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that person is highly unlikely to keep a company of Intel's size successful.

Perhaps so... particularly in the moment. To me, it's more a question of whether that CEO is a person who once would have known how to create the next high end transistor (or whatever technology innovation is central to the business) and is still able to have that conversation as an engineer/scientist.

For instance, I doubt Andy Grove, at the end of his tenure, would have been able to do that kind of tech work in the moment, but he had a PhD in engineering and had a very deep knowledge of the technology as well as the business. He did make some very typical-of-engineers mistakes when intel decided to raise its consumer profile. And I'm not trying to bring up a debate around Andy Grove's management style (though of course, people are free to comment what they like). But it's hard to say he didn't keep the company successful, even at a very large scale.

Otellini was a successful CEO, but (I actually don't know this for sure) did he ever have the ability to do the core tech work behind intel's product?

I suppose that in this era of high profile non-tech CEO flameouts (HP, Yahoo), Otellini may actually be a counter-example that a non-technical CEO can still be quite successful.
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Well, if you want to trust random people on the internet, I can vouch for this site as being the real thing. Some online acquaintances visited McAfee in Belize a year or two ago when he was still on about the quorum sensing stuff. I learned of this site through the same channel.
"Computer industries and platforms naturally tend toward monopolies."

The last 20 years of console platform wars have proven this to be very false in a market not driven by corporate purchasing.
Was getting on TechCrunch seriously their only marketing strategy?

That shouldn't even be a part of your marketing strategy.
So from the recap of quite an interesting interview, TC went with the apple vs google headline? That was hardly the most interesting aspect of the article.
Some drug users are meditative and introspective and take drugs specifically for that purpose. Depends on the drug, though.
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My main problem with icon design is that I see people spend tons of time on their look and feel, and then they fail to label them, either due of lack of UX experience or arrogance (or both).
COBRA is not necessarily more expensive than individual insurance, if you're older.

COBRA charges the same premium as the group insurance you had with your employer, perhaps with a small surcharge tacked on. It's more out of your pocket simply because your employer isn't pitching in anymore.

If you're young and healthy, COBRA may cost more, since it's a rate for a group that probably includes older and sicker people. You're healthier than the average person in the group so individual insurance is cheaper.

But if you're older or sicker yourself, going with individual insurance means you no longer have those healthy young people propping up your insurer's profits, so you'll pay more with individual insurance. A friend of mine was charged quite a bit more, and wasn't even especially unhealthy.

Of course all this will change at the beginning of 2014.
So you think the Belizean police are digging up the heads --- just the heads --- of McAfee's dogs while he watches them disguised with shoe polish on his face?
Logic fail. But there is a difference between your (uncited) claim and "all Ethiopians I've met are thick", no?
With the amount a Parse spamming that's done on this site, the fact that you're asking this question indicates a total marketing failure on their part.

Spamming this forum with Parse stories apparently hasn't gotten the message across. MOVE ON.
The author mentions defensive object cloning, which is, in general, an unpleasant way of doing things. Using immutable data structures makes for a far saner development experience (although with Javascript as the underlying target, it probably means some automatic defensive copying anyway...).

Using mutable state obviously generates far, far less garbage, and we've run into all sort of problems of bumping up against the GC in trying to have fast-enough javascript, so it is tempting from a performance POV. Would be wonderful if immutable structures can eventually co-exist nicely with GC implementations.

Great article, thanks for writing it!
Chicago and Minneapolis and other big cities don't count in my estimate. I'm speaking more about folks in places with very low cost of living, and no tech industry to speak of (but there are nerds everywhere). The fact that you work in a co-share with a dozen web developers means you work in a place where developers are a known quantity and have a reasonably high value. There are developers in Idaho, too. They don't usually make $80+/hour, even on contract, unless they're famously good.
I'm curious to know, for the "Ongoing Medical Conditions" case, whether they verified if you could actually get insured in the first place on the plans they recommended. This seems to be the biggest issue with private insurance - they don't have to take you, and generally won't, if you have a "preexisting condition" of any sort.
I think w1ntermute is trying to say that Google has commoditized their compliments (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html). Google is benefiting not from control but by weakening lock-in. The barrier of entry to the phone market is much lower with android dominating.

