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by pge 15y ago
Don't forget Sharepoint as well. From what I understand, it is a major source of revenue growth right now.
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by pge 15y ago
I was one of the students on the far left of that chart - the early 90s spike. I don't recall any external influence like The Social Network, but the course had a great reputation, and the world was going through a tech shift (students had
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by pge 15y ago
I'm jealous:) sounds like a lot of fun. When they came out, I used the ITA puzzles to shake the rust of my lisp skills and even considered sending some of the solutions in and applying, but that would have been a major career change. In any
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by pge 15y ago
Second this one - choose a window seat on the left if you have a flight into DCA. If you are lucky, you'll land from the north, and get an amazing view of the city as you approach - at pretty low altitude so you see everything very clearly.
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by pge 15y ago
The 5A stops at Herndon and often at Tysons/Westpark as well. I don't mean this as a nitpick; it's relevant because a direct trip from Rosslyn to Dulles could take the airport lanes on the toll road all the way from the 66/267 split, but th
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by pge 15y ago
I agree with the overall viewpoint of the article, so just adding an observation on how we got here. Tying management compensation to shareholder value is a good idea; the problem is in the measurement of shareholder value. If the public ma
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by pge 15y ago
I'd vote that memorizing a hundred 2 letter words (many of which you likely already know) is easier than memorizing 26 mnenomics. or, you can just know a bunch and guess every once in awhile, gambling that your opponents also don't know all
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by pge 15y ago
You can also use a "]" before the "p" (i.e., "]p") to make a new paste follow the existing indentation.
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by pge 15y ago
I think most of the applications (like the ING example) have the recipient supply that information to the sender's bank, not to the sender himself. Not totally sure it works that way in Europe, but I think so.
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by pge 15y ago
Begs the question - why are wire transfers so expensive in the US? Most banks here charge $25 (and also make it difficult to execute online), yet you can send a check for free. Doesnt make sense. The only sensible application I've seen is I
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by pge 15y ago
Lubuntu is also a great option and lighter weight than xubuntu. I just switched from ubuntu to lubuntu and am happy with the switch.
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by pge 15y ago
My info is 15 years out of date, but at least at that point there were active programs for cultural exchange that placed american students at internships in Germany. Germany has an apprenticeship model (the "praktikum"), so interns flock th
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by pge 15y ago
I lived and worked in Frankfurt for awhile (I'm American). My experience was different. Though I was fluent in German and worked for a company where German was the language of day to day work, I found very few Germans that didnt speak Engli
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by pge 15y ago
If you are into this sort of thing, I highly recommend The Codebreakers by David Kahn. Fascinating history of cryptography with good coverage of the WWII era.
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by pge 15y ago
That brings back memories - Karateka on the Apple ][+...
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by pge 15y ago
Milestone-based fundings like this are pretty rare in the US and usually in troubled or very high risk situations. Most vc fundings that you would hear about are straight up equity deals (cash received at closing).
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by pge 15y ago
This is great advice. In many industries, what you take for granted (the usefulness of software) is voodoo. Getting a job in any area will expose you to interesting problems that are begging to be solved. Your skills will be unique and valu
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by pge 15y ago
For other python web developers, what front end test tools do you other than selenium? Anything better out there?
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by pge 15y ago
This is great advice, but if it's too daunting right now to think about a market, just build something you would use. The experience of building anything is the best start. Then, as you start to get ideas on what product might ultimately
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ORM is the Vietnam of Computer Science (2006)(blogs.tedneward.com)
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by pge 15y ago
I do a lot of whitewater kayaking and have been involved in swiftwater rescue training a number of times. The first lesson I learned and have tried to teach others is that most people do not want responsibility. One of the first things I
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by pge 15y ago
or one could conclude that he has a history of publicly blaming higher-ups and corporate management for failures in which he was involved. what's brave about embarrassing your boss and your company publicly? or making unsubstantiated claims
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by pge 15y ago
this is great advice, but I would add a caveat. Don't become a custom dev shop for that customer. Listen to your custoemr but make sure he remains a customer and not your product management or test/QA function.
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by pge 15y ago
Fun data, but one question - there is an implicit assumption that prostitution arrests are proportional to the committing of the crimes. I wonder if weekdays show more prostitution because the cops are busy with other crimes on weekend nigh
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by pge 15y ago
There's company called Invincea that provides a browser in a VM for security (www.invincea.com). I have no connection to the company and have not used it, just saw them at the RSA conference this year. I think there are a number of companie
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by pge 15y ago
One useful command that was missed: C-^ (aka Ctrl-6) switches back to the most recently used buffer. That is, if you are using two buffers, you can just flip back and forth with C-^
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by pge 15y ago
C-[
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by pge 15y ago
While this is interesting, the most important metric for solar power is not Watts per square meter but Watts per dollar of production cost. Complex configurations like this may be more efficient from a W/m2 but unlikely to be more efficient
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by pge 15y ago
it looks like they ultimately will charge for cloud backup (just like dropbox). As you note, the incremental cost of user is zero, so they don't incur a cost by distributing lots of client applications (unlike dropbox, who incurs costs for
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by pge 15y ago
While I think Mark's article is insightful about macro issues, I have a different perspective on how VC firms should react. I will never forget the partner meetings we had when the bubble collapsed in 2000. The lessons of the years that fol

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