends makes it quick, easy
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
It's great that they're doing so well, but their punishment for failing to meet their service agreement is negligible (10% off that month, I think). The downtime's effect on your site's reputation and income can be much more damaging than t
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I agree that Obama is more charismatic, but Hillary keeps getting the womens' vote (At least the white and hispanic ones). This primary is particularly interesting because you're not choosing between two rich white men. Suddenly there's a q
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
While Bush senior might have won without Perot, I don't think it takes down the "charisma wins" argument, since I don't think it applies in elections where there's an incumbent running. The incumbent has a clear advantage, and is presumably
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I can see a certain appeal to a VC over an angel. There are a lot of pieces that a company that is growing quickly needs to take care of, and most engineers don't have the expertise to do so. If a business explodes and suddenly finds itself
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I'm not sure I understand why my opinion is invalid. My family is in the Columbus area, I'm not entirely ignorant on the topic. And I do obsessively love football :)
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I actually don't know anything about the startup climate, you're right. I just know of a lot of big names out there. You would hope with a major engineering University right there and a sizable tech industry, there would be at least some st
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I have no problem using Erlang when I need it, but eventually concurrency is a problem that every language is going to have to deal with more effectively than it does now. The Actor pattern makes a lot of sense to me conceptually, and makes
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I'm a big Erlang fan, but I think that the concepts it introduces can be ported to other languages with enough work. Bringing Erlang concepts to more traditional languages has the potential to completely transform how we think about structu
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I've read this before... http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ The PEP system is another reason I also love python.
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Two come to mind for me: Columbus, OH and Champaign, IL. Champaign seems pretty close to what you're looking for, but it's definitely too flat. That's why I'm leaving. Columbus has Ohio State right there, and is as booming as you're going t
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I graduate in May, looking forward to working full time on my startup after that. I-L-L!
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I also have noticed how terrible blackboard is. I'm the head of a student group that does a major software project every year. Every year, we mention that this is an area that really needs work, and every year we end up doing something else
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by jmtulloss 19y ago
I prototyped something like this recently and enjoyed it quite a bit, so I'm glad somebody else has tried to make it into a business. I, for one, am a bit skeptical for a few reasons. 1. The barrier to entry is pretty high. In a world domin