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by thirdstation 16y ago
"And isn't aggregating all these witness accounts what reporters actually do?" Only if you completely trivialize what reporters actually do. The good reporters will give you the story behind the witness accounts, with well-crafted, spell-c
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by thirdstation 16y ago
It can also save you a 2a.m. phone call. Some simple, "If you see message X, it means Y, so you should do Z. If that doesn't work _then_ call me." Your debug-level messages can be esoteric but, make your error-level messages reflect what's
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Does anyone know when this archive was released? The copyright at the bottom of the index page says 2010 so can we assume this is a recent, awesome event? BTW: I Googled for some PR for this but didn't find any (at least, on the first page
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Why is this version more useable than the already available versions? I prefer the text version myself. I can use it in more places than this HTML version.
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by thirdstation 16y ago
(first) (second) (third) (nth ) any Lisp
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Have you considered selling this as an assessment tool? You'd probably have to drop the Kung-fu theme but that doesn't mean it would have to be boring either. I think a scored and timed test would be really useful to HR departments at large
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by thirdstation 16y ago
And thus opens the "in order for you to have privacy, we must be able to identify you" argument.
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Why are software developers segmented between "rock stars" and "not rock stars"? A salary estimate search on Simply Hired for "rockstar accountant" yielded no results :-)
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by thirdstation 16y ago
The Moth podcasts are usually really good. http://www.themoth.org/podcast
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Yes. 300 words exactly. No tricks or gimmicks involved. Sadly, I don't have any examples. It was a loooong time ago. I think the 300-word cap was to force you to choose every word carefully.
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I am a counterexample. I learned how to write in college during my freshman year. My professor capped all essays at 300 words which, at first blush, seems like a cakewalk. I found it much harder to get a point across in 300 words than al
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I put discussion/aggregator sites like HN in a different class than news sites. We come here to talk about things we see elsewhere. It's not very important who we are in Real Life. I think anonymity can improve the discussions. Mr. Van D
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I look at privacy as a zero-sum game. Under your scheme, I can elect to comment pseudo-anonymously but , I'm not really anonymous. I've given my anonymity to HN (and the OP indirectly). If I give something away I want to feel equally comp
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by thirdstation 16y ago
1) The Internet never forgets. If you post something regretful in a fit of rage you can never take it back. You are not the same person you were ten years ago (even if you have the same name). Do you want to be judged today on how that per
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I called them and the rep said it's b/c of the load. She assured me that it will show up eventually.
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I was on a sales call once when my neighbor's kid burst into my house and started shouting in Bengali. I managed to hit the phone's mute button while furiously gesturing at him to be quiet. Because I don't speak Bengali, I had no idea what
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Paper will be around for a loooong time. There isn't yet a medium with the same longevity. I use both digital and paper formats depending on why I'm reading (research vs. leisure). The Publishing industry will continue to change drastical
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by thirdstation 16y ago
I like Bruce Schneier's response: "Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance. "We do nothing wrong when we make love or go to the bathroom. We are not deliberately hidin
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by thirdstation 16y ago
Their anonymously-signed blog post doesn't engender much confidence in them as a company. Except that they try hard to protect their own identity.
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Who pays for the lawyers should the journalist get sued for libel?
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by thirdstation 17y ago
I realize I have an idealistic point-of-view but, I always thought journalism was about the news and not about the journalist. EDIT: removed gripey, complainy questions.
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by thirdstation 17y ago
I was talking about citations on the web but agree with your point. Quick access to cited material means more time devoted to solving the client's problem (or serving more clients - both are good outcomes).
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Perfect summary! The linked article was almost information free. There is more information on their wiki. The elevator-pitch version is here: http://citability.pbworks.com/Onepager IMO, it goes off the deep end after the WHY section. Th
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Hyberbole retracted after a little research. I was speaking of property taxes specifically. It's possible to quadruple my property taxes by moving to the same state in which I work. That would put me about an hour from my office and is
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Fully agree. Having a developer work remotely requires the manager to also be more organized and work differently.
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Not always an option. In my case, moving closer would quadruple my taxes. Decent neighborhoods are 40 minutes away (average commute in my office is about 40 min). There's also the question of working spouses and kids. If it were for a boff
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by thirdstation 17y ago
I'm one of those extreme commuters too. I work from home two days a week so, I try to look at it like I spend 4-out-of-7 days at home. It helps only a little. My previous job was 100% telecommuting. That lasted almost five years. It's bette
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Great idea! I made a remember-mode template for emacs so I can store happy thoughts whenever they occur. If you use org-mode and remember-mode you can add this template to your org-remember-templates: ("Happy Thought" ?h "* %U %?" "~/happy
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Since a year ago my commute is 4 hours per day. My last job was 100% telecommuting. After three months I started telecommuting two days per week and try to work in an extra day here and there. I love my job and where I work. There's nowhe
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by thirdstation 17y ago
I took his Programming Languages and Translators class when he was at Columbia. It was, hands-down, the best class I've ever taken. His enthusiasm for the subject was evident. The aspect about the class I liked best, and which I try to e

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