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by pvdm 13y ago
I don't think he has read the mythical man-month. Adding programmers to a late project makes it come out later.
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by pvdm 13y ago
No. Shut down NSA, then we'll talk.
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by pvdm 13y ago
DCF ?
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by pvdm 13y ago
From my recollection, the slogan can be attributed to Zuckerberg.
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by pvdm 13y ago
With a few exceptions, I think the VCs are fueling this kind of mentality. It's not really their money. Netscape was the perfect model for this kind of behavior. Just ask JWZ. http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11&#
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by pvdm 13y ago
Military industrial complex, big pharma, carbon/energy complex, insurance, big finance. what else ?
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by pvdm 13y ago
IHTFP
38.
by pvdm 13y ago
Funded by a monopoly supported by the public.
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by pvdm 13y ago
Society has lost its way.
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by pvdm 13y ago
"Compassion is the basis for all morality" -Schopenhauer
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by pvdm 13y ago
You left out DARPA, which is the source of all things internet.
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Bart strike pits techies vs working people(linkedin.com)
2 points by pvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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by pvdm 13y ago
Balaji Srinivasan had the most thought-provoking talk.
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by pvdm 13y ago
Thanks. Sounds like another long, but more accessible read (Manna): http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Whole swath of middle management can be replaced with a little bit of automation and ML.
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by pvdm 13y ago
Sorry, I could not make it through all that dense verbiage. Quick summary please ?
46.
by pvdm 13y ago
He also wrote "Conquest of Happiness".
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Why Overtime Doesn't Work(theeffectiveengineer.com)
1 points by pvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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by pvdm 13y ago
> I'm not going to turn to robbery if I lose my job. You need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you judge.
49.
by pvdm 13y ago
Last time I looked MacBooks are x86.
50.
by pvdm 13y ago
Resist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Ku17CqdZg
51.
by pvdm 13y ago
If you were on the MIT campus, you knew about the NSA. There were big ads in the student newspaper.
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by pvdm 13y ago
He is friends with the late Howard Zinn. That's how he is "familiar" with these issues from a young age.
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Elm: Making the Web Functional(infoq.com)
2 points by pvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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by pvdm 13y ago
Vote Green. http://stallman.org/
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by pvdm 13y ago
I am well aware of Matt Welsh's reputation and what institution he was from. However, even Einstein or Feynman's scientific papers are subjected to peer review.
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by pvdm 13y ago
You mentioned in the article that you read a section of code by one of the lead engineers and immediately you became convinced that using Go is the "way-to-go". Well, I would like to experience that eureka moment as well.
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by pvdm 13y ago
Unless it is open sourced, I can't validate the claims.
58.
by pvdm 13y ago
Who is the clown here ? Obama or Leno ?
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by pvdm 13y ago
Are googlers all narcissists ? I read that article and I only heard "I" or "me".
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by pvdm 13y ago
Because it is run by people disconnected from the real world. Walled-garden of rich people who like to read about people liked themselves.

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