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We write software for humans. The same humans who can't tell the difference between instantaneous events and events separated by less than a few milliseconds. The same humans who w…

There is nothing quite like trolling a bunch of nerds with the opinion that the entire study of pure mathematics has been a wasted endeavor for mankind... You deserve a round of ap…

There is a fair bit of composition going on, albeit all based on a single melodic phrase, so it is far from just being any old random combinations of tones from the C major scale. …

Have you looked at how we write code? It is directly related to the hardware architecture. Operators over here, memory over here. Why wouldn't there be a benefit in having the hard…

Nokia sells LOTS of phones. You've got to remember than not everyone lives in the Bay Area and has a Twitter account... People living in Sub-saharan Africa and central Asia still n…

I really like the RFID entrance I get when traveling back to New Zealand... especially after a 13 hour plane ride! The tourists and kiwis with old passports all line up in a giant …

OUR way of life is better? No, dude, YOUR way of life is better. If these people are brought in to our culture they're fucked. Plain and simple. What do you think they're going to …

Outside of the lisp machine, it was pretty trivial to find examples of those technologies that are still being made and sold. I'm sure some nerd out there is making a lisp machine …

Schema version is at 200. Developer A creates a migration numbered 201. Developer B creates a migration numbered 201. They push their code, pull, and get conflicts. So instead, the…

For one, I list open-source projects that I contribute to and plan on using and enhancing as part of whatever business objectives I'm being hired to work towards. Also, I add in a …

Put it in your contract! I modify every contract I sign to include stipulations for open-source software. Most companies couldn't care less about releasing bits and pieces of their…

The biggest point that he is making is that there are a LOT of areas where the US is overspending on health care. Which, if the effectiveness of this health care was in line with t…

What is his hypothesis? He doesn't seem to have any sort of agenda other than saying that it is a complex issue that can't be solved by a political one-liner like "tort reform" or …

This is true, but it only accounts for a very small slice of the over-spending pie. This is outlined throughout the series of blog posts. I recommended reading all of the posts in …

How much did you know about the industry? Did your company know any promoters or booking agents? Could you get a band that signed up to do business with your company an opening slo…

When I lived in NYC, I built recording studios and did noise abatement in a number of bars in Brooklyn and Manhattan. There are plenty of places to pick up supplies Also, there are…

The more you interact with women, the more you get to know women. There is no method. Think about throwing a baseball. No professional pitcher looks the same. They each have their …

Anecdotal evidence: My band's website is the highest ranked page for the search term "red blue yellow". No meta headers, no keywords, no , no ... nothing, not even or tags. In fact…

Apple Inc. (previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The …

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If there are two guys, one guy working on server-side code and another guy working on client-side code, either side could get held up waiting for the other guy to finish his part o…

“Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.” Actually, Zuck, that has nothing to do with integrity. I would hope to hell that there are things that yo…

If you're checking email a few times a day, you're not on vacation. You're just working remotely.

Companies like FourSquare remind me of pop songs. They're catchy, it's hard to describe exactly what makes them work, and if you're lucky, you'll write one your entire life. What I…