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cfinger

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    Comment #5293612

    Very useful tool, solid team.

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    Comment #4593489

    Does Simon Cowell know anything about entrepreneurship? Can't wait to see him berate tons of super hard working people on things he knows nothing about.

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    Comment #4589056

    We used the same (well, similar) approach in our kickstarter campaign. It's actually one of the big pieces of advice I give people. Cool stuff.

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    I've heard a lot of good things about Olin and have always been impressed by it's grads. Seems like they are doing it right. I get the impression it's still a smaller school, is th…

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    Definitely. This is kind of the test of my hypothesis, that doing these projects in the real world create a motivation that influences your school work, life, career, etc. I've lon…

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    I think he has it backwards. Hardware is getting cheaper, making it easier to sell products that used to be too expensive. The cheap labor in China is fairly accessible to everyone…

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    Great concept. Watching other people code is a great way to learn AND teach. Really would like to see this for Obj C / other languages. Python would be an easy one to do.

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    "Better than ping-pong" Careful now, that's a pretty strong statement.

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    The move to wireless is one part Apple's sake, and one part for users (no parts left over for developers, unfortunately). People tend to favor wireless accessories and associate a …

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    Absolutely love this. When you're really interested, find a teacher that will teach at your own rate. Too often the answer is "Don't worry about that, you'll learn it next semester…

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    Comment #3137135

    Haha, Awesome. This is great, we need one in SF now.

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    Back in the day I built a couple using sharpie and the radio shack etching solution. I did two using the laser printer transfer method as well. After doing a double sided board, it…

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