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by surfmike 13y ago
It sounds like you're creatively fulfilled (writing, learning SICP, side projects), so that's great! And most people's idea of creative fulfillment doesn't include doing a startup, and that's fine -- but obviously t
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by surfmike 13y ago
Ah ok. Best of luck. Side projects make great portfolios too, I hope they work out for you, or otherwise they can be a great thing to show future potential employers.
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by surfmike 13y ago
"No startups want to hire me, nobody wants to help me" --> why does your profile then say "I am not looking for work, or joining a startup" ?
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by surfmike 13y ago
Could you elaborate on what you mean by "a Pinboard for e-mail"?
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by surfmike 14y ago
Uh, yes. A (non-white) friend of mine has it. The program also allows South Korean and Dutch citizens to enroll.
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by surfmike 14y ago
It's embarrassing how poorly people are treated when entering the US. We should put pressure on the government to improve that, but also pragmatically if we want to keep attracting talented people from around the world we really need to cha
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by surfmike 14y ago
Pharmaceuticals are an area where patents seem most justified. Companies need to spend years of R&D to find a specific compound that helps cure disease, and then need to recoup the costs over years. I definitely feel software patents hi
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by surfmike 15y ago
That's really interesting, do they have that published anywhere?
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by surfmike 15y ago
Why is "They launch in one month." a mistake? Aren't startups advised to launch early, then iterate? Unless he's implying that waiting a month is too long...
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by surfmike 16y ago
So does Dreamhost with their shared hosting :(
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by surfmike 16y ago
I wouldn't say that's true, "Jewish mother stereotype" has a full length Wikipedia article of its own, although it's an old stereotype. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_mother
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by surfmike 16y ago
What sort of quirks? I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts.
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by surfmike 17y ago
which city are you in?
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by surfmike 17y ago
Just as a side-point, although Canada has a large land area for a small population, it is actually much more urbanized than the US.
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by surfmike 17y ago
Multitouch support was added with this week's update.
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by surfmike 17y ago
Is this why we use high fructose corn syrup everywhere?
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by surfmike 17y ago
Fortunately, this is visible without a pay wall--otherwise I wouldn't have read it!
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by surfmike 17y ago
I purchased a $130 a month high deductible ($3500) health insurance plan before quitting my job. I am healthy and under 20, however. I do know people who are healthy but have been denied (not offered insurance at a higher rate-- flat out de
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by surfmike 17y ago
I don't think StackOverflow replaces the need for books. However, Stack Overflow heavily advertises programming books, so creating something similar would be valuable to O'Reilly for visibility they could give their own books.
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by surfmike 17y ago
I recommend the Computer History Museum as well. I was pitching a geek tent when I visited. They have Google's original cluster and a Canon Cat! (among other cool stuff) And it's in SGI's old headquarters
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by surfmike 17y ago
I second going to Fry's. For beach trips, I'd recommend Capitola.
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by surfmike 17y ago
* Stanford (esp. around the oval, but you can walk south of there to check out campus) * The Googleplex * Apple's Infinite Loop HQ * Downtown Palo Alto (coupa cafe) -- (not so much downtown MV) * Buck's in Woodside * If you want, hiking in
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by surfmike 17y ago
Like this example of bold but concrete thinking on a future computing metaphor. Two of the concepts seem very heavily Palm Pre-inspired: The window management scheme (reminiscent of 'cards') and the gesture areas on each side, one of which
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by surfmike 17y ago
"One reason that the iPod/iPhone and iTunes have been successful is that they work so well together." So wouldn't it follow, therefore, that a competitor would be less successful if their product didn't work as well with iTunes? In this lig
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by surfmike 17y ago
Another drawback of this approach is that the text will looked horrible on CRTs. CRTs don't have the same pixel geometry as LCDs.
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by surfmike 17y ago
I really like getting RSS by email, because I can avoid using another product (an RSS reader) but still get the feeds I want without having to browse out to them everyday. I've found I waste less time browsing blogs ever since I switched to
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by surfmike 17y ago
Why not just startup in Toronto? I'm actually a Bay Area boy who lives in Toronto; I came here to do his Master's at U. of Toronto. I've stayed ever since working for a startup, and my roommate is about to start a company with his fellow la
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by surfmike 18y ago
Public schools can't guarantee admission to everyone either. Admissions are restricted to people in a certain geographic area. To go to a nice public school, instead of tuition, you pay the premium for a house in an area with good schools.
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by surfmike 18y ago
Do research. Read the journals where the professors you'd like to work with publish, and work on research in that area. If the program you're applying to is primarily focused on research, this is the most important thing they're looking for
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by surfmike 18y ago
What's the channel for contacting them about this?

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