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by ruswick 14y ago
I find it somewhat ironic that this piece can get the reception it did on a site associated with what is effectively the Harvard of startups. (Although, honestly, a comparison to Harvard can't do the prestige of YC justice. It is far hard
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by ruswick 14y ago
> And a lot of the best engineers I know here have no degrees. I think you are conflating coders with engineers. The latter entails a lot more requisite knowledge, and generally requires formal education of some sort.
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by ruswick 14y ago
He did not attempt to apologize, he defended his position. He wasn't being underhanded or antagonistic, he was attempting an objective justification. Nothing in there resembled passive-agression or "dickishness."
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by ruswick 14y ago
The stock market is not a place for rational actors. It is a place for visceral, very exaggerated responses to trivial developments.
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by ruswick 14y ago
It sort of irks me that people assume that 1) all young people play prodigious amounts of games to the point where an X-Box is some sort of alluring factor, and 2) only young people play games and that gaming is a way to differentiate betwe
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by ruswick 14y ago
Why is it that most every time I'm informed of a compelling, well-implemented service, it is in an article stating that it's shutting down?
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Atari goes Bankrupt(theverge.com)
4 points by ruswick 14y ago|0 comments
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by ruswick 14y ago
Arguing that one ought not to include their age is not akin to arguing that one ought to be hostile to young people. We should just not be inordinately soft in criticism. Doing otherwise just inhibits development of "thick skin." The world
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by ruswick 14y ago
The issue is that most posts that announce one's age don't result in guidance. They result in a chorus of "good jobs" that, although nice, don't offer any real constructive advice. I've always postulated that one would get more actionable a
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by ruswick 14y ago
1) It's referred to as "satire." It's fairly conspicuous considering that I left out a description of the actual product, placing emphasis only on the age. It was an attempt to demonstrate the absurdity of this practice. 2)The app is a fine
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by ruswick 14y ago
I loathe when people lead with their ages because 1) It mitigates potentially valuable criticism, replacing it with a chorus of "good jobs," etc., when the app (like all apps) is going to have flaws. 2) It seems manipulatory and superfluo
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by ruswick 14y ago
Any examples? It just seems intuitive that there is a strong correlation between academic acclaim and occupational success in the sciences, and being classically and comprehensively educated in the sciences.
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by ruswick 14y ago
I don't think so. In order to be a hypocrite, one needs to criticize a group into which one fits. However, the post explicitly referenced our nations "smart people," or whatever phrasing he used. Evidently, he doesn't consider himself suffi
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by ruswick 14y ago
I don't think he succeeded in starting any kind of conversation. He just sort of screamed vehemently at the internet, eliciting what appears to be a general backlash from HN. Writing a blog post comprised heavily of expletives that most peo
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by ruswick 14y ago
Why? Because people don't want to change the world. Most people want a job that they can easily complete with minimal effort that still affords them a large salary. Most people want a comfy couch upon which they can stare a black rectangle
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by ruswick 14y ago
The thing that gave away the Mattel logo was the E. Apparently, the middle bar of the capital E in Arial is not equidistant from the outer bars, whereas the E in Helvetica has equally-spaced bars. (Or legs, or whatever the hell they are.) T
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by ruswick 14y ago
I only missed one, which was do to negligence and not ignorance. Moreover, I'm not even cursorily trained in design or typography. This doesn't seem that hard. Any perceptive person can determine the differences immediately through deductio
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by ruswick 14y ago
1. The dark theme doesn't sit well with me. Particularly, the grey on dark grey is grating. 2. The buttons on the sidebar are atrocious. 3. The header bar is much too thick. 4. The font is inordinately small. This might be an idiosyncrasy o
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by ruswick 14y ago
Evidently, people tend to congregate around posts that bash Apple or decry some flaw with the system around which many people spend their time and money. It doesn't need to be substantive or revelatory to be on front page; it just needs to
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by ruswick 14y ago
This entire thing seemed absurd. What actual value does Maciej provide beyond a trivial amount of cash given in a facetious manner? The Co-Prosperity Cloud may have been a parody of the the current incubator trend, but the companies joining
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by ruswick 14y ago
Other than the overt sexism, ("They are no smarter than you, and they are definitely way less organized and far less attentive to detail. So go show them what you are made of.") this article makes some fair points. That said, the author see
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Coursera Introduces Paid Courses(blog.coursera.org)
7 points by ruswick 14y ago|0 comments
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by ruswick 14y ago
People don't want a classless society because it removes the ability to attain the one thing that all people want: distinguishment. People usually want money not for its utility, but as an arbitrary measure of merit and a way to distinguish
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by ruswick 14y ago
I think these things are beside the point. People are not products, and thus aren't subject to appeal through opulence. It is conceivable that one would buy a product simply because it is expensive in order to distinguish themselves or sati
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by ruswick 14y ago
This is tangential, but I'm curious about your partner "startups." Most of the listed companies are established, monolithic organizations that are notorious for onerous and extensive interviewing processes. Do these companies employ differe
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by ruswick 14y ago
Your entire comment is presumptuous and predicated on the assumption that playing for 14 hours a day inhibits those things, which is not necessarily true. Playing might be the symptom, not the cause.
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by ruswick 14y ago
The noises sort of belie the "distraction-free" aspect. Keyboards already make noise. The app in which I'm writing does't need to make them as well. This should be disabled by default or perhaps eliminated entirely. Other than the sounds, t
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by ruswick 14y ago
First, you need to do a better job articulating the differences between your plans. Second, you are too reliant on Bootstrap, occasionally to the detriment of the UX. Bootstrap is fine for a page layout, but you can't exclusively use stock
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by ruswick 14y ago
Yeah. I took one look the site, decided that it look illegitimate and/or suspicious, and closed the page.
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by ruswick 14y ago
The function of the education system is not to promote one's social life, but to aid in their career, so career applicability is the best measure. I'd also wager that trade programs and apprenticeships yield a far higher retention rate and

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