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by tomgruner 13y ago
According to the same 2010 study I mentioned in another comment, about 7% use it 30 hours per week plus. That's not a huge number but I imagine that those of the 7% would consider it full time work. http://sites.uci.edu&#x2F
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by tomgruner 13y ago
FYI I am also a programmer and lack of empathy in my own life and relationships has caused me serious problems.
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by tomgruner 13y ago
Hi Justin, that is a good point. According to this study in 2010 on page 4 http://sites.uci.edu/andrewzaldivar/files/2012/05/SocialCode... about 82% of the survey responders answered that the income was
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by tomgruner 13y ago
Rob, as a software engineer at google, I would not expect you to to be able to relate to those without opportunities. In fact, there is some evidence that utilizing your brain to solve technical problems can restrict its ability to empathiz
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by tomgruner 13y ago
Mechanical turk is abusive. It bypasses the laws that were designed to protect the most vulnerable, and it will take some time for new laws to catch up that can regulate operations like mechanical turk. Just because new services and start u
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by tomgruner 13y ago
I don't take php much more seriously than I take pop music. They both exist. At one point in my life I enjoyed them both immensely. Now I have chosen music that better fits my tastes and solutions that better meet my needs. I don'
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by tomgruner 13y ago
Retargeting can be effective, but it starts getting really annoying a few weeks after you decided against a product and for me creates a negative image of that company because I feel almost harassed. If you use it, I would recommend trying
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by tomgruner 13y ago
sit down, behave, program, you are a cog. I thought HN was about the desire DO something different. Create something new. Maybe this is good advice before you take that corporate job - but doesn't have much to do with hacking. T-shaped
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Last chance to help save 300,000 historic manuscripts from Timbuktu(indiegogo.com)
2 points by tomgruner 13y ago|0 comments
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300,000 manuscripts were saved from rebels in Timbuktu, now in danger of rot(thenextweb.com)
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by tomgruner 13y ago
You can grab the source code from github and play with it. https://github.com/tomgruner/T160K_Game This game was built in 5 days and donated to help out the Indiegogo campaign of T160K Libraries in Exile. It is far from perfect, but works
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HTML5 Raphael.js game donated to T160K Libraries in Exile (source in comments)(t160k.org)
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by tomgruner 13y ago
This was built in just 5 days after I was inspired by the T160K campaign. The goal is to engage younger people and give them a way to contribute by sharing and raising awareness. Check out the source code here: https://github.com/tomgruner
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by tomgruner 14y ago
There are many registered trademarks in the open source world, including Linux, Ubuntu, and Wikipedia among others. OpenStack is also a registered trademark. I don't see any irony at all. Registering a trademark is a way to protect an open
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by tomgruner 15y ago
I have to be honest, the writing quality of that article is so low and aggressive that I could not even finish it.
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by tomgruner 15y ago
A few reasons: I had free healthcare, even though I only used it for one or two checkups. I was enjoying making art and the art scene in Barcelona, at least for the first few years I was here. The first job was potentially better than what
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by tomgruner 15y ago
You are right about that, I made a note on the post above. Thanks.
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by tomgruner 15y ago
Your probably right about that, I don't have any legal expertise. It seems that Article 15 states that each person has a right to a nationality, not to the nationality of the country they are in.
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by tomgruner 15y ago
This seems extremely harsh to me. And also stupid not to value this man's contribution to the U.S. In 2004 I arrived in Spain as an American and found a programming job at the international division of a sizable U.S. company. But everything
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by tomgruner 15y ago
I also started billing this way earlier this year and it has helped me focus. Now if I get distracted while I work I feel like I am wasting time, and know I am not going to be rewarded for it.