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by wr1472 15y ago
I'd say it was more inefficiency than freeloading.
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OLPC shows off XO3 tablet at CES2012(theregister.co.uk)
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by wr1472 15y ago
That's not a desk, that's a shelf attached to the wall.
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John Brockman interviewed by the Guardian(guardian.co.uk)
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Canadian uses ipad to cross US border after forgetting passport(guardian.co.uk)
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10 programming languages that could shake up IT(javaworld.com)
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Yahoo search for CEO ends with PayPal boss Scott Thompson(guardian.co.uk)
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by wr1472 15y ago
"If your head is always in the rushes, you'll never get the opportunity to see the water, until its right upon you." wr1472
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by wr1472 15y ago
> Admit it - you have no evidence other than anecdotes to prove that signs cause material harm Could you then show some evidence for the below quote? - > Basically, the economy in that city is worse off overall as a result, and ther
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by wr1472 15y ago
They said the same thing about technological advancements during the industrial revolution...
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Invoked computing(guardian.co.uk)
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by wr1472 15y ago
In fact be proud of code that is good enough.
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by wr1472 15y ago
I've read a lot of books this year, some have already been mentioned (eg. Gawande, Gombrich). I've been devouring the Game of Thrones books since summer, and as no one has mentioned it yet, I'll point it out.
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by wr1472 15y ago
Is that more a deficiency of MacOS than of the JRE?
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by wr1472 15y ago
I would suggest reading Effective Java by Josh Bloch, it has some great tips on how to write code and design APIs as well as nicely structured sample code. I'm a much better developer (not just in Java) for it. Also browse some of the core
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by wr1472 15y ago
I'm currently using spring data jpa for data access nd am really loving the vastly reduced boilerplate code that needs to be written. Would highly recommend to anyone who needs to implement a repository and is using spring and jpa.
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by wr1472 15y ago
Atul Gawande wrote the Checklist Manifesto ( http://gawande.com/the-checklist-manifesto ) which goes into a lot more detail about all this. I would thoroughly recommend reading it if you want to improve how you get stuff done.
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Tell HN: For those in UK - Steve Jobs Documentary on BBC2 now
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Rob Noyce's 84th Birthday(google.co.uk)
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by wr1472 15y ago
I think Nassim Taleb's Black Swan book gives examples of the exception proving the rule a few times. Unfortunately I don't have the book to hand to provide a direct quote.
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by wr1472 15y ago
One of the model photos shows the driver listening to an iphone/walkman in the car with headphones on whilst driving. And she's holding it in her hand. Somehow I don't think that's a typical use case.
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by wr1472 15y ago
So you admit to having porn on your PC? I think it has done what it claims. :D
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Facebook forced to IPO next year. Valuation: $100bn(guardian.co.uk)
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by wr1472 15y ago
Easy mistake to make. I believe Jez works for ThoughtWorks too and I'm guessing Fowler had some input in the idea.
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by wr1472 15y ago
Isn't one, in consumer terms, a fungible commodity? ie. a latte in one coffee shop is almost identical to another - especially if it's the same franchise?
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by wr1472 15y ago
I thought the continuous delivery book was written by Jez Humble and David Farley. Fowler provides a foreword for it http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321601912?tag=contindelive... . Other than that I totally agree with you comments - Lean
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by wr1472 15y ago
Only two kinds of people call their customers "users"; drug dealers and software developers.
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by wr1472 15y ago
> CSS doesn't have any comments Am I missing something? How is this relevant to the functionality of the site?
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by wr1472 15y ago
I'm sorry but this guy sounds like such a douche to work for.
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by wr1472 15y ago
> Whether you like to admit it or not, swearing is and will be taken as a sign of disrespect or superiority and > Swearing is absolutely a status strategy, even when speaking to groups. The "clueless" according to the Gervais Princi

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