31–38 of 38 posts
1. Dig up old stories from slashdot. 2. Write a blog post summarizing them. 3. Post to HN / Reddit. 4. PROFIT. Smart business plan.
I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time this one's been on HN.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time this one's been on HN.
My guess is higher but I don't care to research it. The '500 mile email' and 'The story of Mel the Real Programmer' are trotted out on a regular basis also. As long as you can glean the story from the headline, you can ignore it. It's a tiny bit annoying but I'm not asking for a refund.
"All right, I've been thinking. When HN gives you recycled content, don't make comments - make the submitter take the story back! Get mad! I don't want your damn recycled stories, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see Paul Graham! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson recycled content! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's going to to burn your house down! With the recycled content! I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible anecdote that burns your house down!"
Don't give him lemons, either.
You know you have a good company when people sneak in to do more work after they're not being paid anymore
It's not clear that he wasn't getting paid: On the last day of the canceled project, Avitzur’s manager called him into her office to say goodbye. He hadn’t completed the length of his contract, but the company would pay it in full anyway. “Just submit your final invoice for what’s left,” she told him. That’s when it clicked: If Avitzur didn’t submit the invoice, his contract stayed in the system. And if his contract…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time this one's been on HN.
Sure its a bit annoying, but this is the first time a new member gets to read a fascinating story like this one.
You know you have a good company when people sneak in to do more work after they're not being paid anymore
Some people would have open-sourced the code and then there would be no need to sneak into Apple headquarters and lurk in the bathrooms waiting for facilities people to leave. But I guess in 1994 it might not be as natural as it is now. I wish more companies would open-source their "not quite worked out" projects instead of just burying them.
Would it be preinstalled on 20 million computers, though?
Also, it seems like they needed to work at Apple because:
- They needed access to an unreleased computer (hardware). - They needed feedback from other Apple employers.