trekker7

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by trekker7 19y ago
So what do you all think are the best, high-growth sub-industries within the current software technology world?
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by trekker7 19y ago
"V-Commerce"? What the hell? Can we please come back to improving the real world...
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by trekker7 19y ago
AWESOME concept... really unique, and I think it's going to sell AND do a lot of good for kids. One thing I would say is don't mention the word "entertainment" for kids. If parents are going to get this for their kids, it's going to be for
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by trekker7 19y ago
I was half expecting this to be a story about Lisp.
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by trekker7 19y ago
80s and classic rock
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by trekker7 19y ago
This is pretty cool! Your idea is good, but the implementation needs improvement. Please keep working... if done well I'm pretty sure I would use this!
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by trekker7 19y ago
One thing I have wondered is if enterprise software (like CRM and ERP packages; process automation stuff) is actually helping the common man. The theory is that all this enterprise software makes large companies more efficient by cutting th
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by trekker7 19y ago
So the moral is, lose your confidence and think of yourself as a no-good loser. Then the billions will start flowing in.
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by trekker7 19y ago
This seems like a great idea! Congrats.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Maybe electric cars won't become mass market, but the Tesla Roadster is just plain cool; perhaps it helps the global warming cause by making energy efficiency a cooler problem to solve in the eyes of the general public.
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by trekker7 19y ago
I forget what all the letters mean, but I'm 21. I guess I'm just old fashioned!
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by trekker7 19y ago
then have the butler drive the car back
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by trekker7 19y ago
And I have to disagree with this... or at least, I don't want the distinction to become arbitrary. The Internet and Web were meant to make communications easier. But it seems like all this online social network crap is replacing real world
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by trekker7 19y ago
Why? Not disagreeing at all, but I'm curious about further explanation.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Why put the guy down? You can make 11 posts a day and still be doing a lot of things in the background. And I think "hard work" is a concept that could use some more study.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you tilt your head to the left by 90 degrees and look at a database sideways, don't all the rows turn into columns? Edit: But seriously, does anyone know if this column-oriented stuff is really revolutionary
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by trekker7 19y ago
Damn, I got 17 the exact average.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Whoa... that hammer quote is a stroke of brilliance.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Well I don't know if this answers your questions, but here's what I think. "Working hard", by itself, isn't enough to get you rich, and it can often take you entirely in the wrong direction. You can work your ass off and read business book
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by trekker7 19y ago
Success is when you've significantly improved your users' lives. Great success is when you do this with tons of users. Marlboro is a failure. Wikipedia is a great success.
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by trekker7 19y ago
This post is crying out for a bar graph based poll.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Really cool article. I wish there was some site that recorded the most interesting things these kids did with the computers. I'm curious to know the limits of what they can teach themselves.
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by trekker7 19y ago
I remember in an essay you wrote a long time ago (I think the one about "doing things you love") you said that if you've found something you love doing, then the "concept of spare time will seem mistaken". So you love working with Y Combina
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Creator of Hotmail plans to found new Indian city(nanocity.in)
11 points by trekker7 19y ago|3 comments
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by trekker7 19y ago
I really hope this is a joke... even then it isn't funny.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Who's willing to bet that Microsoft is going to be around in the year 2200?
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by trekker7 19y ago
Awesome. Didn't somebody call Feedjit the equivalent of a lemonade stand? Once again, I stand by my claim that it's amazing someone can launch something like this in less than 11 hours.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Absolutely. I still find a lot of interesting things there, and the comments are really great. I especially like the comment tags (informative, funny, etc.).
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by trekker7 19y ago
Cool. Do you think big companies could do this if they wanted to? All it involves is having technically proficient customer service representatives, or at least reps that can quickly query engineers for help. But maybe there's just no incen
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by trekker7 19y ago
I always wondered why "Web apps" have to be made with HTML and accessed through a URL. Web apps are basically regular applications with a shared user database. If you have a graphics intensive application, instead of using AJAX, why not use

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