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by rmk 16y ago
Well-put... I completely agree with you on this. Name them and shame them!
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by rmk 16y ago
I just watched this documentary yesterday: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/view/?utm_c... An eye-opening documentary. Vaccinating a child is not a matter of choice, but compulsory, because unless the parents of an un-vacc
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by rmk 16y ago
I agree with this. Also, I have seen many of the yc companies post job ads here. Have they been successful in recruiting? If so, that is another way HN has helped yc.
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Big companies collude to hold down pay.(online.wsj.com)
73 points by rmk 16y ago|68 comments
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by rmk 16y ago
State College, PA.
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by rmk 16y ago
The 'quiz' barely convinced me: * It's Congress that has shaped public policy in the United States for most of the post-FDR period, not the administration in the White House. * Does public policy have tangible, next-day consequences? For
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by rmk 16y ago
3.3 billion over a decade... What a niggardly sum. Makes the U.S. look SO generous by comparison!
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by rmk 16y ago
I recently visited the college town where I studied with my wife, and I am considering moving there, because the bay area has become practically unaffordable. I know that the weather is really something to die for, but the financial situat
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by rmk 16y ago
From my personal experience in the past as an intern: * Give the intern a well-defined task that takes finite time (e.g., 2 months). * Find out about the intern's interests and try to hire someone who likes the languages / stacks / technolo
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by rmk 16y ago
Why would one need a git server? I am somewhat unclear on this... any good reads on this topic? I am using git because I hate svn (so I use git-svn), so I am curious how a pure git setup would work...
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by rmk 16y ago
Lawyers are scum, but sometimes they are useful, even if by accident or as a side-effect :)
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by rmk 16y ago
eharmony sucks. If there were a site to make friends that uses an algorithm similar to eharmony's, it would be a complete failure.
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by rmk 16y ago
Well said. Startups add value to society. But society quickly discards anything that is not of value. How come Wall Street still thrives? Surely there must be something that they offer? It's Government that doesn't add value. It failed mis
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by rmk 16y ago
It might be a good time to see it because I think a replica of the difference engine is on display there... pretty cool: http://computerhistory.org/babbage/
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by rmk 16y ago
NO to C++! If you want to learn something that is object-oriented, go for Ruby... Much more accessible than C++, and also in demand. As for C, yes, you should learn C. In several industry segments (such as embedded systems), you cannot eve
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by rmk 16y ago
Maybe you need a vacation. You mention that you do 12 hours of sports every week, that is already quite high. Perhaps you could also reduce the number of hours you work everyday.
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by rmk 16y ago
I have always wondered whether technical books are lucrative for the author. Obviously, a buyer of a book helps the author get a royalty. So that includes library purchases as well... But, if that is the only source of revenue for the au
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by rmk 16y ago
I like this idea :)
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by rmk 16y ago
hi mjd, i got your book from a used-book bookstore. just wondering if that means that you get any $$ from that, or whether it doesn't benefit you financially?
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by rmk 16y ago
Last I checked, mjd appeared to be out of a job, and was soliciting donations for his (awesome) higher-order perl book. It's a shame he's out of a job, because if mjd cannot get a job, what about the rest of us?
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by rmk 16y ago
That is a pretty harsh assessment. But I think the Journal still does a pretty good job. Consider, for instance, the repeated support of the Journal for extending the Bush-era tax brackets (that are set to expire by the end of this year,
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by rmk 16y ago
The Wall Street Journal. * Their opinion columns are slightly against leftist policies. I've been reading the Journal since Obama took charge in Washington, and the opinion pieces have been highly critical of the present administration. B
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by rmk 16y ago
Sophie's world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophies_World It's a great book that takes you on a whirlwind tour of the most famous philosophers and their thoughts. What's more, it's woven into a suspense novel, so it keeps you reading!
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by rmk 16y ago
I'm thinking of forwarding this link to my boss, so that he can get a quick tour of REST :) Thanks!
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by rmk 16y ago
So are taxes for building bridges to nowhere etc. A penny in tax is one penny that cannot be allocated for something else (which is far more likely to be productive). The money supply was inflated because of the easy money policies of Green
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by rmk 16y ago
Thanks for the help guys. I also had another question: have you used the peepcode screencasts to learn about passenger + rails stuff? If so, how would you rate the screencasts? I used their git screencasts in the past, and they were terrifi
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by rmk 16y ago
The OP says he did about 9 months of psychotherapy. I think that means he did try a psychologist.
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Ask HN: advice on rails
3 points by rmk 16y ago|4 comments
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Good news for startups(online.wsj.com)
1 points by rmk 16y ago|0 comments
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by rmk 16y ago
Moose was pretty difficult to grok, what with the variety of extensions that came with it. Anybody know a good Moose resource?

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