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5,914 karma · joined April 13, 2009

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compassionpit, sneakpeeq, awesomenessreminders, zacharyburt.com, @zburt, san francisco, mission district, nyc, judaism, delta upsilon, university of chicago, palo alto

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zackattack··on Surf Air: Unlimited Flights for $1k/mo
If an LA - Vegas rail funded by the Casinos brings wealth along the way to Indian country then I am so grateful.
zackattack··on The App Store, 3 years later: Apple just doesn't care.
You're kidding! Would love to hear more about this point.. specifically including an address to the quandaries suggested in Mythical Man Mont.
zackattack··on The App Store, 3 years later: Apple just doesn't care.
Hiring is one problem you just can't throw money at in order to solve.
zackattack··on Quora’s Demise
$5 + one-week filter weeds out people without sufficient prefrontal cortex size (i.e., they don't have patience and can't understand the value of a future payout).
zackattack··on Throw Out Everything You Know About Ads
So the question becomes:

How do you blend novelty with timeless sophistication?

zackattack··on VMware High-Bandwidth Backdoor ROM Overwrite Privilege Elevation
I find "the pedantry" wonderfully informative. :)
zackattack··on OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"
this is the former president/founder of Teach for America...
zackattack··on OSX For Hackers
I don't understand why this gist has been created

Alas, so someone else can take credit for it with plausible deniability.

zackattack··on Google Really Advanced Search
I would love to see them compete with Amazon.
zackattack··on In Manhattan Pizza War, Price of Slice Keeps Dropping
I really like that 16th & Valencia slice too. Super cheap and tastes like NYC.

I'll check out Zante's this weekend. Serrano's (21st & valencia) is cheap; Pizzeria (17th & mission, looks like a front) is delicious. The one across from Zeitgeist at 14th and Valencia delivers past 2am, but tastes uncannily like Domino's.

zackattack··on Romanians are Smart or How to Change the Google Autocomplete Suggestions
That's if you're competing in your own niche. What if you wanted to positively influence the search results that came up for your company? "igul222 i buy so much in a year that i want a discount" "igul222 write testimonial" "igul222 frequent buyer program" "igul222 secret promotion"
zackattack··on My story: from lawyer to ruby hacker
I agree happier, but you said more money. So that's false. Still, I appreciate you chiming in.

BTW - many law firms pay $170k+ to t14 grads - not just top of the class - so comparing it to Google $1mm/yr salaries is a false analogy.

:) Precise thinking leads to precise writing. Reading wrong information leads to imprecise thinking.

zackattack··on My story: from lawyer to ruby hacker
>These days, they are probably making more money in software too :)

Really? Doesn't biglaw pay 170k starting salaries?

zackattack··on Books Programmers Don't Really Read But Recommend
688 pages is not concise.
zackattack··on Books Programmers Don't Really Read But Recommend
900+ pages is concise?
zackattack··on Books Programmers Don't Really Read But Recommend
Work got me Effective Java to go through, but I don't have enough basic Java knowledge to get through it (I know enough Java to be dangerous). I can program in other languages, though, especially in perl, python, JavaScript and PHP. What book should I read before Effective Java?
zackattack··on Pinterest posts new Terms of Service
When can I get API access?
zackattack··on Codename: Obtvse
> this just isn't nice

Maybe if Dustin were a nice guy, your argument would have some validity.

zackattack··on Codename: Obtvse
Copyright infringement? Where is that mentioned on that Wikipedia article?
zackattack··on Codename: Obtvse
Good job with this. I forked it in case you get a change of heart.
zackattack··on A+ for O'Reilly Customer Service: Keep the books and donate them
I bet that a lot of startups don't engage in that kind of customer service since it's uncertain whether they'll even be in business in five years.
zackattack··on Another EC2 outage (yet AWS dashboard says no error)
Someone please apply to YCombinator with this idea.
zackattack··on Another EC2 outage (yet AWS dashboard says no error)
He's talking about the next outage :)
zackattack··on Another EC2 outage (yet AWS dashboard says no error)
> Basic principle of ops

For my benefit, what are some others?

zackattack··on Peter Norvig to teach 'Design of Computer Programs' at Udacity
I can't wait til Paul Graham teaches a class. Holy shit I am so there.
zackattack··on Yammer CEO won't hire anyone from Yahoo who doesn't quit in next 60 days
This is stupid, untrue and counter productive.

I'll put my money where my mouth is. Know a talented engineer over the age of 30? Or 40? Or 50? I know several prestigious firms that would be eager to hire her. Contact me and I'll share my referral bounty with you.

zackattack··on The Zen of Python (by example)
By whom, and why not? I like it. It's explicit. Self-documenting.
zackattack··on Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
It would be cool if this also let me clap as a gesture. And it would be cool if you sold an arduino kit that let me hook up my light switches.
zackattack··on Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas
Not at all surprised that aapl has taken a dip in after hours trading. Wouldn't be surprised to see it fall monday either. The last time PG publicly endorsed amzn we saw it briefly spike before returning to ~183. Almost reminds me of what 50cent did with hnhi.

Not sure whether it's a clearly causal thing or that PG simply has his finger on the tip of investor consciousness.

zackattack··on This Meeting Has Cost.. (javascript ticker)
Post the source? edit: please integrate with RescueTime
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