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Will circular runways ever take off? [video](youtube.com)
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by ojosilva 10y ago
> 4) Did the founders have a personal or professional relationship before deciding to start the company together? As I understand this is desirable, right? I wonder if there are any good successful stories of newly-acquainted, "JIT&
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by ojosilva 10y ago
From the top of my head, I'd say this is a great opportunity for Algolia.
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IMDB Boards No More(beatworm.co.uk)
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The hidden history of Nasa’s black female scientists(theguardian.com)
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I sometimes wear my headphones with no music, just in noise-canceling mode. Just like you, I think music can be distracting or tiring after a while. My Sony headphones have such powerful noise canceling that it silences even the slightest
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Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982)(ee.ryerson.ca)
2 points by ojosilva 10y ago|0 comments
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by ojosilva 10y ago
Which in turn reafirms, recursevely, the author's assertion of gamed Google algorithms. I think web search is still flawed, like it was 15 years ago when Google came along. The problem is that now the flaws are more subtle, hence more
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CA buys Automic for €600M(zdnet.com)
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Hacker group Cobalt hits ATMs across Europe(ibtimes.co.uk)
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I think there's an alternative already available and sparingly in use today: certain decisions can require 2/3rds, 3/5ths etc. majorities. For instance, any decision that will last for generations and impact profoundly in eve
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I missed references in the article to Kelsey Grammer, the actor who portrayed Fraser Crane in the sitcom Fraser. That was how I became acquainted with the Mid-Atlantic accent, by researching Grammer's (or Fraser's to be more preci
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by ojosilva 10y ago
> By 9 months [traveling], I'm pretty much ready to commit to a real job in a real office just so that I can start using my brain again. I use my brain intensively while traveling. Lot's of brain functions are running at full t
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Material Design in Chrome for OS X Is a Catastrophe(productforums.google.com)
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by ojosilva 10y ago
One way to break such a stalemate is to increase your empathy to the point you become the psychiatrist and the other party the patient. Here he could debase Her argument as being a manifestation of an obsessive compulsive disorder. If she
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by ojosilva 10y ago
This is very shallow. Negotiation theory is not helpful when you're plainly or partially wrong, or just in a very weak position to defend. Here's a classic negotiation example that I just can't crack: Her: I've told you,
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Dutch police is using eagles to fight drones(nytimes.com)
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Latvia’s finance minister beats world chess champion(chess.com)
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Ask HN: What stack are you using for your project lifecycle?
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by ojosilva 10y ago
And things like Smart Contracts are relatively new (1994), even though the concepts had been laid out in the 1970s. Smart Contracts are part of what makes blockchain more versatile, enabling transaction ledgers that can support the level of
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I went to Saturn back in the day. I also knew someone that worked there. My impression was of a cold environment that did not entice me to compromise $20k on a vehicle. So, although I believe the model is appealing to some (or many), I do l
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by ojosilva 10y ago
My wife ran a Time-based currency market in Madrid 6 years ago, it even got the attention of the press. It's a slightly different model from LETS since time is the currency and different tasks are, therefore, all valued the same. I was
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Scientists prove birds can sleep while flying(thelocal.de)
3 points by ojosilva 10y ago|0 comments
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Die Dashboards, Die(linkedin.com)
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by ojosilva 10y ago
> many people, many engineers are really great at designing a product but absolutely terrified to actually tell anyone about it or to promote themselves or to say it’s good. So marketing and sales are complete anathema to them. But you’r
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by ojosilva 10y ago
> Constantly giving people feedback that says "your work wasn't good enough for me as is" That's what I mean by giving reasonable feedback. Constantly being a dick is definitely counterproductive. > resentment an
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I find objective and subjective sometimes difficult to discern. To the manager, and specially founders and visionaries, it all may sound objective. Frequently, management literature advocates for an instinctive response as a perfectly justi
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I think a truer kind of relationship is the most significant factor still. It's the common denominator that will take people to great results for a wider "audience" (a team here). But I agree that fine-tuning your feedback an
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I find the advice highly condescending. > Because of that small change, that person no longer feels full ownership of their project. What kind of person is that who 1) thinks the ownership is 100% theirs when working in a team? 2) can&#x
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by ojosilva 10y ago
I think back in those insane dotcom bubble days valuation and stock prices did not play well together. The acquisition moved forward because it was sound business (Yahoo's planned to become a media corp) and increased shareholder valu

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