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Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia(nytimes.com)
88 points by firebug 17y ago|47 comments
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Translators Wanted at LinkedIn. The Pay? $0 an Hour.(nytimes.com)
12 points by firebug 17y ago|22 comments
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by firebug 17y ago
Let's not assume that no one in your network can help you out. This is a worst case scenario that requires the help of those close to you - family, extended family and close friends if necessary. The approach you take is also going to be hi
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Google Tries To Persuade Federal Regulators That It Is Vulnerable To Competition(nytimes.com)
4 points by firebug 17y ago|0 comments
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Reinventing Interaction(nytimes.com)
10 points by firebug 17y ago|0 comments
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Aardvark: Now All Your Friends Are in the Answer Business(nytimes.com)
8 points by firebug 17y ago|0 comments
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Jackson’s Death Exploited by Spammers(gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by firebug 17y ago|1 comments
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by firebug 17y ago
heredocs are great. I use them all the time for metaprogramming. I don't see them going out of style anytime soon. Not sure what you mean about complicated syntax. I supect you may be new to Ruby and confused by the heredoc sytnax. If so, t
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Wired Editor Apologizes for Copying from Wikipedia in New Book(mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com)
12 points by firebug 17y ago|8 comments
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Is Entrepreneurship Really That Easy?(boss.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by firebug 17y ago|0 comments
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by firebug 17y ago
Because of the digital divide, people with easy access to the internet and the proper education to use it are also unequally represented in an e-democracy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-democracy
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by firebug 17y ago
Ditto - what niche? I'm out of work and could use a few tips.
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by firebug 17y ago
True. Helping someone to save face should never be underestimated.
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by firebug 17y ago
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund - Paul Graham - July 2008 http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html "#3: New news. As Marc Andreessen points out, newspapers are in trouble. The problem is not merely that they've been slow to adapt to the web. It'
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by firebug 17y ago
->"Enlightened hiring managers just want to see output" From my experience "enlightened hiring managers" are the exception rather than the rule.
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by firebug 17y ago
Nice writeup. Had no idea you could do that with Google Spreadsheets.
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by firebug 17y ago
Or any kind of application thanks to the mess of standards that web developers have had to deal with. Atlas and Flex are an imperfect workaround for that problem.
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by firebug 17y ago
It's Eclipse.
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by firebug 17y ago
Is Flex really such a big deal? I was under the impression that it hadn't really taken off?
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by firebug 17y ago
What are all those metrics on iGoogle and how are they getting fed out as RSS? (if you don't mind me asking) http://www.flickr.com/photos/78291428@N00/3402002605/sizes/l...
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by firebug 17y ago
This may not be the best forum for this type of advice. You might want to try: http://www.reddit.com/r/Blogging/ Also, before you quit your day job, read lots of stories like this one: "Time to Hang Up the Pajamas: I learned the hard way:
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by firebug 17y ago
Also, why is Ruby seeing such a steep decline (-51%)? Does that correspond to the state of the Ruby contracting market? On the other hand, I wouldn't have expected to see such an increase in the popularity of Actionscript. Any theories on w
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by firebug 17y ago
I'll add a comment so you can click on the link: http://radar.oreilly.com/assets_c/2009/02/TM_qtr_py_Prog_Lan...
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Ask HN: Do sales figures for Objective C books mean the language is getting more popular?
4 points by firebug 17y ago|7 comments
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by firebug 17y ago
Do these types of apps have any built-in safeguards to avoid spammers using them for their campaigns? Or do they not make judgments about what they're used for?
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by firebug 17y ago
Not very consoling for an unemployed NY programmer. But I'll take any good news I can find. "Demand in New York is off 44 percent versus March last year. The decline is not surprising given the number of financial services firms in the N.Y.
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The Sun for Tech Jobs Rises in the East(blogs.eweek.com)
2 points by firebug 17y ago|1 comments
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by firebug 17y ago
No thanks, my friend, but I appreciate your helpful advice.
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by firebug 17y ago
As regards the white-collar gig, my suspicion was that if you appear to switch fields, HR assumes you're not committed to I.T. if you try to resurface later as a programmer. But I'm leaning in that direction anyway. It can't be any worse th
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by firebug 17y ago
Just to clarify, I wasn't saying there is anything precious about an American programmer versus programmers in other countries. What's precious to me is my ability to pay the rent. And finding a job would be a nice first step. As I said in

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