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by philcrissman 17y ago
Yeah, I can see that. Just had some more thoughts on the topic and it wound up being an (admittedly) long post. This topic might be more or less discussed to death, by now.
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Why It's Not A Google Failure(philcrissman.com)
1 points by philcrissman 17y ago|2 comments
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by philcrissman 17y ago
I didn't know that... still humorous, though. ... You've also apparently misunderstood the post. I don't think the users are stupid. I think that the statement "Google and developers are stupid and/or have failed for allowing events like
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by philcrissman 17y ago
For sure. And really... as staggering as the hundreds of comments were on RWW, a few hundred people is not really a large percentage of the FB user base. It's an incredibly small percentage.
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by philcrissman 17y ago
I honestly don't think I actually disagree with what you're saying; I just still don't see this as a "failure" on Google's part, and that was the impetus for the post. I don't think Google should have been expected to anticipate this sort
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by philcrissman 17y ago
D'oh. Okay, I am one of the stupid ones. Carry on. I can edit the title but not the URL of what was submitted; which is surely by design (and makes sense, you wouldn't want submitters altering the URL after the fact), so I can't fix it. Not
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by philcrissman 17y ago
Okay, if I follow you, you're saying that because people are trying to use Google (or, let's just say, "Search") for a purpose other than it was intended, it's the wrong solution. That's really not too different from what I wrote; except I'
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No, We're Not the stupid ones(philcrissman.com)
62 points by philcrissman 17y ago|52 comments
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by philcrissman 17y ago
A TA in the one and only Comp Sci class I took at the U of Mn was pretty much a walking Scheme interpreter. So I imagine there are individuals who could write reasonably error-free code on paper before running it. I couldn't (quickly) find
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Rails Maturity Model(railsmaturitymodel.com)
1 points by philcrissman 17y ago|0 comments
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by philcrissman 18y ago
I worked for Oracle for a couple years. The trend toward IE-dependency is (largely) because of time invested in a lot of in-house solutions where ActiveX was employed as part of the web app architecture. There may be other reasons, but I th
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by philcrissman 18y ago
I did something similar in June of last year (left a job to begin contracting/consulting), and I didn't even have much in the way of extra expenses saved up. There have been a few times as the economy dipped that I wondered if I was crazy,
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by philcrissman 18y ago
If you have access to trade journal type archives (IEEE, ACM, etc) you can find a lot of articles/studies on pair programming. Most of those that I've seen tend to be positive in their attitude toward pairing, though it's sometimes hard to
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by philcrissman 18y ago
Isn't 'there are no absolutes, ever' an absolute statement?
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by philcrissman 18y ago
I think the only answer anyone can give you is whether or not a switch was worth it for _them_. Will a switch be worth it for you? I don't think anyone can answer that. You seem to have done your homework, so... maybe? To actually answer th
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by philcrissman 18y ago
From how I read "the rules" it sounds like: * demoing a product/website: fail. * showing how something (which could be a startup product, but most likely isn't) works under the hood (code, etc.): win. So exposure is not the point; the hack(
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by philcrissman 18y ago
I understand the reaction, but I have to echo the other commenters who say they've "gotten used to it". This feature annoyed me for the first day or two I used it. Then I began to expect this behavior, and actually began to use it. Now I pr
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by philcrissman 18y ago
Yes -- anything by Smullyan is a pleasure to read. I think much of it is out of print, but should still be findable. "Lady or the Tiger" and "Satan, Cantor, and Infinity" were both good reads. "Alice," as well.
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by philcrissman 18y ago
http://friendfeed.com/philcrissman
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by philcrissman 19y ago
Urg. Yes, that happened before (Safari breakage), I had thought it was fixed. Thanks for the tip, I'll have to take another look.
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by philcrissman 19y ago
I would be more than happy to do that; I had every intention of taking detailed notes already, this would just be further incentive. Found you on Facebook, I'll be sending you an email shortly. Thanks _immensely_.
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by philcrissman 19y ago
That's a great idea! I could do that -- extensive notes & summaries for sure, and it's possible I could beg or borrow a camera. Not sure if they allow filming or how the sound would be, but it's worth a try. Good call.
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by philcrissman 19y ago
Yeah, I think my wife would kill me if I used some of the the mortgage to buy a plane ticket.... Actually, I was hesitant to even post this, as I really don't like the idea of panhandling my way around the internet. But I haven't done this
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Trying to get to Stanford for Startup School(rurl.org)
18 points by philcrissman 19y ago|7 comments
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Io(iolanguage.com)
45 points by philcrissman 19y ago|13 comments
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ROFLputers(overcompensating.com)
1 points by philcrissman 19y ago|0 comments
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Ask YC: Minneapolis startups? Or, non-"startup hub" startups?
11 points by philcrissman 19y ago|21 comments
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by philcrissman 19y ago
34 + halfway done college. Doing college part time, plus I didn't start until late. In some ways I think I could probably just do without the degree, but I've invested so much time into it, I want to finish.