thats pretty awesome, i think its really handy. seems to me when i look around for domain names i have to blindly guess and check to see if theyre available. a cleanly built tool like this would save a lot of time IMO (but my experience is limited)
Thanks for the advice guys. I'm aware of the idea of sunk costs but it sure is hard to use that idea in practice haha.
You are also right in that I am confusing the role of a masters education and "practical programming".
I guess my real frustration is that I'm getting very impatient, every time I read about some guy who hacked together some brilliant thing I want to be able to do the same, but I haven't done anything like that. And then I start to think that what I'm learning now isn't helpful enough, etc.
You're right, I need to be less short sighted and focus on the long term. In the end I can always take my time out after I graduate to wrap my head around the "practical programming", and do small things each week to improve those skills.
And so Netflix blinks. They are getting desperate. Will the subscriber count increase as a result of this backtracking? My guess is no. There is still the issue of the massive rise in rates, and the overwhelming negative consumer sentiment right now. This must be reflected in the stock price which ended down 5%.
Definitely agree, it's not just the health benefit of exercise but the attitude that comes with it. You become more energetic, proactive, etc. Such positive attitude will diffuse into the rest of your life!
The thing that really hits home with me (and is important to the tech world in general) is that a products success isn't driven by what people say they want. It's driven by the unsaid wants. We should strive to give the customer what they want but dont realize that they want. Of course, companies today are struggling to even give the customers what they want (ahem dell, hp, any pc manufacturer today)
It is touching to see the human element from idols who have always put on a public face. In this case, Colbert's character put away for a moment, which let you see the person behind the mask. Steve Job's death adds the human element to his legendary career and persona, which is what has captivated me the most. I look forward to reading Steve Job's biography to better understand one of the people that I most admire.
Notice too the extremely slow push-in on the camera when Colbert gets sincere. There's a bit of cinematic wizardry at play to make it extra poignant. It emphasizes that Colbert was truly breaking character - the entire show broke character in a sense, by using some non-standard direction.
Entirely agree. Jobs was most impressive in that he was capable of translating cutting edge technology into a language that the average person could understand and appreciate. This is the greatest asset one can bring to the technology world- it is all too easy to get lost in the hype of the best new processors, the latest graphics technology, etc and forget that all of this is meaningless if society can't understand how to use it.
