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541.
by rpledge 17y ago
The worst is when corporate decides in advance that a certain distribution of rankings needs to be done, so managers need to give average and poor ratings to some of the team regardless of if the employees really deserve it. By having a fix
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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships(bothsidesofthetable.com)
10 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
543.
by rpledge 17y ago
Powerpoint seems to have worked out well for MS, no doubt it is the standard for presentation software. Alternate timelines would be incredibly educational if we could see them: if MS had purchased this instead of powerpoint would they st
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Minister thinks IP address is an "Intellectual Property address"(boingboing.net)
69 points by rpledge 17y ago|13 comments
545.
Intel to ship samples of experimental 48-core processor(networkworld.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
546.
JooJoo Tablet Is a Real Piece of DooDoo(wired.com)
49 points by rpledge 17y ago|49 comments
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How to Find Crappy Programmers(codeanthem.com)
105 points by rpledge 17y ago|35 comments
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RIM to buy QNX Software (theglobeandmail.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
549.
by rpledge 17y ago
That's a pretty gutsy move to leave Digg. As far as I can tell Digg is doing pretty well, Jay must have a great idea brewing.
550.
by rpledge 17y ago
reboot sudo reboot
551.
by rpledge 17y ago
This will become even more relevant as core counts above 32 become common place. Sadly most programmers have a hard time dealing with more than 1 thread. I agree a new paradigm is needed to solve this problem.
552.
by rpledge 17y ago
Meetings with beer work well as a time limiter if you don't let people leave to use the washroom. The lenght of the meeting becomes bounded by the participants bladder size.
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Top IT Billionaires -- A Closer Look(devx.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
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Top Ten Errors Java Programmers Make(javacoffeebreak.com)
2 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
555.
by rpledge 17y ago
I'd recommend you talk to a lawyer that is familiar with employment contract law in your area. My experience has been that companies will put unenforcable restrictions in contracts because they know 99% of people will never check if the re
556.
by rpledge 17y ago
Thank you, this is an excellent link. I'd upvote more if I could
557.
by rpledge 17y ago
I fail to see why people think "Free" and "Easy to use" are mutually exclusive. If Firefox required people to run ./configure;make;make install on Windows to get it running (not to mention dealing with missing dependencies) it wouldn't ha
558.
by rpledge 17y ago
Amen to that! I wish more developers understood that people don't care about freedom, they just want the stuff they buy to work without major effort. 99.9% of people don't want to setup MythTV, they want a PVR that works
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A Modest Proposal for Toyota: Release the Code(industry.bnet.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|1 comments
560.
by rpledge 17y ago
People still volunteer to help at the Olympics, but I suspect you're right that adding ads would cause people to leave the community
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William Shatner starts social network(myouterspace.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
562.
by rpledge 17y ago
I'm very interested in anyones opinions on this topic as well
563.
What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup?(bothsidesofthetable.com)
26 points by rpledge 17y ago|13 comments
564.
by rpledge 17y ago
http://www.patspapers.com/blog/item/what_if_everybody_flushe...
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The Myth Of Originality...(techdirt.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
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More seed funding for Canada – Founder Fuel gets their first commitment(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
567.
Forget how many angels fit on a pin(giffconstable.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
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‘Time Bomb’ May Have Destroyed 800 Norfolk City PCs(krebsonsecurity.com)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments
569.
by rpledge 17y ago
Is that advice or a warning? :)
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Startup compensation in Canada(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by rpledge 17y ago|0 comments

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