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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Guidelines (for parent also): https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be s
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Google shutting down their Reader didn't really help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader
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Of course, you acted like a smartass for no apparent reason. You will never be asked to reimplement a library function on your job, these questions are used to see how you approach a problem, your reasoning, etc...
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Funnily enough, the quote “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” was originally related to the rising popularity of tabloids reaching for the low hanging fruit, compared to more traditional newspap
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+1 for Macbook Air 13" 2010 (dedicated GPU). Best laptop I ever owned, hands down.
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It is at least a mildly sane response.
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"So pay them more." As a European that is also often uncomfortable with this typical US "custom", I think it is kind of an arrogant statement to make. It is just a different way to do things, and I'm not sure what
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"Toshiba Medial Visualisation Systems" It should probably say "Medical" :)
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... and it doesn't put you in the top 20% in Pakistan ? http://www.averagesalarysurvey.com/pakistan It would be a decent salary for many countries in Europe.
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The obvious difference is that Apple had absolutely no control on Java's evolution as a language, that is clearly not the case with Swift.
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"The EU was primarily funded as a way to prevent Europe from being destroyed by inner conflicts again, which makes some sense after two devastating world wars that left Europe in ruins and killed millions of citizens. It's sad tha
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Thanks, appreciated.
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"You can do more than pfsense with a plain old Linux box but it takes some dense reading to learn to manipulate the traffic control and routing tables yourself." That's why having a nice UI adds already a lot of value :). I
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Are there other valid open-source alternatives, possibly Linux-based ?
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"A significant proportion of IT and STEM graduate are unable to get work in their chosen industry, and proceed to waste years of education by going into other areas out of necessity." Not contesting this statement, but is there so
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I'm also sure that a fair number of data samples could be obtained in a very short time.
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I guess the issue is if the actual country from where the company operates is cool with it.
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"Not least, that microphone hole up at the top of the screen.I'm no expert, but that looks like it would be the number one source of cracked screens from the gentlest of knocks." Minor point, but I guess it would be a speaker
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
It honestly doesn't seem to me that consumption in Italy is that different from other western countries (it is lower than neighboring Austria or Switzerland, for instance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coun
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Agreed completely, I really don't get people that fake their CV or lie at interviews. It might land you a job, but then you have to keep the lies going indefinitely, living in fear of being found out. Is it worth it ?
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
The issue is whether it makes sense to post a paywall link on HN, since only a (probably small) subset of users can access it, if there is no workaround available. EDIT: It could be argued that the upvote system would take care of that natu
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Datasheet link (which is the first thing I would look for for something intended for industrial application): http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/154f/090076...
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Some context: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/adam-saleh-del... "A YouTube star known for filming elaborate hoaxes was escorted off a Delta flight on Wednesday morning after he claimed
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
I don't think the issue is whether automation and globalization are able to create more wealth in absolute, but whether the resulting wealth is distributed fairly (or effciently). If a company is able to automate its facilities to achi
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
In an article about "Nintendo’s Sad Struggle for Survival", no mention of the Switch (and four paragraphs dedicated to CliffyB because...)?
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
If you are interested in more than an article, this course is very good. https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto Sorry to spoil it, but the conclusion will basically be the same as the article, as in "just don'
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by Kurtz79 10y ago
"Yeah it really sucked working in that warehouse and it was embarrassing a little bit. I used that as motivation. Fuck pride indeed" It seems to me that pride really was your motivation... and there's nothing wrong with it.
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Funny that the software/tech industry is one of the few (to my knowledge) willing to offer "relocation packages".
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That's a nice list, but are there actual reviews of the services ? Maybe not full reviews, but a short summary of why you do/don't recommend them would be very informative.
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You are assuming that other costs apart from salaries are negligible and that firing 80% of the staff will have negligible effect on revenue. They are pretty big assumptions to make.

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