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Calgary's new mayor: "Politics in full sentences"(theglobeandmail.com)
67 points by rfugger 16y ago|19 comments
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by rfugger 16y ago
Nowhere does it say what industry you're looking for work in or what your major was. The only hint of it is your mention of "programming languages".
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by rfugger 16y ago
And equally impossible to do in a way that is globally useful.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Mark Zuckerberg.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Try posting some stories of the times where you risked rejection. That might be more interesting.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Um... "Viable" implies respectable, no?
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by rfugger 16y ago
Even continually trying new things can become a habit. At that point, settling into a routine for a while might actually be a more novel choice.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Interesting related article about goal setting also on the front page right now: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1750680 Pretty hard to get the benefit of variable rewards when you're giving them to yourself. The only way I can see t
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by rfugger 16y ago
As a generally rule be careful of long term goals. If you can't see the result of a goal sufficiently in two weeks and you don't know a lot of people who have succeed with such a goal don't follow it. I'm normally open to HN comments, but w
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by rfugger 16y ago
"Zen Habits" certainly seems like an oxymoron.
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by rfugger 16y ago
To live the way he describes, you don't need "no goals", you only need to be able to let go of goals that require steps that you're not passionate about right now. It often takes goals to get me doing things, which is good. The trouble wit
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by rfugger 16y ago
That's actually not what he's saying at all. He's saying only do the things you feel the urge to do. He says that for himself it's usually blogging.
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by rfugger 16y ago
An overview of support options, which are mainly free: http://www.ubuntu.com/support If you need live human support for a consumer desktop system, you can purchase it on a yearly basis: http://www.canonical.com/consumer-services/support
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by rfugger 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_research
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Investors seem to prefer bonds at 1% to stock dividends at 2.5%...?(fool.com)
2 points by rfugger 16y ago|1 comments
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by rfugger 16y ago
Notice how he admits that the group is guilty of bitching about deal structures with entrepreneurs, while drawing attention away from the greater crime of collusion . My thought is that this is an attempt to draw attention away from the r
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by rfugger 16y ago
If you're not ready for Haskell you could try Scheme.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Zuckerberg saying "[fragmentation is] kind of a disaster right now" in app platforms? I guess Facebook will be adopting OpenSocial?
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by rfugger 16y ago
They are taking paypal donations, which means the authorities can discover who they are and punish them.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Prediction: privacy nightmare.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Too much self-control/discipline can also cause you to single-mindedly pursue the wrong path for many years before realizing all the time and effort you've wasted. Outward success is pointless if it is not felt inwardly as well. Discipline
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The small family farm is hobbling third-world food production(theglobeandmail.com)
2 points by rfugger 16y ago|0 comments
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by rfugger 16y ago
Hmmm... I actually just loaded billmonk.com last night after a couple of years of not checking on it and it loaded fine. Today, no dice.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Just go live in a shack and don't deal with other people unless you really need to. No need for $10k.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Why would an automotive startup need engineering co-founders? Why would a mining startup need geologer co-founders? Why would a research startup need scientist co-founders? Why would a patent troll startup need lawyer co-founders? Same a
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With tweet-marketing contests, everyone loses(theglobeandmail.com)
1 points by rfugger 16y ago|0 comments
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by rfugger 16y ago
I personally don't see the appeal of Facebook pages. The only function I can see of "liking" any of these pages is to give Facebook more information so they can try to sell you more stuff.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Just turn off the dedicated TV, leaving 50 megabits for internet.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Try sitting on an exercise ball. That gets you plenty of muscle contractions just balancing on it.
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by rfugger 16y ago
Seems to me like the perfect time to learn git is when you need to use it.

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