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by 4k 12y ago
This is definitely a great negotiation advice. I probably could negotiate better terms. But still it'd still start us (employee and employer) on the wrong foot. They'd think I am being greedy and I'd think this is a place whe
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Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what gives?
133 points by 4k 12y ago|133 comments
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by 4k 12y ago
Default. Interesting to see that choosing Experimental interface fixes the problem!
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by 4k 12y ago
In the search results, the "link" part, which is supposed to point to the HN discussion instead points to hn.algolia.com For every single link in the search results which are HN text submissions. The article submissions still poin
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Ask HN: What is the most useful thing I can develop in C++ and opensource it?
1 points by 4k 12y ago|2 comments
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by 4k 12y ago
For Google/Apple it makes sense, but this is the case with all the handset manufacturers. Like, what does HTC, LG etc have to gain by limiting storage size?
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by 4k 12y ago
Why the storage on all high end phones is stuck at 64gb? I honestly would like to have more storage space.
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by 4k 12y ago
I use plex and host all the content on my local HDD. You can buy 2x3GB Raid drives for under $200. Much more cost effective imo. I wonder why you use Dropbox to store all that data?
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Researchers see signature of “Majorana particles” inside superconducting iron(scientificamerican.com)
120 points by 4k 12y ago|52 comments
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by 4k 12y ago
Its mildly frustrating that I have to click a link to know whether it's something I would have wanted to click or not. Why not, "Mailvelope - OpenPGP encryption for webmail"?
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by 4k 12y ago
Its makes me sad to think a government of a nation with so little prosperity somehow has money to spend on this kind of shit.
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by 4k 12y ago
May be that person felt embarrassed/stupid after asking the question. Personally, it wouldn't compel me to write a post about it.
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Creating optical cables out of higher density air(phys.org)
2 points by 4k 12y ago|0 comments
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by 4k 12y ago
I am really looking forward to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization:_Beyond_Earth Its supposedly spiritual sequel to Alpha Centauri.
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Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn't compete(theguardian.com)
21 points by 4k 12y ago|1 comments
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by 4k 12y ago
Interesting. Thinking about what computers can't do now or in any foreseeable future, I wouldn't be surprised if spending time with people in need of human interaction becomes a huge industry in coming years. I first laughed at id
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by 4k 12y ago
I think the problem with privacy violation is twofold. 1) Protecting Citizen's data from snooping attempts of foreign intelligence agencies. Which is state's responsibility imo, which in this case it's carrying out. In this r
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by 4k 12y ago
This could have been something. First social network I joined was Orkut in 2004. Back in 2006, it was all rage not only in Brazil, but also in lots of other countries where facebook was virtually unknown (iirc the MAU was over 100 million).
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by 4k 12y ago
Sorry for being critical here, but are we all so easy to please that any random easter egg from google becomes top story on HN?
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by 4k 12y ago
Warrentless cellphone searches are reasonable if only it falls within a specific exception to Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. See Kentucky vs King. I looked up Kentucky vs King on wiki. TL;DR warrantless searches con
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by 4k 12y ago
Hardly anybody would want to learn all of the features ofcourse. There are advantages of using vim which other editors can't compete with (imho): - A just booted VM with with no window manager installed. You have very few choices, but