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Re:An office with "library rules" on Monday December 10, 2012 @03:15PM (#4901269)
My local library observes "coffee shop rules." People sit with their laptops and take phone calls from wherever they receive them. Even the librarians are loud. It's fucking bullshit.
Re:Why the Progress Bar Is Lying to You on Monday February 27, 2012 @09:51PM (#3641660)
For some algorithims, it can be difficult to predict how much time will be spent processing a particular hunk of data even when it's instantaneously accessible.
Re:Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation. on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @02:36PM (#3044617)
I was driving by a Xerox site the other day with my 15-year-old nephew and he asked, "What's "Xerox?" (He didn't even know how to pronounce properly). He'd never even heard the word "xerox" used as a verb for photocopying, even.
Re:Van Halen & Startups on Friday September 16, 2011 @02:36PM (#3005680)
The author is nominating himself for David Lee Roth status by comparing a startup to a rockstars.