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by tsally 18y ago
> Would YC prefer a non engineering grad from Emory or GT? Stop conforming. Immediately.
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by tsally 18y ago
Sweet, an Amherst alumn. I strongly considered going there and I'm still impressed by the place. If I remember correctly, their placement into CS grad school is pretty damn good, despite the fact that their CS offerings are a bit scarce.
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by tsally 18y ago
Not to be critical, but... A student population with contempt for numbers and extra money who want to go into business? I don't know what that's a recipe for, but it can't be good. :-p
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by tsally 18y ago
Meh. I was similarly crushed when I was rejected from the Ivy league schools I thought I would be going to. The most important thing to do is realize that most of it is ultimately irrelevant. If your department is top 10, the school won
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by tsally 18y ago
I originally had this view of English too, until I took a formal course on criticism in college. Some of the methods are surprisingly quantitative and all of them are procedural. Indeed, many techniques of criticism grew of the the fact t
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by tsally 18y ago
Because we're currently the smartest animal, you suggest we couldn't be better if sleep were not required?
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by tsally 18y ago
Of course there's always going to be confirmation bias, but I look at people who work on CS related stuff like Graham and Powers as proof. Also, I find that great programmers often develop an interest in photography, music, or writing late
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by tsally 18y ago
It's not really a false dichotomy; it's a pretty significant educational choice for many people. I agree with what you imply about the "quality" of the article, but I think it serves as a starting point for a valuable discussion.
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by tsally 18y ago
Employability is always a concern, but honestly all you need is enough to get a technical interview. If you really know your stuff (as you should) and amaze the interviewer, they will be just that much more impressed that your degree is no
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by tsally 18y ago
It would be interesting to see data on the types and distribution of degrees that are being laid off. The article does suggest a certain trend: "In many ways, this recession resembles the deep downturn that began in 1989, “which was really
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by tsally 18y ago
Oh, only over a decade after the technology industry? The only thing large telecoms are good for is price fixing. The cost of a text message is nowhere near 10 cents. In a free market, the price wold never stay so far inflated. We shoul
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by tsally 18y ago
This article makes it seem like there's a choice, when honestly for the vast majority of all cases, there isn't. If you have the option, you should always get your undergraduate degree in Computer Science instead of Game Design or Security
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by tsally 18y ago
I'm aware of bugmenot, but for me it's an issue of principle not convenience. If everyone took this stance, Bugmenot wouldn't even be necessary.
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by tsally 18y ago
In yet another example, the overhead for automatic memory management is shown to be prohibitive.
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by tsally 18y ago
Even if they were completely selfish, Radiohead makes any money lost by their DRM free stance back on press and popularity. Based on what I've read about them, this isn't how they operate at all, but it's nice when you can change the world
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by tsally 18y ago
David Brooks is one of my favourite columnists and I still wont sign up for an account to read his writing. Call me stubborn if you'd like :-p.
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Linux game console ready to ship(linuxdevices.com)
1 points by tsally 18y ago|1 comments
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by tsally 18y ago
I'm just happy that Palm has been around for long enough to have a large enough patent portfolio to allow them to innovate. Without that, I'm not sure something like the Palm Pre would have a chance.
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Countdown to Nuclear Fusion: National Ignition Facility Warms Up(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
1 points by tsally 18y ago|0 comments
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by tsally 18y ago
I say we hire young, smart people like Nate Silver to fix our economic problems.
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by tsally 18y ago
In writing (and I imagine in programming as well) every "expression" has been mimiced by some other author somewhere. Asimov has done extensive writing on this issue, and as he makes clear, it's not nearly as black and white as you are imp
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by tsally 18y ago
Find me the thing that says that if I make software, I lose rights to it once it gains "importance and acclaim." There is not anything that says this, that's just the way I believe it should be, for many reasons. Put simply, I don't thin
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by tsally 18y ago
Of course you can suspend or erase any software you write at any time. I believe this changes if your software gains widespread cultural importance and acclaim. There are responsibilities that go along with creating something so important
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by tsally 18y ago
Let's make an analogy to software. Let's say there is this amazing piece of software that everyone loves, and then the developer decides to stop developing it. Should someone else have the right to expand on it, since so many people stand
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Are Tweets Copyrighted ?(blogmaverick.com)
13 points by tsally 18y ago|9 comments
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by tsally 18y ago
No I couldn't have. Facebook has significant consumer lock in. Also, the costs of running a social network are high, while the cost of running a URL shortener is almost nil.
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by tsally 18y ago
JK Rowling has a pretty horrible record when it comes to modern thinking about copyright infringement. Harry Potter Encyclopedia Barred From Publication (2008): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9442061...
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by tsally 18y ago
Not a fan of this investment. Shorting a URL is a good with many substitutes and limited consumer lock in (unless you count bookmarks, which could be easily replaced). EDIT: Guys, on Hacker News you shouldn't downvote comments you disagree
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by tsally 18y ago
It depends. I have heard from the graduate students at my school that the ones with wives work much harder and usually always finish on time. I imagine this is because they probably aren't allowed to spend more than 40 hours a week at sch
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A Blatent Stack Overflow Ripoff(translate.google.com)
2 points by tsally 18y ago|0 comments

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