sbarlster

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by sbarlster 13y ago
time for a new job?
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by sbarlster 14y ago
For myself its an intelligent distraction between server re-starts and waiting for compilations etc. Don't do so much of that stuff at the weekend.
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by sbarlster 14y ago
Would you like to share what that startup is? I am genuinely interested as I'm about to start a new venture myself after being inspired by HN.
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by sbarlster 14y ago
The megablocks stuff we have bought either has nobbly extra molding bits still stuck to the bricks meaning they just don't work OR the bricks are not of a uniform enough size so they don't stick together for any length of time. I would esti
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by sbarlster 14y ago
I agree with these thoughts. A founder with enough passion and drive for their company doesn't need VC funding - if IT focused. IT stuff can be built and hosted with minimal outlay. VC money needed for cash intensive manufacturing activitie
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by sbarlster 14y ago
I don't know about the YC companies but I agree that HN has been a great inspiration to me also. Got me thinking about companies and that it is possible! Thanks HN.
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by sbarlster 14y ago
What Americans really need right now is the ability to eat burgers faster and cheaper... http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/19/fat-america-keeps-getti... Duh.
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by sbarlster 14y ago
I would be wary of cutting out too much fiction as some great minds put down their thoughts and ideas through fiction. e.g. Hemmingway, Orwell or Steinbeck - there are probably many others. But yes be selective.
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by sbarlster 14y ago
I thought that MS made a stack of cash from Android via patent extortion methods?
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by sbarlster 14y ago
Interesting that a retail bank whose core business is to process transactions takes the decision to outsource that capability. And then is exposed as unable to monitor/control the outsourced operation. Some similarities to the now defunct R
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by sbarlster 14y ago
What a lovely story. Not specifically the credit card stuff but the hackernews inspired startup story... http://blog.freshdesk.com/the-freshdesk-story-how-a-simple-c... I find the 'just make the core features work' part interesting. Make
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by sbarlster 15y ago
Unit tests. Tick. Integration tests. Tick Automated acceptance tests. No Tick. Tried to sell concordian as a framework to support BDD - but that is a hard x-discipline change which would have required more effort to push through. So as a sh
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by sbarlster 15y ago
I have experienced two degrees in two different universities in the UK. First was a standard undergraduate course finishing in 1992, a joint BSc in Economics and CS. Course content was fine (complexity, algorithms, compilers, database desig