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peacewise

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peacewise··on Piri Reis Map
Back in '97, I was part of a team that built Piri The Explorer Ship, a Myst-like edutainment title, aimed to educate about the map... Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrG5-1b0pgk
peacewise··on Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture
So I wonder, what is the percentage of YC companies that match this profile?
peacewise··on Hiring Great People (and rules for how we do it)
In that case, I don't think it is super effective to focus on cases that rarely happen.

Interesting read: http://blog.prettylittlestatemachine.com/blog/2013/02/20/wha...

peacewise··on Hiring Great People (and rules for how we do it)
How about leaving your employees alone on Friday nights and weekends.
peacewise··on Marissa Mayer and Yahoo's telecommuting: Right motivation, wrong execution
Not necessarily an unbiased article, since the author is the VP of Marketing at PBWorks; an online collaboration tool. http://pbworks.com/about-us
peacewise··on Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Inst & the Future of Corps
"Management is a skill not a career path"

So much to say about this.

peacewise··on Meteorite crash in Russia
"Preliminary indications are that it was a meteorite rain," an emergency official told RIA-Novosti. "We have information about a blast at 10,000-meter (32,800-foot) altitude. It is being verified." http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorit...
peacewise··on Meteorite crash in Russia
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking...
peacewise··on Ask HN: Recommendation for Portable Stand-up height desk?
I see. You are right. It doesn't fold. But probably it wouldn't take too long to disassemble an IKEA furniture. :)
peacewise··on Ask HN: Recommendation for Portable Stand-up height desk?
http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Ikea-Standing-desk-for-22-dolla...
peacewise··on Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)
http://db.tt/pUyP9ge Thank you :)
peacewise··on 10000 things all CS students should do before graduating
It is sad that CS students are now encouraged to become fancy sysadmins, linking existing technologies together 95% of the time and maybe adding 5% of actual stuff.

No wonder resumes come with tens of technology names on it, but the owner fails to implement basic things like itoa.

peacewise··on Free To Play Games Have Arrived on Steam
http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/14/valves-steam-online-store-...
peacewise··on Find a Great Domain Name (Beta code is YCOMBINATOR)
Great site. It already helped me find a name for my project.