thomk

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   by thomk 8y ago

   Yes, exactly.
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   by thomk 8y ago

   That episode of Dragons Den is infuriating. Here is a guy who has invented something with a widespread, common appeal. He invented a product that potentially fixes a real problem in 1,000,000,000 units per year and he has to give away 20% o
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   by thomk 8y ago

   And what is wrong with Men in Black? I love that movie.
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   by thomk 8y ago

   You are thinking like an engineer not like a businessman. I'm speaking from experience here as I have been (recently) guilty of the same thing and I assure you my case was much, much worse. Engineers love to solve problems. They love i
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   by thomk 8y ago

   Similar: https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use...
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   by thomk 8y ago

   Same here for hover. Customer support is excellent and emails about expiring or renewing domains are timely.
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   by thomk 8y ago

   Drinking and chasing women won't seem as fun when you look back on it. I'm not saying don't do it, in fact, I'm saying the opposite. Drink, chase women and do it hard, but quit much earlier. Also don't listen to any
8. 248.▲
   by thomk 8y ago

   Alright, fair enough. I can see that too. Thank you.
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   by thomk 8y ago

   I know it's a story about giving, but I find it kid of sad that she didn't enjoy that money more. I can't believe she enjoyed not spending it so much that would have compared to traveling or building something? Not that giv
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Thanks. There's a reason for that!
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    by thomk 9y ago

    The problem with growing a consulting business is the only way to grow is to hire people. Consulting is often feast or famine. During the lean times if you have an employee you're going to need to keep paying them or they (rightfully s
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    by thomk 9y ago

    I bet you would like techno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMIvj7Zxogs Or maybe chillhop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Y8JkHcI3I&index=1&list=PLR... Give each of those 5 minutes, you may be a
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    by thomk 9y ago

    I'd like to hear more about this. Is this a proven system, your personal theory or a little of both?
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Net Art defined; Having fun making useless technology.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    I write a lot of documentation in markdown. If you could make this product handle images and file management (so I can make multiple pages and link them like a wiki) you'd have a lifelong customer.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Bill your clients for estimates and still give ranges. The more they want to dial in those ranges, the more billable time you spend estimating. "How long will it take to estimate" is a question you should be able to answer because
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    by thomk 9y ago

    My favorite is this call from an unknown caller. /ring Me: Hello. Caller: Hello, is this <my name> Me: Who is this? Caller: IS THIS <my name>? Me: Who is this? Caller: Sir, I can not give you any information until you ident
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    by thomk 9y ago

    It is a nice idea but some of those cartoons look very confusing and would be confusing to a novice. I think asking the user about themselves then finding a simile to explain the new thing is better. It puts the effort on the teacher which
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    by thomk 9y ago

    I started a new job where I drive at a minimum 1 hour to work, one way. I'm now on the road anywhere from a minimum of 2 hours to 3 hours every work day. I've bee working from home for 5 years prior to this new job and I can tell
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Also: I played football for 10 years and dislike watching all sports. Well, except women's volleyball of course.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    One time I was listening to Artie Lange on the Howard Stern show talk about how he got interested in watching sports. (This is related, bare with me). He said something to the effect of "You want to get interested in a local sports tea
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    by thomk 9y ago

    The scroll hijacking one is a personal pet peeve. Whatever genius developer that thought of that should be taken out back and shot. Either that or they should have been required to write the thing while allowing us to set their scroll wheel
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Oh yeah that'll be fun, now there is no price barrier to entry so the rude idiots that are in theaters now will simply overrun theaters. Ever go see a $1 movie in a low rate theater? That's where this is headed. Honest to god I wo
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Its not just for computers, it's also (usually) for other programmers; people.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    “the number-one reason technical people quit is because they don’t have the option to advance without going into management.” Then it goes on to explain that you should put them into management.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Perfect. Now, just solve that problem, and make a billion dollars!
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Nice! Thank you. You know there are many different types of contracts, why didn't they just call it 'smart transactions'?
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    by thomk 9y ago

    LOL. Have an upvote.
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    by thomk 9y ago

    Slightly offtopic but I just had a new HVAC system put in my house and one of the things the tech pointed out to me is that effective AC has a lot to do with effective dehumidifying. I don't know why it never crossed my mind before but
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    by thomk 9y ago

    I'm curious about the sorting algorithm. The article states that rocks are actually sorted twice. I wonder how so.