oldgregg

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by oldgregg 17y ago
I wouldn't be so critical. We all believe the lie, in different ways, that ONCE I get funding/get famous/go public then I'll be happy. Of course it's always elusive. People often self-destruct when their dreams come true and they suddenly r
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by oldgregg 17y ago
It's not a straw man, see the very frequent example below. The problem is the definition of "impartial viewpoint."
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Because they are 12 yrs old? 14? 16? 18? Who gets to draw the "qualified to consent" line?
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by oldgregg 17y ago
What ridiculous ramblings. You presuppose that the only problem in the world is intolerance. Well what if my "true self" is touching kids in the naughty place, would you tolerate that? Everyone is intolerant of others, the question is just
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Even better, use facial and voice-recognition so it was like a web chat with a game board superimposed over both of you. You compete against each other using a combination of voice/mouse movement/and hand gestures. For instance, one round w
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Can anyone recommend what the best open source or white label wiki platform is? Something that real people can use?
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by oldgregg 17y ago
I like to think I'm a decent programmer. Then I read threads like this. :o) Keep learning...
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Man that's sad, but I think you're right. This article is scary. In the US we're naive if we think that's a very tall fence down there.
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Maybe. But TechStars has been defined by their focus on community building which would suggest otherwise. Smart founders usually have smart ideas so it's easy to overplay the distinction. It might be more insightful if you could look at how
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by oldgregg 17y ago
37Signals pushes people to ask WHY . A lot of entrepreneurs are only in it for the end game -- money, fame, et al -- they demand that you do something you care about. Too many people view startups as a means to an end so it's a welcome mes
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Y Combinator vs. TechStars Application
26 points by oldgregg 17y ago|15 comments
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by oldgregg 17y ago
There are two kinds of blog posts in this world: posts that are helpful and posts that take one person's narrow range of experience and try to build some grand theory of the universe. The latter shrinks your brain.
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by oldgregg 17y ago
No, but you can buy it cheap from India. If you google "modalert" -- the 4th link down, they have been around for years and will hook you up.
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Nadda. Just don't take it in the afternoon or evening.
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by oldgregg 17y ago
I've wasted way too much time due to sleep issues. My Miracle Mix: - Morning: 100m Provigil (ordered from an Indian pharmacy, naturally!) - Night: Melatonin I don't take provigil on the weekends and sometimes skip a weekday so I don't b
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Notice something about all those kids? They live in AMERICA. Cultural context does matter. I was working for a company a few years ago and the president read Tom's damn book. Without any input or understanding of how software is made he bou
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by oldgregg 17y ago
I can summarize. Mostly just people making snarky comments about opposing products. The guy from CouchDB is particularly annoying. Apparently he feels like he has to raise his voice and cut people off to defend his product.
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by oldgregg 17y ago
But the cultural problem you're talking about is caused in large part by the structural problem. Students slack off because the system passes students along with impunity. Why bother studying math when you know you will get promoted any
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Nice try, blaming those dumb students for an education system that's failing them. The problem is they don't do a reasonable job of teaching the basics. That's why poor minorities in DC and other places are demanding school vouchers-- but
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by oldgregg 17y ago
And we all wondered why they so adamantly opposed having GPS installed...
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by oldgregg 17y ago
I can't think of anything more irrelevant or distracting than debating marriage policy based on database schema.
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Great point. Marriage will probably remain as an cultural artifact and that's about it. If marriage means everything then it means nothing-- people just won't bother getting married. Europe is already ahead of us in this respect. It's been
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Smart move. They shouldn't acquiesce to a small group of largely ignorant politicians. Imagine if every web app you wrote was required to have unique compliance code for every state-- not a good precedent. Besides, I imagine most large volu
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by oldgregg 17y ago
everything new is old again. great read, for those of us with a libertarian persuasion mises.org has a ton of really fantastic articles.
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by oldgregg 17y ago
The reality is that most people don't even know what a UX designer is-- so they get the designer, programmer, and biz guy in a room and mangle their way through it. The real problem is that there are not enough UX designers out there. UX is
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by oldgregg 17y ago
Starting at 2:30 the music is timed perfectly with the banners. Certainly the machine's timing was not that precise. How they were able to keep it synced up? It's impressive that a machine that looks so rickety still works.
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Poor people never complain about wal-mart. It's rich white people-- who shop at target-- and conveniently ignore the fact that their impact is essentially the same.
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Boring-- but that's only because the media hasn't sexed it up yet.
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Mad man with a moment of clarity: What's missing from this electronic wonderland? Human contact. Discount the fawning techno-burble about virtual communities. Computers and networks isolate us from one another. A network chat line is
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The stereotype of the awkward homeschooler is not really accurate anymore. It's like saying all gay men wear tie-dye and talk with a lisp. Some people just tend to stand out more -- while the majority of people blend in with society. Home

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