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by sayemm 15y ago
This post is obviously overly-biased against technical interviews. Steve Yegge said it best: "It's a bit easier to tell if someone's in great shape physically than if they're in great shape mentally. You can't just stare at their brain and
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You Should Be An Open Source Developer(intridea.com)
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by sayemm 15y ago
I haven't noticed any major slow-downs since using it, and it wasn't listed up before when Mozilla was checking for slow extensions; but yeah, it is pretty heavy-duty.
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Show HN: Web Startup Toolbar(addons.mozilla.org)
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Oh how I love Steve Yegge for convincing me that time that I was putting into it before was well-worth it.
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by sayemm 15y ago
That was a great post. Also love this clip of him on "The Road from Ruby Hacker to Entrepreneur" - http://confreaks.net/videos/432-rubyconf2010-the-road-from-r...
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by sayemm 15y ago
Fortune's Formula is an amazing book. In line with this is also Jeff Ma's "The House Advantage", it's a solid read - http://www.amazon.com/House-Advantage-Playing-Odds-Business/...
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Ask HN: Resources/tips for learning online marketing?
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by sayemm 15y ago
On the other hand, here are some organic ways that I've found useful for strengthening my level of concentration, independent of my programmming focus: - working out regularly, especially running long distance - playing games competitively
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"The Tooth" - The World's Greatest Go Player(jamesaltucher.com)
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Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory(pnas.org)
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by sayemm 16y ago
I agree with this. In retrospect, I'm so glad I failed because of the time it saved me. The only thing worse than a failed startup is a funded failed startup, because the latter takes up 4+ years of your life, which is why it's interesting
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by sayemm 16y ago
Great point and spot-on, I think. Also, you mentioning that music theory book reminds me of what SICP is for programming. I haven't read "Outliers" yet, but from what I've gathered about it I think the biggest thing Gladwell fails to mentio
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by sayemm 16y ago
Good read, thanks for posting. Best post on this before was by Paul Buchheit "Serendipity finds you" - http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/10/serendipity-finds-y...
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by sayemm 16y ago
This is great news, I'm really looking forward to it. I loved "Inside Steve's Brain", by Leander Kahney, though it's the only biography I've read on him so far. It's got a lot of great observations and quotes, like this one on page 34: "In
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Expertise in Chess and Bridge(books.google.com)
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That only proves the point. I don't fully agree w/ the post, but JS is definitely making a big shift on the web.
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by sayemm 16y ago
This post does sound a bit over-the-top and very node.js biased by calling LAMP architectures obsolete today. But on the other hand, there is a reason why JavaScript is the #1 language on Github - https://github.com/languages
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Tevatron accelerator yields hints of new particle(bbc.co.uk)
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by sayemm 16y ago
Markus Frind did this way back when and suffered for it when Plenty of Fish got hacked a few months ago, big risk.
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by sayemm 16y ago
I'm learning Ruby and I'm working on an app that gives you email alerts on CrunchBase updates, my first taste of Rails. And I'm also working through SICP, albeit slowly. I'm also waiting to get my Firefox add-on fully reviewed by Mozilla, w
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by sayemm 16y ago
I'm also a so-called self-taught programmer. I thought about this very question a while ago and came across this definitive answer by Joel Spolsky: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/414779/what-should-a-self... He also nails it again in
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Harvard Bonds on Facebook Website(thecrimson.com)
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by sayemm 16y ago
Correction: Andrew Mason actually is a programmer. He built Groupon in Rails. Also, as the other commenter pointed out, Mark Pincus's co-founder Justin Waldron is a programmer, but Zynga's probably a bad example anyway because Pincus was ve
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by sayemm 16y ago
http://padmapper.com as others mention here. Click on Filter Listings, enter your criteria for your ideal apt, and then get daily email alerts sent to you too. It's an awesome resource.
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by sayemm 16y ago
I just started learning RoR recently. As mentioned in the other comments, Michael Hartl's "Ruby on Rails Tutorial" ( http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book ) and the Rails Guides ( http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ ) are all
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by sayemm 16y ago
Funny you mention that, I listened to those audio CDs as well! I think that and "How to Develop a Perfect Memory" are the best resources on him, he's the man.
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"How to Develop a Perfect Memory"
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by sayemm 16y ago
Good article. I've been studying Dominic O'Brien's techniques for a while now, he's the world memory champ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_O%27Brien It takes some time to get the system down, but it's really handy for memorizing nu
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by sayemm 16y ago
CrunchBase is an invaluable resource and its importance is only growing as the startup ecosystem continues to accelerate. I'm obsessed w/ it and I'm always checking it whenever I scope out a new site... so I whipped up this firefox add-on a

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