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by rgoddard 17y ago
I think the problem that you are running into is that while the concept is simple and essentially what they have done is make it simple to upload/download files and easily share across computers with yourself and others, this is a nontrivia
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by rgoddard 17y ago
But it only cost $1500 extra. His salary is already in the budget. No need to do a fund raiser to pay him. At which point, since that money was going to be spent anyways, the only real cost from his time is the opportunity cost for what els
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by rgoddard 17y ago
To me, the interesting part was the fact that the App store was basically an after thought. Given how popular it has become indicates that it is filling a need. The long term viability of it is in question, but I think it has a good chance
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Then again that is true regardless of what martial art you practice. Without people who are capable of giving solid, well intentioned strikes you will learn little of any practical use. Although the likelihood of finding such people probabl
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by rgoddard 17y ago
When using math for real world applications, you essentially have three steps. First translate the problem into a math problem. Then manipulate the math problem as needed, then finally convert back the real world problem. But in most classe
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by rgoddard 17y ago
They are, hence the Unladen Swallow project. But the improvements are that are possible are constrained by the language and having to maintain backwards compatibility. If Google were to just take the language and do with it what they want,
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by rgoddard 17y ago
First there is the recognition that there is no pyramid. Since math is so highly interrelated, learning about one area almost always helps understanding in a different area. Granted some areas require a certain prerequisites, hence you will
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by rgoddard 17y ago
From the sounds of it, one of the biggest improvements for the son was the elimination of his habit of eating nonfood items, which seemed to occur on a near daily basis. So I am sure avoiding all of that pain was a big plus for him.
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by rgoddard 17y ago
The point at which you create real value is when a person is offered and accepts a job. Trying to charge people just to use the service while they are looking probably won't work since if they are out of a job paying for a service might not
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Details matter, and ultimately the code needs to run on a machine. Hence the implementation matters.
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Plus the update was already planned on being installed later in the week, so it was not like they were ignoring it.
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by rgoddard 17y ago
But all of the examples you gave solve problems. With Amazon's kindle and associated service, they helped solved problems related to distribution of books, storage of large collections and portability. After having just packed up and moved
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by rgoddard 17y ago
The problem steams from the fact that when Microsoft first starting bundling IE with the Windows, they had a monopoly on the OS market. The used their monopoly to dominate the Browser market and this is what got them into trouble. Apple doe
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by rgoddard 17y ago
The part that matters is not if the job is a blue collar job, or white collar job, but if the type of work is a good fit for you. Neither type of work is inherently more valuable, they just have a different set of trade offs that need to be
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by rgoddard 17y ago
The biggest thing for me, is that it did not feel like Microsoft made it, plus it felt faster. Google 3.7s, Bing 1.57s, and actually was. Although this could change depending on how well Bing is able to scale.
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Interestingly enough you are arguing that breasts evolved to make women more honest - makes it harder for them to lie about their age. The author argued that breasts allowed the women to be less honest - removed indication of infertility. B
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Fortunately I did not need to do this, it looks like google just did.
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by rgoddard 17y ago
For me, I have found that a more concise language is easier to think in and write in. I recently worked on an application that was implemented both on the web using mostly javascript and as a desktop application in VB.Net. One of the more c
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by rgoddard 17y ago
In regards to the Update PUT vs Update POST, with the PUT you can only address a single resource. So while the Update POST maybe idempotent, to accomplish the same thing with a PUT, you would have to issue multiple PUTs to address all of th
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by rgoddard 17y ago
At this point, if MS does not implement these features then it will fall further behind and lose relevance. There are enough people using non IE browsers, that one could create a new site leveraging these features and ignore the IE users, o
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by rgoddard 17y ago
A better way to think of it, is that procrastination is a symptom of another problem. You are referring to one potential problem i.e. not actually liking what you are doing. Some of the others responded with the problem being perfectionism,
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by rgoddard 17y ago
This and Google are serving two different purposes. Google is an interface to search the web. Wolfram Alpha is an interface to search their own database of facts and relationships. When you use Wolfram Alpha you are doing a fact search, not
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by rgoddard 17y ago
I think this is mostly due to perception. I have experienced a similar change in perspective, but I still come here just as often and spend about the same amount of time reading the articles. But I now use this site as a baseline for qualit
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Offering video on the web opens up so many more options then the current methods, and many more revenue models. As you mentioned, the ads can be updated to be the most current since the video is being streamed right then and there. On top
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by rgoddard 17y ago
Plus, the number of milestones and changes that occur when you are younger are much greater then when you are older, and those changes are more novel. You have your first word, your first step, your first day of school, the first time you l
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by rgoddard 17y ago
The other question to consider is if the revolution is local, does that really matter for the society at large? The startups are creating value for the rest of society, regardless of where the startups are located. Using the internet as the
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by rgoddard 18y ago
If they think they should be rated higher, then they should give the reasons why. If those reasons are valid, then the employer can change the rating. If the employer is unwilling to change it for irrational reasons, that means that the rat
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by rgoddard 18y ago
You have to consider what being more productive translates to. In this case, since we are talking about software, lets assume that being more productive means that you can implement more features of a similar complexity at the same level of
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by rgoddard 18y ago
My guess is that this was the cheaper option. It only cost Joel a couple of days and several hundred on the hard drive. What it did not do is interrupt his programmers. As Joel has already described, he is now a grunt worker. His job is to
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by rgoddard 18y ago
{} means object [] means array So you would not be able to just drop them, since they mean two different things.

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