Without high barriers to entry Google can count on churn in the phone market. Right now Samsung is king, before it was HTC, maybe LG will be next? Android thus becomes the defacto OS while phone companies fight over the hardware.
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awesome talk and post, did you recommend any book that supports all this ideias? I liked when mojombo share some here http://tinyurl.com/tpwbooks.
Thanks
Talking to clients, getting buy-in for things I want to make, looking at metrics, thinking, learning about the product / space / company / etc, assorted engineering stuff that isn't programming (wireframes / specs / tests / demos / docs / etc), writing copy, etc etc.

Time allocation varies greatly depending on the client and what we're working on. I've had engagements where I spent 100% of my time talking and I've had engagements where I spent as-close-to-100%-of-time-as-practical in heads-down going-to-ship-this-project mode. Most engagements fall somewhere between the two extremes, clustered away from heads-down-programming.
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AMD has denied that report and the article now reflects this info. FTA: Updated 11/19/2012@10:15am: AMD contacted us with an official denial of the story and stated that Kaveri and the big cores are still on track.
It's basically true for Windows RT, for which Microsoft has stated there will be no new Desktop apps approved for it. AFAICT, WinRT is the new officially-recommended API and support for Win32 desktop apps is legacy.
Yep. Just about every project by google has crowd-sourcing of data gathering/training data all over it. That's why they're currently the ultimate machine learning company around.
Fundraiser for Redline. A Smalltalk implementation for the JVM.
"Finding a bigger fool" method because I'm, air quotes, "Internet famous."?

Oh I get it, it's very clever.

Placing narcissistic postings on HN in an a proper time (Monday, morning) with a catchy headline and provocative wording, including digits is a nice work, of absolutely nothing special.)
I feel like every post by Patrick should be printed out and taped to the wall. So many great lessons in his writing. Thanks patio!

Question of my own: if you are breaking into consultancy, how do you go about cold-calling potential clients? Say you've identified a few clients that you think you could help. What kind of email do you send them?

Go the honest route and say "Hey, I'm new but I want to help your business make more money...I'll take a cut of whatever increased revenue I derive, otherwise you dont have to pay me" ?

Or go with the "I know what I'm doing route" and just pitch that you are a professional doing this all the time?
This is a great read: http://www.idlewords.com/2005/08/a_rocket_to_nowhere.htm . Talks about how the Air Force requirements for launching spy satellites, the Cold War and SDI madness affected NASA's Shuttle design.

I wouldn't make of it a shallow "government is incompetent by nature" argument, of course. For instance, the Apollo program was a complete success. It just turns out that massive, complex "enterprisey" projects lacking both focus on a clearly defined objective, and strong leadership with a vision, go badly. Not that unexpected in hindsight, I guess.
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Ah, thank you. That is indeed confusing then but I'm leaning toward supporting it.
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Agreed. Hope this starts more of a trend where they actually work for us instead of working for the corporate interests that donate.
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What defines a data source? It would seem, even if they did have multiple windows they all come from one web server, thus one data source.
I absolutely know how this feels.

When we announced our game we managed to get articles on a bunch of top tier gaming media. IGN, PC Gamer, G4TV, and a whole host of smaller sites.

And here is what it all amounted to: http://i.imgur.com/IqBcy.png

Sad isn't it.

Each time you get a new article you get a spike, and then a downturn, but each one leaves your baseline higher. Now we get many times the traffic we got in a spike at announcement every day.
Very nice, thanks. Brokers/ agents have been a source of opacity in numerous markets, and while they have a place, I really like your approach (and thoroughness).

Good luck.
I like Kinsella's book on this subject which has much deeper critique of the harm caused by intellectual "property", which is broader than the damage done by software patents alone:
http://mises.org/books/against.pdf
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>>Go to conferences. ... Find conferences that relate to it and attend... later, speak at said conferences.
>Well, I'm screwed. I can barely speak in private or deal with people.

Maybe things are different in tech, but I don't know anyone who likes attending or speaking at conferences. Don't think of them as trips, think of them as work. Because they are.
Just as a general advisory, from AFIncrementalStore's README:

> This is still in early stages of development, so proceed with caution when using this in a production application.
> Any bug reports, feature requests, or general feedback at this point would be greatly appreciated.

