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by S4M 11y ago
Naive question: wouldn't lua or scheme be more suitable than python to be embedded in microcontrollers?
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by S4M 11y ago
> I'd love Apple to get so big and monopolistic they could curate the Internet So basically just for your own comfort you'd like a big company to become monopolistic and force its views on the web? I am not found of ads myself,
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by S4M 11y ago
I know people who only know one language - some Java, some ActionScript... I think it can be easy to get comfy and not bother learning new languages. After all, Blub is enough for what they do, why would they bother spending time learning a
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by S4M 11y ago
You should start actively looking for another job. If you can't find one, can you try to transfer in another team? What is your personal situation? Can relocate if your area doesn't have jobs?
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by S4M 11y ago
> A common problem is that the use of staffing firms - recruiters - has led to the common requirement that new hires "hit the ground running" because employers don't want to train someone after paying a recruiter $30,000.0
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by S4M 11y ago
When I took the TOEIC (it was mandatory to get my diploma), the people in charge of the exams said that the TOEIC score is only valid one or two years (can't remember which) and if we spend some time in an English speaking country it w
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Why I won't run another startup(medium.com)
4 points by S4M 11y ago|1 comments
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by S4M 11y ago
It's also crazy that they don't let you order one sample to test it. There is no way I will pay $70 for 28 meals if I don't know if I will like it.
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by S4M 11y ago
Seriously, it's a bit annoying to have so many news related to apple products making it to the front page of HN today.
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by S4M 11y ago
I like the idea of the shell being an HolyC interpreter. Do we have some analogs with the mainstream languages - I know I could fire up, say, the Python REPL and use it as my shell but that wouldn't be convenient to manipulate files.
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by S4M 11y ago
Well, she works at Github, so she ought to have a significant profile...
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by S4M 11y ago
Doesn't that mean that the lottery was losing money? How is that even possible?
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by S4M 11y ago
A real project like writing a Kernel or implementing a programming language?
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by S4M 11y ago
Maxima (computer algebra system) is still using SourceForge: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ It is one of the oldest software in the world.
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by S4M 11y ago
Like theyeti, I worked in a company that wanted to do business in Japan - they wanted to buy some advertising there to get the Japanese audience - and advertising companies refused to work with them (to take their money that is) because the
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by S4M 11y ago
I thought he was talking about how much he was spending. 500 euros/month is possible if you are very frugal. I agree that 500 euros/month seems very low for a salary in Netherlands.
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by S4M 11y ago
Should be doable if he doesn't have to pay for the rent (already owning his house or staying with his parents) and has a modest life style.
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by S4M 11y ago
> I certainly upvote the better job ads and assumed everybody else did, and if you want an Idris research job, you'll probably be searching for the keyword rather than browsing top results. I never upvote or downvote job offers, and
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by S4M 11y ago
> Find and read some front-end designer blogs. Do you have some suggestions?
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by S4M 11y ago
I honestly don't understand what he did wrong. Why does he need to apologize? In couple of weeks it will be all forgotten and he will be able to post his startup under another account.
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by S4M 11y ago
> Contrast this with something like Jinja2 where if you mess up it'll only break a small bit of the page. Do you have some examples of error that are easy to make with Jinja2? I personally find it to be a thing of beauty, but it&#x2
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by S4M 11y ago
I think a book being free is a good reason to start learning about something. Let's say someone wants to read something about cryptography knowing nothing about it. Paying $100 for a book that he doesn't know if he'll read it
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by S4M 11y ago
You can use cygwin as a shell, then you will mainly be using a text editor, a browser and a shell that is similar to the Unix shell, so it will not be fundamentally different from Linux - from the user point of view.
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by S4M 11y ago
> Actually I don't see how being a manager at bigco or being a wealthy student in an expensive school with lots of means helps you bootstrap a company on a shoestring. I don't know either about the wealthy students, but being a
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by S4M 11y ago
I guess the best students of your program managed to find something they liked a lot (like machine learning, compilers, embedded, etc.) and got specialized in it, while the majority of the students just followed along somewhat passively - I
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by S4M 11y ago
Well, maybe someone who happens to be Jewish will turn out to be a blood thirsty dictator in the future and destroy the world, and that person would have never been born if his ancestors had been killed by the nazis. It's really far fe
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by S4M 11y ago
Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States of America, so most likely he didn't care too much about this region. Granted, he may have been afraid of not being able to maintain it because of a naval inferiority, but I don't think
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by S4M 11y ago
He never said he wanted other people to fund his basics. He just wants to work little for a little salary and lots of free time.
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by S4M 11y ago
I think gizi's point is pretty good (I upvoted it), but he misses the case where a company has to do some heavily customization on its product to satisfy the customer's needs, which is often the case in enterprise sales. In this c
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by S4M 11y ago
I agree with you, but he could have said "I honestly don't think you know enough X to be really useful for Microsoft."

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