(1) I don't think this is the reason it did not work. There are lots of things that make you look like a dork -- PCs, airpods etc -- but they took off like rocketships (speaking as someone who adopted these dork items whole heartedly).
(2) I agree it is a mystery why Segways didn't work, but I think it remains an unsolved mystery.
(3) We have more information now that we have lime and other similar items available. (*)
(*) This is actually a point in PG's favor because the lime's are skateboard inspired. But they're not undorky.
However, this reminds me of the early Rails (or even Rails 4.0) demos that I saw where they build a blog in 5 minutes.
Here is the thing: The fastest way to get a skeletal app running -- even if it is written in C -- is to
> git clone already_written_archetype.lang
And then you can modify it.
So you can put that archetype into the framework. So I always wonder if the right example is not build a blog or to-do-list or twitter clone. The right example might be:
take a blog and change it into a twitter clone
Because you can always download the archetype if you need to but the framework should demonstrate how nimble it is. (Again, I don't claim Blitz is not nimble and I would have to play with it to know.)
Would love to know if you found it useful, learned from it, was it worth the time, what went wrong etc.I have nothing against service providers and think the people providing these services can be invaluable, but am more curious to hear from people people who tried the sprint for their own firm.
Has anyone tried to use the source code and white paper to figure out who Satoshi Nakamoto might be?
If you can figure it out from binaries, surely there is a lot more info. And you have the github and the blogosphere to compare.
Before I began my studies in Zen, I thought a tree was a tree and a stone, a stone.
When I started to study Zen, I could see that a tree was not a tree, and a stone was not a stone.
Now that I am a Zen master, I know that a tree is a tree and a stone is a stone.
-- Source: my buddy in college
I think you come full circle to learn that you can only keep so much in your head at one time and that you're always in some sense loading up what you need for the next month or three. At least this time you knew to look for the man su command, and remind yourself of the work you did, that you shared with all these other people.
The real solution will be a super easy app that lets you push the blog out to:
- git* pages
- digital ocean/vultr/aws/wherever
- netlify/forestry as an advanced feature
- move it easily from one to the other
(You have to set up an account on the target and provide the app with credentials/tokens or whatever).
Setting up markdown-> html+css themes is what everyone focuses on
You can't use the criterion: if it is insightful it has to be actionable on an insight that says "I have no actions for you".
The difference is, it is not trying to trick you.
- ask you to email
- read it and understand what you do
- follow up and spend the company's money
edit: simplicity
So, for instance, if you have 4 hours scheduled to implement some neural network to optimize X, it may take 30 minutes to type in the algorithm and get it working, but it will take 3 hours to get the environment set up, the version of Tensorflow or whatever up and running, and much longer to type up your results.
So, hopefully, if you expect this, you won't crumple in despair when you find your self 1.5 hours into the time and you haven't even got the right language working with your IDE for that hello world to come up. No, you're right on track, and just keep going.
I didn’t say penny stocks. You can try names you know and like: SMAR, SSTI, PS, etc
The transaction is much easier. You get all the risk of total wipe out you may crave. But most importantly you get a lot more information and that might help you get practice.
The most valuable practice is when you think a company has a great strategy and is a no brainer and it shuts down. Or when you do a lot of work and invest in a rocket ship only to notice that Facebook would have been a better investment.
Are you sure this is a good student? The bend in the curve demonstrates the preference for incremental wealth. So you might forego $500k to $600k. Going down to $0 takes you through the steepest part of the curve.
(I guess with interest on savings, the person is going down to something like $25k-$40k.)
> There are multiple studies saying that happiness plateaus after a certain amount of income. It's his life and he probably found his own plateau.
I am not sure what you mean by "probably found his own plateau".
Do you mean he found he didn't need as much money to live?
By that logic hires are bad deals if they ever eventually leave because you "lost" the money of their last n years.
The point is not that he is starving, or that he is desperate. The point of that number is what he gave up!
The point is he gave up a job of 0.5 million, potentially 1 million in a few years. To top it off the job had reasonable hours, great people and he was getting positive feedback.
You would not expect people to give that up. The question is why?
Instead, you're pointing out how lucky he was. Well, that is his point! He was so lucky and is giving it up! Aren't you curious why?
Wouldn't a person with a lot of stock not want to take a big risk without reason at any time?
However, it does give me some comfort. When it’s not gamed, do other HNers also feel that a high comment:code ratio probably indicates quality?
There are reasons why this may be the case. (More thought, more time and a large team etc)
I don’t advocate using this measure to reward anyone because it would be gamed immediately.
I might describe an admin interface in terms of what it controls but implicitly I want large choice sets to have search functionality and dates to have calendars and so on.
A large choice set implemented as a massive drop down technically works but I don’t have to explain why it’s just wrong. The “practical” programmer may say hey it works and let’s move on. The “clever” programmer wants to impress with a new widget that is intuitive to use. In this particular case (interface design) I’d prefer the clever coder over the practical one.
I assume you are familiar with the particular notion of being smart. You are quick to think of solutions, the solutions are supposed to be novel, you have particular cultural knowledge, detailed opinions and a nerd sense of humor.
In contrast the practical person will put no emphasis on a novel way of doing things. As long as the solution works, you use it.
So in the US people may be excited by Haskell or whatever but in the sub continent they’re still using JAVA or PHP because it works.
This is a bit frustrating because of the emphasis on specs and features that are implemented exactly as written.
I also think the latter has to do with the distance and difficulty communicating. But the source of pride (practicality) is part of the cultural difference.
Needless to say none of this is true of everyone and all people are equally smart and capable (except Phil: I know about you Phil).
2. I love how none of the people were technically experienced at video games
3. I wonder if people knew back then that this was going to be such an influential game (after it was famous, but before time had passed)
Most people I add because I meet them in read life. Actually, 100% of the people I add on FB after I've met them in real life.
Maybe if there was a good search and easy add mechanism for people I've met, it would fulfill the discovery aspect. I agree with you, it does feel easier to find people on FB.
The situation is so unfair and one is so powerless, that the best way to resolve it is to get dozens of other people involved.
This is probably tiring to oneself and all the other people who have to work up into outrage. There really ought to be a more systematic way to work resolve these things.