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A lot of companies with up to $30m potential are unlikely to get funding from what i've seen. Its not that their not worthy or bad ideas, its just VC's are gonna looking for a pie big enough to take their slice from, and to do that your ultimately looking out for the next company which will significantly shift the needle within a particular area.

Is this a worthy HN topic?

Social groups are good way of meeting new friends, tech meetups, karate, tennis..

same, UK

Some people are generalists, others specialists. I dont think either fully appreciates the other as much as they should.

Companies that get it right in my opinion find room for both, however in my experience the larger the company the less likely you are to see full stack developers or generalists due to the pressures of organisational structures and high level ownership.

Hello IBM, welcome to Python!

Im currently migrating a large FTSE100 web application stack from Java/SpringMVC over to Python/Django.. Its been a long journey (4 years!) to unhinge Java as the given option, but Pythons proven time and time again to save millions per project, and often with better results because developers can concentration on product rather than framework problems.

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me too, theres a good series of books within the "at work" series, such as founders at work, euro founders at work etc

http://www.apress.com/at-work

bbc link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156

reading articles like this where SD cards have survived being boiled, trampled, washed and dunked in coffee or cola, makes me think its not impossible for certain SD cards stored in the right conditions to last possibly centuries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3939333.stm

API seems pretty responsive.. what is the technology stack?

Nothing in Nepal is ever standard, even down to the shape of their national flag! :)

most scientists are pretty intelligent people and will research the reasons.. Also in order to be affected by this issue, you would need to have a large code base extending beyond numpy/scipy which now support 3.x.. So they probably do qualify as experienced developers

In the end these ppl will catch up, and it's our jobs to help them, but waiting for them could be how the language as a whole will die

how about a european version? perhaps tagged by country to filter?

It looks to be only a matter of time before amazon seek out other targets, such as pricezombie.com, camelcamelcamel.com

I think this is a great way to gain motivation, especially when your seeing slow weight loss running 30+ kilometers a week etc..

Problem E: Pagination!

really nice

Sourcetree by atlassian seems to handle git flow really well. http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

squaredown!

worlds worst foursquare user! :)

Agree entirely with this.. often i take 30% up front, 30% when prototyped, and final 40% payment upon delivery

I can empathise with this a lot, but would not recommend going this far, if nothing other than for your own reputation and professionalism. Other clients could see this without fully understanding the situation, potentially losing business.

In previous cases ive been involved in, taking down the site sending in debt collectors is often the easiest and cleanest method of getting back your money.

Not really a critique, but you could maybe add a 30second video describing your product, or do some image MVT testing?

Nice and clean though :)

Spent some time in SF after PyCon last year.. a good pro tip is dont attempt to walk home if you live in the hills! :)

Really great experience.

Sorry, flights from United Kingdom are not currently supported.

i wonder if karma should be used in a more constructive way, say to make sure people earn the right to comment on the popular stories..

I guess this assumes the community as a whole still contains more positive rather than negative people, But i like to think it does still

Could be worth investigating some of the free online courses that MIT and other Big Universities run.. also experience a taster of studying before getting into a longer term course

I've been looking at Masters courses online recently, but for 9k and very little added monetary gain, i've decided it might be more rewarding to run a side project/business

Best answer to any question like this is "use the right tool for the job."

In the case of Java and Python, Java is quite clearly better suited to large strategic code such as core systems, whilst Python on the other hand is ideal for quick, often rewritten and short lived applications (e.g 1-3 years life)

as there are many accounts of startups rebuilding their platforms 1-2 years in, i'd suggest theres a good business case for using lean and quick technologies within the first few years, whilst your innovating and learning your business