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by johnl 16y ago
The article might add that having lots of department meetings is also a excellent way to keep crappy programmers.
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by johnl 16y ago
They may be addicted to the convenience of the gadgets if anything. Nobody rings the doorbell anymore, they stand in front of the door and call you from their cell.
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by johnl 16y ago
It's a good entertainment read but taking apart a hedge to prove a point can get misleading pretty fast. For instance, if you don't like Goldman's shorts, Goldman could have created the same hedge results by taking a long position in gold.
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by johnl 16y ago
I know when I upgrade applications I want to hesitate since some previous upgrades have changed the user interface significantly enough that it does take a while to "relearn" the interface. Mozilla might try to query those who have upgrade
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by johnl 16y ago
I have seen that before in another language, the box read: "click here for your bonus". Jokes aside, that's pretty good for so little code. Well documented too. Makes the previous language it was written in look like a slug.
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by johnl 16y ago
They advertise her in return for her services would be a better conclusion. Looks like matching services is the business they are in so it is not so far fetched. From her feedback, she does a great job.
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by johnl 16y ago
Direct tax that the IRS monitors is almost misleading. I would like to see VAT added to the equation.
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by johnl 16y ago
Given the even point spread over the comments on this thread, the verdict is still out. Something's going to work, and I haven't found it yet so it will be interesting how this pans out. I definitely would want something where I can grab th
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by johnl 17y ago
Magnetar says it was "market neutral," meaning it would make money whether housing rose or fell. Sounds like they were acting as market makers to me. Taking up risky long positions and hedging with short positions to protect the downside. S
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by johnl 17y ago
For white noise you might try: brainwavelab.blogspot.com It's not in English but that should be no problem. Dig up the tropical storm stuff.
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by johnl 17y ago
They are all pretty good but "Avoid unnecessary branches." and "avoiding goto" are top of my list. Usually is a red flag to me that the programmer has conceptualized the program but not taken the second step to split the program into smalle
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by johnl 17y ago
Pictures, much better.
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by johnl 17y ago
Drat, they stole my idea. Once the "like" button is in place Facebook has to do only two thing to start raking in the money. First step is to collect profiles of Facebookers comings and goings to each button, then secondly place ads on the
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by johnl 17y ago
Drugs might work for the very short term but in the long term not so. Try Toastmasters. Not only will you learn how to speak in public but meet everyone else who is in the same boat.
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by johnl 17y ago
Testosterone, nay, I would say herd mentality. That's the "I am loosing money if I don't get in" type of mentality.
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by johnl 17y ago
Hold on a minute. The trade imbalance between the U.S. and China is the argument for Yuan revaluation and it still exists the last time I looked. China's Deficit is probably due to the amount of raw materials being exported to China from th
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by johnl 17y ago
The article is actually worthy of discussion. You can look at both American Chopper and Tiger Woods as a Brand - vs - Privacy - vs - Entertainment trade off. Both parties maximized their value by Branding themselves. Good for your net worth
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by johnl 17y ago
I always have known what my programs did and what they were going to be used for so I find it difficult that these programmer did not. So if your Boss tells you to program something illegal you would have no problem doing so. I would say, O
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by johnl 17y ago
I would agree about Apple making sure of a "positive user experience". By changing the price you piss off those who bought too high. People who feel cheated do not make good repeat customers. And in this case I would have gotten rid of the
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by johnl 17y ago
I put promotions like this under the infomercial category. Surprisingly, that's what a good one can pull in.
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by johnl 17y ago
The weekend project is a good way to find out what it takes to work a project from start to finish. Then when you get a group together you have already been-there-done-that once before, just on a smaller scale.
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by johnl 17y ago
The photos make the article.
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by johnl 17y ago
I just wrote a program to trade stocks. The testing makes around 30% annually. I don't believe it since I know myself too well but can't see where the error is. Put your money in an account, let me trade for 6 months live and see what happe
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by johnl 17y ago
I think the article is misdirected. A few years ago Japan increased their money supply by 30% to dig themselves out of their depression and it failed to work. So increasing the money supply I doubt will work any better here in the U.S. All
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by johnl 17y ago
It would be interesting to find out the computer literacy of those people involved. For a non computer literate person, having a computer take over for even a second I would think would scare them in doing all sorts of things.
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by johnl 17y ago
I would say be "smart" ruthless, not "dumb" ruthless. That guy would destroy a startup. A person who has more leadership skills will be able to get to the top without dumping on everyone along the way.
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by johnl 17y ago
Yes, I would put traction right on top.
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by johnl 17y ago
My use of ad blocking came about the same time viruses came to a head and I decided to shut them all down to solve the problem. Maybe what's needed is a more intelligent ad-blocker that can discriminate against the more intruding ads and le
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by johnl 17y ago
Build more stuff, Marketing, Back office support. Poking around with what you could do with email would be constructive. They nailed down email to blogs going so how about the other way around. For example, I'm starting to get a lot of maga
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by johnl 17y ago
Sounds lame, way too many variables. You could hedge the downsize with life insurance I guess. YC has a much better model. .

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