masterponomo

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by masterponomo 10y ago
My own practice in recent years has been to analyze trends and convert them into investments. So for instance, I have substantial positions in McDonalds, Altria, Philip-Morris, Exxon Mobile, Facebook, and Service Corp (none of which do I pa
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by masterponomo 10y ago
I doubt this is what PG had in mind when he brought Sam on board. Just a prediction, we will soon be wishing Sam well in his future non-YC endeavors. He's perfectly justified in strongly protecting his own investment, but using HN to v
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by masterponomo 11y ago
No car for you!
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by masterponomo 11y ago
Jossa haen tämän edun?
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by masterponomo 11y ago
I'll allow it:-)
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by masterponomo 11y ago
I think, therefore...wtf?
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by masterponomo 11y ago
When I sat on a jury in 1989, the main goal of most of the jury was to get the decision over with in time to pick up their kids from school. We quickly found for the plaintiff against the main defendant. There were a slew of co-defendants,
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by masterponomo 11y ago
Just wow. I asked my parents how my birth changed their lives. They said they had to invest in some good ear plugs (for themselves) as a sleep aid, and that they lost a sock drawer until I graduated to the futon. While I did not spark the s
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by masterponomo 11y ago
First determine the ideal temperature and climate conditions. Then, if the ideal is cooler than the current temp, wear the same clothes twice as long between washings; if the ideal is warmer than the current temp, wear them half as many tim
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by masterponomo 11y ago
For boys growing up in the 60's and 70's, a lot of time and effort was spent trying to get hold of a Playboy or even just a few pages. Imagine a whole neighborhood of boys playing "ditch 'em" (a wide-ranging and vio
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by masterponomo 11y ago
I want one, but after the New Yorker article on Reid Hoffman I'm kind of waiting to find out if he likes it.
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by masterponomo 11y ago
They should have held out for a Michael Lewis interview. They would have sounded a lot more pithy and heroic.
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by masterponomo 11y ago
This is almost as bad as the same reviewer's brutal takedown of Steamboat Willie.
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by masterponomo 12y ago
You should only give them money if they are in front of YOUR home, so they are more likely to become a permanent fixture in YOUR life. I live in a tourist area which also has several well-run shelters, which are not a problem. The problems
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by masterponomo 13y ago
Invented by Mel Brooks in the 60's: http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cone-of-silen...
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by masterponomo 13y ago
Yah-Do?
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by masterponomo 13y ago
Here's another question: How many people in the world, who are current or potential Facebook users, might like to have Facebook as their first and main interface to the world? Facebook asked that question by making such an interface availab
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by masterponomo 14y ago
Yes, but back in the day it was only vols 1-3. No Sendak in later volumes/editions:-(
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by masterponomo 14y ago
This is not a website, but my kids LOVED The Art of Computer Programming (1st edition, when they still had the Maurice Sendak illustrations). The pictures in the volume on Sorting and Searching, though, are not recommended for kids under th
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by masterponomo 14y ago
I flirted with Python for a while, but couldn't stop obsessing over the built-in recursion limit. Now, seeing what goes on at PyCon, I'm SO glad I switched to brainfuck. There's not only no brittle speech police there, there's NOBODY there.
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by masterponomo 14y ago
He was right about so much, you have to wonder if he might have been right to list-slap that gal.
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by masterponomo 14y ago
Anyone else thinking such a ball would make an ideal "case" for a Raspberry Pi, especially once they add wi-fi to the R-Pi? Here's a ball, kids...BTW, it's a computer too. A kickable, waterproof, indestructible computer.
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by masterponomo 14y ago
Are you being ironic by using all random suppositions to refute my random suppositions?
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by masterponomo 14y ago
I had a similar experience when I (a gent) took my grown daughter to a NKOTB reunion concert as a nostalgia trip. The audience was at least 95% female, and the arena restrooms were re-purposed accordingly. I asked an usher and he told me it
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by masterponomo 14y ago
The copypasta crowd was alive and well back in the old days. I got my junior college programming degree in 1985. Grading of programs was based on correct output (still relevant today) and number of compiles. Yes, you could get it 100% right
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by masterponomo 14y ago
Wow. I think back to when I first tried to go out as a contractor. A headhunter got me an interview with a local telecom. During the interview, the manager asked me if I was one of the people named in a recent ComputerWorld article about fa
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by masterponomo 14y ago
You nailed it. GKNT shareholder here. They have struggled for years to monetize the media business, with little success (profit-wise). Cost of revenue is always very high. Add in a lot of turnover in editorial/content/business leadership (b
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by masterponomo 14y ago
Depends on how the interviewer(s) have treated you. I walked out mid-interview one time, after the 2nd time the manager was called away to fix a production problem. I could see the room he went into, full of programmers just sitting around
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by masterponomo 14y ago
That looks like an episode of "McHale's Navy" with all the dimwits standing around.
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by masterponomo 14y ago
The disconnect is probably because the OP, and many other 20-somethings, look for some macroeconomic cause for their plight. Some people think too much in terms of generations, demographics, better or worse economic stats, etc. I, on the ot

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