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by kohanz 13y ago
I was very impressed with Hartl's tutorial. Having tried many tutorials (for other technologies in the past), his was one of the best-written and most engaging. The fact that I completed it, including all the extra assignments, is a te
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by kohanz 13y ago
I was in your shoes about 6 months ago (experienced non-web developer, looking to expand my skill-set) and went with Rails. I took the Michael Hartl tutorial (highly recommend it), viewed some Railscasts and haven't looked back. I&#x27
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by kohanz 13y ago
This seems a bit strange to me. Snowden was very well compensated for his work (articles mention a $200k salary) as a young man and despite this he still did the right thing and followed his conscience. My bet is he would be the first to te
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by kohanz 13y ago
I'm not sure you have anything to explain to someone who responds with "Why are you surprised?". They understand the implications; nothing to explain there. Where they probably differ, is that they are likely resigned to the
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by kohanz 13y ago
Sphere by Michael Crichton. I was quite young at the time, but I remember being completely engrossed. Please don't relate it to the movie version :)
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by kohanz 13y ago
The Experts-Exchange UI, last time I saw it, is a catastrophe.
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by kohanz 13y ago
I can't think of any better circumstance than knowing your living days are a numbered few, to absolutely not give a damn about what other people think. There are many therapeutic reasons to write a blog/journal during this time that are not
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by kohanz 13y ago
OTOH, someone who has 30 days left to live has absolutely no motivation or need to prove the validity of his story to anyone.
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by kohanz 13y ago
Yes, for English speaking Canadians a "pension plan" is a common phrase. No idea about French-speaking Canadians.
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by kohanz 13y ago
Without reading this first, I wrote almost the exact same thing, just worded differently. Needless to say that I completely agree :)
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by kohanz 13y ago
The motivation to ship early and often is to obtain feedback on the product. Of course, such feedback is extremely valuable, but it can also come at a cost. IMO, whether or not it is a good idea to ship early and often depends on the "cost"
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by kohanz 13y ago
Just wanted to let the OP know that Rob and Mike from StartupsForTheRestOfUs (one of my fav podcasts) addressed your post on their podcast today. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-135-m...
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by kohanz 13y ago
"I can almost guarantee I will not be using my future Java/C# (the 2 languages that they teach you at the uni I'm looking at) skills if I ever get a degree." I'm not making an argument for University here (I think there are valid points on
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by kohanz 13y ago
Happiness is the function being maximized, whereas money is just one of several parameters/variables in the equation. It's an important distinction. You can't treat them as two parameters being maximized - for a few rare people, for example
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by kohanz 13y ago
It even contradicts itself. With the current title, the prefix should be "Accuse PG:".
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by kohanz 13y ago
I find these decisions are easier to make if you reverse the roles. If you were in their shoes, what would you want/expect your competitor to do?
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by kohanz 13y ago
I think the saying "you get what you pay for" applies here.
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by kohanz 13y ago
I think when you have to explicitly ask "What are your pain points with X", rather than being able to passively gather these opinions from your own experience or those of others (through blogs, social media, and personal anecdotes), it like
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by kohanz 13y ago
"...The desire to do so decreases when I realize I could be spending time on some other, more promising product rather than wasting it on a lost cause." This is just the shiny appeal of a new idea. If you spend as much time on any of these
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by kohanz 13y ago
Off the top of my head: The Shawshank Redemption Empire of the Sun (M) Donnie Darko Artificial Intelligence* The Godfather (parts I and II only) *this is my "most people hated it, but I liked it" submission
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by kohanz 13y ago
"...am I just so far ahead of the technology curve that the real challenge for this type of product is a general fear of technology?" Considering that there are at least a couple of restaurants that use iPad interactive menus in my city, wh
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by kohanz 13y ago
Obviously they are dependent on the price of gold, which is down mostly due to the strong US dollar and the stock market performing well.
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by kohanz 13y ago
Thank you for sharing your story. As someone who will start a family in the next year or so, reading that somebody has accomplished something that I aspire to (more independence and family time) is very inspiring.
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by kohanz 13y ago
"Has the Internet forgotten about me or am I still a hot topic?" I'm not super-familiar with this case, but there is something unsettling about the mindset behind these words.
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by kohanz 13y ago
Congratulations! I'd love to hear more background about the motivation for this app and the dev process. Are we talking 5 months of full-time development or 5-months as a side project? What motivated the project? What are your future plans?
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by kohanz 13y ago
The site looks really great. I'm impressed! One small typo on your personal post about shipping hoverboard: "But that's more - Hoverboard isn't just a portfolio" I believe you meant "But there's more..."
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by kohanz 13y ago
Sure, we've done it (for software developers). I'm not sure how a "friend" can be consider a legitimate reference, unless that friend was also a supervisor and or co-worker in a professional setting. If a person can provide multiple such "f
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by kohanz 14y ago
I once interviewed for a job, turned down the offer. A year later, got in touch, and they were eager to bring me on board. Worked there for two years and there were absolutely no hard feelings. Many managers are not petty and are just inter
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by kohanz 14y ago
Wouldn't publishing this data enable those who "game" the system to learn more about the system they are trying to beat?
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by kohanz 14y ago
My vote is for #2 and #3. Although I am not a customer for this tool, my gut tells me that your users are more interested in getting good looking reports as soon as possible (and at minimal cost), rather than the ability to design their own

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