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901.
by MCRed 12y ago
I find the methodology kinda dubious. For instance, I would like to see some substantiation that living within the bay area or new york are key indicators of startup success. The primary method by which startups fail is running out of capi
902.
by MCRed 12y ago
I worked at Amazon for several years as a software engineer. That was one of the two worst job experiences in my life. Amazon's corporate culture has zero respect for employees. They treat customers very well, but employees are not va
903.
by MCRed 12y ago
For me, it's a huge signal when a founder or exec at a startup mentions an ivy league school or a "marquee" name. I've worked for big names in tech, I don't go around bragging about it. Only time to brag is if you
904.
by MCRed 12y ago
When I was a kid, I saw the movie Logans Run (1970s). They made it to washington DC and found a car. They didn't know what it was, but they shined a light on it, and it started to activate and so they conclduded "maybe this thing
905.
by MCRed 12y ago
I call it corruption as well. Any time the government violates its own laws, or violates human rights, that's corrupt. I think americans believe their government is less corrupt in part because corruption is not identified as such. Il
906.
by MCRed 12y ago
I believe that this law is in direct violation of the commerce clause[1]. The commerce clause was designed to prevent tarrifs from being placed on products from one state being sold in another state. They wanted to prevent inter-state tra
907.
by MCRed 12y ago
This is the kind of unfounded complaints we've seen from people about Apple going back at least to the 1980s. More recently, there was an "outcry" when Apple waited a few months to release the latest version of OS X as open
908.
by MCRed 12y ago
and history.
909.
by MCRed 12y ago
Seems likely. It's not like objective-c is closed to other people, and the extensions to Objective-C that Apple has made are open. Swift and Objective-C are based on LLVM, which Apple has supported since very early on, and which is op
910.
by MCRed 12y ago
Just imagine if every company did that-- your references would be overwhelmed with phone calls. My policy, in the past, was that I'd give references after getting an offer, so that the references would only have to spend their time on
911.
by MCRed 12y ago
This is a feature not a bug-- let me explain: Recruiting is not necessarily easy. But you can judge a company by how they recruit people. Their hiring process-- given that talent is so critical-- tells you a great deal about the company.
912.
by MCRed 12y ago
The P/E is a quick proxy for the bond return. Lower the PE relative to reliable, conservative growth, the better the return. High quality products mean it's unlikely they will release something that shoots them in the foot. Micro
913.
by MCRed 12y ago
I've always found the idea of diversification as a rule, or for its own sake to be troubling. Say you have 100k. You could put it all in Apple, or put 99k in Apple and then buy puts to protect against a sudden decline in Apple with th
914.
by MCRed 12y ago
The interesting conundrum here, as I see it, is that the iPad is losing its purpose. Before, it was between phones- which were small-- and laptops-- which were big. But the Air is becoming a lot more mainstream, laptops overall are becomin
915.
by MCRed 12y ago
When your spreadsheet is a web app, you don't need to sync. Because there is no native app to sync to. That's a whole lot easier than figuring out how to do sync.
916.
by MCRed 12y ago
First off, iCloud has worked great for me. Secondly, you're not made to use it at all... Apple makes it really easy to turn off in settings, and with particularly fine grained control. If you don't use it, things fall back gracef
917.
by MCRed 12y ago
I build cool stuff, I have kept up to date on new technologies, and languages. But I don't have a big network of people who "need a website" and I don't build websites, so I don't have people constantly calling me o
918.
by MCRed 12y ago
Either you become CTO or you stay a Senior Software Developer forever. I have noticed a lot of age discrimination the "bay area startup scene". Not so much outside the bay area. I do wonder how long it is until someone gets sued
919.
by MCRed 12y ago
How many years of experience do you keep on your resume? I've been keeping 20, but it seems the bay area startups can smell that I'm old. (I've not met age discrimination outside of the bay area startups run by 22 year old
920.
by MCRed 12y ago
Biggest missing feature: Free text search box. Let me search for that elusive remote FORTRAN position! :-) I would prioritize this over all others as it lets you search for "european" or technology, or "hip chat" if, fo
921.
by MCRed 12y ago
It's management instinct to want to see people. IF they can't see you, I think they feel that maybe you're slacking off. (Of course, the manager never sees you when you write a bunch of code in the middle of the night because
922.
by MCRed 12y ago
I applied for an anonymous company once. It was also a remote job. They had this website with all kinds of stuff about how great they were, based on a survey of their employees. But no real information. Their application was one of the m
923.
by MCRed 12y ago
Call me old school, but I've always felt the term "coder" was a diminutive, while "programmer" (as used in the title) is more appropriate. I think of a coder as someone mindlessly implementing logic that someone els
924.
by MCRed 12y ago
I love stuff like this. One thing I've wanted for awhile, but not been able to find is off the shelf ASIC making. For instance, you could take a design like this, or something built for FPGAs, and then turn that into a contract manuf
925.
by MCRed 12y ago
Dropbox is distributed. According to the article, it uses AWS, which is a Dynamo based system. Among its other features, Dynamo allows you to distribute data across many servers, using a hash of the data's key in order to look it up
926.
by MCRed 12y ago
Apple does review apps for harm, calling bad APIs and the like.
927.
by MCRed 12y ago
This is the primary argument for Apple's AppStore and App submission guidelines, and the evaluation (much of it automated) that Apple does upon submission. This is also why iOS prompts the user before disclosing information to the App,
928.
by MCRed 12y ago
One of the most compelling arguments for reading _Atlas Shrugged_ in my opinion, is that whenever it's mentioned people seem to fall over themselves to tell you not to read it (or to bash Rand, call it bad writing, or whatever.) They
929.
by MCRed 12y ago
I don't know why you're getting down voted, maybe people don't know the first rule of gun safety: Always treat the firearm as if it is loaded. (which on the internet is "the gun is always loaded" shorthand.)
930.
by MCRed 12y ago
You could say that people don't take design seriously, and use google and Facebook as examples. But Apple does. And though most people won't consciously notice that their products are well designed, it is a big part of what makes

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