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time for a new job?

For myself its an intelligent distraction between server re-starts and waiting for compilations etc. Don't do so much of that stuff at the weekend.

Would you like to share what that startup is? I am genuinely interested as I'm about to start a new venture myself after being inspired by HN.

The megablocks stuff we have bought either has nobbly extra molding bits still stuck to the bricks meaning they just don't work OR the bricks are not of a uniform enough size so th…

I agree with these thoughts. A founder with enough passion and drive for their company doesn't need VC funding - if IT focused. IT stuff can be built and hosted with minimal outlay…

I don't know about the YC companies but I agree that HN has been a great inspiration to me also. Got me thinking about companies and that it is possible! Thanks HN.

What Americans really need right now is the ability to eat burgers faster and cheaper... http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/19/fat-america-keeps-getti... Duh.

I would be wary of cutting out too much fiction as some great minds put down their thoughts and ideas through fiction. e.g. Hemmingway, Orwell or Steinbeck - there are probably man…

I thought that MS made a stack of cash from Android via patent extortion methods?

Interesting that a retail bank whose core business is to process transactions takes the decision to outsource that capability. And then is exposed as unable to monitor/control the …

What a lovely story. Not specifically the credit card stuff but the hackernews inspired startup story... http://blog.freshdesk.com/the-freshdesk-story-how-a-simple-c... I find the …

Unit tests. Tick. Integration tests. Tick Automated acceptance tests. No Tick. Tried to sell concordian as a framework to support BDD - but that is a hard x-discipline change which…

I have experienced two degrees in two different universities in the UK. First was a standard undergraduate course finishing in 1992, a joint BSc in Economics and CS. Course content…