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by bcg1 11y ago
Some of us don't use those things to begin with.
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by bcg1 11y ago
In general I certainly agree, but there are also advantages for free software of this. For example, this will probably help expose and fix lots of bugs in Microsoft's implementation of Linux interfaces, which will be a benefit to free
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by bcg1 11y ago
Pro tip: if you find yourself starting a sentence with the words "I don't mean to be a dick but...", it probably means you're about to say something that qualifies as "being a dick". Also, who uses that kind of
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Libreplanet 2016, Edward Snowden Keynote (video)(media.libreplanet.org)
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by bcg1 11y ago
I agree completely. But in many organizations recruiting and hiring would be considered overhead instead of strategic, and thus a target for outsourcing to someone in HR or some outside firm. The problem there of course is that those peop
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by bcg1 11y ago
The problem could also be that many teams simply don't have the time or possess the knowledge to do an assessment like you're suggesting (which I agree is a good way to assess candidates). It requires someone to actually design a
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by bcg1 11y ago
Bootcamps could be useful if students just use them to get their foot in the door at a truly entry level job that is basically a learning experience. If you pay cash for a bootcamp and then work for $30,000 a year for 4 years on real projec
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by bcg1 11y ago
> I've always heard that a candidate should never share salary information and require the company to provide the first concrete number in the form of their initial offer Its true that it is irrelevant what you made at your last job
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by bcg1 11y ago
It is not a contradiction, it is a sham. To wit: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 29, section 3: "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.&quot
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by bcg1 11y ago
Still not anywhere close to 3%. And I'm not arguing that electronic payments don't have merit; just that the elimination of cash does not have appreciable merit to be feasible.
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by bcg1 11y ago
Not anywhere close to 3%. And anecdotally, I've never had anyone complain when I handle them a bundle of $20 bills. Many banks don't charge fees for using machines that count coins that are dumped into them. However, some big ba
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by bcg1 11y ago
In person, I always use cash whenever possible. It saves business owners 3% or so on processing fees, so they can keep prices lower. I suppose there is the possibility that they might forget to declare that transaction and not have to pay
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by bcg1 11y ago
> we would ask you to use just your language’s standard library, no third-party libs or frameworks... With the problem description, we sent to candidates a functional test suite, a binary that when started would try to connect to the can
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by bcg1 11y ago
Yes, the appeal to peoples' conscience by asking them to pretend it is a free trial unfortunately won't work at all to get money from businesses. On the other hand, a support package with a definitive price is much easier for a d
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by bcg1 11y ago
We're talking about tech jobs here, not minimum wage jobs that don't provide a living wage. I think the point is really that most people conflate their NEEDS with their WANTS and end up living hand to mouth because of it. If you
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by bcg1 11y ago
Thank you for the work you do Eric. The light you shine on the dark parts of markets is incredible.
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by bcg1 11y ago
Next up on HN... "GOfurr, a gopher client written in Go" ;)
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by bcg1 11y ago
Sun web server is a Java web server, and ColdFusion is a Java application.
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by bcg1 11y ago
I disagree with those saying that the impact of this type of attack is minimal. Depending on the application it could significant implications. Imagine for instance if this was possible in an application, and after switching to the attacke
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by bcg1 11y ago
My argument is that it is theoretically possible that in a declining market environment, the combined effect of HFT and other algorithmic traders (I apologize for conflating and using crude terms, but my vocabulary is admittedly imprecise a
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by bcg1 11y ago
By "in its current form" I mean whatever growth & developments have been implemented in the industry since 2009, and to a lesser extent since 2011. I'm not an insider or an expert, and I'm sure there are many nuanced
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by bcg1 11y ago
This might be true on a micro level when it comes to order execution, but on a macro level the costs have yet to be determined. HFT in its current form has not really been through a market downturn, and the way in which the algorithms inte
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by bcg1 11y ago
It is of course possible (likely?) that the policy could be expanded at any time... so perhaps maintaining a maximum distance is indeed a prudent policy for those currently outside the grips of the US tax feeders.
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by bcg1 11y ago
The meaning I derive from that statement is that terms like "government" and "the state" refer to things that do not exist in the collection of mass, energy, and quantum whatevers that we call "the universe"...
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by bcg1 11y ago
So to clarify my understanding... i-whatevers have some sort of "trusted computing" bootloader or something... so can only boot a digitally signed version of the OS. So even if the FBI dumped the firmware from the phone and found
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by bcg1 11y ago
This point cannot really be overstated. It is quite sad that we've reached a point where technology could empower us to lift up the state of humanity, but we're deploying it in a way to keep humanity in subservience of the state.
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by bcg1 11y ago
I've been in the "its probably a unicorn bubble" camp and I think this is evidence of that, but does this really make a difference outside of those companies and their VCs? What kind of situation could turn this into a system
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by bcg1 11y ago
I agree with what you're saying, cash has many benefits... I was just diffusing the ridiculous crime argument. As for laundering gold into digital currency, I doubt that would be too difficult for a criminal enterprise to set up. Ther
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by bcg1 11y ago
People in ivory towers apparently do not understand crime very well. Once the physical density of gold is greater than the physical density of currency, criminals who want to move lots of money at once will simply use gold bars. IIRC, at $
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by bcg1 11y ago
This study should be expanded to include wild horses. Also if they could somehow measure "positive" reactions that would be interesting. Domesticated horses are generally trained through fear; it is not surprising they react to a

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