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elv··on Programmer salary in mainland Europe?
guys, http://www.worldsalaries.org/computerprogrammer.shtml

US has the highest income in the world for programmers. The only european country close to US is UK, everything else is at least 50% less.

elv··on Google Kills Wave
I think Wave is a creative and full of effort generalization of a basic idea: adding something to GMail to promote online work coordination and cooperation. They went way too far and they realized it. I would, istread of throwing everything away, rework the concept and see what can come out.
elv··on I need to find out how to finish anything I start. Help me. Please.
1) baby steps

2) read "talent is overrated" to understand why IQ is useless compared to being able to work hard for a long time

elv··on [dead]
Limited point of view...pointless
elv··on Zawodny: Database Abstraction Layers Must Die (at least for PHP)
He starts saying DB abstraction layers are useless and he seem to conclude saying every abstraction and every library not written by you is pointless

this seem to me like "I'm paranoid about unknown code but I can't accept the truth SO I reinvent the wheel over and over again putting my code in my library and I say everyone this is cool cause it's faster and performance and bla bla blah"

the truth: abstraction -> helps think about the logic that matters in your program library -> helps not to reinvent the wheel and use code tested by everyone

his logic: abstraction -> ZOMG unknown stuff HEEELP, let's think about every algorithm in my program from scratch and let's justify this to me by saying I'm saving 3-4 intermediate function calls

elv··on Ron Garret: How knowing Lisp destroyed my programming career.
funny story :) python ftw
elv··on Google Forms $100 Million Venture Fund
where the fuck is the "dont be evil" thing? i dont think financial results as the first focus is ethical
elv··on Google is Evil, Worse than PayPal: Don't use Google Checkout for your business
holy shit "let us be evil"

and what if they delist you to claim your rights? time to turn to yahoo?

elv··on Google's top designer quits, blames engineers
"ahhh those fu*n management guys never understand meh" :)

anyway debating over 3, 4 or 5 pixels and 41 shades of blue sounds SICK

elv··on Django 1.1 beta released
I hope they keep focus on simplicity and usability that proxy model thing seems complex and bugmaker to me
elv··on Players of Entropia Universe are getting real-world banking
whoa cool a bank management software connected with an online game :> the first that spots a bug will buy a REAL island and retire on it
elv··on Failure is overrated, a redux
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill
elv··on Startup Conversations With Myself: What Should I Work On?
imo the only thing you should work on is THAT thing that keep you up all nights and that you cant get it out of your head: your passion
elv··on Python Web Framework Advice
django is on the way to conquer the world http://code.google.com/p/google-app-engine-django/ one of the project owners: gvanrossum
elv··on Ask HN: So, you have a million dollars. Now what?
aim for 5% annual return, leave 2,5% for inflaction, and you'll be forever free with 25K/year yea you should carefully pick up your bank or your freedom could vanish in the next credit crunch :)
elv··on Why even IT pros are demanding Macs
high attention to details from hardware to OS features: OSX just works and it's simple too and if you need unix tools just install macports and you are ready to go...sounds obvious: it works and it's simple
elv··on Programmer from Finland has lost finger replaced with USB drive
he should carefully check the electrical design of every motherboard he puts his "finger" into :>

and what if the USB port is UNDER THE DESK? hihihi