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by stakent 17y ago
You are perfectly right. I was talking about source of patio11's problem which arose from modifying global state.
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by stakent 17y ago
External factors outside of application/site exists too. Nobody told that testing or using statistics in real life is easy. Business opportunity?
513.
by stakent 17y ago
Right. It seems we are closer to conclusion that side effects are bad . Functional programming on the horizon?
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by stakent 17y ago
It gives us a flash of reality. We have to face the reality and act accordingly. Our A/B testing will tell us which course of action is better.
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The Great American Bubble Machine(rollingstone.com)
3 points by stakent 17y ago|0 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
Adding some technical details to your posts enlarges your audience. I like this post as well as previous ones.
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by stakent 17y ago
Another solution is to save state of the (pseudo)random generator and then restore it. In python: random.getstate()and random.setstate().
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by stakent 17y ago
Nobody is his own target group. Well, almost. Eat own dog food ... etc. But sticking to this approach limits severely size of target population. Throwing mud at the wall and finding what sticks. It has one major disadvantage. It costs in t
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Pinocchio -- extensions for the 'nose' unit testing framework(darcs.idyll.org)
3 points by stakent 17y ago|0 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
Step out of your comfort zone. This is fundamental to start change. If the change is positive this is another story.
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Bill Slawski: The Importance of Listening.(seobythesea.com)
1 points by stakent 17y ago|0 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
He tries to differentiate a his Union Square Ventures from other VC firms.
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Slow capital by Fred Wilson(avc.com)
17 points by stakent 17y ago|5 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
Hmm, looks interesting. A litle bit of legal complexity, but worth investigating. Thank you.
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by stakent 17y ago
Congratulations. There in Poland you have to meet requirements of about half a dozen government agencies. To set up equivalent of Ltd you have to deal with notary and registration court, put some substantial money and wait. Hassle and wai
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by stakent 17y ago
Europe can be a less risky place than the US to start a company because of the social security system here. True. You are never going to starve or have to do without medical care even if it all goes pear-shaped. False. There are people
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by stakent 17y ago
Yes, your are right.
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by stakent 17y ago
Found on Bruce Schneier's blog http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/10/psychology_and...
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Human brain developed to use other as tools. Psychology and Security Resources(cl.cam.ac.uk)
16 points by stakent 17y ago|4 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
And Bruce Schneier's blog note covering some fragments of article. Comments are worth reading, too. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/10/james_bamford_...
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NSA: what worked and what not - direct from the future (November 5, 2009)(nybooks.com)
10 points by stakent 17y ago|2 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
pld-linux: 3 machines Windows: 1 (one above is dual system, windows last boot in spring)
533.
by stakent 17y ago
From my point of view (a dozen or so years of work wearing many hats, no marketing experience): Look at your commitments towards you employer, formal and informal ones. If your commitments permit: start on side something noncompeting with y
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Nose - python - easier tests writing.(code.google.com)
1 points by stakent 17y ago|0 comments
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by stakent 17y ago
Very enlightening. Better to learn on others mistakes.
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by stakent 17y ago
I've found that people don't understand and can't do many things if they see no personal gain in understanding or doing. Contrary to my findings I like your idea very much. Maybe the proliferation of webapps is the first steep in this dir
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by stakent 17y ago
For some time it was floppy disk drive.
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by stakent 17y ago
And that's the point of this list. One can argue against some or all of it's points, but overall message is unarguable. We are not our own target group. It's very difficult to look at website using mindeset of these people.
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by stakent 17y ago
So we need to hear feedback. So far so good. But what to do to hear those who don't talk to us? Whose do not fill out feedback forms, don't reply to mails, don't talk on the phone? They don't care enough to respond. They don't know how to r
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by stakent 17y ago
Brilliant. Free publicity. Great lesson in PR. Thank you.

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