smysore

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by smysore 15y ago
I'm curious as to why you think charisma is sometimes a negative influencer of success?
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by smysore 16y ago
How old was Paul Graham when he started ViaWeb? I don't think it was mid-twenties -- maybe 30 or 31?
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Real artists ship(counternotions.com)
23 points by smysore 16y ago|11 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
yup -- there's a thin line between "Don't be evil" and "Do good"
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by smysore 16y ago
why hasn't anyone suggested this: els[i].addEventListener('click', new Function("","alert("+i+");"),false); it works fine and it's much shorter and easier to read than nested function declarations
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by smysore 16y ago
What's interesting in India is that you'll often find a slum right next to a super luxurious hotel like the Oberoi or the Taj. I've never been able to understand why squatting "sticks" there but not here (I've seen police trying to "clean u
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by smysore 16y ago
is it silly of me to think that this doesn't seem hard enough to be an interview question? i'd be more interested in whether (and how quickly) someone could grasp a complex problem
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Salesforce makes another acquisition: DimDim(dimdim.com)
2 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
I don't meant to be critical in any way (I just want to offer a genuine perspective) -- I really didn't like it. Not sure if it was because of the bright yellow color or because I just took a long survey before checking out the site (which
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by smysore 16y ago
The culture slides on Netflix's job site do make it seem like a scary place to work but at least they are transparent about what it's like to be employed there..
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by smysore 16y ago
I think it has something to do with the fact that Microsoft had just invested close to $10M in Heroku in the weeks prior to the acquisition (making Microsoft the biggest investee in Heroku). Right now, Salesforce is positioning themselves a
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by smysore 16y ago
I think it has something to do with the fact that Microsoft had just invested close to $10M in Heroku in the weeks prior to the acquisition (making Microsoft the biggest investee in Heroku). Right now, Salesforce is positioning themselves a
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by smysore 16y ago
The culture at Google is probably also driven by the fact that it's such an academic environment (in addition to the fact that there's a lot of pro-engineer sentiment). Facebook has an engineer-driven culture and it's apparently an awesome
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by smysore 16y ago
And the TechCrunch posts always get upvoted and make it to the top. Isn't there a way to make these "worth less"?
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The crazy things that IE8 did to render web pages...(hsivonen.iki.fi)
4 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
I second American Express -- awesome customer support.
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World Wildlife Fund uses augmented reality to save tigers in Russia(mattermedia.tumblr.com)
1 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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Poll: How many HN users also use Quora?
3 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
I use Quora.
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by smysore 16y ago
Have an account but never use it.
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by smysore 16y ago
Don't use Quora.
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Browser based Super Mario Brothers :)(effectgames.com)
1 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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A Basic RayCaster(developer.mozilla.org)
4 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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True 8-bit Color Cycling tags:HTML5, games(effectgames.com)
2 points by smysore 16y ago|1 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
A search for "google instant" on Google Trends doesn't really reflects consumer reaction, right? People searched for it a lot when it was news but now people just use it because it's awesome.
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AOL Acquires TechCrunch and Arrington for 3 years(venturebeat.com)
2 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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by smysore 16y ago
I think the cartoon style removes some of the seriousness from the app. It looks well-designed but I don't think I'd use it (maybe I'm not the target audience but who is?).
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by smysore 16y ago
This is great. I see one immediate problem with group collaboration that sort of makes me not want to use the site -- I have to recruit all my friends and convince them to keep adding to the site. Is there some sort of feedback loop to enco
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Monitoring how flocks walk can prevent attacks by mad chickens(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments
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Could there be an AirBnB for planes?(quora.com)
3 points by smysore 16y ago|0 comments

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