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511.
by sanj 16y ago
Found in Rota's lessons, here: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~cyan/Rota/tenlesses.pdf
512.
The Feynman Method to be a Genius
27 points by sanj 16y ago|7 comments
513.
by sanj 16y ago
How is this different than Blackberry Messenger? http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/blackberrymessenger/
514.
Ask HN: Choosing a developer on Rent-a-coder?
2 points by sanj 16y ago|1 comments
515.
by sanj 16y ago
If only that were actually true. Colin Messitt actually ran an experiment to figure this out. I reposted it about 15 years ago with his permission: http://replay.waybackmachine.org/19990420024127/http://scraw...
516.
by sanj 16y ago
TripAdvisor. Newton, MA. Come help me build me be cool stuff!
517.
by sanj 16y ago
Has anyone tried this? I could set up a proxy that provided a delay and fiddle with my host file, but I wonder if there is a better way to experiment.
518.
Decoupling action and neurological reward -- read the alt-text(m.xkcd.com)
1 points by sanj 16y ago|2 comments
519.
by sanj 16y ago
First thought: set off fire alarm Second thought: start opening up the control panel
520.
by sanj 16y ago
Accompanying article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_...
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Trapped in an Elevator for 41 hours: how would a hacker deal with it?(youtube.com)
4 points by sanj 16y ago|6 comments
522.
by sanj 16y ago
Unlike software, which is always on schedule.
523.
by sanj 16y ago
The "why" question wasn't answered in the actual article. It was a reasonable debunking of a deplorable TC article, but I was really interested in the difference in mindset.
524.
Could someone please make CodeHN?(codereddit.com)
4 points by sanj 16y ago|0 comments
525.
by sanj 16y ago
Facebook's Like button provides the data to do this for the rest of the world.
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FUV: A Real programmer's editor(secretgeek.net)
27 points by sanj 16y ago|22 comments
527.
by sanj 16y ago
I believe twitter and Facebook's influence is painfully overstated.
528.
by sanj 16y ago
One followon idea. If you know the approximate birthdate of the delivery, you can contact customers a year later suggesting first birthday present ideas. And second birthday ideas. And third birthday ideas. You get the idea.
529.
by sanj 16y ago
This rings true to me, and I'm finally following my own intrinsic motivation. But it can be really hard to find a job that lets you do this. If you do, the first step is to realize you're in a rare position and take advantage of it. I'm
530.
by sanj 16y ago
I met my wife on OKC. I doubt I would have met her on match.com.
531.
by sanj 16y ago
Not a bit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjDp0TAZUQI
532.
Testing of Tesla Model S(teslamotors.com)
19 points by sanj 16y ago|31 comments
533.
by sanj 16y ago
This article had me until: Asking the game makers to remove features that help the games go viral doesn’t seem to benefit anyone financially. Sure it does. It benefits Facebook. If the best way to get growth (ie, viral) goes away, most c
534.
by sanj 16y ago
This is very close to how we develop at TripAdvisor, though we have a suite of tests that get run during a branch merge and code review (of at least one more engineer) of anything going into the livesite code base. We also have very small Q
535.
by sanj 16y ago
Only $6.50 added by Foxconn's assembly step? I'd have expected much more. Here's the question I emailed to sjobs@apple.com last week: Subject: Made in the US iPhone? Hiya. I love my iPhone. I'd be willing to pay more than the $200 that I p
536.
by sanj 16y ago
We've been working on this for about three months, and Facebook's team -- both engineering and especially product -- have been closely involved. The IP initiatives are important to Facebook, and they appear to invest a lot of effort in each
537.
by sanj 16y ago
Yeah, sorry about that. It's been a long couple of months.
538.
by sanj 16y ago
Hey -- my team here at Trip built this! I'm happy to answer questions. Or field resumes. Celebratory happy hour is at 4pm, so try to catch me before that.
539.
by sanj 16y ago
It is possibly confirmation bias. But it is one I embrace: it lets me continue to dream, take risks and help people out. A little self-delusion is a small price to pay for all that. And, yes, I am aware that I am very lucky.
540.
by sanj 16y ago
Not in my mind. Doing the right thing is a solid way to run your life. It lets you sleep better at night and build solid relationships when you're awake. And, strangely, it does work out in the end. It has for me, every time.

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