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by tsally 18y ago
I don't think people take advantage of the flag option as much as they should. In my opinion it's something to be used liberally. Then garbage like this (as well formatted as it is) wouldn't get through.
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by tsally 18y ago
I might be scared if it was Apple. When people watch their favorite TV show, they don't want the functional but spartan interface that Google provides for all of its services. They want a UI like Hulu's or better. Entertainment is an are
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by tsally 18y ago
You don't. It's not so much that you learn to be creative as it is finding something you're inspired by. I've never seen someone fail to be creative at something they were inspired by. I'm not sure you can teach someone to be creative ab
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by tsally 18y ago
I can't believe a user with over five thousand karma submitted this. What the hell. Flag this garbage.
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If you go this route (and you definitely should) be sure to get yourself hired through your startup, so you can use your old company's logo and a quote from your boss on your PR page.
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by tsally 18y ago
Awesome, acquired instead of sued. Personally I would have expected the later; acquiring the name seems like a rather progressive move.
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There's nothing brilliant about atheism. It's just as scientifically dishonest as religion.
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If you do this, be aware of the security risks associated with SSI. Read the relevant part of: http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf3.html
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by tsally 18y ago
My implication was going to grad school for the wrong reasons. It wasn't about intellectual curiosity having anything to do with startups. But as long as we're on the subject, your understanding of intellectual curiosity as it relates to
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If you're talking about a PhD: As the typical advice goes with this sort of question: make sure you know what you're getting into. It sounds like you have a pretty good deal in terms of funding, but remember that regardless you need to wri
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by tsally 18y ago
10:30am Wakeup and lie awake in Bed 10:31 Realize that you went to grad school because you're intellectually curious, not because you want to incrementally increase Man's knowledge. 10:35 Web drop yourself from all your courses and b
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by tsally 18y ago
Good point. I haven't quite figured out how to address this problem yet. I would hope that the free market would just cancel this incentive out. If the fundy legislature in the next state over is offering low taxes, the progressive legis
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I think the fastest way to put and end to garbage like this is to give states more power. Businesses will just move out of states with archaic legislatures like this one to a neighboring state that offers better incentives. Once the state
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Yup, bite the hand that feeds you. Excellent plan. California has a stellar track record of producing essential things for the rest of America. I'd be willing to bet it's a better record than what is produced in Washington. Please, don'
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It actually is. But not in the mind of a kid. :)
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Yeah, I've been pretty happy with the ACM's response in regards to Computer Science. Math on the other hand, is a completely different beast. At least with CS there is an easy profession like game programming that students can relate and
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Yeah, data on this stuff is great. The treadmills at our gym actually have a USB port that you can use to export your average pace and heart rate over a run. That's the closest I've been able to come.
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Not sure how relevant the problem is today, but most analysis of this situation is all wrong. It's K-12 math and science education that's the real cause. Developer A: "Our compiled code is slow!" Developer B: "It must be a problem in our
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A device that could accurately measure caffeine intake, levels present in the body, and the strength of your bodies resistance. I know if I have another cup of coffee at 4PM, the quality of my code will be much better. What I never know i
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by tsally 18y ago
Uh, good students (if you mean the ones that get good grades) have incredible discipline. Indeed, given a base amount of talent, discipline is all that is required.
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I think the worst student of all time when it comes to successful entrepreneurs is Richard Branson. He's always the example I give when talking about this sort of thing with friends.
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Far too often, unfortunately.
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Outliers compared to the general population. The subjects here are billionaires; there are enough billionaires in the world to extract statistically significant patterns from that subject group. The article certainly doesn't do this, but
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Don't confuse a symptom for a cause. If going to college would have helped the 20%, they would have gone to go to college. Similarly, if it would have helped to skip college, the 80% would have had no qualms about doing so. The cause her
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Not to be an internet hardass, but if a YC rejection crushes you beyond all belief, you probably shouldn't be founding a startup. Every single successful startup has experienced at least one defeat as large as a YC rejection. A healthy
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I am refering to Amherst College also. Amherst (and similar colleges like Swarthmore), place a surprising number of undergraduates into top 5 CS graduate programs. By surprising number, remember for these size departments that means anywh
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I can't upvote you enough. What an elegantly simple way to think about anonymous data. Thanks for the link.
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It might get you an interview, but any interviewer worth their salt will be seriously worried whether they are getting garbage Harvard grad, or a smart one. Compare this to places like Chicago, CalTech, and MIT where you simply can't fake
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If we didn't require sleep (and thus had 8 more hours each day we could work) we could produce far more as a race. It's not like it's some crazy suggestion, it's obviously true and unrealistic at the same time.

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