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by mcknz 16y ago
see also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1822116
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by mcknz 16y ago
yes, but you still need to make a decision to file/delete. If I don't immediately know what do to with an email I just let it sit there or I flag it. Nothing wrong with zero inbox, but if it makes you spend too much time agonizing over eve
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by mcknz 16y ago
How much you want to bet that on average, 36% of the employees for any given company is engaged in new business/sales/pre-sales?
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by mcknz 16y ago
The only benefit listed here is "the mysteriously wonderful feeling." More often I get the "slowly sinking feeling" of having deleted an important email. Storage is so cheap now that saving thousands of messages is not really a big deal, a
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by mcknz 16y ago
eh, admit it -- you're just bummed you didn't think of this first. :) Personally I didn't take this very seriously & figured it was a creative exercise or attention getter. Kinda like the guy who wears his resume as a sandwich board an
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by mcknz 16y ago
A fair question, though I like Su's outlook: Use Occam’s Razor in interpersonal relations: look for the simplest, most straightforward explanation that assumes the best of everybody. Stay away from people who always have a conspiracy theor
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by mcknz 16y ago
Rich in irony as well -- Slim's purchase of Telmex, the state-controlled telephone monopoly, meant that he could stifle competition and charge exorbitant rates. That's pretty much as far as you can get from encouraging employment for the p
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by mcknz 16y ago
Yeah, it's a gold mine, especially on interviews. If I know who I am being interviewed by, I can usually find the person's profile/email/blog, and see what they've written, their areas of expertise, likes/dislikes, etc.
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by mcknz 16y ago
People love to read about themselves -- this includes hiring managers at companies. Find unique and recent news about the company to discuss in your cover letter, and why it interests you. Use FB/LinkedIn/Twitter, etc to find out info abou
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Didn't Mean for You To See That, Grandma (Facebook Groups)(slate.com)
1 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
indicative reaction of the HFT algos -- ahem, I mean Waddell & Reed.
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by mcknz 16y ago
see Blackberry/UAE.
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by mcknz 16y ago
In terms of the domain business, of course it's their ball and they can take it home if they choose, and you're probably right that it will end up being a non-issue. But I think it's possible to distinguish between 1) the practices of a per
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Confessions of a Used-Book Salesman(slate.com)
231 points by mcknz 16y ago|101 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
If they go after the highest profile sites, they call attention to themselves and risk a backlash. Reclaiming from the bottom up establishes a precedent, and allows NIC.ly to own domains before they become too popular to grab. The moral/eth
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by mcknz 16y ago
technically no, but that's the beauty of extraordinary rendition.
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by mcknz 16y ago
First you will be baked. And then you will be cake.
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by mcknz 16y ago
"Is there an API for HN / is it ok to scrape HN?" Comment from PG: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1721105
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by mcknz 16y ago
Next in the series: You're Not a Webmaster. If people want to call themselves entrepreneurs to give themselves inspiration, confidence, or ambition, I have no problem with that. I doubt the term is going to suffer much dilution. +1 for Ini
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by mcknz 16y ago
Places that have $1000 littering fines are usually pretty clean. Changes will start when states issue $1000 citations for phone/keyboard use. Maybe 2x that if you cause an accident.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Fair enough -- my heuristic is perhaps too coarsely honed. :) It just took a long time to get from the article title to the realization that I was being asked to sign up for a list. It's funny I just now realized the list is free....
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by mcknz 16y ago
I agree. You could do both for a while -- stay with your full time work and take on some freelancing jobs. Even the small freelance projects will be a good learning experience on how to manage client expectations, create estimates, and de
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by mcknz 16y ago
Ah, the lingering, slightly sweet odor of survivorship bias wafting in the breeze.... I'm sure there's at least a couple of octogenarians out there regretting their jetpack startup.
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by mcknz 16y ago
yeah it's old, but still hilarious. I'd argue it's 37signal's best work to date.
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by mcknz 16y ago
11. You like paying thousands of dollars out of pocket for medical procedures because no one will sell you a health insurance policy at any price.
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by mcknz 16y ago
If you're looking to go into a programming career immediately, I would focus on building a portfolio of work, but if you are planning to go to college (where you'd be studying programming full time), I would get a non-programming job. Even
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Thick coat of oil (likely BP spill) on Gulf sea floor(kansascity.com)
10 points by mcknz 16y ago|2 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
I suppose I should have been less sarcastic -- it's entirely possible that the study is correct, and that would be great news. Science, like any other pursuit, is influenced by money and politics (see EPA under Bush). I don't think I'll ev
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by mcknz 16y ago
The lab that did the study is part of a team that received a $500MM award from BP. I'm sure that's just a coincidence. http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/01_ebi.shtml
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by mcknz 16y ago
Of course almost all non-competes are unenforceable, but it takes a lot of time and money to prove it. This is just a nice parting gift from HP to Hurd.

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