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by sdh 23d ago
Early internet founders were not CS majors. Most of them dropped out of college. They weren't seeking fortunes or careers. They were creatives, oddballs, outcasts, pirates! Today, everyone is a founder. Founders of bubbles and bro c
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by sdh 2mo ago
Whack-a-mole lawmaking solves nothing. All this law does is ask social media companies to find another way for their platform to be addictive to children. Here's how to solve this ... Social media companies measure engagement. Decide
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by sdh 4y ago
Maybe you're not aware how these "unrealized" capital gains (at scale) are indirectly realized in the form of loans taken against value of the asset. Massive wealth doesn't operate in income or even in typical capital ga
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by sdh 11y ago
needs a random button
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by sdh 14y ago
I agree. The art doesn't have to be good or hung in a gallery to be of value. The paintings represent an new, and perhaps candid insight into the thoughts and feelings of a former president. They might reveal something we wouldn't otherwi
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by sdh 14y ago
you can't change anything without critical mass. it usually takes a national disaster or profound fear of something to mobilize support for popular change. depending on your point of view, that's either a feature or fault of our society.
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by sdh 14y ago
Are these real CEOs or idealized CEOs? I've worked for CEOs who were horrible people and yet extremely successful (ie: running profitable businesses and having repeat success). Sadly, the nice CEOs I've had were failures building companies
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by sdh 14y ago
cool, but what's this -really- for? ;) recruiting coders? optimizing keyboard layouts? optimizing character usage for new language or framework development? advertising open source projects?
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by sdh 14y ago
In SFO, I haven't seen any of this and security seems pretty much unchanged, but recently going through San Diego was a completely different experience. There they were searching passengers and using full body scanners on children. I over
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by sdh 15y ago
Maybe the employees of Zynga who weren't offered this deal should sue Zynga for too little compensation for the value they've created. The hammer should swing both ways.
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by sdh 15y ago
In my experience, the difference between a GSD engineer and an average engineer is the understanding that it is up to you to be motivated, focused, and effective. And, I've worked with many GSD engineers, so they definitely exist.
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by sdh 15y ago
Groupon's model is only broken in the context of billions or trillions. At smaller scale, which sounds like what your friend is thinking, there is still lots of opportunity to innovate and profit.
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by sdh 15y ago
hmm, should new painting viewers bother with rembrandt, michelangelo, caravaggio, da vinci, etc? um, yes! asimov, bradbury, clarke, huxley, etc are worth reading no matter what century you're in.
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by sdh 15y ago
I can't stand technical jargon or people who use without regard for their audience. The only purpose of jargon is to make a conversation exclusive to only those who know the language. If your purpose is to educate or collaborate or truly c
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by sdh 15y ago
I'm starting to get really annoyed that the price of some ebooks is actually more than the price of the printed book. That is just ridiculous and publishers better check their greed quickly if they want people to keep paying for books.
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by sdh 15y ago
FTA: "The attack that stole the personal data of millions of Sony customers was launched separately, while the company was distracted protecting itself against the denial-of-service campaign, Sony said." Wow. I didn't think they could do b
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by sdh 15y ago
1. startups are not risky. there's plenty more 2. it's a lot harder to negotiate terms with an experience entrepreneur. 3. over 30s can hire under 30s. 4. is it techcrunch or techtroll?
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by sdh 15y ago
you mean our servers aren't in the sky?!
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by sdh 15y ago
"Android has more market share than iOS" Where are they? I read this statement all the time, but I barely know anyone who has an android phone. Not a scientific measurement, but still ... "Android emerging as the clear winner of mobile an
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by sdh 16y ago
Is it OK to hire from your friend's company? Sure, as long as it is totally transparent to everyone. You can't force people to work for you. Is it OK to recruit from your friend's company? Definitely not.
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by sdh 16y ago
my feedback ... first, the app is really cool. love the idea. personally, I'd lose the head shots and job titles from your about page. instead, tell us why you created this, how you got started, etc. what are you doing with this data? do
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by sdh 16y ago
hopefully, this improves the deliverability of email that originates within amazon's environment. the service can be easy, but if the messages aren't getting through, then there is no point and sendgrid and others will continue to survive.
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by sdh 16y ago
"Over the past couple of years, Google has progressively added vertical search results above its regular results. When you search for the weather, businesses, stock quotes, popular videos, music, addresses, airplane flight status, and more,
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by sdh 16y ago
I'm more worried about developing mobile apps for all these different phones. Minor differences between hardware profiles and firmware versions can lead to major headaches for an app developer. If that concern leads to fewer apps, then it
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by sdh 16y ago
don't worry! disney execs will finally figure out a way to get those layoffs to happen.
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by sdh 16y ago
how do you know those are newbies asking questions? A lot of Q&A content is either generated by code or outsourced content generated to capture long-tail SEO gaps.
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by sdh 16y ago
hmm, I'd better find those America Online CDs....
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by sdh 16y ago
1. because this article is on CNN and our formula for getting visitors is to find a popular current event and take a controversial or contrary point of view on it. 2-5. see #1
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by sdh 16y ago
In a crash, "The child will go against the seat, and that will absorb most of the impact," said John Hamilton, transportation director for the Jackson County, Fla., school board. How do you go against the seat when the bus flips over?
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by sdh 16y ago
The book is about sterile, future society. "Savages" is completely relative. We'd all be considered savages by BNW standards. If that school focused more on educating and less on banning it, the student might have understood the context o

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