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by jtbigwoo 14y ago
I can't agree with any of this article. >> It’s a problem because side projects create a talent bubble of people who aren’t fully engaged and are just doing enough at their "real" or full-time job to get by until their startup is up
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I'd suggest not starting with the Culture novels. The Algebraist is more accessible because it's not constantly referring to a mysterious super-organization that's driving the plot.
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What do people think about offering first time criticisms in private? I've had pretty good results with employees by saying something like, "We have you here for a reason. We know that you're good. So far on this project you've been lear
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I've noticed an interesting pattern in my management style. When I'm in a dysfunctional organiation, I have to focus so much energy shielding my people from the dysfunction that my team is generally self-organizing and fairly efficient. W
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No one has argued in this thread that you and I are bad peeple because we're priviledged. What they're saying is that if we are not aware of that priviledge you are living in ignorance and should not be surprised when less priviledged pe
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Odd that there's not a lawyer among the listed leaders. They say they'll bring in lawyers "if necessary." Aren't most agencies for artists or athletes packed with lawyers? If I'm hiring you as my agent, I'd think that at least half your
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Ugh, yes. I'm not usually the grammar nazi, but it's hard to focus on the point of the post when there's stuff like this: "Not seeing the project as a whole is a common cause of fails." The word you're looking for is failure. It's only t
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I think many successful people and organizations take a similar approach all around. Is your baseball team underfunded compared to others? Use the lowered expectations to test theories and find market innefficiencies. Are customers are wor
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So this isn't really anything like the employee perks at Pinterest or Google. This is a group buying discount. It's not a bad thing to offer--I've worked in big companies and it's occasionally nice to be able to buy discounted tickets. N
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I've started pretending that all my commit messages will finish the statement, "I made this change because..."
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Ah, but customers talk to each other, especially in this day and age. A company like GRPN doesn't really have an infrastructure advantage or technical advantage over other companies. It relies almost entirely on its network of small busine
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Most consulting companies that I've worked with don't have very many non-billable employees. For a company of under 50, you probably only need a handful of sales and support folks. For billable employees, that other 30% is supposed to cov
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Resist the urge to follow up with the company, try to put the whole thing out of your mind. You probably won’t be able to, but remind yourself that there is nothing you can do and concentrate on other things. (Also, feel free to write than
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We talked about this back in 2009: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=740524
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Just heard a report on the radio about these kinds of dryers. Excel Dryer, Inc. in Massachusetts was actually the first to sell a high-speed dryer like this (the Xlerator). The Dyson AirBlade came later. Interesting stuff: http://www.np
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Unless the company needs to raise additional capital, which apple does not, the stock price cannot be dangerous for the company. I don't think this is true anymore. Discussion of executive performance these days starts with stock price (
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Crash dummies have made cars safer for women. Perfect is the enemy of good. I know you just threw this in at the end, but "Perfect is the enemy of good" does not apply here. I'd argue the better quote would be "Good enough is the enemy o
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Unless the law mandates it and provides harsh penalties. Health care and financial companies, to name two industries, spend billions every year on security and privacy.
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Or maybe I'm just a boring old mid-40's fart. That's part of it, right? I assume that all these silly requirements and hoops are really saying, "We want the best of the best as long as you're under 30."
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Of course he can. Didn't you ever go to high school or work in a gossipy office? It doesn't take too many people saying, "She's a slut/ice queen/crazy bitch/diva" before it becomes conventional wisdom in a social group.
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Twenty nine billion dollars is still an amazing amount of cash. That's almost $400k for every employee!
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The father's pattern of behavoir is interesting here. He was absent when his children were young and then sent them off to boarding school and didn't stay in touch. Now their lives are not going as well as he'd like, so he's decided to ex
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If a small company wants to survive against the big guys, they've got to exploit market inefficiencies. It always surprises me when someone insists that technology start ups can only exist in a small part of California or Massachusetts whe
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HP Takes a Big Hit on Autonomy Deal(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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The bank would try to work with you to investigate and possibly reverse the transaction and refer your case to law enforcement. (Wire transfers cannot be reversed, but EFT payments often can.) A bank would most certainly not say, "secure
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Steve Jobs was no Steve Jobs... until later anyway.
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I was just talking to my parents about this. They're in their second decade of "retirement" (really just working a little less and volunteering a lot more in their case.) Many of their friends fulfilled lifelong plans to sell their homes
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I've done yard work and demolition for a few very rich people and I was always appreciative when they came down with drinks--most didn't do anything other than hide out upstairs and wait for us to leave. If someone had come down with WalMa
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Gawker, Reddit, Free Speech(whatever.scalzi.com)
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When the semester ends, you've got a week to grab your code before it goes public, like a free account. I suspect this would catch on better if the repos were destroyed or stayed private. Professors reuse assignments year after year and

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