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by mburney 15y ago
This article makes a good point. The problem is not that startups are derivative or solving trivial problems. The problem is that the whole startup process has been manufactured and scaled to the point that it has lost its intrigue and stif
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by mburney 15y ago
Agreed. I am a coder and philosophy was my first love.
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by mburney 15y ago
It is just not the case that there is a sustainable career out there for every kind of passion. Non-academic philosophy doesn't pay, coding pays.
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by mburney 15y ago
The fact that you fight competitively means that you're not sedentary for a good portion of your time. Binge training is still training. People who do nothing physically demanding and sit at a desk all day are a lot more at risk. And proba
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by mburney 15y ago
I've had consulting gigs where I was forced to write PHP apps because of management decisions. Something like this would have been helpful.
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by mburney 15y ago
I'd rather not be compelled to eat with co-workers at lunch. Lunch should be a time to do whatever you want. For things like meeting people/friends outside of work, having some quiet time to read a book, or going to the gym. Some days I do
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by mburney 15y ago
So should scientific and technological progress in general be like Battlestar? I would much rather it not have a known ending. If I wanted that, I'd choose religious dogma.
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How To Talk to Customers on the Phone: 5 Tips(marketlocomotion.com)
1 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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Software Consultants Will Tell You Not to Use Excel, But…(marketlocomotion.com)
3 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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by mburney 16y ago
Sure, but what about the app itself?
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by mburney 16y ago
I get the feeling that dabble DB never truly solved the "excel being used as database" problem and that is why they didn't last. I still think spreadsheets work really well for storing data (if you don't have time/money to imnplement a RDMS
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by mburney 16y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, I changed the title
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If You Haven’t Sold Ten Product Sales Yet(marketlocomotion.com)
2 points by mburney 16y ago|2 comments
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by mburney 16y ago
And of course Bach and Gould fans. Could there be any better music than Bach to listen to while programming? I think not :)
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by mburney 16y ago
This would be interesting especially for those of you that read Godel Escher Bach by Hofstadter
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Glenn Gould talks about the Art of Bach's fugue(youtube.com)
2 points by mburney 16y ago|2 comments
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The Day I Made My First Sale(marketlocomotion.com)
3 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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by mburney 16y ago
A few ways: -Ask them when they are inputting in any kind of sign up form for your product (if you have one). Probably best to make it an optional field though -Mine the data using facebook (if your clients are on your facebook list) -Send
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How I Wished My Best Customers on Their Birthdays(marketlocomotion.com)
18 points by mburney 16y ago|5 comments
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Why Do Customers Buy? (marketlocomotion.com)
3 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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Be Intimate With Your Customers(marketlocomotion.com)
3 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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How I Used Customer Profiling to Sell Drugs(marketlocomotion.com)
1 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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by mburney 16y ago
I would choose "The Land of Lisp"
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The Secret Life of Julian Assange(cnn.com)
2 points by mburney 16y ago|1 comments
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Nocturne by Chopin accompanied by animated graphic showing interval type(youtube.com)
4 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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by mburney 16y ago
A lower chance of divorce does not entail a better family unit with a balance of gentleness and aggressiveness as suggested by the parent.
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The Mine Project: Being in Control of Your Information(youtube.com)
2 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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Avant-Garde Art and Kitsch(sharecom.ca)
3 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments
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Google Maps Caught in Border Dispute(blogs.wsj.com)
20 points by mburney 16y ago|12 comments
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How Psychopaths Choose Their Victims(psychologytoday.com)
1 points by mburney 16y ago|0 comments

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