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FAQ - Stack Overflow 
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
As we've said all along — Stack Overflow is run by you! If you want to help us run Stack Overflow, you'll need reputation first. Reputation is a (very) rough measurement of how much the Stack Overflow community trusts you. Reputation is never given, it is earned by convincing other Stack Overflow users
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How to restrain one's self from the overwhelming urge to rewrite everything? - Stack Overflow
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Shared by codefin
An interesting stackoverflow question. Certainly one that every developer should think about often.
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Learning Ruby on Rails - Stack Overflow
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Shared by Tom
charting some new waters here...
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What tricks do you use to get yourself "in the zone"? - Stack Overflow
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Shared by C.M
Watch the presentation on TED by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:Creativity, fulfillment and flow
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How can I draw a bezier curve using Python's PIL? - Stack Overflow
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Thu, 30 Oct. 2008
Shared by voidfiles
Cool idea bezier curves using PIL
I'm using Python's Imaging Library and I would like to draw some bezier curves.I guess I could calculate pixel by pixel but I'm hoping there is something simpler.
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What are the biggest differences between Python and Ruby from a philsophical perspective - Stack Overflow
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.com on Wed, 29 Oct. 2008
Shared by voidfiles
Sweet break down of the difference between python and lisp. My take. Python is a step closer to lispness, and Ruby is step closer to Fortraness. I guess thing are going forward. Mayby one day we will have a super language that brings all these cool things together.
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Episode 25 - StackOverflow
(unknown author) via StackOverflow on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
It's a Yeggethon! Joel and Jeff sit down with Steve Yegge to discuss Google, programming languages, writing code, and just plain writing. This episode runs long as a tribute to Steve.
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Does sex sell and should I offer it?
(unknown author) via StackOverflow.com - User Feed on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Shared by Ralph
by travis: funny how tagging something makes it so that it looks like you wrote it in the SO feeds.
Should I use highly trafficked keywords such as sex to get users to view my online content even if it doesn't match my content? How close to a match, or really how far from matching my content should I reach - ie: Indexing under sex which is heavi
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Stackoverflow Podcast 019
(unknown author) via stackoverflow.fogbugz.com on Fri, 29 Aug. 2008
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Joel Spolsky talks about Investment banks hiring great prgrammers to maintain critical systems and how they keep them interested and motivated by letting them rewrite the system in a random new technology.An interesting view!It's best to listen to the podcast (http://blog.stackoverflow.co
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Bad News, Good News
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Wed, 06 Aug. 2008
I’ve got some bad news and some good news.
I like to start with the bad news, and you don’t get a choice, so here goes:
There will be no podcasts for the next two weeks.
Joel is on an extended vacation. Our apologies, but the logistics of recording remotely are too daunting.
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Stack Overflow Private Beta Begins
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
And then a miracle occurred.
We’re beginning the Stack Overflow private beta.
I am sending out emails to the first 100 people for the private
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Stack Overflow Beta Design
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Sat, 26 Jul. 2008
Ever notice how most sites run by programmers have the worst designs ever?
Yeah.
We’re currently at the stage where we need to implement an actual design — for which I have recruited actual designers. Here’s a sneak peek at the beta
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Podcast #15
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
This is the fifteenth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following:
A brief discussion of our shoestring budget, and the project schedule. The beta for Stack Overflow is close; we will likely be trickling people in by the end of the month.
Strategies for handling recurring or background
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Stack Overflow Badge Feedback
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Sat, 12 Jul. 2008
Are you familiar with the “stinking badges” quote? It’s from the 1948 movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Here’s the actual clip from the movie:
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Podcast #13
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Wed, 09 Jul. 2008
This is the thirteenth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following:
Joel Spolsky still claims he is a New Zealander — or at least his father was — though I refuse to believe anything that is not in Joel’s Wikipedia entry can possibly be true. More evidence:
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Podcast #12
Jeff Atwood via stackoverflow on Wed, 02 Jul. 2008
This is the twelfth episode of the Stack Overflow podcast, wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following:
The difficulty of working on an airplane, even with an ultraportable laptop. I use the Dell XPS M1330, which I love, but it’s still marginal on an airplane
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