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by skb_ 14y ago
Backbone tries to provide the barest useful essentials -- the main business of building your app is up to you. I personally prefer minimal frameworks because they don't assume what your finished product will look like. You can grow the ap
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by skb_ 14y ago
The Linux Programming Interface by Kerrisk has pretty thorough coverage of sockets (and everything else). http://www.amazon.com/The-Linux-Programming-Interface-Handbo...
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by skb_ 14y ago
But he isn't trying to be a successful journalist/writer. He was offering advice to other entrepreneurs who would probably take his advice over a journalist's any day of the week. Being persuasive comes in many forms. You can be a good writ
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by skb_ 14y ago
Problems that are inherently too complicated to explain in a sentence or two aren't worth solving, at least not for startups. I think the problem comes in trying to explain something to someone (an investor) without domain knowledge. In o
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by skb_ 14y ago
I found the postgres manual [1] to be quite sufficient. It covers pretty much anything you might want to do. [1] - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/
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by skb_ 14y ago
It seems kind of like they bit off more than they could chew. Even the courses that are now running were delayed 2-3 months. But that's natural for any new venture. I think with more iterations, they'll get better at it.
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New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)(coursera.org)
125 points by skb_ 14y ago|31 comments
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by skb_ 15y ago
Then what's a good way to think? If you can't start from "I would pay for this", then where do you start? If you wouldn't pay for it, then why would you expect others to pay for it?
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Unsexy Companies(swaglove.com)
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by skb_ 15y ago
Well nothing is a full substitute for TV/movies, just like nothing is a substitute for novels. But the question is, is it an overall stronger form of entertainment? I'd say that video games definitely have the potential to be, the industry
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by skb_ 15y ago
Did you guys consider video games? I think that's already a viable alternative form of entertainment. I would argue video games already killed Hollywood, they just never pulled the sword out. $50 for 100+ hours of content vs $10 for roughly
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by skb_ 15y ago
I think "do fewer things" is dangerous advice, especially given the relative inexperience of college students. I would say do more things, explore more areas. You shouldn't obsess about getting good grades, but rather you should obsess abou
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by skb_ 15y ago
I've been thinking a bit about this and it's more a detriment to the United States than it is to the Internet. Censorship is a losing battle, especially with an educated public. There's just no way that this can work, it's a perpetual cat a
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by skb_ 15y ago
My own work-flow is kind of a mixture of the two. I find that I have to play around with my synths a bit just to find that right sound - it might not be the right sound for the current project, but I save it just in case. Same thing with me
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by skb_ 15y ago
Drew's payout would have been substantial, enough to bankroll any project he could dream of maybe dropbox is that project...
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by skb_ 15y ago
6. Edit and resubmit as much as you want, but be sure to submit at least once before the deadline (October 10 at 8 pm PST), because you haven't applied till you do. 7. Early submissions have a significant advantage because we have more tim
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by skb_ 15y ago
well '^_^' and '<8' are illegal identifiers, so that can't happen
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by skb_ 15y ago
oops, sorry about that :). I guess my inability to remember names extends to software as well.
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by skb_ 15y ago
I'm surprised he didn't recommend gtype, it's probably the best and fastest way to learn how to type in that there are no unnecessary graphics and you need not ever touch a mouse. Fits the Unix approach much better imo.
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by skb_ 15y ago
As an expert, you've already got it figured out, so you don't need to pay attention to what's happening. Pity. Not necessarily a pity. You have to be an expert at some things in order to become a beginner at others.
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by skb_ 16y ago
microsoft?