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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Am I missing something obvious or is this just a static webpage? DID THEY FIND THE MALAYSIAN PLANE YET? maybe...
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
I'd quit my office if they had music playing from 9-5. There are already way too many distractions. From people walking by to the printers to general office chatter. A lot of people use headphones in my office, but occasionally someone
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
The plaintiffs are seeking payouts for millions of Gmail users. The financial damages would amount to $100 per day of each day of violation for every individual who sent or received an email message using Google Apps for Education during a
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Also I've done similar research to the GrandParent commenter on the internet and there is a lot more to it than just having open parents. A lot of orphans or adopted children are also spectacularly successful. Imagine having to live th
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
By what he has written, he could also write a similar article about why he doesn't want his daughter to work in NYC (assuming his daughter chooses finance over technology). There is no real content in this article and more people sayin
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Wouldn't it be simpler for an individual to just settle in a low cost of living area (close to nature perhaps) and quit blogging and live simply? I have no problems with what the OP is doing, it is essential to focus on just a few thin
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3223595
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The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”(ribbonfarm.com)
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
This is true outside of programming too. I work at an engineering consultancy and I was highly motivated to "prove my worth" going in. I shipped like crazy on my job in the initial few days. X numbers of procedures written, Y numb
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
> The way Lancelot motivates himself to get past self-doubt in combat is not to care whether he lives or dies. As Ariely says: Lancelot fights better than anyone else because he found a way to bring the stress of the situation to zero.
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
> I don't want to be hit on at work. But she did get hit on at work and started dating a co-worker (I'm assuming the guy she's dating initiated contact). If that was acceptable by her, then this logic about it being "
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How to Minimize Politics in Your Company (2010)(bhorowitz.com)
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Blackstone’s Home Buying Binge Ends as Prices Surge: Mortgages(bloomberg.com)
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Aardvark Founder Ventilla Is Trying To Turn Education On Its Head With AltSchool(techcrunch.com)
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Clickable link to sources: [1] https://www.adors.gatech.edu/cfcampus/adors/commencement/sal... [2] http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/cdc/jobs/salary-grads [3] http://ibn
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Ask HN: Why such a high upper bound of starting salaries for IIT CS graduates?
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
No one deserves this, especially not at 35. That is far too young. I've had more than a couple of people close to me pass away from cancer and other causes and it all seems very depressing that in some cases you can't really do an
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Animals may perform poorly because they are too shy or nervous to interact(cam.ac.uk)
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
I'm really not sure why that is relevant? Do you always check whether what you are about to write/post has been written before?
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India’s Largest Online Classifieds Site Quikr, Raises $90M Led By Kinnevik (techcrunch.com)
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Some (reputed) schools also offer part-time CS degrees that you can work at your own pace while continuing to work. Besides the online GT Degree already mentioned by another comment, Tufts has a part-time masters too [1] So does Stanford Ho
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
This is actually the first time that I'm posting this, but yeah I don't fault Zuckerberg. That was one of the reasons that I added that he was perhaps less mature then. Thought processes & some beliefs change over time and I&#
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Haha! But seriously given the leaked chat messages from when Zuckerberg was still not the polished CEO and less mature [1], your argument seems plausible. > ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard > ZUCK: just
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Obviously I'm just guessing, but: I assume that the margins weren't just there, given they took 20% of $25, they'd need crazy volumes to be profitable or even break even. They weren't growing fast enough? "merging&q
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Khalid El-Masri(en.wikipedia.org)
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Some astonishing truths about “job hopping”, and why the stigma is evil.(michaelochurch.wordpress.com)
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Yes man the irony. Georgia Tech tells you that you've graduated in the top 10% of your class, institutional highest honors and all that. And then your parents call you and tell you that they spent six figures on your education and you
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Not a citizen. Haha to be perfectly honest the only reason I wanted to work at Facebook was because of the perks. They pay well plus you aren't spending much at all on food / gym / laundry / etc. so you can save quite a
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
Very well written article and I can add some context being in the unhired category of engineers. I graduated from Georgia Tech sometime in the last couple of years with a 3.64 GPA. I know that GPA doesn't mean much but really at Georgi
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by not_paul_graham 13y ago
> Bribing politicians to try and force a stock to collapse is market manipulation and is illegal. I really don't want to get into a flame war, but can you please explain where you got the impression that politicians were bribed by

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