pedalpete

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   Ask HN: Potential employer is asking about 'education', I'm a college drop-out

   10 points by pedalpete 14y ago|11 comments
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   I disagree with the idea of loyalty as a trait which makes people good leaders. It's what makes people good people. You could easily change the examples provided and change 'leader' to 'employee' or 'team member', and the outcome would be t
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   I think things for the most part just don't work this way in larger companies. Facebook needs to focus on what is best for their business. Pandering to investors could interfere with the long-term success of the business. Also, the Windows
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   It's ok, I find their to be some strange half-images in the transitions, and in general it is quite dark and cluttered for my tastes.
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   I suspect the first 10 minutes could give people a dis-insentive to watch many movies. Once you've paid and you're there, they've already got your money. I would scan lots of 10 minutes, and decide movies I wouldn't pay to watch. Note, I do
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   First off, this isn't a pivot. They're expanding their service. A pivot is moving in a new and different direction. Secondly, they are not the first company to make a misstep, and if most of the comments are regarding the ability to search
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   I understood this as improving the efficiency of creating steam, though unfortunately they didn't say how much more efficient it is.
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   Or at least have the user set which will be their default. I think Metro is actually fine for most users who are only using web, email, media, etc. even if on their laptops (yes, their are many people who fall into this category). I find I'
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   by pedalpete 14y ago

   My question is, what do these people think they are going to do when they get the job? Or do they actually think they can program, and then realize that they can't?
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I hadn't even thought of using a css based answer to fizzbuzz, but I guess it is possible now.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I have always had difficulty with people quoting Jakob Nielsen on usability. His website is practically illegible with the blinding color scheme and odd layout structure.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    There is no need to ask people to share with their friends. If the content is valuable, it will get shared.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    Shouldn't the Al Jazeera correspondent know that Israel pulled the settlements out of Gaza in 2005? I read his first answer, and I doubt the authenticity of this account being from a correspondent, or at least an unbiased one.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    can you explain the "and America" part? The PC was invented in the US, and the majority of the culture still comes from there. Microsoft, IBM, Google, Sun, HP, Dell, Facebook... You can argue that Samsung, Sony, etc. have made inroads, but
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I think maybe you are getting downvoted because you are mis-understanding the co-founder relationship. Steve Jobs didn't build the PC, but he knew how to get market it and get investors involved and run a business (or at least he was learni
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I don't read the data like that. What's missing in that data is how many solo founders there are compared to non-solo. I think you are assuming that their are an equal number of solo-founder companies as multi-founder companies, but I don'
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I think all this solo-founder talk is missing a key thing that even Ryan Carson acknowledges in his post. You can't do it alone forever. I think this may be part of the investment bias. The same reasons why you will eventually need to promo
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    Rails is a good choice for your server-side code and will stay in fashion for a good while I suspect. Don't forget that you're also going to want to know javascript for your front-end development. I suspect node.js is going to come on stron
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    Though I somewhat agree, having moz and ms using separate rendering engines does provide some opportunity for innovation.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I wonder if they weren't being innovative enough. Why go with the zeppelin design they chose? For most of us, this is an old method of transport, and the 'romance' of travel doesn't quite work. I love the idea, but you can only make so much
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I tried doing that in 2001, it was aweful. Have you got it solved yet? I was thinking about this because the other day I was trying to intercept child scrolling events on mobile OS.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    This post doesn't really say anything about why 'Smart People are Particularly Vulnerable to Propaganda'. It alludes to Fox news using brainwashing techniques and theoretically shady use of 'experts' to alter a persons beliefs. Many 'docume
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    One thing I would keep in mind is the terminology you used "business partner". It can be quite easy for a programmer (I'm one too and have been guilty of this) to get focused on the product and code without focusing on the business. You don
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    Great example using Shark Tank, which is also dramatized for TV. They take the most entertaining pitches, most people don't get a deal, because the show isn't about making deals, it's about selling entertainment. And the 'investors' are the
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I'd say 99designs has made some mis-steps here. They should aim to be open and honest about the cut they are taking. Though I agree 30% is high, let's not forget that is the same amount that App stores take from apps and in app purchases. I
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I'd like to see them demo this using a few different voices. The voice still sounded very computerized, but maybe I'm just not used to hearing this speakers voice.
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    It doesn't have to be considered a temporary fad, I think Wall Street maybe doesn't believe that the company is continuing to uphold it's brand. Though let's be honest here, the article says that Apple didn't loose as much as the rest of th
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I suspect the knee-jerk reaction to this is that it is a horrible thing, but if you look at the examples, these are mostly content 'apps' web-pages where you would normally have ads anyway. It is up to the publisher/developer if they are go
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    I think the Vista effect needs to be considered here. The bad feelings toward Vista would have driven many people to upgrade to 7 which was seen as a saviour at the time. Now, 7 is still a great operating system, and with 8, people are bein
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    by pedalpete 14y ago

    You're right about it being very cool of them, but I also suspect that the brand recognition and coverage they'll get from doing this will more than make up for any loss. Not that I'm saying that is why they are doing it, it's the right thi