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by bgroins 10y ago
Amsterdam. As an American (or Japanese) citizen you can get a residency card easily here if you start a business under the DAFT. You can also get a 30% tax break for up to 8 years as a highly skilled migrant, which is good because the highe
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by bgroins 10y ago
Rather than dismiss the comment outright, could you elaborate on what part of it is untrue?
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by bgroins 11y ago
You're surprised nobody has mentioned a project you organized less than 10 days ago?
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by bgroins 11y ago
What he actually said: http://www.cnet.com/news/gates-buffett-a-bit-bearish/ Gates shed some light on his own hard-nosed business philosophy. "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China,
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by bgroins 11y ago
Yes, going from a tape drive to the good ole 1541 was like night and day. Incredibly reliable device. I can't say the same thing for C=64 power supplies though.
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by bgroins 11y ago
"BIOS mode only, UEFI/GPT not supported" It's getting increasingly difficult to buy a Windows computer that's not UEFI/GPT, so no OS level encryption.
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by bgroins 11y ago
It's almost as if it's a technical preview that's not ready for release yet.
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by bgroins 11y ago
LA had an excellent bus system. I've been riding it almost every day for 7 years now. Also, the author already said he had a 20 minute commute, but didn't say to where.
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by bgroins 11y ago
The main problem I see that led to this situation is the author picking one of the most expensive places in LA to live, Venice Beach. The author could have chosen a much less expensive (but less glamorous) area, say in Koreatown or somewher
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by bgroins 12y ago
YES
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by bgroins 12y ago
So much armchair quarterbacking in this thread. As a long time LA resident, these signs are a huge improvement over the current system of just adding multiple signs on the same pole. Many times I have to spend 5 minutes calculating whether
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by bgroins 12y ago
Temporary signage, just like they do today. Permits are already addressed.
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by bgroins 12y ago
99.9% of VPS providers 2000 guests 99.5% of these providers Where are these figures coming from?
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by bgroins 12y ago
I'd recommend watching "Alone on the Wall" posted here if you want some sweaty palms: https://youtu.be/YjMVlGx7g84 Alex's skill seems beyond human. I hope he's with us for a long, long time.
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by bgroins 12y ago
As someone who is responsible for 10-15 concurrent IT projects across numerous teams, many of whom I don't manage, this sounds terrible. I think the "no PMO' approach may work for homogenous groups whose focus is one project,
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by bgroins 12y ago
I suppose the difference that I see here is that Microsoft is making phones and tablets, as opposed to patent trolls that don't even plan on leveraging the patents they own. But yes, I agree that that probably most of these patents sho
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by bgroins 12y ago
I know it's pretty popular to bash Microsoft and patent trolls, but could this possibly be a valid and licensed use of patented technology?
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by bgroins 12y ago
Cynical!
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by bgroins 12y ago
I'm seeing this change in the workplace as well. I work in a large IT shop and have about 15-20 meetings a week with different departments. Until the past 6 months, everyone was sporting iPads with some sort of bluetooth keyboard case.
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by bgroins 12y ago
Who is driving all of the trains in Texas then?
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by bgroins 12y ago
You've hit the nail on the head. Both companies excel at brand marketing and identification, which allows for huge markups and profits on what people perceive as high end devices. With both companies you're not just buying a produ
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by bgroins 12y ago
Whooooooooo are you talking to?
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by bgroins 12y ago
The last 2 Nexus phones were also LGs. Not sure how to vote...
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by bgroins 12y ago
Just a heads up, you left the unsubscribe active in the sample Costo email.
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by bgroins 13y ago
Word.
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by bgroins 13y ago
No, this makes it easier to manage the disparate tools you already have in one pane.
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by bgroins 13y ago
Yep. I work at a hospital so switching to Linux would impact 100% of our applications. I understand the desire (especially on HN) to switch to Linux, but it's just not a plausible solution for most institutions. It sounds great in theo
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by bgroins 13y ago
I could just imagine that conversation with my CTO... Me: CTO, we're switching to Linux instead of Windows 7 CTO: Great! How much functionality will we lose with our applications? Me: All of it! CTO: Let's do it!
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by bgroins 13y ago
Do you realize how many legacy applications have IE dependencies? Most people in the real world will notice.
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by bgroins 13y ago
That's absolutely not the case. One of Microsoft's strengths has always been backwards compatibility, and the ability to run legacy applications in compatibility mode. I work in a large organization with literally hundreds of lega

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