While it is a great library already, and built up from solid core frameworks, it has its share of bugs and rough edges!
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946:

"By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself. This is the significance of mixed metaphors. The sole aim of a metaphor is to call up a visual image. When these images clash -- as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting pot -- it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking. "

"Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print."
Then the assumption would become invalid, obviously.
Here's ABC News' article, where they talked to him on the phone, and then... confirmed ///via email/// it was his blog: John McAfee Starts Blog While in Hiding: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/john-mcafee-st...
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No matter how independent you may be, consider this: optimize for personal gain vs risk. Sometimes that means letting go of control.

I know of a former public company CEO who, rather than being forced into taking an 8-figure cash golden parachute for stepping down yet retaining his stock, chose to buy his way up to a majority stake with his own capital. Macro forces soon took the company to bankruptcy.
FWIW, Hayek was a "classical liberal." [1] It's more likely he wanted to get rid of the laws creating patents and corporations, than he wanted them to be highly governed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
This is very slick. I especially love how the themes (View > Themes) update as you hover over them! It's a great way to preview your the color settings for your editor. I wish more UIs had this sort of live preview.
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Do you have engineers on payroll to whom you can outsource the bulk of the actual programming, or do you have a network of independent contractors that you keep going back to?
it's extremely difficult and expensive to compete with Intel on x86

Amen. Intel's process advantage alone is a big challenge.
Actually, a good icon doesn't need a label. If it is properly designed, it would be intuitive enough to explain to the user its purpose.

For example, an airplane taking off, that is an icon that clearly shows departures at the airport. Trash can, as we are all familiar with it now, is an obvious way to throw something away ...etc.

You can have labels, where possible, if you're using icons, chances are you are already tight on space.
I'm pretty sure this is an incomplete way to pick insurance.

Obviously under 26 is different, or over 65. Or military or veteran. Exploit spousal insurance if that works for you too.

Otherwise, I care about being able to see my current doctor or choice of great doctors, which is where Kaiser totally fails, and where HealthNet also is inferior to the better plans (blue shield or anthem).

High deductible plans (for HSA) come out pretty well; I paid $90-118/mo for mine at 31-33 (big increases the last 2y due to 100% preventive coverage and no lifetime limits, so it was easy to cost the insurer $300/y on a catastrophic plan....)
This is unfortunately easier said than done. It's clear that written communication skills are in rapid decline, and it's easy to place a value on their presence, but stating the problem is much easier than solving it.

Modern young technologists mostly hear words spoken and only rarely read more than a few hundred words at a sitting, so they regularly choose one word that sounds like three others and use that word in all cases -- I call this "homophonitis" and it's deadly. I can't count the number of comments about my Website I've received that proclaimed, "I like your sight" or "I like your cite".

Adding to the difficulty is the sentiment that correcting a person's grammar or spelling is bad behavior, even though correcting a person's computer code is encouraged. High-quality prose and code are both important to any useful outcome, but even mentioning one of them is disparaged.

Solutions are obvious: (a) much more time spent practicing high-quality, bidirectional written communications, (b) much less time spent listening to words spoken. And (c) abandonment of the unspoken rule that we can't correct terrible grammar and spelling. But I don't think this will happen.
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It might eventually be, but right now it's just an overlay on Google Maps. Now if you'll excuse me, some alien scum are attacking my Health Science Library.
It definitely is!

In ~20 LOC, students that may know the basics of programming can do something really cool and learn to:

* Use real-world services

* Read through documentation

* Use a REST API

* Expose themselves to async programming.

I'm going to start writing more of these sorts of tutorials in the future =]
This is absurd and false. Co-located teams waste time commuting, socializing, and are far more likely to get sucked into un-productive meetings. I've worked on plenty of telecommuting teams that were as or more productive than teams that were co-located.
FSA legit expenses have also been severely curtailed.
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Yep, they are opt-in during enrollment window. (oops - thought you said FSA - HSA are your own thing year round)
No no no, you have it all wrong. You clean out the closet and all, then you put the cat AND the wife in there so you can work outside...
What's the percentage of male programmer to female programmer?

