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901.
by loumf 15y ago
You have to be willing to train. We adopted F# as a first-class language last year. The vast majority of our code is C#, but F# is used when it has an advantage. We don't need everyone to know it, but are willing to train our staff or ne
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Towards a Portfolio Based Interview Process for Programmers(atalasoft.com)
1 points by loumf 15y ago|0 comments
903.
by loumf 15y ago
Apple has paid 2.5 billion to developers -- and that doesn't include other ways of making money on the ecosystem (e.g. writing apps for others) The danger parts are if you are trying to make money in the same way Apple is, or threatening th
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by loumf 15y ago
A lot of good points, but a somewhat sloppy article. 1. The MG Siegler post he linked to is very positive, even though he uses Grouponzi in the title. 2. Breakage shouldn't affect Groupon's profit, unless I am missing something. Groupon is
905.
by loumf 15y ago
In a different thread jmaygarden said: I got "dong markup" in my RSS reader from pull requests to zedshaw/mongrel2 today. So, the trolling was very much in public view. So, there are ways to publicly troll someone on GitHub, even if not i
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From influentials to small connected groups(thinkoutsidein.com)
1 points by loumf 15y ago|0 comments
907.
by loumf 15y ago
But then you don't get the 100MB "free" 3G data plan from Verizon.
908.
by loumf 15y ago
They claim to be making strategic purchases in bulk of some component (rumored to be displays) in order to get low prices and crowd others out.
909.
by loumf 15y ago
Paying a dividend is what a company does if it thinks it cannot invest the money better than its shareholders could. Apple thinks it can make good use of billions of dollars and Microsoft thinks you can do better with the dividend.
910.
by loumf 15y ago
This is what the beginning beat of YYZ by Rush is doing with the letters Y-Y-Z. Not much of a secret message since it's the title.
911.
by loumf 16y ago
The code is generating code for a different language -- the = is always in a string.
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by loumf 16y ago
Youngme Moon, in her book "Different", offers the idea that one should say Yes where others say No, and No where others say Yes to produce meaningful difference. Once you go this way, you iterate and improve on the ways you say Yes to acce
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by loumf 16y ago
All he's really asking for is for Dropbox to explain their security in ways that don't overpromise what they actually deliver. If they want to live up to their promise, then he's suggesting a way to do that.
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by loumf 16y ago
The plain English meaning of the words "aren't able to access user files" is not the same as "choose not to access user files". Dropbox could just keep keys in a store where only automated user accounts can get to them -- ones where only th
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by loumf 16y ago
The best way to do this is to make all founders go through vesting from the beginning. Under that standard, Allen would likely have been fully vested by the time he left and it would have been clear that he earned his stake. According to w
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by loumf 16y ago
I would like to try it, but I have no idea what you are going to post to twitter. Could you explain somewhere exactly what gets posted and when. Also, can I control what is private and public? I get that a totally public to-do list might
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by loumf 16y ago
He can probably just do a simple DMCA takedown. He made the video, so he owns the copyright. Even better -- just turn on monetization and buy a new laptop in a week.
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by loumf 16y ago
I am not an Accountant and this isn't really an answer, but I will try to explain. Basically, it has to do with how you recognize money that you were paid. If I buy a MacBook for $999 and it comes with Xcode 3, and two years later, I get
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by loumf 16y ago
I don't remember the company, but I got a demo of this exact thing in the last bubble (around '99 or '00). The one I saw failed utterly, but maybe this time, they'll figure it out.
920.
by loumf 16y ago
The author made that point exactly at the end. I have found that extremely tailoring a resume and cover letter for the job works for me.
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by loumf 16y ago
Is there anything else from "The Social Network" that isn't true? Just kidding, but the parent comment was a Zuck quote -- I think in real life in an IM that someone saved.
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by loumf 16y ago
One huge problem with this is for people that have already built up savings based on taxed income -- mostly those in or near retirement. If we move over to consumption based, they are now going to live in a far worse tax environment then t
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by loumf 16y ago
Likes can be faked, but what if Facebook only counts likes in my circle -- or weights them heavily? The real problem is that likes on pages aren't used enough for them to be useful.
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by loumf 16y ago
No, but not because of formatting, etc. Right now, you need to figure out how your resume is going to not just be screened out. The best way to do that is to customize it for each job you apply to. Make it so it's obvious that you are qu
925.
by loumf 16y ago
Major league athlete, regular on a TV show or star in movies, former press secretary/lobbyist, best-selling author, multi-hit-album singer/band, music mogul/producer, real-estate agent in an expensive area. I bet there are 100s of jobs wher
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by loumf 16y ago
For selfish purposes, I'd like to see them buy a US cell-phone carrier, invest in better coverage and bandwidth, and have a reasonable tethering option.
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by loumf 16y ago
Steve Jobs's stake doesn't just fold into Apple. But, it doesn't have to be cash -- could be a merger (or partially one).
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by loumf 16y ago
Because Steve Jobs basically said he would, and prices are low.
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by loumf 16y ago
Not sure if this is what you want, but Chris Okasaki's "Purely Functional Data Structures" are data-structures that can be accessed in multiple threads because changes result in new versions. http://www.amazon.com/Purely-Functional-Structu
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by loumf 16y ago
I read somewhere a while ago, that the most enduring names were just surnames. Ford, McDonald's, HP, Dell, etc.

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