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by yef 18y ago
I dunno. Something doesn't quite add up to me. There are certain topics that all people like to talk about, regardless of how they think. Knowing those topics reveals certain tricks to talking to different people. "Ask the expert", where yo
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by yef 18y ago
My education taught me to believe that people who didn’t go to an Ivy League or equivalent school weren’t worth talking to, regardless of their class. I didn't go to an ivy league school, but is this generally accepted as true? Is this ot
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by yef 18y ago
Long is fine if that's what it takes to make the point. I learned to keep things as concise as possible to avoid losing the reader. The side benefit is that it forces the writer to clarify and distill his thoughts. Most of the work is done
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by yef 18y ago
I've had perfect strangers yell and threaten me in Boston. That's never happened to me anywhere else, not even close. Trying to summarize that experience will sound classist, so I won't, but I'll just say that I've noticed some patterns, an
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by yef 18y ago
Nope :) I tend to read very quickly, and since this is a topic I'm truly interested, I guess I hoped that the author was serious. Thanks for the callout.
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by yef 18y ago
VB Tech Journal? I don't know, man, this sounds like a personal friend test of the author or something. Have them program something in the interview. Watch them use their chosen text editor as they work through your problem. Have them run t
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by yef 18y ago
Thumb should stay out of ass, not up it...
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by yef 18y ago
Obama is not the most powerful man in the world. If he is elected, he may be, but he won't be able to turn that power into money, thank god. Ex-presidents make a boatload of money, though. Books, speaking engagements, etc. That's a direct
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by yef 18y ago
Their existence is a precondition for effecting positive change, but there still must be an "industrial base" to implement them. It turns out that ideas are cheaper than talent, but since the Bay Area has a greater concentration of talent,
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by yef 18y ago
Money and power are interchangeable, and that's what most ambitious people want. Of course, there are other benefits, like the joy of seeing something work, and the satisfaction of making a difference in the world. So most polite people wil
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by yef 18y ago
Please bring Krugman back...
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by yef 18y ago
I like to use a timer particularly when I haven't gotten my day started yet. I set it for, say, 15 minutes, and that's my web time. Then I set it for 5 minutes, pick a small task, and try and get it done within that time without losing focu
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by yef 18y ago
It's not that I disagree with the Apple fanboys. I own stock, and many of their products, and in general their products are very good. And I love that the fanboys are selling, nonstop, with all their heart. It's that the Apple fanboys are