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by matrix 16y ago
For me, the big question is: where does all this leave IBM? IBM has a huge investment in Java, but now Oracle has made it clear that they're not going to play nice. The senior guys at IBM have to be thinking long and hard about that...
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by matrix 16y ago
The story isn't really about them freezing the account. I think everyone accepts that PayPal needs to be vigilant against fraud, given the amount they deal with. The story is that that legitimate customers are pretty much powerless to unfre
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by matrix 16y ago
While I'm proud to see the cafe my sister manages get held up as an example to be exported elsewhere, I'm skeptical. The fact is, when scaling up a food or beverage franchise, food quality takes a distant back seat to consistency, supply ch
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by matrix 16y ago
Agreed. Unfortunately there's a group of lobbyists that have successfully prevented efforts to eliminate the penny (these groups primarily being "Save the Greenback" and the cotton industry). Sometimes I think we'd be better off eliminating
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by matrix 16y ago
Sigh. People keep missing he most important aspects of the so-called 10,000 hour rule. It's not 10,000 hours of practice. It's 10,000 hours of a certain type of practice. The practice must be directed, with feedback from coaches. The origin
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by matrix 16y ago
I can't recommend the Steelcase Leap enough. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I found the Aeron chairs to be somewhat uncomfortable. The Steelcase Leap, on the otherhand... I've had it for a year and couldn't imagine working without one. I fo
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by matrix 16y ago
I don't see an email link your profile. I'm in Utah myself, might be tempted for the right kind of gig.
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by matrix 16y ago
I like it, but making fun of Java (and Java's "thought leaders") is just too easy. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. With a grenade launcher. Eclipse is another matter: far more ridicule is called for. Far, far more.
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by matrix 16y ago
This presentation can basically be summed up as a verbal kick up the ass - "JFDI". For that, it's useful - beyond that, I feel it's much too shallow for the HN audience (we know this stuff... we've read Steve Blank, we're looking for more n
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by matrix 16y ago
The initial graph is misleading in a fundamental way: the usage of most of the Microsoft Office apps has barely changed - this is really an Outlook -vs- Gmail story, the results of which are no surprise to any of us.
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by matrix 16y ago
I agree wholeheartedly. I come here for information, and noise like this stuff dilutes HN's value just as surely as any non-hacker content like political articles, "8 Beautiful Pictures of Slugs", or "VB 101". PG: any chance we could have a
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by matrix 16y ago
Kudos to the person who came up with that title. Those of you who haven't seen the similarly titled movie or read the book are probably baffled, but I assure you, it very nicely sums up the ridiculousness of this particular program of the T
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by matrix 16y ago
I enjoyed her articles too, so I know where you're coming from. However I feel she did not handle things well when it came to the "crazies" and that greatly damaged her credibility in my eyes. My loss I guess, since she can be very thought-
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by matrix 16y ago
This is a nice validation of Steve Blank's customer-focused model for creating start-ups. It's the kind of article I want to see more often on HN. I would like to see more detail about what was done in terms of customer and market research
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by matrix 16y ago
This has been my experience too. Currently I like Python for quickly banging out web apps, and Java for building the back end stuff. Sure, Java has some baggage, but it has a lot of benefits too, such as much better tools for deployment, pe
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by matrix 16y ago
Pretty neat! I wish it was access log based though. Using the access logs means being able to see anomalous activity such as spikes in particular status codes, performance issues, that sort of thing. I do have a project I could use as the b
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by matrix 16y ago
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm thinking Flash bashing has pretty much reached dead horse status. Possibly even "red smear on the ground" status. Worrying about what the pundits say isn't going to help us execute, unless the pundi
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by matrix 16y ago
I am surprised to see a Lyle McDonald article on here. His stuff is always well worth reading if you have any interest in nutrition and training. The high-intensity training fad he refers to in this article is probably better known to most
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by matrix 16y ago
Business writing (the kind that tells you about best-of-breed, market-leading solutions) is awful because it is written by people who do not understand their product, their market, or worse, both. You'll notice that business writing of this
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by matrix 16y ago
A quote comes to mind: "[She] lived in the kind of poverty that was only available to the very rich, a poverty approached from the other side." -- Terry Pratchett, in "Men at Arms"
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by matrix 16y ago
I was curious where the data came from, since the article didn't really explain it. Here's the details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Social_Survey
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by matrix 16y ago
I found it curious that they omitted J9 too. That said, I haven't kept up with what IBM has being doing with it lately and I've always been under the impression it is a closed project that isn't likely to influence the overall direction of
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by matrix 16y ago
Its merits notwithstanding, I suspect the Dragon Book was at included at least partially as a dig at Jeff Atwood. (Disclaimer: I haven't read it myself, and don't plan to. My reading stack is close to overflowing as it is.)
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by matrix 16y ago
You say you don't have a choice, but really, you do. It's not an easy choice, but nevertheless it IS a choice. Sure, making that choice might mean going back to your country, but it's your decision to make. There's a good chance that if you
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by matrix 16y ago
Another good one is: http://dearadobe.com/ PS: Adobe people: please read that site. Especially the bits about your updater.
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by matrix 16y ago
A possible idea for improving that: Maybe it might make sense to allow users above a certain reputation threshold to vote stories down? Or even just limit story voting to people above a certain threshold. What good newspapers, periodicals,
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by matrix 16y ago
This article is completely content-free. The book is just a company (culture|inside-joke|aren't-we-awesome) thingy. Which is nice for them. My recommendation: your time is better spent elsewhere.
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by matrix 16y ago
Ah, but there's a catch: many of the jobs require security clearances. You need to be a US citizen, and usually need to be cleared already. If you're cleared though... it's a license to print money (heck, you might just BE printing money).
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by matrix 16y ago
It doesn't have to be an either/or thing though. The big advantage of VAT is that they are much simpler (cheaper) to administer and greatly reduce tax evasion. So, having a VAT combined with a reform of income taxes could make a lot of sens
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by matrix 16y ago
I've always felt that a factor holding back more widespread adoption of Ogg Theora (or Vorbis for that matter) were the product names. I'm very glad that someone out there was providing a royalty-free codec, but it's frustrating to see them

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