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by plnewman 16y ago
There have been a couple of these in the past few months. I'd be curious to get an update on what's happened with the ones that have popped up. The (I think) Brazilian guy who was designing web site themes for about $15 comes to mind.
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by plnewman 16y ago
Seven year SF/Bay Area resident here. This rings true for me in a number of ways. Two anecdotes: 1. SF is small. Several years ago I was reading Dreaming in Code. Turned out a guy that I had been working with for a year or so had come from
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by plnewman 16y ago
"I got this word doc linked off a dangler site for Al Qaeda peeps" I find his choice of words there to be rather amusing.
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by plnewman 16y ago
I've started a family in Silicon Valley, and it is tough financially. We were lucky to find housing a below-market rent, and it's come with some hassles but overall it has been a godsend. Other expenses like health insurance really add up -
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by plnewman 16y ago
I've never looked at this site before today. What's the point of it?
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by plnewman 16y ago
I was going to comment that that evaluation seemed a little unfair, but lots of people have done exactly that. Gotta say I like the way this group rises above the snark.
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by plnewman 16y ago
The author makes that sound like a criticism. A site or service can be valuable without being "big". The thing that I like about Quora is that its easy to identify notable people, which is lacking from other sites. I think Quora could actua
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by plnewman 16y ago
Foster City, Ca Rearden Commerce is hiring a devops engineer to focus on building our deployment platform, primarily in Python. For details, please contact me, my email address is in my profile.
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by plnewman 16y ago
Lots of little ui issues -- low contrast in places, boxes that don't quite line up. I'm reluctant to actually go in and try anything because I don't want to mess up the data your users already have there.
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by plnewman 16y ago
Yes, the cracker-thin, pub-cut pizzas. I never liked the pieces in the middle that had no crust to grab a hold of, so I was always battling for one of the edge pieces.
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by plnewman 16y ago
I grew up in Chicago and I don't like "Chicago-style" pizza either. I put that in quotes because no one called it that in Chicago, everyone always referred to it as deep dish.
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by plnewman 16y ago
There is still hope for me!
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by plnewman 16y ago
You know what I would like? Google for my house. As in, I get a set of rfid tags that I can put on my keys, my remote, checkbook, or whatever. In the event I can't find something, I have a little device I can use to track down the missing i
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by plnewman 16y ago
So do they just hang out all day?
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by plnewman 16y ago
I would also like a NAS, but I haven't picked out a specific model. I also want a PC Engine LT ( http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-ENGINE-LT-rare-game-still-working-con... ), but I can't really justify spending $600 on a toy I won't use that much.
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by plnewman 16y ago
There are indeed a ton of Evernote books in Japan.
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Hi HN: I'm hiring
11 points by plnewman 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What is the etiquette for posting a job opening here?
6 points by plnewman 16y ago|4 comments
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by plnewman 16y ago
I find that the low contrast between the text and the background make this site awfully difficult to read.
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by plnewman 16y ago
"Don't get me wrong, I am not knocking Jason personally, I just think his work values are wack. Correction, I think his values (or those that I can see by his public persona) are wack." Sounds like he actually is knocking him.
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by plnewman 16y ago
The amount of work he put in to the 'transaction' described in the article hardly seems worth it.
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by plnewman 16y ago
Man, Black Friday is getting out of hand...
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by plnewman 16y ago
I don't look forward to that. I think there's something to be said for privacy and intimacy.
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by plnewman 16y ago
I just finished that one last night. Some of the interviews are better than others; Woz was probably my favourite. I found the stories of the failures most interesting, as they seemed to inspire the most reflection and have the best lessons
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by plnewman 16y ago
A book of short stories. And it was idiotic.
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by plnewman 16y ago
I have one particular one that my wife teases me about semi-regularly. It keeps me humble (not that I have anything to be un-humble about).
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by plnewman 16y ago
Surprised there aren't more comments on this, given the number of votes its received. So I'll share something. I was always a bit of a weird one growing up, especially in high school. I got picked on a bit by various groups, sometimes even
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by plnewman 16y ago
I go to McDonald's about once or twice a month. I get the same thing every time, a 5-piece Chicken selects meal combo. I choose this item because it requires the absolute minimal wait time. It costs $7.09 each time after tax. I put in $7.09
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by plnewman 16y ago
This article is a little disappointing. The writer brings up the obvious advantages to it, but doesn't say how he manages the technical risk of the activity (unplanned downtime).
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by plnewman 16y ago
From the article: "My favorite along these lines is a classic, Cyril Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons." It's the original version of "Idiocracy" — the basic idea is that selection now favors the stupid, and so if we go forward in time, tha

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