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In 1849, a lethal riot takes place over a dispute between Shakespearean actors(dailymail.co.uk)
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Not what you're looking for, but I made a Twitter bot that has been running uninterrupted and unmodified for 3 years. Also, the Space Jam website is up and unmodified since 1996.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I'm not particularly good in group settings, but here's a strategy I've found that works in most cases: give the person a complement, then ask them a question about themselves. It's important that the complement isn&#x27
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
"Three senior execs sit down with five reliable (meaning no clickbait)" Not that these aren't great journalists, but Buzzfeed, Tech Crunch, and Mashable are no strangers to clickbait.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Top line revenue at IBM is down to 79B from 105B over the last five years.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
iOS developer So far today: 13 lines of code. 5 issues closed.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
The real trick here is lower pay. I don't find meaning in my work life. It exists just to fund my art life. A close friend left his job to start his own tech consulting company. He loves working for himself. Even if it's the same
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2 Hour Marathon and the Limits of Human Marketing(fivethirtyeight.com)
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Just checked transactions on my credit card. Most of my Starbucks purchases are five dollars and some odd cents. Seems like he nailed it. I'm in Atlanta.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
The creators of Sesame Street used a lot of science and metrics to optimize engagement. They didn't just say, oh kids like talking puppets, let's do that. People have theories about what makes kids creative, but without metrics, i
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
As a developer, I use a lot of open source. But I haven't paid for a desktop application in years. The web, with it's promise of a free browser and free web applications, has done as much to destroy the perceived value of software
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I really love Forth. It's been a top 100 programming language [1] since before C existed[2]. Retro computing can be fun, but for some reason, Forth really clicked with me in a way that most other languages don't. [1] This isn&#x27
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Deep Genomics aims to develop drugs using AI(technologyreview.com)
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
When Apple was struggling, Wired ran a piece[1] called 101 Ways to Save Apple. None of them were actually the right way, or the way that Apple ended up saving itself. Twitter speculation falls into the same camp. Apple has enough money to b
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Game-based Swift coding lessons for kids(9to5mac.com)
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
This is unrealistic. A 100% import tax on Chinese electronics would result in a 100% import tax on American pork, for example, going into China. It would take years for Apple to get the supply chain necessary to make their products in Ameri
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I'm not sure IBM is the corporation best able to tell us what the future will need.
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There’s no good way to kill a bad idea(qz.com)
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
For the typical office worker, much of the day is spent pretending to work.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I made a list of capital cities in the world and work through those backwards alphabetically.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Washington Post and The Economist. Can't think of any other examples right now.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Kind of buried near the end of the article, but as ESPN moves away from sports reporting in favor of opinion there might be some great opportunity for alternative reporting. Deadspin comes to mind.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
The answer to this question depends quite a lot on what is being developed. It's not like an engineer at Google could have their own local copy of google.com. Most of my career I've been in mobile development, so the code basis ar
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
Thanks for the warning. I was serious about joining, so I'm still going to give it a try. I'll use a disposable credit card.
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I'm going to join ACM just to see what happens. Who even is in this thing?
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
HN headline hurts my brain. Original is a stupid pun, but at least it makes sense. Juno Drivers ‘Gett’ Only Pennies Following $200M Acquisition
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
In addition to having a sound understanding of software engineering practices, a good developer will be able to learn new tools, languages, and libraries. Being adaptable is a must. There's no reason to place a lot of value on a person
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
For those wondering why a five year old article is on HN today, you can thank Taylor Swift: https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/85669833453010944...
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
You might find this relevant: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/5/4061684/inside-ted-the-smar...
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by spcelzrd 9y ago
I was a contractor at a Fortune 500 company in 1999. We had a six month code freeze. We couldn't even make changes to development. So I was very bored. Taught myself PalmOS development while I waited.

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