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by loumf 16y ago
Hitler was a past MOTY -- so they didn't always skirt controversy. 60+ years later, I know that -- 60 years from now, no one will know who got it in 2001.
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by loumf 16y ago
The government doesn't know about anything in that sense. They rely on everyone else to make a stink. We decry lobbyists, but the EFF is a lobbying organization. Joining them helps to pass the legislation. Nothing could help them unders
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by loumf 16y ago
My understanding is that net-neutrality is only enforceable via government regulation. Meaning, that without the government mandating neutrality, the corporations would be free to break neutrality. As is usual, to provide freedom to one gr
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by loumf 16y ago
This is basically what Amazon is planning to launch with the KDK. Amazon's model is fixed price per app, not bandwidth based. Since 3G is free with the device, apps that need bandwidth need to have a subscription price to use the network.
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by loumf 16y ago
My initial reaction was that they were trying to act like Derek was still there. Then confusion as I saw his signature (were they still sending out the same old emails?). Please put the year in the title if the post is old. Thanks.
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by loumf 16y ago
Within driving distance, but not commuting distance. Springfield, MA and Hartford, CT are within commuting distance though. They both have huge insurance companies where you could get an IT job. And both have better jobs than that as wel
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by loumf 16y ago
I think attributes of a town are more important than size. I live in a 30k population town (Northampton, MA), but we have a college (and others in neighboring towns) and great culture, restaurants, etc. The downtown is extremely walkable
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by loumf 16y ago
NDAs are contracts between private entities. Freedom of speech is a protection against the government.
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by loumf 16y ago
Absolutely. All of the benefits you'd get from knowing smart people. The biggest benefit has been recommending them to others.
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by loumf 16y ago
Unfortunately, the accidental liability problem needs to be taken seriously -- mostly because of risk/reward. I try to write as nice and appreciative letter as possible. 1. I don't reject candidates -- I choose a different candidate. 2. Th
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by loumf 16y ago
This classic book: "A Technique for Producing Ideas" http://www.amazon.com/Technique-Producing-Advertising-Classi... is short and sweet. Bascially, 1. ideas are novel combinations 2. immerse yourself in information from many disciplines 3
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by loumf 16y ago
His title is "Appointment Reminder | Phone, Text Message / SMS, and Email Reminders", but knowing Patrick, he's probably going to start "Hair Dresser Appointment Reminders", "Massage Appointment Reminders", "Yoga Class Appointment Reminders
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by loumf 16y ago
"Different" by Youngme Moon. This book was given out at the Business of Software 2010 conference, and she also spoke there. It's basically a call to arms for meaningful differentiation with organized business case studies of companies tha
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by loumf 16y ago
In Massachusetts, we have school choice. You can choose another public school to send your children to. There are availability limitations, but since the chosen school gets more public money, they accept as many as they can. The schools
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by loumf 16y ago
In the US, police and firefighters are usually unionized. There are limits on their ability to strike. I believe that those limits might be in place for teachers as well. The military has incredibly strict rules for advancement and compen
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by loumf 16y ago
A lot of people misunderstand that book. Design Patterns reduce complexity when used correctly. A good book to understand that is Refactoring to Patterns http://industriallogic.com/xp/refactoring/ . If you need your code to construct objec
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by loumf 16y ago
For something fairly recent, I read Collective Intelligence cover to cover.
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by loumf 16y ago
The phrase "political views" doesn't even come close to explaining why people have negative attitudes towards the swastika. The Nazis tortured and murdered millions of innocent, defenseless people. The symbol was widely associated with this
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by loumf 16y ago
I have a friend who is a political blogger and sometimes a talking head on CNN/MS-NBC. They show his URL under his head while he's commenting on stuff. He claims that the traffic spikes are within the noise. Granted, he might have high e
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by loumf 16y ago
Features absolutely do sell software if the demand already exists. If you are entering an existing market, where the product category is known -- your set of features (not # of features) is a big part of what will drive sales. StackOverflo
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by loumf 16y ago
At Atalasoft, we decided to make F# an allowed language for development (in addition to C/C++, C++/CLI, and C#). We make imaging toolkits for .NET. There aren't many downsides compared to C# -- it's totally interoperable with our code, ca
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by loumf 16y ago
Java shops use Java -- that's definitely true. But, are there enough of them for Apple to care? Apple doesn't make their own Python, PHP or Perl, and I bet a lot of Python, PHP and Perl devs use macs. I do for Python.
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by loumf 16y ago
The install base of Mac is 50 million. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/10/20/apple-cfo-tim-cook... There are about 9 million programmers in the world (heard this from Joel at BoS 2 weeks ago -- not sure if it's true, or if I am rememb
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by loumf 16y ago
It's neither good nor evil. Google's board and executives are legally obligated to maximize shareholder value. Shareholders can sue otherwise. If governments want more tax, they should close loopholes and Google will comply with the law.
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Western MA (Easthampton) - Developer support engineer (entry-level) or .NET SDK engineers (.NET + either JavaScript ninja or C/C++ guru -- not listed yet) http://www.atalasoft.com/company/careers
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by loumf 16y ago
And often they come from a template that sounds nothing like what a real person would write. I see so many that they all start to look like each other. A good, personal one really stands out.
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by loumf 16y ago
yes -- working directly on our behalf -- designing a tradeshow booth, an ad, a giveaway. They expect us to send logo guidelines. Our guidelines are simple (just a couple of pages) -- Just showing how to make it monochrome, and some accept
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by loumf 16y ago
My first job was for a company with about 1,000 total possible customers. It was the early nineties and we could charge 35k+ per company because it was necessary software to be in the business. I guess what I'm saying is -- can you charge
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by loumf 16y ago
Those guidelines are extremely useful when you need another third-party to do work. Otherwise they are likely to want to express themselves in your logo. For internal use, with a deep brand understanding, you should allow your team to be
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by loumf 16y ago
That might be on purpose. The HN commenting interface is meant to discourage back-and-forth arguments.

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