Neoryder

on that bit about policy costs being definite, I have a simple objection.

hmm. policy costs are usually estimates and thus are are usually colored by ideology.

imo

even PG?

Yes I think this hammers an important point. Write with what helps you think, For me It has to be an uber size blank sheet of paper and I just start planning. After the paper I can usually go to a laptop an either make a rough prototype or at least a structure in code. I don't know why I can't seem to code directly.

To repeat do what helps you think faster/clearer/better

Telling someone why he was down modded may help improve an already civil place.

I think this has always been the key. Its like the mom/pop store versus the Walmart super stores. They need (digg/reddit) to be popular to be a viable acquisition target or business whereas hacker news is just a place where we try to find like minded people trying to share information and grow learn together.

Question is what do you really want out of life.

Is it good enough to be the basis of a company? Are you daring enough to start a company? These are some questions you have to answer.

I think the best way is to demo this by starting a free service. If its good enough and meets people's needs you people will go to you with offers.

Grieve, Don't try to escape the pain!

I think this is an important point. We tend to view useless things(at least to ourselves) as ugly.

Great Idea, Hope Something good results so that more people emulate your example!

I was able to manage 3-4 hours sleep to be able to continue learning outside of my 9-5! My first week of doing this resulted in a onversation with my manager telling me to shape up or ship out. I was okay afterwards. The human body is a wonderful thing , it seems to adjust to whatever you throw at it!

Money And to escape the Boredom !

Depends.

Planning/Thoughts stage: Classical, Jazz

Implementation Stage with Nothing to Explore: RnB, Rock

Exploratory: nothing, flow issues

I'm for a BSD type of license.

HBO's The Wire

You are an inspiration!

I remember an article about Japan's premier pro baseball team hiring the 2nd best and sitting them on the bench just so that they don't play for the other team.

Isn't this just what google is doing?

It is a win win situation for them.

Thanks for this excellent post.

24 + BS EE

thanks , I missed that!

DYHAQFM, excuse my ignorance but what does this mean? Do You Have A __ __?

Yep, But we dream of the day when we are deluged with resume from people who would like us to hire them. This gives us a little idea of how to filter the better ones at least.

Think of this as a guide to help us make the process of scanning resumes just a little bit more manageable. :-)

sorry, didn't know

nice, Thanks!

PG, Does this mean you are starting a project of some sort?

i think for the case of ruby, being invented by a jap influenced its adoption

paul, I was wondering, recent post of Steve Yegge extol the virtues of great coding standards/uniformity across google.

In your opinion how easy would google cope with a need for a complete rewrite of Gmail?

I don't understand this. But I can't say I am surprised. 3G is a must in European and Asian countries if apple would like to compete with Nokia.

Apple always had a penchant for trying harder after victories, I believe this is another case of lets tear apart the market before somebody else plays catch up. I think they did something similar with the Ipods.

Just think he shouldn't have used math as an example.

I agree! I have favorite films that I have never seen shown in a movie theather and would pay a large but reasonable amount for the experience.

Who wouldn't?