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by kemiller 12y ago
The first three days are about that, focusing on nostril sensations, though it takes a lot of practice to truly "clear" your mind. The second part is where the real work comes, which is simply being with whatever comes up. Not s
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by kemiller 12y ago
"Forget self-driving cars. People really want anti-gravity." I mean, of course they want better batteries, but it's not like there is a lack of investment in better energy storage.
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Well, success may not necessarily mean "rich". I think he means idle rich, who can live a lavish lifestyle without working, not millionare-next-door types.
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Also new pricing: http://www.rubymotion.com/news/2014/12/11/announcing-new-pri...
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by kemiller 12y ago
I suspect there will be classes. I.e. "first class" cars akin to Mercedes/Lexus/BMW which would have a different kind of clientele. And, probably, penalties or expulsion for damaging or soiling the interior.
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by kemiller 12y ago
@metrix many prisons are run by for-profit companies. It costs the taxpayers a lot, but there is profit to be made, and some elected officials benefit at least indirectly. edit: awkward wording
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Of course they will need to do those things. We also still need to process credit card transactions, and we still use mainframes to do it, and IBM still makes a tidy income selling and servicing them. But I don't think anyone would c
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by kemiller 12y ago
This is it. We will always need tools that do the things that what we designate "PCs" — computers with monitors, keyboard, mice, and peripherals — do best today. In absolute numbers, the sales volume of such devices may even con
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I can certainly understand why people who have invested a ton into the current system are upset, but that just argues for a more orderly transition. The Knowledge is pretty well obsolete in the age of GPS. It'd be a sad thing to lose
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I completely get that. I've had to fire people, and it really really sucks. But that's the point: you don't get to externalize that onto your candidates.
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It's not a matter of liking real work or not. Of course everyone prefers real work to silly logic puzzles, but that's a false dichotomy. It's about trust and commitment. You're asking your applicants to assume virtual
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The reality is, there are not enough "best people" to go around. And, for that matter, it's probably arrogant to think that your idea is so hot that you need Google/Apple/Facebook-level talent. You are much bett
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Painless Core Data in RubyMotion(github.com)
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That's good to know.
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I'm sensing you're being facetious, but not knowing the personalities involved, what does this mean? Is he a notorious publicity hound?
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So I've worked with a couple Indian outsourcing firms. The best we ever managed was to break even in terms of quality product per dollar. I visited there a couple times, and I can completely corroborate the poor working conditions.
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Last team I built, that was exactly how I hired. My team of 5, all 35+, could run circles around your typical team of 20. Only downside was it was sometimes hard to get them to try new things.
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There is a massive, massive difference between NSA surveillance and Netflix using technological measures to ensure you're not copying their content. You have a real, honest choice whether to do business with Netflix and subject yoursel
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by kemiller 13y ago
It certainly is making it cheaper for the user, because the publisher is more inclined to make it available cheaply if there is a time limit. But more than that, neither you nor anyone else has yet made an actual argument for why DRM is un
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Since nobody has come up with a DRM system that doesn't depend on a central service that can go away or change its terms, all DRM-based content is effectively rented. What is unethical about renting something? If you claim that your
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by kemiller 13y ago
I don't really get the resistance to DRM in the Netflix case. I'm against DRM on any media that is represented as a purchase . But you're not buying movies from them, you're renting them, and it's never represent
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by kemiller 13y ago
Parent is getting downvoted because Linux is not from the FSF.
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I have a somewhat different perspective on this. Apps cost people something much more valuable than the small amounts of money in question: attention. Most people find learning new software to be a chore. So every app they download has a
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by kemiller 13y ago
Or you could create legitimate value. Is it a law of the universe that zero-sum hustling is the game that should win?
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by kemiller 13y ago
Yes, this. The worst possible outcome for a startup is a slow, drawn-out death. The second-worst outcome is treading water without clear success.
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by kemiller 13y ago
I recently did sit with my 91-year-old grandfather on his deathbed, and I don't think much in his working life would have even made the list. I'm still working out how to apply that lesson.
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by kemiller 13y ago
Apocryphal, but funny story about Calvin Coolidge: After returning from church one day, his wife is supposed to have asked him, “What did the preacher talk about?” Mr. Coolidge is reported to have tersely replied, “Sin.” Still insistent,
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by kemiller 13y ago
CC processing isn't a play for profits, it's a play for power. Air cover for everything else they do.
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by kemiller 13y ago
"Nice" colorschemes are probably less useful here since nice usually means harmonious. The point is to maximize your brain's ability to unconsciously distinguish them, so red/blue is a good choice if you need a lot of h
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by kemiller 13y ago
Yep. If I had it to do over, I'd do it that way. The options are better now, though. 15 years ago, if you wanted a big software company you had Microsoft, and, uh... Sun? Oracle? Now you have Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazo

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