jfricker

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by jfricker 15y ago
Hucksters are opportunists.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Conservatives expressing concerns are almost always a turn off.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Touche! :)
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by jfricker 15y ago
This needs Dwolla.com support.
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by jfricker 15y ago
"Don't underestimate the bandwidth of a 1970 Oldsmobile station wagon roaring down the highway at 70MPH, filled with 8 inch tapes."
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by jfricker 15y ago
The context of that is entirely different than a "do we need QA" context. "Think and Analyze" is an abstract philosophy, not a process for engineering. I'd say that if you have a T&A team it would be great to measure and publish your de
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by jfricker 15y ago
Sorry to hear that! Sounds like time to look for a new job as the best of days are behind you now.
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by jfricker 15y ago
I used to run a QA department for a large e-commerce company and love what this article has to say. Nothing gets executive attention like putting a dollar value on downtime (like $1k per minute on a slow day).
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by jfricker 15y ago
A sysadmin knows and loves the OS. Can script to craft utilities for repetitive tasks. Can field strip and installation down to device drives. Can provision identical systems in his/her sleep. Can solve critical problems under pressure. Is
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by jfricker 15y ago
Seems to me that Dwolla.com is the way to go. Payment cards online are going away.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Well the tax issue really does add to the likelihood. So what happens, Hastings retires?
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Not so fast Skeptical take on FTL neutrinos from Bad Astronomy(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
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by jfricker 15y ago
If you are starting a technical company you will need more than a passing familiarity with technology. To be successful as a software company you will need to assess the quality of the code you receive as well as need to know enough to mana
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by jfricker 15y ago
Looks like the aerial camera operator stuck his gum in the wrong place. Har har. Or perhaps the home owner was sunbathing and asked Google to obfuscate for the good of mankind.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Also, plan on a long term relationship. "Rent" sounds like you'll toss the sysadmin away and when new work pops up you'll just fetch another one. Don't do that. Establish a relationship as you may grow into needing a lot of work done.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Without any context about the nature of the start up, the product line and business, this advice is simply nonsense.
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by jfricker 15y ago
I don't think you want to "rent a sysadmin" (that sounds real low brow to me). Instead look for a contact sysadmin but first make a list of the tasks you want to hand off. If it's a logical grouping you may find that a managed host can take
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by jfricker 15y ago
Fair enough. I did continue - while the pedagogy is one thing, I still find the whole idea dubious. See my (slightly) earlier reply in the thread.
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by jfricker 15y ago
"that challenging kids and allowing them to excel is considered child abuse." Actually that's nothing like my sentiment. There is an age and time appropriateness that shouldn't be overlooked. Immersive study is excellent - my own daughter h
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The Information Age is older than you think(ttbook.org)
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by jfricker 15y ago
Sounds so much like child abuse I couldn't get very far.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Odd that the article is missing any of Gordon Moore's quotes on mistakes: “One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes. People who are afraid of making mistakes all the time just don’t try anything.” and my fav “If everythin
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by jfricker 15y ago
Disaster is only one obvious use case. How about "oppressive government threw the kill switch". Or, "profit mongering telco under built facilities". Peer-to-peer relay messaging is a good concept, but in any use case it will need to be ubiq
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by jfricker 15y ago
Humor? Over 60 million victims of World War II and their living ancestors surely would disagree. Use it to teach history. If that's not your bag, give it away.
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DIDO explained(rearden.com)
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by jfricker 15y ago
Actually civil disobedience is the act of committing a crime for moral, ethical, or conflicting legal reason. And it is salient. The motivation is in part "to commit this crime I seek to prevent or change a worse crime". To say that Anonymo
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by jfricker 15y ago
Defending? No. Stating an observation that tyrannical institutions can use Anonymous as a pretense to arrest anyone with a computer. At least in the USA there is a shred of evidentiary requirement, but much of the world is not so lucky. I s
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by jfricker 15y ago
Anonymous civil disobedience just gives the powers-that-be the excuse to arrest anyone they choose.
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by jfricker 15y ago
Criminals is criminals.
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by jfricker 15y ago
I'd be precise about the plans - "May and June 2012" and so on.

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