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901.
by spitfire 15y ago
lego mindstorms. They're programable (python, ada, a bunch of languages) little robots. and they're cheap enough for parents to buy their children.
902.
by spitfire 15y ago
I've heard of HN and i'm dissatisfied with the offerings out there. I want to sign up for a service and have my small business technology problems disappear. That means: - Help me point my domain to your service. - A built in CMS that hu
903.
by spitfire 15y ago
What's needed isn't more or better management and communication. But to design a system whose secret lies in what’s unstated or not communicated to one another (in an explicit sense)—in order to exploit lower‐level initiative yet realize hi
904.
by spitfire 15y ago
Funny, when I first heard about thunderbolt my first thought was "Cool, I can finally build my own SSI NUMA box like an SGI!". The second thought was, gee, what if someone writes a crappy driver that scribbles another hosts memory.
905.
by spitfire 15y ago
This is a flaw in inventory control (too much of it), and it can be fixed. The toyota production system is about getting the car to the customer as quickly as possible. If you were smart you would organize your production/inventory into a J
906.
by spitfire 15y ago
Facebooks' analog lab has been around for quite a while. I think it's probably one of the best parts of Facebook, culturally, as a whole. It's a commitment to communication methods, whatever they may be.
907.
by spitfire 15y ago
/everything/ on their blog is a marketing piece. Nothing they do is altruistic. It either markets a specific product or promotes the brand in general. Part of that brand is lifestyle related - use our products and you'll be a successful sma
908.
by spitfire 15y ago
Would you want to have an identifiable reputation if you're DDoSing people? Your logic is sound - why trust a criminal? But it's not like there's a better business bureau from organized crime.
909.
by spitfire 15y ago
Does anyone have any traffic numbers for what you could expect from a Super Bowl ad? 10K/min? 200k/min? 500k/min?
910.
by spitfire 15y ago
I didn't read it as snarky. I'm just a snarky old crusty sailor.
911.
by spitfire 15y ago
I think that might be what he was getting at. In my mind both the groups sort of meld together as "non-engineers". If you can't handle a pointer, you have no business being near a compiler. If you don't know why you (usually) don't want to
912.
by spitfire 15y ago
Finally we have a good term for these guys - Brogrammer. Brogrammer - Brogrammers are mostly Silicon Valley / Harvard type douchebags who got into programming. YCombinator drop outs. Years of experience in managed and web languages, but who
913.
by spitfire 15y ago
Dijkstra was right though. We have credit card thefts, SCADA systems run amuck (Iran's nuclear centrifuges for example) and serious risk to life and limb as a result. The thing is, we can't measure how much better off society would have bee
914.
by spitfire 15y ago
Most of todays internet tech companies don't have the shelf life of Microsoft. Many will be has-beens in 10 years time (or even 5!). So you want to take the cash upfront.
915.
by spitfire 15y ago
I specifically said private plane instead of private jet for a reason. They make very useful business tools and they're a lot more accessible than people think. A used Cessna 172 goes for about $20K these days. While charters can be had for
916.
by spitfire 15y ago
Two hints for easily crossing the boarder: 1. Enter via private plane. The staff at airfields handling private air traffic tend to be less stressed and way more relaxed. I've taxi'd right past the allotted space (Found it eventually) as wel
917.
by spitfire 15y ago
Oh god please do. There is a serious lack of innovation in Canada. Anything that can smooth the path is a boost.
918.
by spitfire 15y ago
Hey, what you lack in speed you can make up for in wisdom and mentorship. I'm mid-career (30), and finding more and more my real wins come from outside pure ability to cut code. They're tending to come from outright theft of ideas and conce
919.
by spitfire 15y ago
Air out your suit! It's time to mint some monaay!
920.
by spitfire 15y ago
Simple: Experience. With a little grey hair comes the wisdom of what paths NOT to go down, no matter how attractive they are initially. Also, math and analysis skills never go out of style. The fact is, the technology industry does not valu
921.
by spitfire 15y ago
Many, many smaller air services do. Helijet even lets you buy books of 10 flights half off. stnd air (nyc-hamptons) harbour air (victoria-vancouver) helijet (ditto)
922.
by spitfire 15y ago
Isn't it a little ambitious to call yourself a veteran $foo programmer when you've been doing it for a little over a year? Particularly when the blog post before this is discussing how .m and .h files totally confused you. God help him if h
923.
by spitfire 15y ago
Evil Occurs when individuals or groups embrace codes of conduct or standards of behavior for their own personal well being and social approval, yet violate those very same codes or standards to undermine the personal well being and social a
924.
by spitfire 15y ago
I had never looked at sales forces' P/E before. It's at 7700 right now. Insanity.
925.
by spitfire 15y ago
Altix UV perchance?
926.
by spitfire 15y ago
home directories iirc, lived in /u (/usr these days)
927.
by spitfire 15y ago
Never say never.
928.
by spitfire 15y ago
I'm not a fan of loudmouth hipster programmers either. But it's easy to see how a programmer was hired and came to work on a project he didn't like. He was hired to work on a project he was interested in, and was moved over to a project he
929.
by spitfire 15y ago
Did you ever dredge up that article? I'm genuinely curious what he had to say.
930.
by spitfire 15y ago
Danny Hills' thesis is an excellent read. I have a copy on my bookshelf behind me, right beside Knuth. The fact is that the GPU (and the many micro cores) will be consumed by the cpu instruction set in the long run. Yes, that means we're go

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