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by kw_ 17y ago
I was answering solely for myself. I'm not an author. The only time I really choose my words super-carefully is when I'm working on promotional copy. So that's the angle that I approached it from.
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by kw_ 17y ago
Shopify is a company that handles large amounts of customer data. They've sponsored a very positively spun interview on monetizing such data by spamming people via SMS, "sweepstakes", promoting payday loans and other activities that I consi
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by kw_ 17y ago
It's really annoying that this horseshit comment continues to get moderated up. thechangelog jumped to an unreasonable, and uninformed conclusion, that implies pretty horrible things about me. He knew literally nothing about the existing
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by kw_ 17y ago
I haven't read S&W, but I have three main reasons for avoiding that word: 1) If it's really prestigious, I shouldn't have to mention that fact. 2) If I want you to think it's prestigious, I should show, not tell. It was given 3 micheli
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by kw_ 17y ago
We have a vSphere installation, and have a hadoop VM on every physical machine, eating up spare cycles. We're very happy with it.
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by kw_ 17y ago
I appreciate your summary. I just can't take anybody seriously once they mention payday loans.
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by kw_ 17y ago
I couldn't get past the point where he's going on about doing lead-gen for payday loans. I care about creating value far more than I care about making money. In my eyes, $500k earned by creating value is far sweeter than $5m acquired by he
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by kw_ 17y ago
I wonder if this is because Perian has eliminated much of the need for VLC.
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by kw_ 17y ago
I just went to email you, to discuss a few of the additional ideas we had in our original plan, see if there might be a way to differentiate it sufficiently from RedLaser and Google Goggles to make it work. Unfortunately, I can't find your
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by kw_ 17y ago
The only thing you can control is your effort.
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by kw_ 17y ago
Yes. I'm kicking myself for halting the execution, because I made order of magnitude errors in my projections. If I'd simply had the idea (not the idea plus all resources required for successful execution), there'd be no twinge.
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by kw_ 17y ago
This one is bittersweet, as we had the idea, the staff, and the time and money to implement it, but chose not to, because we substantially underestimated the size of the market. Where by 'we' I mean 'I'. It's completely my fault that RedLa
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by kw_ 17y ago
I'm skeptical that it's possible for six billion people to make fast and measurable changes in atmospheric composition and land use without endangering the hydrology of the planet, and creating hard-to-predict ripples on the food and water
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by kw_ 17y ago
The problem is pretty well known, with (I believe) several companies selling heaters that activate in cold weather. I was even able to find articles that mentioned the issue dating back to Q4 2000. As such, I'm not sure why this is all over
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by kw_ 17y ago
No 'about us' page. I was confused for a moment when the 'contact us' page started with 'to view our company's website, click here'. I thought I was on the company website. Having multiple languages seems a bit odd if large swaths of co
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by kw_ 17y ago
Again, I'm simply not buying the argument. The reality is that I'd never just use StackOverflow to find candidates, so these are people who have other ways to find out about the positions, and apply. I'd rather see the candidate spend the
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by kw_ 17y ago
Stackoverflow Careers is based on the premise that it's worth $5,000/yr to me, plus $99/yr/candidate for the candidate, to share that information. Do you really see that much value, versus simply asking all candidates 'Are there any publicl
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by kw_ 17y ago
> encourage employers to view the account and see what sort of questions and answers the candidate is posting on the site If a candidate feels that there is a very good, publicly available demonstration of their knowledge (be it a proje
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by kw_ 17y ago
I'll take up your bet. Emailing details.
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by kw_ 17y ago
Looking at Stackoverflow Careers from a hiring perspective, I don't really understand the point. If suddenly 20% of my candidates have a CV that includes some "reputation" score, and other information from a programming website, what am I t