10 month ago
wearehugh : On Arc, Paul Graham, and Unicode support as an exercise for the programmer // plasmasturm.org - "Clearly, the way to make programs written in the language shorter is to force them to deal with Unicode on their own."
deusx : On Arc, Paul Graham, and Unicode support as an exercise for the programmer // plasmasturm.org - "Clearly, the way to make programs written in the language shorter is to force them to deal with Unicode on their own."
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14 month ago
gleuschk : How to Do Philosophy - to keep an eye on, and use as ammunition against Kord :)
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16 month ago
gleuschk : Stuff (Paul Graham) - I'm reading this instead of packing up all my stuff to move
jcgregorio : Paul Graham - Stuff - as usual, good stuff from Paul
philgyford : Stuff - Paul Graham on how much stuff we accumulate and suggestions on how to stop. (via Rodcorp)
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26 month ago
Andy Baio : Paul Graham on the mistakes that startups make - I usually avoid lists like this, but this is a thoughtful one
jkottke : Paul Graham on the 18 mistakes that kill startups - Paul Graham on the 18 mistakes that kill startups. Some interesting stuff here, but heavily technology-biased (#6 Hiring Bad Progammers...what, everyone else on the team can be bad and you'll still succeed?).
philgyford : The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups - I also love reading about how to have a successful (or unsuccessful) startup. (via Kottke)
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35 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : How to do what you love
philgyford : How to Do What You Love - Lovely essay. Worth a pile of 'What Color is Your Parachute?'s. Although I don't follow his line about "unpleasant jobs" - no doubt plenty of people have to do whatever job they can get. Other than that: read it.
deusx : How to Do What You Love - "If you know you can love work, you're in the home stretch, and if you know what work you love, you're practically there. "
gleuschk : How to Do What You Love - paul graham's latest, via jimfl
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44 month ago
Andy Baio : Maciej on Paul Graham and other blowhards - I love a spirited rant
Wayne Burkett : Idle Words: Dabblers and Blowhards - "I am not qualified to call bullshit on Paul Graham when he writes about programming, history, starting a business, or even growing up as a social pariah, but I do know enough about art to see when someone is just making shit up." #
Rod Begbie : Dabblers and Blowhards - Paul Graham (and ESR, and Winer) in bullshit-rant shocker. Despite people pointing to them, I've never been able to read a Paul Graham essay. Favourite quote: "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do." [via] #
jkottke : Dabblers and Blowhards, or Why hackers are nothing like painters - Maciej takes issue with Paul Graham's non-technical body of writing.
deusx : Idle Words - Dabblers and Blowhards - "But you, sir, are no painter."
jimray : Dabblers and blowhards - Maciej Ceglowski doesn't think hackers are anything like painters [via Daring Fireball]
cameron : Idle Words: Dabblers and Blowhards - Maciej reveals the truth: programming is nothing like painting, as painters get laid for what they do
Steve Cook : Maciej Ceglowski beats the crap out of "Hackers and Painters" - He's got a beef with the Paul Graham/Dave Winer/ESR style of "hackers are" essay, and calls bullshit on Graham's qualifications to even -talk- about painting. (via Waxy)
plasticbag : A glorious response to essays on Hackers and Painters... - "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do. Even not-so-great paintings - in fact, any slapdash attempt at splashing paint onto a surface - will get you laid more than writing software"
Paul Hammond : Idle Words - Dabblers and Blowhards - So let me say it simply - hackers are nothing like painters.
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