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by johnm 18y ago
Personally, I don't think that there's a one-size-fits-all language for "business". The needs and quirks are too diverse. I do think that domain specific languages (to use the term du jour) that are focused on the actual needs and quirks o
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by johnm 18y ago
This might not work so well for people just out of school but for hackers wanting out of a lame (but relatively high-paying) job, I say... Go wild!
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Startup Bootstrap Funding: Unemployment(washingtoncitypaper.com)
36 points by johnm 18y ago|12 comments
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On the Need for a Business Language(blog.vagmim.com)
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by johnm 18y ago
Only works on recent machines with Intel Core 2 and Leopard. Remember to run the Java Preferences utility to set this as your default or you'll keep running the old version.
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Java 6 for Mac released -- sort of(apple.com)
1 points by johnm 18y ago|1 comments
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They F*!$ you at the DRM: MSN Music Abandons Users(eff.org)
2 points by johnm 18y ago|0 comments
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Google's Guice: A Dependency Injection Framework(ddj.com)
1 points by johnm 18y ago|0 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
Here's a note about using Hadoop in Python: http://www.michael-noll.com/wiki/Writing_An_Hadoop_MapReduce...
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Advanced Polymorphism in Perl 6 (PDF)(scribd.com)
2 points by johnm 18y ago|0 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
Indeed. And to think that Guy Kawasaki is involved it's more odd.
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by johnm 18y ago
"In its 3rd year, Launch: Silicon Valley is now firmly established as the premier product launch platform for cash strapped startups. The event, co-presented by SVASE, Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, provides the next generation o
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Launch: Silicon Valley(launchsiliconvalley.org)
5 points by johnm 18y ago|4 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
I submitted the raw link but HN hacked it.
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The Perils of Ruby(talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com)
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by johnm 18y ago
Here's a blog describing it: http://pivots.pivotallabs.com/users/nick/blog/articles/433-s...
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Screw.Unit: Behavior-driven Testing in JavaScript(github.com)
7 points by johnm 18y ago|4 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
:-)
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The Art of the Interpreter -- Steele and Sussman [pdf](scribd.com)
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Book: Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference (free pdfs)(bayes.cs.ucla.edu)
1 points by johnm 18y ago|0 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
I'm currently experimenting with PersonalBrain ( http://personalbrain.com/ ) -- it's basically a "mindmapping" tool on steroids. Works on: Linux, OS X, Solaris, and MS Windows. So far, it's definitely better than all of the other mindmapp
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PersonalBrain: Mindmapping on steroids(personalbrain.com)
1 points by johnm 18y ago|1 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
True, you can setup the polls and question to reduce the problems but they are all still there since you still asking the user rather than measuring the actual behavior. I.e., polls are a form of proxy for what you really want to learn but
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The Green Shift(pastorgeek.blogspot.com)
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by johnm 18y ago
(A) Definitely read the GPL itself. (B) There are a couple of books about open source license that explain the various bits pretty well -- you might want to read them, too. (C) On your first question, no that's not allowed by the GPL. You'
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by johnm 18y ago
Polls are generally horrible. Self-selection bias, self-deception (i.e., what one perceives of one's self and what one actually does are almost always different and often wildly so), and self-disclosure bias (i.e., what one wants (others)
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by johnm 18y ago
Site for helping to find and share information (FAQ, reviews, etc.) about SSL certificates and CAs.
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SSLShopper(sslshopper.com)
3 points by johnm 18y ago|3 comments
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by johnm 18y ago
Anybody actually use this yet? It's a commercial app for OS X for finding, downloading, managing, and reading public domain books.
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Voluminous: Finding Public Domain Books(voluminous.wooji-juice.com)
1 points by johnm 18y ago|1 comments

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