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by locopati 16y ago
Sounds like a good HN Poll topic (does one need a certain level of points to create a poll?)
692.
by locopati 16y ago
Does it help to turn it around - you are paying a (probably marginally) higher price in the brick and mortar store in gratitude for the service (advice, time, hands-on experience with the gadget) they are providing. Nothing stolen, but fair
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It's a World of Black Rectangles(nytimes.com)
2 points by locopati 16y ago|0 comments
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by locopati 16y ago
Similar story with Picasso... Some guy told Picasso he’d pay him to draw a picture on a napkin. Picasso whipped out a pen and banged out a sketch, handed it to the guy, and said, “One million dollars, please.” “A million dollars?” the guy e
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by locopati 16y ago
Second this idea - privacy may be the big new selling point of future services. Trust a bigco or trust us? Public is free, but private is extra (private groups, private social circles, private sharing of specific data).
696.
by locopati 16y ago
Do you know everything about who you are not showing respect to? Do you know if or how they might benefit/hurt you later? It's easy to work from assumptions and completely misunderstand the situation.
697.
by locopati 16y ago
I really don't understand why people should sit by idly as wealth is transferred from those who don't have to those who have plenty.
698.
by locopati 16y ago
There's also a distrust of the companies that would run such operations, seeing as the Republican party is often anti-regulation/oversight. A bad combination when it comes to nuclear power, imho.
699.
by locopati 16y ago
I've thought about something similar along the lines of a developer cooperative with incubator leanings. People could work on their own projects or together on joint-projects or on consulting projects. Non-technical abilities like branding,
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by locopati 16y ago
Minor correction - Lieberman is a former Democrat, elected as an Independent after losing the Democratic primary, who happens to caucus with the Democrats, though for the life of me, I cannot understand they put up with him, since he often
701.
by locopati 16y ago
Realizing that it's play.
702.
by locopati 16y ago
I find that RESTfulness improves the quality of design by forcing a little consideration on how to represent resources and actions on resources. The alternative is often littering the API with actions anytime a new one is needed - once that
703.
by locopati 16y ago
The needs for good software testers are greater now than they've ever been. There's more software, there's higher demand for fast turnaround and agile production code. Big companies still don't devote enough resources to testing so anyone w
704.
by locopati 16y ago
Washing the dishes can be done for its own sake. Vacuuming can be done for its own sake. All things that are considered work can be done for their own sake and with the same amount of attentiveness and respect as things considered enjoyable
705.
by locopati 16y ago
Why would they want to reduce corruption when it serves them so well?
706.
by locopati 16y ago
" In such a state of society the master fears and flatters his scholars, and the scholars despise their masters and tutors; young and old are all alike; and the young man is on a level with the old, and is ready to compete with him in word
707.
by locopati 16y ago
The opposite being what? That things aren't awesome? Sure, the world has troubles, people struggle, and the world also has majesty and joy - that's acknowledging what's around you. But how we approach the world, that's entirely in our hands
708.
by locopati 16y ago
Scratch an itch. Maybe it's something that nobody else is doing or a tool that you use but think could be better or a way to improve the operation of a suite of tools that could work better together. Maybe it's a group that you're a part of
709.
by locopati 16y ago
Like any other practice (programming, music, art) it can be difficult at first and the benefits take time to accrue. I struggled to sit comfortably for a long time before I reached the point where I can sit easily for an hour - though it st
710.
by locopati 16y ago
Even within a single tradition, you may fine that some teachers click with you and some don't. It's a fine balance, but if you find someone who resonates with you, stick around and learn from them.
711.
by locopati 16y ago
I'd also highly recommend Thomas Merton's 'New Seeds of Contemplation', which though written by a Trappist monk and grounded in Christian philosophy applies to contemplative practice in any tradition.
712.
by locopati 16y ago
If I'm reading you right, you're saying that XML only provides a guarantee because of an abstract agreement between parsers? Nonsense. XML has a specification for what constitutes a well-formed document and an XML Schema defines rules that
713.
by locopati 16y ago
Zazen. Mostly on my own - 1hr in the mornings plus chanting liturgy (which feels like a spoken form of meditation rather than a plea to some higher power). But, it's important to my practice to also attend the monastery or temple where my t
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Massive Chinese Net Reroute Exposes Web's Achilles' Heel(technewsworld.com)
1 points by locopati 16y ago|0 comments
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by locopati 16y ago
Even in a team where there is no architect or tech lead, there's room for leadership. What parts of the process don't flow smoothly? How well is information shared within the team and to other groups that you work with? Who makes decisions
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by locopati 16y ago
The common case is being in Manhattan and needing to get to Queens or Brooklyn or far far uptown. The solution that's worked for me is to get in the cab first and then give your destination. Asking the driver through the open window if they
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by locopati 16y ago
A lot of power in the JVM comes from the JIT. To repro that, you're likely to run into patent lawsuits from Oracle even if you do discover/implement the optimizations in a clean-room.
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by locopati 16y ago
Maybe you should offer respect because your perspective on the world is not the only valid perspective. Maybe your perspective limits you from seeing other aspects that could be worthy of respect.
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by locopati 16y ago
I want a t-shirt that says 'Gibson FTW!' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru EDIT: Looks like BjornW and I had the same idea
720.
by locopati 16y ago
because your couple of extra minutes are more important than everyone else's who may be waiting - same type of problem as the people who hold subway doors delaying hundreds for the sake of a few

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