In the extreme example, if 0% of female in England were programmer then it wouldn't matter if 99% of the population were female, you were still not going to expect 99 speaker out of 100 to be female. Now adjust the example back to reality, 50.8% female population doesn't tell you anything about how much female programmer should be expected.
This is a great article, but one thing it doesn't really address: how does one get started doing this while still keeping a day job? I would love to start charging for value by the week, but if I can only spend 10 hours a week on a particular contract, how do I sell that?
If you read the road to serfdom, you would see he was a very reasonable thinker often making room for necessary intervention. He rarely makes a case for out-rightly abolishing anything. Rather he carefully chooses to say that we must be highly analytical and skeptical of all things the government does. Especially in terms of regulation, taxes, laws, and programs.
I don't understand why the consumer airline industry is in a perpetual state of bankruptcy. If the planes are "already packed", as you say, why don't they just increase airfares to boost their profits?
Um, "the laws should be carefully governed" and "the institutions should be highly governed" aren't the same position; they're more or less orthogonal.
I mean, yes. But at the same time would an elite police unit expect someone on the run to do something quite that ridiculous either?

I think another possible explanation is that it is his blog, but with the element of truth carefully dispensed and the element of hyperbole liberally dispensed.

I'm not sure that's more likely than hoax, but it's a possibility I maybe wouldn't eliminate.
I'd been editing the markdown directly in MarkdownPad, which seemed to behave as I would expect it with nested lists. Not sure what's available in the way of iPad clients (since I don't have one), but that's disappointing to hear that they might be inconsistent.
I was just discussing the merits of IP with my dad, who happens to support it. His reasons for supporting IP was mainly to support the "little guy" who managed to come up with an invention.

I can't imagine living in a society where patents don't exist, and someone comes along and says "Hey guys! Let's grant legal monopolies on ideas!". It seems like it would take some serious propaganda to get people like my dad to support IP.
I am not the author, but my advice would be:

-Focus on the "Sales Process". You won't go anywhere without first identifying the need(s) of the prospect and making sure they know that you understand their need(s). Then determine who the decision-maker is, so you don't waste your time selling to the wrong person.

-Approach prospects via email AND phone, until you've figured out which method they prefer.

-Don't give up until you've received a clear rejection. Offer rebuttals to their objections.

Stick with those rules, and work to refine your pitch. Persistence is key!
Hmm, yeah…
This website is a small project I've started to help people learn how to make Data Visualizations with D3.js.
The real question is - will you have to go through TSA first to get in it?
True, but you can expand that. It is a long term strategy.

They are sitting on 120B that is just in some hedge funds anyway, why not do something with it that has a competitive advantage. They just have no plan....

Give this money Amazon or Google they would know what to do with it. That's the reason i dislike Apple. They don't have a mayor purpose any more. If there is no company vision, then at least do something that improves everyone's live and gives this company another shot. In the worst case Apple loses the phone wars and is the biggest mobile operator in the world. Not even that of a risky move, mobile operators have a pretty solid business model.
> Two neutron stars, each with a diameter of 20 kilometers and a mass of one solar mass — and a combined orbital period of 0.005 seconds — would provide a departure velocity of 0.27 c, which works out to 81,000 kilometers per second.

Yes, but the tidal forces would rip the spacecraft apart instead of giving it a uniformly different velocity. I hate to rain on your parade, but those future engineers would still live in the reality that the spacecraft would be constructed from real materials, materials subject to real differential forces.

Not to mention the astronauts, who would be turned into organic mush during the departure.
ymmv but we had a lot of problems with extreme slowness and downtime when using parse, it made development a bear and we were only using it for some testing. We wouldn't use it in production after our experience.
Could the mindset of Japan be related in part to the idea of a strong long-term social contract between employee and corporation that exists in Japan? I read somewhere that in Japan, corporations are expected to take care of the employees in an almost familial sense, and in return, employees are expected to give their life energy to the corporation. I would be willing to wager that employee turnover in Japanese companies is lower than in the United States, and that quitting and working for a competitor for a higher salary would be seen as betrayal.

If this is the case, perhaps having a Megacorp job in Japan makes an employee feel protected and safe in a way that doesn't exist (any more) in US Megacorp jobs. I recall in 2008, Toyota bragged about not closing factories or laying people off, and saying how they care about their employees. This is in spite of Toyota factories being without unions, and it probably being more profitable to have layoffs during the economic downturn.
that's why everybody who wants to learn Js reads the spec first,right?
It's nice to not have to worry about these things though. It would be pretty awesome to one day see the US have a public health care.
Have you looked at the appointment reminder pricing? A single mid-tier customer brings in $1000 to $2400 per year. Scale that to a few hundred accounts, and you won't have to wait for retirement age to be a millionaire.
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