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CEO, the Least Popular Job in Silicon Valley(businessweek.com)
17 points by mrmaddog 15y ago|2 comments
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
Even though I hope M.G. Siegler becomes the next head of TechCrunch, I have a feeling that AOL will view this as it's chance to take command, and put one of its own on top. Sigh...
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
Are multiple large copy jobs common? I can't recall ever doing large copies of two distinct sets of files simultaneously, which makes me wonder when I'd ever use this dialog box. Would be curious to know what their telemetry data shows. An
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
Exactly. Facebook is not exiting the location game, but rather opening it up to a much broader audience. I presume Facebook found that the people who used check-ins was a subset of the people that used tagging functionality, so they scrappe
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"I have no personal knowledge of computers" - Bill Hewlett(lettersofnote.com)
3 points by mrmaddog 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
I would think that clicking on links that a person posts is a good signal and thus would increase your engagement number. Other signals that probably feed into this are pictures you look at, likes, comments, groups you are in common with, e
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
This was one of my favorite CS classes I took at Stanford. It will do a great job teaching you the theory behind dbs then bridge that theory with real-world examples. If you want to get an idea about how databases operate behind the scenes
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
I wouldn't even argue that the kid is the problem, but rather that the kid's behavior is symptomatic of a completely dysfunctional family. At a certain age, responsibility starts shifting to the individual, but a 6 year old can hardly be co
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
I'll second that aside. As an aside to this aside, I noticed that the paragraph starting with "Higher frequency generally leads" is wrapped in closing </p> tags, as opposed to the <p> </p> (the things you notice when
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
The Nintendo Virtual Boy "was released on July 21, 1995 [... and Nintendo] discontinued it the following year" ... so no - it really was a flop that sold more units than the playbook (to date). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
I am firmly against blocking any communication tool on the internet, though I am all for prosecuting those that incite violence and illegal activities should they be dumb enough to use a website that can be linked back to them.
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Which best symbolizes Silicon Valley (Stanford or Santa Clara)?(bizjournals.com)
2 points by mrmaddog 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
First was the introduction of Like/Share/Recommend buttons for third party web sites. Now Facebook is providing a data engine for third party ads. It seems clear that the next step is for Facebok to become an ad provider for external networ
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
Don't get me wrong, I have grown to love emacs. I use it all day, every day, and a good portion of my hippocampus is dedicated to storing away emacs keyboard shortcuts. But why can't I have what is good about emacs (a ton of buffers, unlim
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
When will somebody produce a text editor built for remote editing of text files? The vast majority of programmers that I know do all of their work on a remote build-server, and thus are relegated to using emacs, vim or some extremely ungain
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by mrmaddog 15y ago
"Since many common tasks are carried out in the senders’ homes, runners are vetted through a three-step process, which starts with an application form and progresses to an automated phone or video interview that poses a series of questions