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by suboptimal 18y ago
Upmodded--I think this was sincere advice (wasn't it?).
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by suboptimal 18y ago
My advice is to get a temporary e-mail address and put it in your HN profile. I'm sure you'll find some help.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Office of the Future: http://home.officesnapshots.com/2008/04/07/the-office-of-the...
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by suboptimal 18y ago
I've seen a lot of programmers go from writing no tests at all, to TDD (and pair programming, etc.). This extreme shift in behavior makes it seem more like a fad; I prefer a balanced approach. Use what works for you and your team, and if it
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Watir (Ruby), or for a current project, WatiN (.NET port of Watir). It's fun to watch.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Good for them. But I think in this situation MS typically swoops in and makes a deal with the customer (and even if it's an unprofitable arrangement, why not keep the other guy from gaining revenue and headlines?).
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by suboptimal 18y ago
You are El Gringo, Regarding the message in your edit, thanks for your post--this is (mostly) a helpful discussion. Just search for the dollar signs (norcalgrrl had a good response, as did a few others). And good luck with your freelance ca
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Why You Shouldn’t Just Give a Quote to Potential Clients(webworkerdaily.com)
7 points by suboptimal 18y ago|3 comments
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by suboptimal 18y ago
"every year he tops out at about 60% of his time being billable" Another general guideline is to estimate 1,000 hours of billable work (which makes it easy to calculate an hourly rate for some amount of desired annual earnings). "Also, don'
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by suboptimal 18y ago
He's resting.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Wanna hear more! :)
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by suboptimal 18y ago
I don't know what an investor should do--I just watch the money move. Money will always flow somewhere, because it has to. Where will it flow next? Probably wherever it isn't this time. Right now commodities (a.k.a. "stuff") is getting the
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Summary: invest in an index fund. It was pretty cool of the Google v.p. to organize investment seminars. Also interesting to read their list of presenters--the Googleplex is definitely on another planet.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Yeah, legacy COBOL probably equals "huge corporation." I assume, then, that there's an employment agreement covering this scenario. It's an ethical dilemma, but in my opinion the fundamental right to earn a living (basic economic freedom) t
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by suboptimal 18y ago
I think he means the PhDs have been flogged by academia longer than the Masters, who thus retain a modicum of self-worth. I don't know about starting salaries, but DC-area hiring is plentiful, and you should be able to hit $100k in a few ye
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Yeah, it's sort of convincing, isn't it? I have a Canon MP730 that was great, but doesn't talk to Linux or Mac. Faxing's no good since I got rid of the land line a long time ago. Still makes copies. Meh. Anyway, plastic kills the planet.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Funny it's on go.com.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
My interpretation: a perfectly logical argument may convince you to take actions that harm yourself or others, if all you value is intellect (robot builders, please take note). "Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there mus
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by suboptimal 18y ago
I think your interpretation is spot-on, but I disagree with the quote. I suspect the author is defining compassion more like "pity" than "patience and understanding" (sympathy, by definition).
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by suboptimal 18y ago
A good lesson on why not to hire employees. Or to own a grocery store, apparently.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Surely someone can cobble such a language together.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Secret to life: it's about the stories. Fifty years from now will you remember that day spent coding, or will you remember your adventure in California?
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by suboptimal 18y ago
I agree with the others--video presentations take too long to parse. Besides, I only watch videos from the 70s. If you want me to watch your video comment you'll have to travel back in time and appear on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert or The O
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Hey guys, the typo in my search "slicehost\" generated: OMG... You killed the server! We'll get right on it...
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Everybody Wang Cheng tonight! Very useful--nice job, guys.
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Is that what happened to the Wikipedia article? I thought the list used to be more comprehensive. The "News" link on YC points here, so I assume this is intended to be the place for YC company headlines, but I wish there was a more traditio
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Timely ideas. I was wondering if you could license it to others (Edmunds, etc.) but I guess it depends on them. Maybe with your industry experience you know something about that. Anyway, good luck!
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Hey mn, Java used to be "Oak," and according to our good friend Wikipedia it was created in "June 1991." I thought it was later but guess not. It had the whole set-top box history, and would eventually run our fridges and toasters in the 21
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Cool idea. From your initial description I thought maybe you were comparing specific makes and models. This would be more difficult, because you'd have to obtain (and maintain) this data from somewhere, but it's probably doable. In that cas
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by suboptimal 18y ago
Yes. Yes I do. But you should really eliminate the source of pain so you can get back to reading HN guilt-free (if that's possible). BTW they sound more like short projects if it's only two weeks (unless they're larger projects crammed into

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