richeyrw

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by richeyrw 14y ago
I wouldn't say this is complete hyperbole, but it might need the additional clarification of "I could teach myself more useful stuff in one afternoon..." Surely you've had an experience where something you picked up on a single afternoon
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Silhouettes and Moonrise in Real Time [Video 3:45](slate.com)
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A Field Guide To Caffeinating Yourself Into Oblivion [Infographic](popsci.com)
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XKCD: Wikipedia Edit War (Star Trek I/into Darkness)(xkcd.com)
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by richeyrw 14y ago
My understanding is that best-practice on Hacker News is to post the title as is, but the title is somewhat misleading this article is about running photoshop on an android tablet through Windows 3.1 emulation.
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Why this Linux user is now using Windows 3.1(networkworld.com)
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If You Think You're Good At Multitasking, You Probably Aren't(npr.org)
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I remember reading somewhere that everyone should always demand a jury trial as an act of non-violent protest. Currently, as I recall, only 5% of eligible cases go to juries. So obviously if everyone did it (or even if it only went to 10% o
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Do Not Try to Recreate This 16th-Century German Cat Bomb at Home(theatlantic.com)
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by richeyrw 14y ago
If someone is curating a list of brilliant CS quotes, this should be added...
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by richeyrw 14y ago
Humans are pretty bad thinking scientifically, particularly in the realm of knowing what a certain probability means (witness the lotto). So providing some relatable story that illustrates the data is a great idea. I generally try and ope
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I live in SLC. It is pretty bad, though to be fair you get really pretty sunsets...
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by richeyrw 14y ago
Parkinson's Law may be the greatest business book of all time. If you like business books and you haven't read it you're missing out on one of the true classics of the genre. http://www.amazon.com/Parkinsons-Law-C-Northcote-Parkinson/d...
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I don't think you're being too hard, but your instrument may be too blunt. If you basing a large part of your hiring decision off this one test then you may be eliminating people unnecessarily and occasionally including someone who doesn't
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by richeyrw 14y ago
Unlikely, last time anyone tried to send him a check they were returned unopened. He appears to have, for whatever reason, decided to completely leave that life behind. No one would be happier than me to see him get money/credit, but I do
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by richeyrw 14y ago
Excellent. Thanks.
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I like your construction, particularly the 2nd part. I think the trap I fall into is I know I only have an hour to work on things today. And I know I want it done by a certain deadline, but in between today and the deadline I have this va
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by richeyrw 14y ago
The "Minto Pyramid Principle" looks interesting, unfortunately it appears to be out of print ($60+ on Amazon) do you have any recommendations for similar, perhaps cheaper books?
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I'd love to see a chart that broke down startups (successful or otherwise) by number of founders. Anyone know of such a report?
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by richeyrw 14y ago
This article would seem to indicate that it is in fact illegal. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/01/18/jonathan_coul...
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by richeyrw 14y ago
I think my dad did the same thing. The two books I remember him recommending were: Have Spacesuit Will Travel by Heinlein and Ivanhoe but Sir Walter Scott. If you don't mind sharing what books did your dad recommend?
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The challenges, and hypocrisies, of raising kids in a gaming house(penny-arcade.com)
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by richeyrw 14y ago
So my daughter is in High School and she's doing IB (International Baccalaureate) does that have any benefit for those aspiring to the Ivy League or similar?
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by richeyrw 14y ago
The Japanese sure hope so.