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by rollypolly 14y ago
"It is also worth mentioning that I had the source code for just over three weeks with absolutely nothing to prevent me from making copies and redistributing it, this was more than enough time to have caused significant damage
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Notice the lack of reference to rockstars, ninjas, or brogramming.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Cheap doesn't mean it has to be dangerous, that's a false dilemma. Instead of shopping at Apple, try monoprice. Edit: I have no affiliation with monoprice. If you downvote, please explain. Is my alternative not helpful?
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by rollypolly 14y ago
If you like games, and don't mind generally poor working conditions, you should look at the game industry.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Did you consider using Inkscape as a non-3D game editor?
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Word-only is HR lingo for "You're over-skilled for this job. Move along."
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by rollypolly 14y ago
True, but... You have to ship something into live production every week – worst case, two weeks. In your experience, have the smaller pieces always been in a state that can be pushed to production every week? If not, how was that h
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Would working for the Winklevoss'es be a black mark on someone's resume? For one thing, you'd never get hired at Facebook after that. Then again, Facebook isn't the only game in town.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
No tasks longer than one week. You have to ship something into live production every week – worst case, two weeks. Does this actually work? What I mean is, no matter how much you break down a task, aren't certain sub-tasks going
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by rollypolly 14y ago
This would make an interesting HN poll. "Are you religious? Y/N?"
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Who owns the commented we post? Do they automatically become the property of Olivine Labs LLC? The ToS makes no mention of this.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Most commodity prices are heavily influenced by speculators, aren't they? If so, is the corn market different from the oil or precious metals market, in regards to speculation?
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Microsoft was the worst but not the first. Apple acts this way with Android, and Google has been paranoid for a few years. Great quote. It makes me wonder if other companies secretly vied for Instagram besides Twitter. I'm sure
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by rollypolly 14y ago
they’re primarily interested in buying into any company, no matter how flash-in-the-pan, where Andreessen Horowitz can exit its investment for a large multiple of whatever it bought in at. It's worth mentioning that this behav
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by rollypolly 14y ago
the spacecraft had tipped over as a result of its landing I can only imagine the frustration of the engineers and scientists.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Kudos on the filtered water over bottled water. It's both economical and environmentally friendly.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Many of us love sugary drinks, and sit inordinate amounts of time[1]. Things aren't looking up if we don't change attitude. We all feel indestructible in our 20s, but soon enough, we'll have to pay the Pied Piper. I hope the next generation
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by rollypolly 14y ago
If I was more cynical, I'd think the TSA was a program to teach the next generation of Americans that privacy is an archaic concept.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
You're right. I wasn't thinking in terms of mobile (doh). Good catch.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
I don't know anything about hardware startups, but I'm curious to know if it's easier for them to recruit people than it is for software startups.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
No doubt about it, but the people on the receiving end probably don't care. The intentions of Andreessen And Horowitz are good, so lets be positive about this.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
a sum of money that three years ago was a record quarterly profit is now just the blip between the (historically strong) holiday quarter and the (historically weak) January-March quarter. This is definitely the best quote. I'm
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Besides voting rings, another annoyance I have is people creating throwaway accounts to add positive, but content-free, comments a story.. literally minutes later. I wish there was a 48h delay between the creation of an account and being ab
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by rollypolly 14y ago
In six of the top 10 most competitive countries in the world (Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom), it's illegal to demand more than a 48-hour work week. The fact that it's illegal doesn't me
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by rollypolly 14y ago
I wonder if the Chrome team had any input there.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Is this going to reduce the brain drain of engineers heading to America for a healthier startup environment?
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by rollypolly 14y ago
That's true, but for the record, that doesn't automatically mean that both domains are owned by the same entity.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
Here's another one that had me frowning: Q: How did you end up in Silicon Valley at such a young age? A: I flew on a plane from LA. Southwest, I think. It's like a middle-schooler wrote these.
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by rollypolly 14y ago
A good consultant is like a mid-wife, we guide you and help you make the right technical (and even business) decisions early on I'm gonna have to steal that mid-wife analogy. Good article!
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by rollypolly 14y ago
HN could use a cheat-sheet version of this above the comment box. ;)

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