MetaCosm

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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Self-posted linkbait, he needs the hits man! Just one more hit!
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Insiders only need apply. The over-regulation does nothing but protect the existing players and stifling start-up competition across dozens of industries.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
This is really interesting, because it goes beyond just a label -- it is a social stigma. I am now going to have to find some books on the topic!
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
The "zombie company" thing used to happen (in the late 90s), not so much anymore. Now it seems we have gone to the other extreme, "fail fast" is the slogan of the day. Sometimes companies fail so fast they never get a chance to grow into a
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
In the US -- we look at some of our most successful businesses and a ton of them had bankrupt companies in their past... Ford (cars), Disney (media), Lincoln (president), Heinz (condiments), Hershey (candy), Twain (author), Fox (media) -- t
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
I suspect it is more likely that we will see Apple laptops built around some form of high powered Arm64 chip, which they can license and build. As long as it is powerful "enough" and has great battery life. Apple already is familiar with a
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
They are getting vilified for two reasons. #1. It implies women are delicate breakable flowers who can't take any criticism. #2. It implies men are tough and not delicate and don't need this protection. Both of those things are judging peop
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
It is funny -- Mac might be the most popular "Microsoft Signature" install.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
... friends aren't co-workers. You choose your friends. You friends don't control your paycheck, nor can they fire you. It is a different dynamic, and for this to happen in a manager / direct report situation is insane. It is so insane t
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
But he isn't -- he pointed out an insanely racist real world thing -- he identified himself in real life already to any of his co-workers who read this (being called Carbomb is obviously not normal workplace behavior, in meetings... WTF...
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
I don't. Your claim is specific, extreme and insane. Your co-workers or manager just from what you wrote would easily know who you are, the only thing you did was detach the claim from your main account. Beyond that, if even a hint of wha
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Step #1 is "apply". That is a hell of a barrier to entry. You also need to explain what you want to do with the pause account. As I said in another comment, it might end up being to the detriment of node, but now it feels like a feature.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
npm publish lets you create something new and share it trivially and in a useful manner. This might end up being a negative in the long run, but for now it seems like a huge positive.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Lots of other communities tend to default to GPL.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
There is a huge difference in the barrier to entry. To contribute a module to cpan versus contributing a module to NPM. You might consider the barrier a feature, but it is a wild difference.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
It came late (but at the perfect time) -- it lowered the barrier to entry -- it changed the default licensing -- it leveraged existing systems (github). In short, it didn't do any amazing -- but by simply combining the right tech at the rig
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
I honestly think it might be (changing the face of open source), I am not a part of the node.js community, but I do look at the way NPM works with a bit of jealousy. Born at the right time, defaulting to the "right" (according to me) licens
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
" I didn’t choose guys that were second best to those here in Canada, I selected the cream of the crop. " -- please quote me where in the article he said there are more talented and experienced people in Canada.... He said there was talent
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Thanks for injecting the viewpoint of someone who isn't defending their birthplace as a virtue.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Your implication is that the quality of code from foreign developers is worse? Or that their code scales worse? That seems at best presumptuous and at worst racist.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Don't you realize, I put in the time to be born in the right country, unlike lazy foreigners... if they wanted a job, why didn't they ensure they were born in Canada? I will tell you why, laziness.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
"Slave fee's" is money paid to people who didn't win the birth lotto of being born in the right country. There is an ugly sort of nationalism and entitlement under a lot of the comments. The concept of being entitled to a job because of wh
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
"Exploitation" is an silly loaded word. I am not certain the developers he hired feel "exploited". I am not sure their families or children feel "exploited".
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
This is an interesting and correct point. But, developers are moving to cheaper countries in some cases, but the fluidity is far less than money.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Being emotional hurt doesn't mean you have a valid factual point. I would feel "hurt" -- but that doesn't mean I have a right to the job. Anymore than if you are "hurt" when you boyfriend/girlfriend dumps you... it doesn't mean you get to
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
No, he looks at it one way: value. If he can get a SMARTER, MORE EXPERIENCED, CHEAPER developer in Argentina, why on earth would he hire a Canadian developer?
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Hey, if you win the birth lotto, you have a RIGHT TO MAKE MORE. Those other developers should have been born in a better country.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
You nailed him sounding like a sales oriented jerkoff... but he also takes all the fiscal risk, all the upfront risk. He is the one who goes bankrupt if it fails, he owes those debts.
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
A huge number of businesses fail, business owners go bankrupt, no one wins. They lose all their money, everyone who they owe a debt to takes a bath, the community is impoverished. Just because company X worked one way doesn't mean company
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by MetaCosm 13y ago
Austin isn't that cheap -- and if it gets fancy new 1Gbit -- I am guessing it will get more expensive quickly.

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