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kp212 | 6 years ago | on: Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)

Exactly this.

Ill just add fake news always existed, its just that we never questioned the source.

It may be an ugly truth, but I for one am glad I don't believe what I read on the web or see on TV or at the very least take it at face value.

And I don't want the next gen Bill Gates to tell me what's ok and not ok for me to read/watch or question.

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Technical job post tips for the desperate

That's the thing, we need employers to actually post for themselves with a contact address. Your site is a form of that, where you connect with 10-15 direct employers, which is great. We need more of that on the boards, via linkedin, maybe stack overflow, indeed, startuply. However I think this issue affects larger corporations even more so, and they use Monster/Dice, how do you improve that?

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Technical job post tips for the desperate

I would add as a couple of other tips:

1. Provide a contact email, esp. for larger companies, filling out a n page submission form is a killer.

2. Use LinkedIn and the other boards not headhunters, Dice and Monster feel like headhunter spam. At least with LinkedIn you can connect from a posting, to a company to an HR person.

Personally I would love it if Dice had a filter headhunter option, but it probably would kill their #1 revenue stream.

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Choosing New York over San Francisco

What about vendors for Wall Street? Anyone know where I could find vendors to Wall Street that are still essentially tech companies? I figure that market is huge in New York and might be a good alternative to the tradition IT in an IB job.

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are there so few apps being built with JSP?

Whoa, no need for the stupid comments. I wouldn't suggest a full fledged app in JSPs, yes thats insane ;-). Although, years ago I wrote blog where I could email my blogs in and I remember that first night I didn't want to set up a war and just wrote a straight JSP...I was only looking and I didnt want to wait. Obviously that is not a long term solution. However, having something that's wrong is better than not having anything done. You do make a good point, I think I will play around with Django, sounds like its faster than compile, war, deploy that java apps take. How much productivity increase do you see over java in terms of development?

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are there so few apps being built with JSP?

You can do that with a JSP page, and Tomcat. You can use JSP very much like a scripting language (no need to hit a servlet, controller, etc), but obviously it can get a little messy to manage depending how large of app you write.

kp212 | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are there so few apps being built with JSP?

I know that Fleaflicker which was posted here was a java based app. So they are out there, but I think more of them are from the 2000-2003 time frame. Has anyone here gone from the Java Stack to RoR? What would you recommend to anyone making that transition? I want to make my next project a "learn a new lang" web project. I fairly strong understanding of the Java MVC(Spring, Struts 1), and DB transactional frameworks(Spring JDBC, Hibernate) and wonder what I should be reading for a transition?

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Should Google be broken up into baby Googs?

I've been thinking maybe it should be due to its control of advertising, but like the first post its too soon right now. Lets see how the next "boom" cycle in advertising plays out. That being said, I feel if any company should be broken up into baby G's right now it would be Goldman Sachs. I think that would be a great message to the rest of the financial industry.

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Commodore 64 set for comeback

I just hope they release River Raid, Dig Dug, Spy Hunter, Impossible Mission, Pit Stop, Archon....oh the glory days.

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Must-See Movies for Entrepreneurs

Back when I was a young lad, I would pop in The Matrix DVD and pretend I was Neo coding away, lasted 3 years until Revolutions came out and killed that dream...

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

I work in NYC. I seriously need a better umbrella for all that walking, but I feel like I'd be punched in the back of my Nubrella.

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Is there any age limit to being a programmer ?

In short... no. It's going to take dedication on your part, to get up to speed, but in months you should be able to code, and in months/years if you like, do this professionally. I think with many things in life, if you really enjoy something you'll excel at it regardless of preconceived "talent". Also, its best not to ask for permission to try something since some people will say no, just go with it and act like you don't know any better in terms of likelihood to succeed.

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Industry

I understand DVD sales from retail outlets being harmed. However, I've always wondered why rentals get harmed, doesn't Redbox have to follow the same channels as Netflix, Blockbuster and pay for DVD's that are rented? I've always wondered how the rental portion of the market in terms of revenues works.

kp212 | 16 years ago | on: Myths about Wall Street pay days

What a joke. I can't believe someone would actually go out and say, "In a number of cases, however, these risk-management systems were totally inadequate in the face of the market tsunami that enveloped mortgage-backed securities after home prices began to drop in 2006. The storm carried away several firms, but others performed well despite the difficulties. It wasn't the bonuses that brought everything down; it was a combination of many things, some sloppy or foolish, and most far more important than bonus checks. " as a justification for the bonuses. *Guess he forgot the fact we bailed out Citi and AIG, I guess he forgot the fact we are on the hook for that, not the firms who had the so called," these risk-management systems were totally inadequate in the face of the market tsunami". The people that built these inadequate systems still for the most part have a job, and from what I read last month the bonuses are back.

Update - Just checked out his bio, Harvard MBA, career at Goldman Sachs, definitely not part of the boys club, riiight.

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