zdmc23

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by zdmc23 18y ago
"Now, if someone wants to prove the contrary, feel free to give me a bunch of money I wasn't expecting." Sorry, you're just not that lucky!
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by zdmc23 18y ago
Bah! There are plenty of people who think they have insight into a particular market when they release their product. Some of those people show "insight" in hindsight, but what about the others? Were they less insightful? If twitter2.com
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by zdmc23 18y ago
I certainly agree that "tinkering around" can lead to amazing discoveries (e.g., penicillin, chemotheraphy) and/or great timing (e.g., pets.com)... The reason why I posted the thread is because I've come across a lot of brilliant people who
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by zdmc23 18y ago
Ok, then I have a follow-up: Do you think that what you do is more important than who you know?
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by zdmc23 18y ago
Perhaps, but which is more important? It seems more likely that someone could succeed by simply being lucky, than if they worked hard and never ran into the "right" person, found themselves at the "right" conference, been born into the "rig
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Ask HN: Luck or Hard Work?
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by zdmc23 18y ago
I think that more people don't commit to Erlang because they're afraid that it's just "the cool thing" - for now. It seems like more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of learning at least one functional programming langu
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by zdmc23 18y ago
Why don't banks just open up their software offerings and give you an API to accept transactions?
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by zdmc23 18y ago
According to http://erlang.org/download/ , R6B & R7B were released around 2000 and 2001. If the eight myths were dispelled almost 10 years ago, then why bring them up again? Nevertheless, it's great to know that they don't exist!