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Ask HN: What do you talk about in 1-on-1s with your managers? 4 years ago

Just de-lurked to say: I agree with you completely.

As a veteran of several industry-winters, I have to expect some down-voters are in for a rude awakening over the next few years.

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Boots the Bishop: On Albert Magnus 4 years ago

priceless

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Vacuum-maker Dyson is reportedly working on an electric car 10 years ago

Is Clive Sinclair available for comment? ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hco_Av2DJ8o

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Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK 11 years ago

Anyone know what the market's like for embedded s/w development these days? ~ 15 years ago (ouch) recall we were using a lot of contractors for protracted periods & had to keep them sweet for fear they might just skip off to another job.

Didn't make the transition then. Always wondered ..

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The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video] 11 years ago

& more Cliff, somewhat younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac

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Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78 15 years ago

Cliff Stoll has a nice account of meeting Robert Morris at the NSA in chapter 45 of "The Cuckoo's Egg".

http://users.tmok.com/~pazzi/cuckoo_egg.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg_(book)

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