brianmcdonough

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by brianmcdonough 11y ago
I'd like to see how your face would look on a replicant...
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
It's amazing, the variety of attitudes and opinions on this thread. People don't spend this much energy arguing the fine points of war and yet, it really is just a watch. The promotion is genius. Not sure about the watch, but if t
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Facebook Results Keep Surging(online.wsj.com)
3 points by brianmcdonough 12y ago|0 comments
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Well written, but what I really appreciate is succinct.
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
A frivolous addition with no facts to check. Admitted. Give it twelve weeks. The point is that Heroku can do better. No offense meant to sales force or it's employees, just honest feedback based in real experiences.
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
What's the best way to muster an engineering team?
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Heroku support options have always worked to shelter their employees from customers and as has been pointed out, despite the steep decline in costs, their prices have not changed. It's a shame because they were a trendsetter, but they
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Thanks for the information. Sounds like they took the personal journey approach and it also sounds like you enjoyed it, which would indicate that they did a good job, including the ending. I'll look forward to watching when I get a cha
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Anyone who has seen a Vermeer painting up close, knows how hypnotic the experience can be. Is it true that in the movie Tim never gets to see the original and is reproducing based on a poster?
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
It costs a lot of money to make a film. I don't know Tim and I suspect he's a nice and interesting guy, but movies that lack broad appeal are sometimes referred to as vanity projects. I'd like to know how much money was spent
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Just my humble opinion, but it doesn't matter how the artist achieved the results. The work speaks for itself. Tim's Vermeer is probably a lot like watching a behind the scenes video. If you enjoy consuming information for informa
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
I was recruited to work as editor on this project about two years ago. My reason for not taking the job at the time was that it would be hard to make the ending interesting enough to justify the effort. Two years have passed and now that I
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Flying the worlds fastest plane [video](bbc.com)
1 points by brianmcdonough 12y ago|0 comments
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
The problem is sufficiently complex and boring to favor Comcast. What I would like to know is this: It is already a regional monopoly in high speed internet because no on can touch their speeds, why would anyone consider extending their mon
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by brianmcdonough 12y ago
Where there are banks, there will always be bank robbers. This will never cease to be the case and the banks will always lose money this way. It's inevitable. So, the problem becomes one of scale. For example, a bank can survive a smal
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Being purveyors of good taste, leaders have to take action. Despite my karma score (73) I support implementation of a solution to a known problem, despite the risks. It provides a motive to achieve a higher score, whereas before there was l
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Cloud storage is not going away. It's just getting massively cheaper and will continue to do so until the team at dropbox gets bored with running a commodity business and turn to conquer another big problem. Creative people do not thri
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
How very Kafka.
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Loves power when wielding it, hates its being wielded against. It's not hypocrisy. It's human.
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
It takes tremendous self-knowledge and insight to take a step like this. It's what makes Paul Graham, Paul Graham and it's incredibly inspiring. Welcome to YC 2.0. Looking forward to following the original meta-startup under Sam&#
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
That's great, Now, if only Heroku were 40% less expensive...that would be progress.
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Giving advice doesn't make OP an asshole. In fact, listening and making adjustments to a life strategy is one of the hardest things to do on a personal level, in my opinion. Glad to see you are blogging again and quite effectively at t
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
This advice may have been based off a long time best selling book that the author fails to mention, either because he doesn't know about the book (ignorance) or because he knows about the book, but he forgot to mention it (forgetfulnes
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Your former company is falling to pieces. No fault of yours, but you might have checked it out before you linked to it. For clarification as to my comment. The lie: I behave this way because of the place I live. The truth: I am responsible
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Silicon Valley is a beautiful area as is Tel Aviv and Singapore, but none of these places is going to change who you are or the decisions you make. Working long hours is not a function of where you live. It's a choice. I checked out th
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
The net neutrality issue is a tragedy of the commons. Say you have a common green area and everyone shares it. People come and picnic and everything's great until a family of giants moves into town and sits on the entire green. Netflix
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
I want to express my gratitude for your thoughtful and more effective approach. The aha! nature of this article and the sensationalistic title lead me to believe that it's a knee jerk reaction.
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Agreed. Microsoft tried to create a closed system, but they were prevented by governments worried about them consolidating their power forever. Now, we are faced with two closed systems fighting for power, ios and android. Companies like fa
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
If you look too far into the light, you may go blind. Hard work and iteration is what led to the creation you speak of: the Automobile, Electricity, Artificial Light. Children's creativity is, for the most part, aimless and inconsisten
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by brianmcdonough 13y ago
It's rumored that Oscar Wilde's favorite color was green.

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