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Re:M$ stole this guy's code on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @03:30PM (#2228127)

A good read at: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_43/b3905109_...

Gary Kildall suffered problems with alcoholism in his later years. This eventually led to his early death in 96. This was tragic. Extremely tragic. There is possibly no room for good guys in the class of future hackers-turned-billionaires.

Re:NY MusicHackDay: Lyrics On-The-Go on Monday February 14, 2011 @07:00PM (#2219336)

I put this hack together on NY Music Hack Day this weekend. I want to build a mobile user engagement network on the top of "texting lyrics" concept. There are more texts going around than the tweets. This is a lot of bits of information being thrown around, and not much attention given to this data. Now, let's do something about it.

NY MusicHackDay: Lyrics On-The-Go

Posted by zixan on Monday February 14, 2011 @06:58PM
from the wiki.musichackday.org dept.

http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Lyrics_On-The-Go

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Cloud Robotics FTW

Posted by zixan on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @04:31AM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/cloud-robotics

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JFK on Space Technology (Full Length)

Posted by zixan on Thursday December 30, 2010 @01:32AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRbkBAOGEw&feature=player_embedded

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Re:Ask HN: Graduate startup employability? on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @05:52AM (#2027477)

You may have good chances of getting a job at a startup that is working on a similar technology. I think it comes down to how well you are able market your skills. Experience never dies out, but you need to be careful how you showcase your abilities.

USPS to collect DATA to survive

Posted by zixan on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @05:48AM
from the popsci.com dept.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/adding-sensor-arrays-postal-trucks-could-become-nationwide-data-collecting-network

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Setting Up Your Interview Toolbox

Posted by zixan on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @10:08PM
from the snailinaturtleneck.com dept.

http://www.snailinaturtleneck.com/blog/2010/12/09/the-technical-interview/

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Friendster profile on Sunday November 21, 2010 @09:49PM (#1928548)

I question the validity of these pages

Re:Indian man of 100 goes back to university for PhD on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @05:07AM (#1810528)

Agreed.

Everything you were always afraid to ask about SDRAM

Posted by zixan on Thursday August 26, 2010 @01:09AM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3851/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-sdram-memory-but-were-afraid-to-ask/2

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Bill Gates' favorite teacher

Posted by zixan on Tuesday August 24, 2010 @09:04PM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/index.htm

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The End of Management

Posted by zixan on Saturday August 21, 2010 @03:40AM
from the online.wsj.com dept.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664.html

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Is my entrepreneurial spirit of the 15-year-old still alive.

Posted by zixan on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @11:35PM
from the self-post dept.

This is not more like a question, but an expression of my foremost thought.I designed/developed this web site when I was 15 (5 years ago): http://web.archive.org/web/20051215081101/http://viewhtml.net/I was very entrepreneurial at the time. I was thinking about making big things happen. Then I did not have success as I originally perceived.I gave up my dreams. I found applying to Ive League...