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"All is suffering"
Now I'm waiting for the Lisper to point out the macro for it that has it down to a few characters. ;-)
One of the reasons I wrote it instead of extending ticgit was that I wanted something entirely independent of any VCS. All stuff I need to get in a readme, though. :-)
Seriously though, that's what a lot of these arguments sound like to me.
Agreed it can be an issue, but one that a lot of Valley companies seem to be ignoring.
You're optimizing for the 5% instead of the 95%. I think this is a case of a survivor bias---you remember all of the times having people in the same space saved time and forget all the ideas that went nowhere and interruptions that pulled someone out of the groove.
* Do you do this every day?
* If so, do you get anything done?
I only being slightly facetious. I agree that there's a lot to be said for brainstorming in person. I'd also argue that there's a lot to be said for brainstorming out of your normal environment (i.e., office). But you don't do this every day. You code every day. Why not rent out some office/conference space for an afternoon every few weeks as you ramp up on your next iteration and save the money on the office space all the while allowing your programmers to be more productive?
I would add this caveat though. If I'm hiring a rookie and I wouldn't trust them to be able to get up to speed and be able to contribute without constant supervision, I would pass. Yes, when someone's just starting out that person-to-person interaction is great, but that can be accomplished with an open Skype/iChat video window and some desktop sharing.
hga hit the nail on the head though - I'm not talking about every hire, I'm talking about bringing someone onto a team that can "hit the ground running" with a "large and evolved codebase" or any other of the number of things tech companies/recruiters talk about.
I recently talked to one fairly established company out of Chicago who was looking for a new lead dev for a re-architect they were doing of their system because their in-house guy botched it. The second I said that moving wasn't high on my list of things to do they were gone. They wanted a "rock star", so long as they set the terms.
It can be done. Maybe it is more challenging, but I don't think "agile" automatically rules it out.
The Court applies these factors and considers the circumstances of this case in the context of the broader aim of copyright law. Use of a work may be fair use where its purpose is transformative or supercedes the function of the original work. GOI’s images are not transformative, as they do not alter the original work “with new expression, meaning, or message.” Campbell , 510 U.S. at 579. Unlike the scenario where a general internet search engine “transforms the [thumbnail] image into a pointer directing a user to a source of information,” GOI’s use of the images is limited to an informative and promotional function on the Gallery’s website- to show customers the Teter works available at the Gallery. See Perfect 10 , 508 F.3d at 1165. The images advertise Teter’s works, which is a basic commercial purpose and suggests against a finding of fair use.
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Even with that correction, it does seem to put Django in a slight lead, but it also shows that it has had a much steadier growth (assuming jazz references would have stayed steady and all new growth is related to the framework).