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by philbarr 13y ago
Probably it's easier to just ban all watermarks than police the use of watermarks.
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by philbarr 13y ago
Yes! I particularly liked: "So you worked on the first ever computer in the U.S.?" "Yes." "And how did you know so much about computers back then?" "I didn't. It was the first one."
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by philbarr 13y ago
They're certainly setting themselves up for letting someone get their feet under the table, have everything set up so that they're indispensable, and then turning round and saying, "So, NOW let's talk about that salary.&
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by philbarr 13y ago
I'm not sure most doctors are properly equipped to deal with this kind of thing, beyond referring you on to a specialist which is only going to make you worry even more . My Dad taught me about not panicking when I was a child as he t
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by philbarr 13y ago
Yes - because he was the only one morally sound enough, in his opinion, to use it. Much like the NSA and GCHQ.
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by philbarr 13y ago
A great explanation that also made me laugh. I've never really thought of the browser vendors trying to impersonate each other before; sort of, "competing" for content. I always thought they just did what they liked and we al
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by philbarr 13y ago
I've heard this before about exercise. But exercise really tires my brain out - it feels like I can't think at all, like all my effort has gone and I'm just lathargic. I'm not saying exercise is bad, and I do try and kee
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by philbarr 13y ago
Under-18s can still enter licensed premises. At least here in the UK they can. And they often do, if my local that is more "5-year-old's playground" than "pub" is representative.
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by philbarr 13y ago
Yes, and the nightlies are very stable.
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by philbarr 13y ago
Anyone know a good place to plot the mathematical envolope at the bottom of the page? But like, quite big? I know it might seem a little facile but a nice plot like that would look pretty cool on my website. :)
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by philbarr 13y ago
I would agree with this except for the, "you don't have to worry about it." If it scales by a huge amount over a weekend when you get some exposure, for example, then the costs can surely increase very quickly? I think I woul
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by philbarr 13y ago
Although I would be tempted to refrain from taking life lessons from Chumbawumba. :)
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by philbarr 13y ago
I was going to say Santa and Coca Cola, but then googled to see if I was wrong and found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7152054.stm
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by philbarr 13y ago
For me, as a perpetual employee that would love to run his own business one day (and is working towards that), this is quite an insight, but I'll bet it's hard to do it another way: ------------------------------------------------
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by philbarr 13y ago
Reading all the advice that is being given in comments around this thread, it would seem the best advice would be: get someone who knows what they're talking about in the local area and get their advice; like the parent poster SAR but
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by philbarr 13y ago
Ah - living in the UK I thought that would be some kind of weird spider or snake or something. Thanks for that. We don't have weird dangerous stuff here except for the politicians and bankers.
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by philbarr 13y ago
One thing my Dad always told me about software estimates: "Take the estimate, double it, and increase the time unit by one. So if they tell you it's a couple of days effort, that's really four weeks..."
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by philbarr 13y ago
> compile times shouldn't be a major factor in choosing a language Not sure about that, I'm using C# to write office plugins and it takes forever to start up each time. Often I forget what I'm supposed to be looking at by
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by philbarr 13y ago
Maybe it was worth it. I once worked for a company that wanted to launch a new product called whose initials were A.I.D.S. I was lead dev of the Technical Information Team System too.
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by philbarr 13y ago
...and please put your pants on.
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by philbarr 13y ago
What other kinds of dev stacks are you looking at? I use C# in VS with Add-In-Express for creating Office plugins. It's a total pain in the ass most of the time and I would love to try something else. I'm a long time Java/Ecl
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by philbarr 13y ago
Forgive my ignorance, I'm assuming S-1 means "series 1" funding round, which would be the first time you ever get funding? But what are 10-K and 10-Q?
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by philbarr 13y ago
If a dog snarls at their owner then that's a badly trained dog. I recommend this book if you have a badly behaved dog [1], or any dog good or bad actually. 1. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Listener-Jan-Fennell/dp&#x2
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by philbarr 13y ago
Whilst I agree you should always try and see things from the other person's perspective, and that this method often works well, I do think some people - some select individuals are beyond reaching. Like an old manager of mine who t
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by philbarr 13y ago
What might be a typical yearly income for someone who did this? Assuming they last a year of course... Is there a "standard" salary that a VC might expect someone to pay themselves?
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by philbarr 13y ago
I always thought that the percentage of "land-grab" companies was very small, and that most companies would need a better business plan than that. Wouldn't it be a warning to any potential VC that a company's intent was
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by philbarr 13y ago
So does that mean it's possible to make a living from exciting VCs about latest / trendy / tech whatever, without really needing to sell product? Like I could pitch a new social, HTML5, WebGL, mobile, NodeJS platform framewor
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by philbarr 13y ago
Having never founded a startup myself, I always find advice like this to be slightly surreal. Surely everyone who starts a startup is intent on selling product? It kind of sounds obvious, and yet it comes up on HN again and again. I'm
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by philbarr 13y ago
Yes, if you feel like you need to create a new account to make a comment because you're worried that the comment might be banal or get downvoted, you probably shouldn't post it as it might well be banal or downvote-worthy. It&#x27
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by philbarr 13y ago
Seems like we've got quite a long way to go before this is "Iron Man" quality. It looks like they've hooked up all the latest bits of cool tech to each other just for the fun of it. Having said that, it is cool...

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