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by pikewood 13y ago
One initial step I use is to give a description of the problem, then have them actually design the table structure themselves. I then have a printed copy of the structure along with some sample data ready, so that I can refer to specific va
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by pikewood 14y ago
There is one very important step that the author missed: ensure you have customer buy-in. This is also the hardest step to do, but I feel like a lot of scrum-talk glosses over this. A medium bug appears in your production environment. Will
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by pikewood 14y ago
When I was buying an engagement ring, the idea of "conflict-free" diamonds was starting to gain popularity. But now, after reading OP's article, I wonder--was this mainly marketing to persuade me to buy from a mine that was cooperating with
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by pikewood 14y ago
The people who would fall for that story are the exact people they are targeting. They don't need everyone to believe them--just the one gullible mark.
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by pikewood 14y ago
Their use of a somewhat-known bikini model sounds like the same technique phishers use to weed out their victims: introducing typos/stories that non-gullible people would easily see as discrediting the entire ploy. If anyone continues from
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by pikewood 14y ago
Clickable: http://sqlhistorian.com
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Ask HN: Anyone interested in beta testing SQL Server source control?
2 points by pikewood 14y ago|1 comments
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by pikewood 14y ago
Are you taking a reduced salary? How much would they give you if you had invested that amount in cash instead?
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by pikewood 14y ago
1. Is there any reason why you're focused specifically on "coupon"? Have you thought about using other, more popular terms such as "cheap oil change" (16k/mo) or "oil change prices" (40k/mo)? 2. Your search seems broken. I search on "Raleig
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by pikewood 14y ago
Entrepreneur Press (same shop as Entrepreneur Magazine) has a series of books that concentrate on starting a business in each specific state. Look up "How to Start a Business in North Carolina", for instance. There's only a couple of sectio
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by pikewood 14y ago
Everyone has a different weakness when it comes to coding. You'll need to review your own work and figure out what took longer than expected before you can figure out how to improve on it. Some people spend too much time overthinking the de
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by pikewood 14y ago
If you prefer to go home and do other things than code, you may want to reconsider joining a company where everyone probably feels the opposite way. By making a github account a required field, they are pre-weeding out individuals they feel
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by pikewood 14y ago
My advice is to look at the parts of a laptop you can't change. These are the things that you will regret the most when you use it. For me, a crisp keyboard is essential, and it's also one of the pieces where you don't have much choice once
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by pikewood 14y ago
Your description for Font Awesome references jQuery instead.
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by pikewood 14y ago
I don't think you're emphasizing what you think are your biggest advantages over others. Your main screenshot is static, which means it looks as basic as any carbonmade/etc. portfolio site already out there: boxes on a screen. Since your pa
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by pikewood 14y ago
A couple of thoughts: 1. What exactly are you trying to understand about design? Are you trying to learn "designing for a client"/the business behind it? Or are you trying to find projects for you to practice css/photoshop skills? 2. Basica
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by pikewood 14y ago
Shouldn't the agile motto be, "If it hurts, find a better way"? The whole point is to have the agility to adjust around different circumstances. We're not bound by natural laws, and our output is more likened to art than science because of
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by pikewood 14y ago
I love the framing of the statement. "This might sound ridiculous, but we've announced death benefits at Google." From that point on, you're led to believe that Google is such a great company that it's willing to hurt itself to be good to i
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by pikewood 14y ago
I'll propose a sideways solution: implement an "Administrator" mode on these accounts that requires separate authentication--perhaps enforcing two-factor authentication there. There are many complaints about how Microsoft didn't protect Win
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by pikewood 14y ago
What is the reasoning behind this type of behavior? Is it that she is very susceptible to the techniques used in banner ads (animated dancing mortgage people, "one weird trick", etc.)? Or does she have some OCD behavior of clicking all the
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by pikewood 14y ago
In startups, if the developers suck there really is nothing the marketing guy can do about it. That's assuming the consumer is tech-savvy and actually cares. I'm guessing AOL didn't have the best developers, features, etc., but they defin
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by pikewood 14y ago
I wonder how much of the strength comes from cardboard and how much comes from the glue. Wood glue is stronger than wood, so is the cardboard just a lattice for a PVA shell? I guess it could use a similar principal in carbon fiber reinforce
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by pikewood 14y ago
This is a similar problem to what you can see at etsy: people are willing to take minimal profits because being paid anything for their hobby is reward enough.
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by pikewood 14y ago
Another issue is that open jobs become protected secrets to the extent that it becomes hard to find positions without a recruiter. It's some type of strange cyclic dependency where companies turn to recruiters because the employees have giv
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by pikewood 14y ago
There's some risk to this, but one option is to use a different path/account that will still demonstrate the functionality to the audience. Of course, there's the chance of having it fail on you again, but if you have a feeling what's causi
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by pikewood 14y ago
I'd compare Lobster more to Papyrus ( http://www.papyruswatch.com ) and Copperplate ( http://ihatecopperplate.blogspot.com/ ) rather than Comic Sans.
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by pikewood 14y ago
Then you either demand dedicated "anti-office hours" or you tell them that it's not feasible that project B will get done with the way things have been recently. They're not technical, and all they can do is take your word on when you think
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by pikewood 14y ago
This will keep happening if you keep saying OK. Try something like, "Can I get back to you in an hour? Boss wants me to finish this top priority item for him." And if Boss asks you if you can finish it next week, say no. You're being asked
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by pikewood 14y ago
These guys have figured out how to create a tremendous business out of friggin notebook paper. Can you explain the appeal here? All I see is the Beanie Babies concept for paper nerds, but am I missing something?
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by pikewood 14y ago
It's interesting to see how the code pulls it off. If you run Profiler while this runs, you'll see a table variable being created, and then an insert statement for each row into that temp table. My guess is that the main performance gain co

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