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16y ago
I was also at Harvard in the 90s and was a physics major. I ended up in strategy consulting. The article is pretty much spot on, but I would add one more factor - it's a lot of fun to work with really talented people; thats one of the rea
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16y ago
I disagree with this approach for angels. I'll approach it from two angles, an investor willing to think through and modify terms, and an investor that wants a boilerplate set of terms for every deal. In the first case, it's important to t
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17y ago
As a VC, I am frustrated that Powerpoint has become the standard format for presenting a business plan. If there is ever a time not to be "hypnotizing chickens," it's when you're presenting your company for funding. Here's an anecdote to
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17y ago
For vim users, particularly newer ones, I think the cheat sheet at http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial... is great. Happy Hacking Lite keyboards are also great - they have the old layout with Ctrl where Caps Lock
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17y ago
It's much more important to me to be able to change the resolution on my monitor (impossible to do anything other than 480x640 on 9.10) than what color the default theme is. What I mean to say is that for Ubuntu to displace Windows in any m
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17y ago
In the past, ITA seemed to be focused on Lisp. I hadn't looked at the puzzles in a number of years, but the newer ones seem focused on Java. Anyone know if that signals a change at ITA? A move from Lisp to Java? Perhaps more customer-facing
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17y ago
Short answer, no. The fundamental reason goes back to 1933/1934 when the modern rules of public offerings were enacted. To avoid investors being fleeced by unscrupulous business owners that falsely advertised the merits of their businesse
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17y ago
I'm reminded of a saying I heard once: Those that know and know that they know are wise, follow them. Those that know and know not that they know are asleep, wake them. Those that know not and know that they know not are students , teach th
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17y ago
Try bookfinder for used book search - http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=5je... New for $55, used for $4-65, but several in the $28-35 range
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17y ago
I suggest adding one more guideline - before submitting a post, check to see if it has already been submitted.
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17y ago
I appreciated the article, but I didn't find the reasoning compelling. What I took away from the article was the following line of reasoning: 1. You strongly prefer functional programming to OO programming (no reason given other than person