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by SandB0x 10y ago
Out of interest, what do you think their real goals are? (I agree with the sentiment of your comments FWIW)
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by SandB0x 10y ago
Bear in mind the kind of people you want to hire for a lead engineer role are unlikely to apply in the first place, on the off-chance that you'll make them an offer significantly above the advertised range. Anyway, best of luck - anyth
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by SandB0x 10y ago
> You won't find anyone worth their salt for such an important role in an early stage company starting at £30k. Probably not at £55k either.
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by SandB0x 10y ago
I believe the input state is the past 4 frames stacked or concatenated.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
Or even a coin.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
What would be the economic impact of a country recovering tens or hundreds of billions of dollars? It couldn't immediately actual economic productivity. Would it simply work out to reducing a country's debt obligations? Would it c
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by SandB0x 11y ago
The problem with contracting is nobody is paying into your pension, you have no paid leave and because of the (real or perceived) lack of security it is extremely difficult to get a mortgage and harder to even rent.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
How was the quality of the outsourced work? Did they find an existing software house in India and send them specs a deadlines? Did they hire individuals?
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by SandB0x 11y ago
The post: Almost 20 years ago my father answered the phone as we ate a late family dinner. He was mightily confused because the man on the other end of the call was asking him questions he had no idea how t answer. After a few moments of co
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by SandB0x 11y ago
If my cat is anything to go by, the options are: a daily pill, radioactive iodine, surgery or a new type of very expensive cat food.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
In what specific ways is their technology better, from what you've heard? Hololens supposedly has a narrov FOV and you need a relatively dark room due to the additive display. Have they really solved these problems?
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In search of a European Google(theguardian.com)
65 points by SandB0x 11y ago|87 comments
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by SandB0x 11y ago
Do you mean "mates" in the British pub sense or in the David Attenborough sense?
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by SandB0x 11y ago
I see, very good. Other options for branding the idea: Yahoo Ventures, Yahoo 20% Time (for internal "ideation"). In fact I'm now convinced it's a good idea!
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by SandB0x 11y ago
The high cost is part of the service. "We spared no expense planning this failed initiative and hired the best consultants. What more could we have done?"
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by SandB0x 11y ago
> They are already bringing in outside consultants from McKinsey, but in this day and age, how about turning to the crowd for help? If they posted significant cash prices (say $1m total) and let their users vote on the best ideas, I bet
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by SandB0x 11y ago
As a great real-life example, consider the the Flip camcorder, which kinda came out of nowhere and "stole" 13% of the camcorder market (although I'd bet good money that it actually created new market share). Does it dissolve
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by SandB0x 11y ago
I believe London has co-opted (in the Naomi Klein sense) the US startup scene. We do all the superficial activity: incubators, pitches, hackathons, and so on, but it is driven by government initiatives and established businesses. - There ar
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by SandB0x 11y ago
What a fantastic, thoughtful post. If anyone is skipping to the comments here based on the title, you should read the article, not least because it's by Andrei Alexandrescu.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
> Increasing engagement of new users makes Twitter more sticky "Engagement" seems to be one of those alternative metrics that companies point to when they're not making actual money.
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Athletics doping: What happens if trust goes out of sport?(m.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by SandB0x 11y ago|0 comments
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by SandB0x 11y ago
The consumer Rift is coming out next year. So far they have only released development kits.
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Blackberry Priv early impressions(arstechnica.com)
1 points by SandB0x 11y ago|0 comments
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by SandB0x 11y ago
Problem is another supplier can claim to sell the same item and benefit from the positive reviews. I've seen a lot of this with unbranded items like USB chargers for cars.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
Here are the emails in full. Shocking stuff. http://jimromenesko.com/2015/11/03/layoffs-begin-at-national... "We will evolve. We will create impact. We will change the world." Just fuck off.
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by SandB0x 11y ago
I had exactly the same. With MMX!
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Summly Founder Nick D’Aloisio Leaves Yahoo(techcrunch.com)
2 points by SandB0x 11y ago|0 comments
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by SandB0x 11y ago
> I don't care who you are, nobody could straight up dupe their way into $88M. Maybe the investors thought the same in earlier rounds?
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With new site, Google makes public many of its internal HR tactics(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by SandB0x 11y ago|0 comments
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by SandB0x 11y ago
Absolutely agree on the reputation and word of mouth. There are great freelancers and consultants who can work with you to build your app. If you work in the industry long enough you will eventually come across them and they really know t

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