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by ptn 17y ago
Plus, they chop your day into small bits, so you have only 20 minutes of free time here or 45 minutes there. Creative people need unstructured time to get in the zone. You can't do that in 20 minutes. That bit reminded me of pg, because i
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Esr wants to build a new Forge(esr.ibiblio.org)
1 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
One for me too: http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01vToRB3bs5Dn_N_ZZ4FtLPA==...
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Four Winged Fossil(wired.com)
1 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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Network security with ants(physorg.com)
8 points by ptn 17y ago|1 comments
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USB 3.0 Hard Drive(news.techworld.com)
5 points by ptn 17y ago|1 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
Basically, a hacker.
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by ptn 17y ago
Even better would be if when you tried to open a web that's a distraction, the browser opened your text editor. I'm kinda dreaming...
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Maori legend of man-eating bird is true (nzherald.co.nz)
14 points by ptn 17y ago|7 comments
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Microsoft Open Source Foundation(codeplex.org)
1 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
> you can definitely learn self-discipline; How would you go about that?
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by ptn 17y ago
Pretty slow.
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by ptn 17y ago
Scratch your own itch: build something you either need and doesn't exist or it does exist but sucks.
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by ptn 17y ago
It's 37signals' Getting Real all over again. It's even got some of their "like me or go to hell" writing style to it.
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Working network connection when computer is asleep(technologyreview.com)
2 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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Non-programming books that programmers should read(stackoverflow.com)
5 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
Pretty valuable info for a "very worst" scenario.
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by ptn 17y ago
Lima, Peru
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New Strain of HIV(news.bbc.co.uk)
27 points by ptn 17y ago|14 comments
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Evolution's Third Replicator(newscientist.com)
4 points by ptn 17y ago|1 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
If you replied with a correction, it's implicit that you disagree, and then downvotes would be redundant. I think one liners, unless they are reminders of something that's universally obvious, are worse than no comment at all, because they
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by ptn 17y ago
Disagreed. If downvoting meant "you are wrong", then it would be kinda like a black-hole if it weren't accompained by a reply, because the obvious follow-up question "why is that wrong?" would go un-answered, and thus nobody learns. Since
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New Way to Exploit Linux(threatpost.com)
1 points by ptn 17y ago|0 comments
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Open source to shape cloud computing, but not dominate it(news.cnet.com)
5 points by ptn 17y ago|4 comments
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How to Ask Questions the Smart Way(catb.org)
25 points by ptn 17y ago|8 comments
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Firefox 3.5 is out(mozilla.com)
234 points by ptn 17y ago|71 comments
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by ptn 17y ago
Personally, what I lack the most is that "small amount of external pressure", but I've been trying to fix that, trying to get out of my vacuum and start collaborating with people.
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by ptn 17y ago
That wouldn't be burn out (the mind has a full tank, but can't start it's engine), that would be stress or fatigue (the mind is out of fuel).
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by ptn 17y ago
Curiously, I first read that quote in the page of a bodybuilder trainer . It really is famous.
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by ptn 18y ago
In a startup, there's no one trying to shield developers from nothing, because developers are all there is. There are no more employees and developers do all the "other" work besides developing. If there is someone to daycare developers, th

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