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My children are a little spoiled and often ungrateful. My little boys, four and five, are especially unaware of how hard many people have it and how good they have it. For that rea…

Backdrop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2QZW1mexhQ I'd like to buy the poor a home, furnish it with love grow apple trees, honey bees, and snow white turtle doves I'd like to tea…

I recently watched a rather excellent interview on Mixergy (http://mixergy.com/nick-oneill-allfacebook-interview/) and the entire interview is actually filled with nuggets of gold,…

The good thing about learning C/C++ first is that it will help you understand how the internals work and you will (should) learn how to program efficiently and understand basic alg…

I LOVE, absolutely LOVE his home page! http://www.jwz.org/ WELL DONE SIR!

This seems a little short-sighted to me. It's noted that the company doesn't make the offer until they've had the candidate go through on-site interviews. It's not like they are ma…

I started my professional career in QA, then "downgraded" to a support role in a different company because (a) it was a mile from my house instead of a 2hr commute each way every d…

You're that good and can't figure out how to read it? :-(

I'm not certain a soldier deserves more respect than a doctor, teacher, fireman, policeman or engineer. I'm not even certain a soldier gets more respect than many of those occupati…

I spent four years in the U.S.M.C in the enlisted ranks. This article is an interesting read, but only really scratches the surface of what one learns in the military. I didn't spe…

In my mind, a hacker has a deep desire to understand Extremely simple analogy: Most people are happy that when they flip a switch, a light comes on. They might even know how to ins…

I wish this question would have received more love. I can't imagine why it did not, especially here on HN where you could get some really great feedback. I'm interested in hearing …

Thank you very much for this info. I would not have known to ask for the reports and greatly appreciate the time you took to respond.

You say "particularly in moderately-differentiated tumors" -- I have a few questions. 1. Why did you specifically point out "moderately-differentiated?" I ask because my wife has a…

You'll be plenty valuable, don't worry. Sometimes the business guys go out and do market research, get preliminary letters of intent signed, do presentations, etc... Enjoy the expe…

One thing I would like to add, in addition to my earlier comment, is this: There is a time to gamble, and a time to play it safe. The best time to gamble is when you've got the mon…

Fundamentally, I don't see an issue with you doing outside consulting work, as long as it isn't in direct competition with your main employer. I would definitely never mix assets -…

Check this older thread out, along with comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2300711 -- maybe some synergy?

"...Swearing says more about your abilities as a speaker then it does your content... that's the problem." Good thing he is talking about speaking instead of writing. EDIT: That is…

The part that struck me was when he said something along the lines of: It takes 10,000 (or 15,000) hours just to get the necessary knowledge. Then, you are at step one. You may or …

I disagree with point (1) and only somewhat agree with point (2). For point 1 - I definitely don't like rules, and I have found that if you create enough value, you get away with m…

I wasn't trying to argue with you, rather I was trying to point out that some good can come from the C/C++ path. I've had a lot of people ask me which language to use as a starting…

My first "real" job was with a software company, in the QA department. I got lucky getting that job, as I had no requisite skills. Anyway, I wanted to learn how to program. I took …

I like the idea of the article, but I would be more impressed if the author would have taken a few moments to identify steps one might take to help find solutions for this new "glo…

I love this response. 1. Listening, really listening, is really hard. Start by trying to listen to those you seem to have an issue(s) with! Really try to have an open mind and see …