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by stevoski 17y ago
But if the TSA turn up at your door, claiming they'll put you on the no-fly list if you don't co-operate? Once on the no-fly list, it's close to impossible to get off the list. It's a government agency with far too much power and no transpa
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by stevoski 17y ago
Why, oh why, would she write this anonymously? Does she not realise that an article like this, getting passed around the Internet, finding its way to HN and personal blogs, is a great way to get immense publicity? Publicity == sales.
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by stevoski 17y ago
Come on. It's Sweden. It's IKEA. I think most Swedes have heard of IKEA by now and would be aware if a new IKEA was opening in the vicinity. And Malmo is not exactly a tiny, unknown backwater. They've probably had IKEA in Malmo for decades.
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by stevoski 17y ago
The article writer claims: "obviously the absolute pool of talent is smaller here in the UK/Europe than it is in the U.S. (and that cannot be disputed nor is it anything more than a function of population)" It can be disputed. I am disputin
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by stevoski 17y ago
In Australia, it takes a day. Three steps to open a business, and you can complete them on one day.
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by stevoski 17y ago
Astonishing news. This is either very good - or a sign that JetBrains is in trouble, and therefore very bad for us fanatic Java developers and IDEA fans.
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by stevoski 17y ago
There is a false assumption in this article: that the whole world will see and remember your initial release. The reality is - unless you are a big company like Apple - your initial release will attract almost no attention. But you may get
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by stevoski 17y ago
Published in a major UK newspaper - and discussed on HN. This guy has some good skills in getting attention. And we're part of it! And if a newspaper writes that he says he's making £50K, it doesn't mean he actually is. He could be all part
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by stevoski 17y ago
Doesn't the fossil fuel energy cost of the flight overwhelm any energy savings from living on renewables?
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by stevoski 17y ago
Not only is there no variance. If we assume that the data is statistically significant (a bad assumption!), the difference between business owner (72.5%) and professional (71.5%) is very small. An alternative reading is that professionals a
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by stevoski 17y ago
So it was you, Patrick, who broke the Internet! If only I had known at the time, I could have told my customers.
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by stevoski 17y ago
A vacuum cleaner literally sucks. I'm not sure how a flash slide show literally sucks.
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by stevoski 17y ago
My favourite "pretending to be big" line I see little guys using is: "With more than 20 years experience" based on 4 guys in the firm, each 5 years out of university.
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by stevoski 17y ago
Good stuff. After the bullet points, this seems to basically be saying, "unit tests with 100% coverage" and "bounds checking" make for good software. I think these are only two of many techniques for improving code quality. Code reviews, in
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by stevoski 17y ago
Right on. Those of us outside the states just don't care that one of your politicians died - unless he was a competent computer expert. I come here for "Hacker News", not political death notices. Shall I post here when a long-serving New Ze
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by stevoski 17y ago
Snow Leopard has always been described by Apple as a performance and stability upgrade.
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by stevoski 17y ago
Developing _anything_ for _anything_ is a big gamble, akin to betting on horses. Talent, enthusiasm, and perserverance all play a role, but luck also stands behind success.
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by stevoski 17y ago
I feel we _are_ rich. You don't have to launch a Google or Microsoft to be rich. Launch a small niche product, get a few customers, earn enough to live a typical western lifestyle. That's enough for me to feel rich.
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by stevoski 17y ago
I wonder how much worse the chaos would be if some or all of London's airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, City) suffered this at once - either intentionally or through coincidence.
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by stevoski 17y ago
Joost is a good example showing that buzz, money, and fame can't beat good content. Content is still king.
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by stevoski 18y ago
This reminds me of Microsoft's first attempt at web scripting, before ASP. Can't remember what it was called, but for each final HTML page it had a template file and a database query file. It turned out to be just too hard to do anything us