mtrimpe

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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I'm generally against all forms of intentional defamation, but I must admit that this option is very tempting... Are there any lawyers here that could weigh in on the legality of this?
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
+1 on this. I came here to say that this seems like an awesome opportunity to sell what seems to be quite the hit. That people are taking the risk of illegally copying it and being publicly shamed speaks volumes for the desirability of your
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Just because you've never seen it doesn't mean it never happens. Sexism at work requires certain group dynamics to flourish and I'm pretty sure your female boss can identify those and make sure they never come to pass. Also... why do you re
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I like the idea. When the battery of the first starts dying the next one could even be sent into the field for a seamless handoff. I'd prefer it be used for non-evil uses somehow though ;)
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
And how many speakers have porn created of them distributed during conferences? And when that happened would you expect at least a small percentage to secretly have a little laugh at it? There was another post on the front-page just minutes
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I think to a large degree it's also about not understanding group dynamics. Let's say that: 35% or so of geeks are closet sexists in reform: aware that their belief systems are wrong / socially unacceptable and trying to change. 5% or so ar
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
First off: greatness is not one-dimensional. Remember that you're comparing everybody against your chosen dimension(s) of excellence. Adding a another dimension is certain to make you a beginner in something again. You're a co-founder now s
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
There's actually a bunch of people smarter than you that doesn't want to work with you because you're an arrogant little schmuck below their level. Figure out who those people are, become humble enough to start learning from them, rise to t
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
7) Make the users redirect the domain to you and put a nice notice on it stating that the name is available for trade / swap / a worthy purpose and place some AdWords on it. You can actually sell it as a value-add and, from what I understan
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
We'd love wereforhire.com! The username is mtrimpe ... Thanks; you're good person! ;)
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
So it's basically a very pragmatic tradeoff for getting 80% of the value of geo-based DNS with only 20% of the effort. Nice work ...
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
That brings back memories; one of the first business ideas I seriously pursued was actually social binaureal beat app. It was designed to run on the Palm V back in 2004 though so I might've been a bit ahead of my time back. It might make a
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Not to mention that incidents like this debase the efforts of (possibly attractive) women whom are trying to compete on merits instead. As far as I'm concerned blatant positive discrimination such as this should be treated as harshly as af
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Indeed; this sounds like a perfect example of the Hawthorne effect [1] at work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect If they had compe
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Not to make an ad-hominem, but are you by chance a middle- to upper-class, straight, white male? To be more precise, is there any area in your life where you are fully aware of systematically having the deck stacked against you and are repe
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I was once talking with a professional negotiator (and a great story-teller) and when trying to explain what was so hard about programming, I said that it was like getting a nearly unlimited amount of incredibly stupid people to work togeth
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Except that it's equally likely that you are the one who has a skewed perspective which causes the reaction to seem overly strong.
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I don't know which article you read, but all I see is a balanced and very well laid out argument for respecting the validity of the emotions of others whatever they may be.
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Also consider that you might be below market rate and all the good guys are passing on you. The story reminds me of a blog post from a while ago [1] which concluded with an update that after raising his rates by $5 the first candidate to ap
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Those were surprisingly shocking to see. I never imagined high-level CEOs would actually put things like this on paper. Just a reminder to yourself that everything you do as a CEO has to be able to survive public scrutiny...
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
If/when you do... just ping me and I'll hand over the domain names ;)
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
In this case you should trust but verify: ask the person to detail his sources (he is making the request on behalf of someone after all) and approach them directly to get a better picture of the situation. If his sources are outside of the
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
> I don't think there is any cure for interruptions other than no at-desk meeting rules or private offices. A simple feedback mechanism for this would get us quite far already. Just something that will glow red for 'dont disturb,' orang
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
> I've found that I really really hate making urgent requests to other teams For me what ended up working by far the best is to always and for every request try to: 1) Give an honest summary of the negative consequences of your re
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Your introduction message disappears immediately when you click on it. For people who habitually select text they're reading (like me) that was quite annoying ... I still don't know what it said.
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I feel that it has been widely acknowledged that Aaron had problems irrespectively of the trial. The anger you see is about the trial having him pushed over the edge, which is almost certainly true if at least to a certain degree. We'll nev
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Amazingly enough the thread about his passing [1] has 34.340 upvotes and 31.742 downvotes. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fjjm/aaron_shwartz_r...
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
I am so sorry for your loss. I don't know what to say, but may you find every piece of strength there is to find to pull yourself through this.
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
It's hard to reply to the OP. Mostly because I, like many here probably, can relate quite well. I'd wager a guess that he's in his early twenties, struggled with depression through puberty and has currently found stable ground with a nihili
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by mtrimpe 14y ago
Damn you're insensitive. You should be ashamed of yourself. And to the OP: If you're still young (under 25) I'm pretty sure you'll do fine eventually. If not, you're probably doing fine already...

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