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by joecode 17y ago
Well, Silicon Valley is in good shape anyway. It still produces things, unlike most of the rest of the country. Hollywood is likely to keep ticking, too, and I don't see the wine country having much trouble either. Meanwhile, the state i
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by joecode 17y ago
Overall an interesting slide-show, though it contains some silly points, such as: o "New Computing Cycles Supported by 10X More Devices" [The graph is extremely artificial. An extrapolation based on 4 made up points. And really, the growt
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by joecode 17y ago
Yes. There seems to be a common thread here. You are taking on way more than you, or really anybody, can handle. I mean, seriously---a program to model the stock market? That's why everybody else keeps bailing out. Anyway, if you get a
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by joecode 17y ago
Using Webkit severely limits you and makes your app look pretty crappy. Objective-C really isn't that hard, nor is getting up to speed with the SDK. This is a common situation in programming, where a framework is developed that appeals to
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by joecode 17y ago
Yea, it's funny---I was reading the blog entry and found myself agreeing that most of what he said was often true about the startups I've worked for or had acquaintance with. The difference is that's how I like it. Chaos is fun. Of cours
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by joecode 17y ago
Well... it is: http://www.roadandtravel.com/safetyandsecurity/highwayfatali... Note that nationwide statistics are not available that far back, but consider this report from Washington State: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/wtp/datalibr
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by joecode 17y ago
The third type is right. Though it can be learn to discover what is right without failing a lot, by working hard. Opportunity is key.
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by joecode 17y ago
Sharp drop in WSJ subscriptions bodes ill for this news item.
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by joecode 17y ago
worth it for the jesus puppet. everything else was pretty tiring.
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by joecode 17y ago
Emily Post is rolling over in her grave... but good luck to them, anyway.
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by joecode 17y ago
I've come around to the majority viewpoint on the alien/Omega problem. It seems to be easier to think about when you pin it down a bit more mathematically. Let's suppose the alien determines the probability of me one-boxing is p. For the
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by joecode 17y ago
Yes?
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by joecode 17y ago
Right now, yes. But throw in some resource constraints and random violence, and then you've got competition among the "intelligently designed" progeny. Then you're back in evolutionary territory. It's just an evolution that is more consc
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by joecode 17y ago
That would be a pretty good argument except for this woman's particular circumstances. She's a mother of 4 children and works at an Indian reservation. So chances are, she has very little disposable income, and wouldn't buy the songs othe
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by joecode 17y ago
When you’re small and risking less, you don’t need a business plan. While I agree with the general spirit of the artiicle, this particular advice is just stupid. Maybe you don't need a written plan, but you absolutely need to address a
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by joecode 17y ago
How about a simple economic explanation for these graphs? If you look at them, you'll notice inflection points during the recession of the 70s and early 90s. The overall downward trend probably reflects well-known rising economic inequali
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by joecode 17y ago
Yes, I believe the last sentence is false.
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by joecode 17y ago
The source cited by this article only indicates that women's happiness has declined, but not that it is actually lower than that of men. In fact I recall reading a report recently that men are still less happy overall. Another possible exp
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by joecode 17y ago
As venture capitalist Paul Graham put it, "It turns out the rule 'large and disciplined organizations win' needs to have a qualification appended: 'at games that change slowly.' No one knew till change reached a sufficient speed. An inter
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by joecode 17y ago
Certainly, though they need not be exclusive endeavors. You can launch a small business with the plan of growing it slowly into a full-blown startup. So you start with the near-term goal of paying your rent and food, and a longer term goa
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by joecode 17y ago
Actually, the general low quality of articles on Techcrunch is a good reason not to ban them here. Usually they have one good/important article every day or so, and having them linked to from here saves me the trouble of sorting throug
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by joecode 17y ago
computers are idiotic. society worked before computers were invented.
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by joecode 17y ago
You know, it occurred to me if you're committed, you could just vote up all the other stories. Same effect. There's flagging, too, of course.
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by joecode 17y ago
agreed. ultimately it is a good opportunity, if you know how to take advantage of it. but there are no easy, sure-fire ways to success. hot weather is climbing in the charts, btw. especially in europe.
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by joecode 17y ago
Whoa! It's Phil! The store is setup in a kinda stupid way, so the best thing to do is make kinda stupid apps, just done well. What's S. doing, like $600/day? Anyway, if you figure out the dynamics, are a good programmer, and shoot for the
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by joecode 17y ago
nice. ah... the beauty of the angel of death.
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by joecode 17y ago
What is really depressing is the fact this impoverished article made it to the front page of Hacker News. What do you suppose we can do about that, now? How do you fight corruption of this sort on a site like this? Do we need basic resear
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by joecode 17y ago
"- none of U.S. cities rank in the top 100 most livable places (Mercer Cities Ranking)" This is rather false: http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html This calls into question the other assertions. What is your source? I ac
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by joecode 17y ago
Where are you getting your weather data? I developed a (non-competing) iPhone weather app, and discovered that the data can be a very tricky matter. Anyway, looks pretty good. Simple is good. I've also noticed that forecast.weather.gov i
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by joecode 17y ago
As a developer, I really don't mind the pirates, as long as theirs is a marginal activitiy. Most of them would probably never pay for the apps they download anyway, so they don't make a significant difference in my sales. In fact, they ki

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