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by vlad 18y ago
Not Hacker News... Also, it's possible they asked for an extension to file their taxes in the fall instead of March.
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by vlad 18y ago
Great post.
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by vlad 18y ago
"Eisner (1985) contends that schools tend to emphasize the development of a restricted conception of thinking: thinking that is mediated exclusively by words and numbers, although many of the most productive modes of thought are non-verbal
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Many interesting quotes and thoughts on creativity in school versus life(web.ebscohost.com)
1 points by vlad 18y ago|1 comments
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by vlad 18y ago
I don't think you had a failed poker software business. You wrote, released, and announced some software. That's simply step one, and the very minimum. Next, you need to iterate, which may include adding features found in other software,
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Using compression signature to detect if photo or video was modified(news.cnet.com)
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by vlad 18y ago
Regarding the idea of modifying video, CBS inserted fake billboards in their countdown to the Year 2000 during that year's New Years Celebration. It didn't go over well, so it will be interesting to see what people think. http://query.nyt
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by vlad 18y ago
In 64 words or less: Start reading this and keep going until the end. In two hours or less, you will understand object-oriented programming. This is very well written and explains many differences between functional languages and object o
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by vlad 18y ago
Proof of concept at VC pitch meeting: Willy Wonka movie.
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More-detailed explanation of Mark Cuban's civil suit(nytimes.com)
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by vlad 18y ago
It was a lawyer-vetted statement in response to media stories about him. Mark had to post something on his blog so he did not look like he was avoiding the issue, nor give the false impression that an elaborate explanation was coming. Ther
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by vlad 18y ago
Yes, Visual Basic was maybe the most popular language at the time they killed the product. Imagine picking the platform (VB6) that is supported on any computer that mattered (at the time, Windows), compiles to native code, and is also the
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by vlad 18y ago
I think the Systems Architect position earns that salary, not just a developer who uses that specific language. I don't think anybody is saying C# developers are paid badly, but that Java is open source in (I think) every way by now, and t
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by vlad 18y ago
So you've learned C, and C++. Of Java and C#, you may as well continue learning them in that order to see how one tries to improve on its predecessor, though by now it's likely that Java has adapted some ideas from C# as well. Oh, and lear
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Tell YC: Congrats to YC applicants who made it!
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by vlad 18y ago
WAV is more appropriately the audio version of BMP: both try to store all the data they know about. MP3 is the audio version of JPEG: both can be set to keep to a certain standard of quality, preserving what the algorithms detect are the mo
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by vlad 18y ago
> [TechCrunch] a supposed technology website [doing things] that make me want to cry
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by vlad 18y ago
Thank you for the wonderful testimonial! Karma does go around.
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by vlad 18y ago
I wrote it because it made me laugh, every single time I read my testimonial.
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by vlad 18y ago
I thought that was a crazy weird post... Then I realized it was from somebody I know! I hung out with Sam at Startup School 2007, and he did not rape me. And his college friends were cool and regular posters here, so I assume the same ag
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by vlad 18y ago
What do you mean?
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by vlad 18y ago
I appreciate your prompt reply! However, I can't parse your post because I can't come up with a word for "it", as used in your sentence. I've tried "meat", but it doesn't work. Could you please elaborate on what you are trying to say? Are
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by vlad 18y ago
A comment from the article made me think: if a cow is pumped full of drugs, hormones, and food it doesn't normally eat (corn), with the goals of making the animal as fat as possible as fast as possible in order to feed the most humans in t
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by vlad 18y ago
That was the whole point of my response. :) It would have been a lot simpler had I not edited out the first line of my post, which called your original post a strawman and linked to the definition. Since I had read the entire article care
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by vlad 18y ago
You're correct, the OP made a strawman argument. However, Cuban is not exactly saying that he wants non-technical people on the team. He's saying an entrepreneur should be represented, as there are lots of them and they drive the economy
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by vlad 18y ago
I wouldn't want Robert Rubin to be the CIO of my startup either, even though I know he's as smart and dedicated as anyone. While I have to agree that it would be hard to find such versatile people, the argument is not logical. If a impli
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by vlad 18y ago
Why did you imply that Mark Zuckerberg would be the candidate? A commentor in the blog post did the same, but I did not expect this from Hacker News, when Cuban did not imply at all it should be Zuckerberg or anyone else inexperienced. Th
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by vlad 18y ago
1) I have the latest beta of Mac OS X on my iPhone, and it has some unreleased updates to some apps that would make you regret getting the Google phone as soon as the next official operating system update comes out. Get the iPhone. 2) Googl
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by vlad 18y ago
Few degree programs are tailored to an individual. School is a place of babysitting of students, giving them time to figure out how to learn and work with others. And it's designed so that if a student hands in assignments and shows up to
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by vlad 18y ago
Pricing between two similar products doesn't necessarily reflect difference in impact on the environment. It can also indicate scarcity in resources, an advantage in being the first (which may include setting your own price), protection by

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