sage_joch

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by sage_joch 14y ago
Not to mention the tech industry, super heroes, and nature trails. I am bullish on Seattle.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
Even more poignant given the beginning, where he wrote how his dad "had an entire life to live before I even existed".
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I'm a bit worried at how easily I was able to follow that code. And that my initial reaction was to think "Iterator.next() should throw a NoSuchElementException if there is no next element!"
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Muslims protest 'age of mockery' as thousands descend on Google offices(telegraph.co.uk)
9 points by sage_joch 14y ago|0 comments
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by sage_joch 14y ago
> Ok, not 100% passive, but what is? A stock index fund. :-) Usually much less yield for your money, though.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
If it were a tough job market, I could see this as a good way to get some initial experience/resume fuel out of college.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I just discovered this today and was blown away. I thought HN might find it interesting because 1. the show itself is one of the best I've seen, and 2. I think the big content companies of the future will start exactly where these guys are
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The Vault: an incredible web series, made by two guys outside of work(youtube.com)
3 points by sage_joch 14y ago|1 comments
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I think Reddit might have been more of a PR win than a major investment win. You might argue that it could have been the latter if the team had turned down the Conde Naste acquisition offer, but that might be the point. Without strong reven
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I know there is no shortage of one-line advice here, but this one has always stuck with me. And since it usually takes time and hindsight to distinguish the quality advice from the short-lived transient whims of a bored blogger, I thought I
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The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned(stevenpressfield.com)
157 points by sage_joch 14y ago|50 comments
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I don't remember this much excitement over the 2004 landings. This is pure speculation, but I would like to think the Internet is partly responsible for this shift. It provides a more democratic way of deciding (as a culture) what is import
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by sage_joch 14y ago
Law firms also have a direct incentive to win. Working more efficiently doesn't necessarily mean you have to work fewer hours. It just means you can get more done in the hours you do work.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
A possible solution could be for users to have an accuracy rating (perhaps short-term and long-term), and for the Turk API to take an optional minimum accuracy rating for tasks to be visible to a given user. (For all I know this is already
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by sage_joch 14y ago
"which might have consequences in the future" If a secret set of rules is making you less likely to express your viewpoints (and support certain press organizations), that is already a consequence. It's unfortunate that rational people don'
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by sage_joch 14y ago
Interesting; I had always taken Sagan's opinion as gospel, but I suppose there is room for questions. A bit of googling shows both Jimmy Carter and Dennis Kucinich have seen a UFO, and they're honest people. That certainly doesn't make me a
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I think the implications of emerging technologies are greater than most people realize. Between driverless cars, voice-recognition systems, and the Internet, it doesn't seem far-fetched to imagine saying, "Computer: deliver one large pepper
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I feel like I'm missing something. Why is a portable shower preferable to a cold shower in the bathroom? edit (since I can't reply below) I didn't realize portable showers were commonly heated, and didn't think about the possibility of ga
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I just cross-posted this to a subreddit I started recently, /r/Orwellian. It's still small at 76 readers, but I figured there might be interest here. I'm hoping for it to be a non-partisan place to share/discuss the myriad of government abu
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by sage_joch 14y ago
If that's true it could be a good time to speculate/gamble a bit. I'm tempted to throw $500 or so at it, for the chance of another bubble.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
From the article it's pretty clear that Stallman just didn't like the feeling of being deceived. I don't think condescension has anything to do with it. As an aside: there were two instances in the last year in which I gave a stranger in ne
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by sage_joch 14y ago
This is the first time I've seen his commits, but I do the same thing at work, deliberately. I don't pretend to know his reasons, but I've always had fun with the idea that if there were a super high-level language, it would look similar to
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by sage_joch 14y ago
I've actually stopped using Firefox because it re-enables plugins that I've disabled (maybe it's more accurate to say it allows 3rd-party software updates to re-enable them).
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by sage_joch 14y ago
In defense of the people making photo sharing websites, they are doing leaps and bounds more than the vast majority of the population.
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by sage_joch 14y ago
"In addition, the telescopes are capable of being pointed at Earth for observati0n [sic], as well. All of this potential for gathering data is a potential opportunity to sell that data to universities, businesses, and government." I wonder
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by sage_joch 14y ago
"One possibility the company is considering is to nudge a small asteroid, perhaps one as long as a football field, into an orbit around Earth closer than the moon." I hope they're careful. :-)
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by sage_joch 15y ago
Got it; thanks. I wasn't aware (til I went back and watched it again) that the text of the date actually flipped. My first thought was, "isn't the date continually flipping?" Now I'm trying to think of alternative ways to phrase that. May
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by sage_joch 15y ago
Anecdotally, I seem to get at least as much work done during a two-week sprint in which I have taken a few days off. Programming is not a linear process. On the other hand, there is something to be said for being immediately available to
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by sage_joch 15y ago
How could a video that awesome only have 680 views? Makes me wonder what else I'm missing. edit : Can you explain this line (from the beginning): "Whenever the date flips, it represents the point of least distance between the departure and
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by sage_joch 15y ago
Given that law, I wonder if there's going to be a land grab to become the kickstarter of startups. Should be fun to watch.

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