Iftheshoefits

9 ms·

31.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
That's a bit pedantic, innit. It isn't strictly O(1) but with any reasonable implementation the collision resolution algorithm will make it have an amortized O(M), where M << N and therefore effectively constant.
32.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
It depends on the context but generally less meaningful and sometimes less relevant. One hasn't really had time to fully absorb certain "life lessons" until they've had the benefit of years and therefore other additional
33.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I'm not sure we disagree about the purpose and utility of tests. I certainly was not complaining about tests. If anything, I was complaining that too often, in my experience at least, it seems to be presented as an undeniable truism th
34.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Here is another one: failing to understand that tests introduce additional maintenance and design overhead. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Tests are additional code that is tightly coupled to the target code that is meant to be used in prod
35.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
> You say it as if it was easy. Like they had it handed to them. Clearly a lot of tumblers fell into place, but that doesn't mean the NSF is due a share of the profits. Would you claim Harvard is due a share of Microsoft if it gave
36.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Actually I think engineering requires the same analytical ability as the science that forms the basis for it. It's just applied in a different context and requires a different path to develop into a good talent.
37.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I guess. I just can't fathom how anybody could have any information at all about property values anywhere else and still look at the housing prices out here and think, "Gee, it's a great idea to buy!" For most (the overw
38.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I think in some (maybe many) cases it is a "pissing contest." In other, and probably the majority, of cases I'd hope it is a case of simple inexperience coupled with arrogance resulting from the relative immaturity of the fie
39.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Listings in the Bay Area are absurd. I can buy 6 (larger, better maintained) houses almost anywhere else in the country for the price as one house that would be a "starter home" in those same places. The opportunities and culture
40.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I absolutely would expect a theoretical physicist to at least be able to competently contribute to the design of an experiment, especially as it pertains to his specialty. The bridge analogy is spot on, in my opinion. It mirrors my above co
41.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I've interviewed, and been an interviewer, in interviews with the most obnixous technical questions, interviews where the hardest technical question was equivalent to "can you code?" and interviews that were in between. In no
42.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I think hiring is broken for a different reason: workers, whether in software or any other industry, are viewed as less-than-equal ("second-class citizens"). Except in rare cases the entire hiring process in software especially, f
43.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Companies who have such low expectations already have alternatives in the form of a WebView with extra bells and whistles, like cordova or any of the numerous JS-based native-but-not-really frameworks and libraries. This is just one more am
44.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I can't speak for the person you're addressing, but I regularly express skepticism about the entire range of judgments in this industry, whether it be skills, culture, personality, or anything else, regardless of the gender of the
45.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
It's pretty tiny when the expectation is that one will be treated like a regular employee with respect to compensation and benefits but expected to behave like a 20% (or more)-equity founder with respect to passion and (especially) eff
46.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
That may be standard, but it's entirely not in the interests of any employee to play the game. The founders' and investors' beliefs regarding "skin in the game" are missing one key component: the reduced salary one
47.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Do you know what I call a 1%/4-year vestment "equity" plan? I call that an ESPP (employee stock purchase plan) by another name, with inflated valuations due to startup hype. Why would anybody agree to that? At least insist th
48.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Orbit is precisely halfway to the boundary of a region of space for which double of the to-orbit energy is required to attain. It's barely "anywhere" much less "everywhere."
49.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
"Space travel is utter bilge" is correct, in my opinion, from one viewpoint: specifically with respect to its cost effectiveness along any axis you care to measure save one: the emotionally-driven ego/pride/curiosity axi
50.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
What about pay, though? Here in the US, at least from my perspective, .NET contracting is slightly better than PHP contracting. That is, most of the .NET jobs are (relatively) poor paying with the kind of cheap, demanding client we've
51.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
It seems to me those EA and Google billboards are going to help you attract smug, arrogant people who may be talented, but whose talents are almost certainly going to be overshadowed by their own egos, or people who are good at looking up t
52.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
I don't disagree that posting salaries ought to be far more common than it is. I also am not convinced that it's a seller's market. Most programmers (developers, software engineers, whatever) are treated like second-class cit
53.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
You are assuming that price and value are positively correlated. They aren't necessarily. Anecdotally I find price has little to do with value in the App marketplace. Buying users, which is in fact what sales and marketing is for indir
54.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
There's a difference between not posting salary and not telling a potential candidate when asked. Given that in America at least incredibly few companies post salary ranges to the public it is a stretch (and insulting) to claim applica
55.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Because like the (vast) majority of very successful people he started from a position of financial independence and social connections that absolutely are far beyond the norm. Becoming very financially successful is very much more about wha
56.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
You're assuming that a lot of Google's employees live in Mountain View, and that "a lot" is potentially a political vote majority. I'm not convinced it's a valid fear, if what that councilman said is a generall
57.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Cost of Living is just one factor to consider, and everybody has different priorities. I discount the CoL "bonus" because of the generally poorer environment with respect to culture, public institutions like libraries and parks, a
58.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Just about every concept (mathematical and physics) in the arXiv paper linked from the article is covered by the end of a typical undergraduate course in electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. The ones that aren't (specifically with r
59.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
His view is that in the valley, the VC investor relationship to founders is more like an employer/employee relationship. I happen to think that is true to some extent. For all the...excess...in MoC's commentary, there are kernels
60.
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Why ever is your comment being downvoted? It's the plain truth. Wages aren't ridiculously high in SV--they're ridiculously low, just like share of equity is.

More ›