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Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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Re: Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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This video is purposely being kept off the front page. Number 8 has 7 points, 1 hour ago. This has 20 points for the same time frame and is now 40 and dropping.

Yea I wonder why its not on the FP. This is a fantastic talk...

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Re: Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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Let's stop focusing on the fact that he quit. And focus on WHY he quit. I'm sure we all can relate with what he's saying at some level. He's talking about tackling hard problems and not just low hanging fruit that might (emphasis on might) make a buck. And most of all he's leading by example. I haven't seen this much bravado from anyone in our industry in a long time.

Re: Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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Watch the whole talk. It's fantastic. And as a 40 year old, I completely concur. But what to do about it? Hmmmm.....time to go shopping for books, or search for online courses.

MIT's OpenCourseware: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/

And to decide what to study, let's put it together here:

http://digitalauteur.wikispaces.com

Re: Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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Please change the title to: Stevey gives up the being part of the chase for the superfluous (in money), and calls for us to do something about the necessary No one needs a million dollars. No one. Why are we chasing it and dying of heart disease -- heart disease we can cure if we start chasing that instead? Our priorities are absolutely messed up and it's time we start realigning them. This isn't a speech; this isn't…

Let's organize this: http://digitalauteur.wikispaces.com Join in

Thanks!

Re: Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech [OSCON Data 2011]

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Normally I lurk and don't vote. But this is worth people's time to watch.

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I took a look into Hacker News hotness algorithm a month or two ago, and it is way more complicated than just points and time. Youtube videos probably don't rank that high compared to other websites. People could be colluding, but I think it is more likely there is more to ranking than we can understand from what we see.

[Edit: This was in response to someone asking why it wasn't on the front page.]

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