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by percept 11y ago
"I worry about someone defending decisions made decades ago, with 20/20 hindsight applied by groupthink hive-mind perfection-oriented knowledge. I hope that doesn’t happen. People in this group range from early 20s to early 30s (w
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by percept 11y ago
I find the article's tone overly dismissive, and prefer to think of Dribbble as a GitHub for designers: a place to show off, discuss and hone their craft, and seek inspiration.
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1959: The Year That Changed Jazz(youtube.com)
3 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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by percept 11y ago
This might be a good way to Go--many job posts are (understandably) oriented toward systems development and prefer C/C++ experience.
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by percept 11y ago
My hypothesis is that this is being used as a leading indicator to time the market: "peak ball pit."
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by percept 11y ago
That works, too. Wired traditionally had stories that were "damn interesting" (another similar site), but these seem to be harder to find now.
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by percept 11y ago
Faked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10626761
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More Development, Less Operations: Building Cord with Go(medium.com)
3 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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by percept 11y ago
"While we're on the subject, I might mention that Ronald Wilson Reagan anagrams into Insane Anglo Warlord. A public service message."
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by percept 11y ago
Love these. Does anybody know a good central source for similar stories? They (things like folklore.org, etc.) are scattered around the interwebz, and get lost in the noise.
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by percept 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu
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by percept 11y ago
"Levy says the folks at Coca-Cola thought about converting the vending machines to take a dime. But doubling the price was too much. They wanted something in between. So they asked the U.S. Treasury to issue a 7.5-cent coin."
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by percept 11y ago
And it continues today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10612382 We don't get this stuff back.
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by percept 11y ago
Good coding practices can help here, too: decent comments, (reasonable) tests, PR discussion, etc., can be self-documenting.
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Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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by percept 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438936 If that's correct, you're close(r).
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by percept 11y ago
I made it my new HN topcolor--not bad.
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Phuc Dat Bich Is Beyond Tired of Getting Kicked Off Facebook(nymag.com)
104 points by percept 11y ago|50 comments
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Yahoo Mail begins blocking users with ad block enabled(pcworld.com)
19 points by percept 11y ago|10 comments
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by percept 11y ago
Pff, everybody knows he inherited his strong legs.
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by percept 11y ago
"The reason it took God only six days to create the universe is that he didn't have to deal with the embedded base."
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The Laughs, Pathos, and Overwhelming Talent of Jan Hooks(grantland.com)
1 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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Are Successful CEOs Just Lucky?(hbr.org)
1 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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by percept 11y ago
"Service is operating normally"
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by percept 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8867538 Criminals (in this case bike thieves) just change their tactics: "He used a limited tool set—generally just wirecutters, a wrench, and a screwdriver—and didn’t like bolt cut
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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It(hbr.org)
1 points by percept 11y ago|0 comments
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by percept 11y ago
The Land of Sugar & Fat.
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by percept 11y ago
As a remote worker you can sing it loud and proud.
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by percept 11y ago
"...a practice that disturbs the sea bottom, creating turbidity that kills coral beds and damages spawning grounds, which hurts inshore fisheries."
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by percept 11y ago
Hopefully it wasn't "POOP": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878739441 .

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