willbill

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by willbill 13y ago
I love how whitespace has turned into an "issue" and how a problem has also turned into an "issue"
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by willbill 13y ago
If you want to learn about NK read "Nothing to Envy" by Barbara Demick. Interviews with refugees.
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by willbill 13y ago
Neither good SO answers nor docs emerge out of thin air. If you find the right way to do something, document it, write it down, submit a PR.
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by willbill 13y ago
Credit Louis CK at least.
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by willbill 13y ago
I might add the pry gem to that list. It has a pretty robust community around it and it can help when debugging hairy code.
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by willbill 13y ago
Moxie Marlinespike of WhisperNet has explicitly said that he leaves his devices at home when traveling because of this.
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Steve Ballmer's response to the question about the iPhone [2007](youtube.com)
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by willbill 13y ago
It doesn't do the same investigative reporting either.
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by willbill 13y ago
I remember reading his quite useful blog post on learning rails quickly which included what was involved in creating a website and how to attain a simple understanding of web-specific database design, REST and front-end design. It was prett
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by willbill 13y ago
I can rich and you can too!
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by willbill 13y ago
Can we stop posting articles from businessweek? Please?
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by willbill 13y ago
Derek Bailey is a boss. His lost techies blog is great even if you aren't using marionette.
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by willbill 13y ago
You should reword this. Few of these schools are free. Most supplement a course fee with a placement fee they receive by acting as your recruiter.
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by willbill 13y ago
None, just meet people. You'll get better jobs and introductions through clients who like your work.
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by willbill 13y ago
I also cringe whenever I see 'Now building things' in a person's profile. What were you doing before?
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by willbill 13y ago
no, use this. https://github.com/mattspitz/completeme
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by willbill 13y ago
One of the main problems I have with it is that in New York, I know of people who are doing a taking account AirBnb rates when calculating a break even for their sublets/extra rooms. This will push rents up in the city and ultimately not h
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by willbill 13y ago
This pricing model also works for consulting as well. Listen to Obie Fernandez talk about 321-Launch and you'll understand that value of bundling when it comes to consulting services. Simply put, price yourself high. People will attach valu
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by willbill 13y ago
Until you tasted it...
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by willbill 13y ago
I'm really happy to see agencies selling better advertising than standalone CRUD apps or native apps. Hope ya'll like it too.
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NY Agency Creates Electromagnetic Dot Display, up in NYC(breakfastny.com)
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by willbill 13y ago
I'm very curious to know how many consumer focused sites/companies/apps have had 1 billion+ buyouts.
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by willbill 13y ago
Remember that a good portion of college debt is held by people who thought they wanted to go to college, went in, accrued debt and then decided to do something different. Its good to have people in power say, 'do what is right for you.'
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by willbill 13y ago
For the people who actually sign up for this and are learning rails -- ie have done the M. Hartl tutorial but might not have seen many projects live -- take a look a Rails Best Practices. Its definitely doable within a weekend.
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by willbill 13y ago
I wonder to what degree these people are gaming the system to get on the front page in the first place...