martinwnet

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by martinwnet 10y ago
"Don't reinvent the wheel, unless you plan on learning more about wheels"
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by martinwnet 11y ago
Does Google Sheets not solve a lot of these issues?
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by martinwnet 12y ago
>But the reality is that there is way more money in knowing people than in doing work. Unless, you know, you enjoy doing the actual work more than being essentially a manager/middleman.
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YouGov profiler – nice visualisation of marketing and statistical data(yougov.co.uk)
2 points by martinwnet 12y ago|0 comments
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by martinwnet 12y ago
Anyone have a link that backs this up?
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by martinwnet 12y ago
So you're indicating a $250k salary, is that realistic?
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by martinwnet 12y ago
Really? 10 years at one of these companies (AmaGooBookSoft) and you're a millionaire?
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I'm not averse to cycling, I just didn't think it would be too scenic around the Valley. Unfortunately I have no contacts in these big companies. That's a good shout on the redwoods, I had no idea this was on offer near the S
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I'll be in SF 9-16th April.
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by martinwnet 13y ago
Any recommended coffee shops?
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I assume for Apple it is just the company store at their HQ they let people into? Or can you tour the rest of it?
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by martinwnet 13y ago
Are there any cool, generous Googlers here that would be able to arrange a tour? My email is in my profile, I would be very appreciative.
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by martinwnet 13y ago
A Stanford tour looks interesting, looks like they have a general walking tour and more specific science/engineering tours that you can book.
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by martinwnet 13y ago
That does sound like a decent day out though doesn't it? Thanks.
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Ask HN: Visiting SF, should I check out Silicon Valley?
7 points by martinwnet 13y ago|21 comments
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by martinwnet 13y ago
First off, this looks excellent. This undoubtedly trumps the likes of CD Baby in many ways, but one reason I could see people sticking with them is that, even though to upload an album at CD Baby is more expensive up front, it's a one-
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by martinwnet 13y ago
Immediately thought of the same Louis CK bit from Conan. Pascal's quote is revealing and shows that this problem is by no means a recent invention. Though I would wager that new technology has made it much, much easier to quickly distr
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by martinwnet 13y ago
This is a great idea, well executed.
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I found out recently that the French word for Internet user is "Internaute".
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I genuinely thought it might be April.
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by martinwnet 13y ago
Are there not any services currently that let you send out press releases?
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by martinwnet 13y ago
I'm pretty sure the questioner knows what Fizz Buzz is, but they are asking what an equivalent test would be for an engineering manager.
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by martinwnet 14y ago
Google?
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by martinwnet 14y ago
The mobile app is much simpler to use than the website.
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by martinwnet 14y ago
Nerdist
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by martinwnet 14y ago
It's a humongous, impressive step that the notebook has been digitized and made publicly available. Surely the step to be able to download is only a trivial slight further step, the flicking of a switch, that has been prevented probably jus
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by martinwnet 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Glasgow (Scotland, UK), Remote. Web developer. I built this in my spare time with CodeIgniter: http://howmuchyoubench.com Experienced in front-end and back-end development. Main technologies are PHP, .NET, HTML/Javascript/J
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by martinwnet 14y ago
It shows more promise, but I have no idea how they manage to get from brain scans to (quoting the article headline) "[patient] says 'I'm not in pain'".
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by martinwnet 14y ago
Having seen this type of story debunked before, I feel the quotes in the post title should be around the word "communicates". I'm not sure how conclusive the evidence is based on the article.
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Ask HN: Why don't you work less?
37 points by martinwnet 14y ago|60 comments

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