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by sivers 13y ago
After I sold my company for enough money that it was obvious I'd never have to work again, my mind went to the same place as yours. Contributing to free/open software is a good one. But also there are so many pseudo-business pro
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by sivers 13y ago
Yes! Exactly. People often ask me for feedback on their business ideas. Often, one of the first questions is, "Why are you doing this? Is this just for the money?" Usually you can tell when that's the case.
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by sivers 13y ago
I have reached that point, and it's still impossible to answer. :-)
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by sivers 13y ago
"There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." -- Phil Karlton Congrats on conquering half of that. BladeRunnerJS is a GREAT name for this project/service. :-)
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by sivers 13y ago
Thanks for this. I hadn't heard the full quote before. People often quote the “great artists steal” line from him - including Steve Jobs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU - but the fuller idea is much more
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by sivers 13y ago
This sounds interesting, but I honestly don't understand what it is. Is it just 365 questions in a blank paper "memories" book? Anyone know?
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by sivers 13y ago
I don't aim to be thorough when blogging. They're just succinct little tidbits. Of course there's more to the story, and of course it was a whole-family decision. In fact my wife kinda led the decision even more than me. We
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by sivers 13y ago
I was a requirement of being with me. A 2nd-date question: "How would you feel about living in the rest of the world for the rest of your life?" Many girls I dated really just wanted to stay near family or friends. Then I found
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by sivers 13y ago
Exactly! Great answer! The point is NOT to always move! Usually the "Why am I here?" question just reminds you why you are where you are. Being somewhere for great friendships is a great reason.
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by sivers 13y ago
Agreed. It sounds ridiculous, but I was honestly upset about that 5% minimum payout. Instead I funnel it back into projects that are hopefully useful to others.
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by sivers 13y ago
Married with a baby. But other than that, I don't know anyone here. That was part of the appeal. I prefer solitude right now.
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by sivers 13y ago
Yeah. I was really surprised. I was preparing for a less-online-life, then just as I we moved in, we got a notice that fibre was ready. Oh well. I'll give you my wifi password so you can sit on the porch & surf all you want.
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by sivers 13y ago
Part of the reason I haven't been writing much the last couple years is because I thought, "Ah, it's not fair for me to write about this stuff like moving countries on a whim." But everyone's got their own version o
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by sivers 13y ago
I got 30 Mbps (actual, on speedtest.net right now) fibre to the home from Orcon. Thanks to subsidized fibre rollout. :-)
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by sivers 13y ago
Thank you Visakan. You got it, and others didn't. A major challenge in communication is to not be misunderstood. I must not have been clear enough. I never said anywhere that everything should be public. Only that I decided my code
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by sivers 13y ago
Thank you, blah32497. That's exactly what I was trying to say, and wonderfully succinctly put. :-) It could also mean reevaluating what you've made public, and deciding what should be secret.
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by sivers 13y ago
Thanks for posting that in these comments. I hadn't seen that thread.
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by sivers 13y ago
A big reason I haven't been posting anything in months (years!) is I think what I have to say isn't very novel or interesting. "Time is limited, make every day count." Yeah yeah yeah. We know. Everyone knows. Took a sudd
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by sivers 13y ago
Wow. Thanks for the unexpected post & votes here, HN buddies. This community is an ongoing inspiration.
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by sivers 13y ago
Full-view (non-mobile) Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321884922
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by sivers 13y ago
Brilliant re-write. If you skipped this link, thinking it was going to just be the well-known tale, look again.
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by sivers 13y ago
Well now he's got the founder of CD Baby on board, too. ☺ This is amazing. This is exactly what I would have created if I didn't sign a non-compete agreement when I sold CD Baby. I just created an unlimited account on DistroKid
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by sivers 13y ago
Wow! Great link. Thanks for posting this. More than just a counterpoint, it has even more insight & useful suggestions than the OP. For those interested in this subject, make sure to check out this link, too.
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by sivers 13y ago
For those of us who work on a laptop all day, who don't want a separate keyboard for it, but could buy a new laptop based on it having a great keyboard: Any suggestions for a laptop with a great keyboard? Specifically any non-Apple lap
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by sivers 13y ago
I just like knowing what's on my system. `pip install awscli` just installed 26 other modules besides awscli. Now I feel a little obliged to go check out those 26, as well, to see what they are. I agree about not re-inventing the whee
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by sivers 13y ago
FWIW, I've been using the aws command-line tool by Tim Kay for over 6 years. It's only Perl and cURL. A single self-contained script with no other dependencies. It's been rock solid in production that whole time: http:&#x
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by sivers 13y ago
Yep. That's the one. Here are my notes on it: http://sivers.org/book/ArtAndFear
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by sivers 13y ago
There’s this great story from the book “Art and Fear”, that's very appropriate here: === The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, w
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by sivers 13y ago
I've been using Foundation for everything lately, and I'm really impressed with it. This new medium grid size thing is a great upgrade. What I never liked about the Bootstrap/Foundation CSS frameworks was having to mark up m
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by sivers 13y ago
Another thing that works great: Just email one specific question. Then a week or so later, email another specific question. Repeat. I've been saying no to all "pick your brain" requests, and even interview requests, but if s

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