KaiP

332 karma · joined March 18, 2008

KaiP··on Cal to offer course in Advanced Starcraft Theory

Here's the course list for this semester: http://www.decal.org/courses/index.php

Other DeCals include: The Ethics of Star Trek, Bookworlds: Introduction to Mythological Creatures - Here There Be Dragons, and I Keeps it Real: Race Relations in Chappelle's Show

KaiP··on [dead]

http://ijlit.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/16/1/1

is the full text of the original article if you want more technical info.

KaiP··on 6 things that killed Waifmail (another Diary of another Failed Startup)

I prefer this kind of failure chronicle to the ones usually listed here. It talks about specific, obvious problems encountered and doesn't try to extrapolate any huge overarching themes about startups in general, which are usually somewhat misleading.

KaiP··on So... You want your code to be maintainable.

I'm not sure how having a testing framework leads directly to good design. I know they help show that things aren't broken, but I don't see how they affect the design of the modification.

KaiP··on Social Networking Is Not a Business*

I would argue distraction is a service, but not an easy one to monetize, at least in this form.

KaiP··on The Problem With Music

Interesting article, very thorough in its explanation of all the ways bands can get screwed financially. I'd be interested to see more hard data as to how common this case is, where it fits in on the spectrum (percentile-wise) of band signings.

KaiP··on Ask YC: what non-top-tier college to apply for?

Berkeley is awesome. Nothing you can't get here academically that you could get at another school. Great bang for your buck.

(EECS senior)

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