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by binaryfinery 16y ago
There is nothing like professional instruction. On my first run I overheated my breaks and flew across the chicane. Second run, with professional instructor, was chasing down cars with +150 hp. This was at the annual Shelby bash in Vegas -
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
"Damaged" i.e. lose a lot of value. Precisely. We could no longer afford to buy goods from China, Japan, etc. China doesn't have the internal economy to risk that. Yet. US manufacturing, and the US social fabric, would win win win. This is
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Simple explanation: patents and the FDA represent barriers to entry for new competitors. Costs going up just means more money spent within the industry, and more profit to be taken later. Costs (and profits) going up are a consequence of pa
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
I got one. Voice goes over M-Cell. Data goes over my wifi. 5 bars in entire house. Getting rid of the land-line covers the $20/month unlimited usage (and that gets you $100 rebate).
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Except that if we do, China will simply stop recycling its share of our government debt and the US government defaults. It will take a president with huge balls to call China on its trade war, and risk having to monetize that debt.
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Even with government subsidized corn, its still not cheap enough. I suppose if we round them all up like we did in the 18th century we could manage it. Put their children to work too. Make them slaves in everything but name. Yes, this is wh
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Mrs Briant channels Steve Jobs
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Hear hear. China manipulates its currency, and so does the US: to keep the rich rich. If we were on the gold standard (not that I'm saying we should be) the dollar would already be worthless and US labor would be competitive. But then Wall
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
You can not make labor in the US as cheap as it is in China because if you did they would not be able to afford food.
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
2ND VIDEO: 4m50s: "IF YOU DONT PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH, PEOPLE WONT BE MOTIVATED." "THE BEST USE OF MONEY IS TO PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE ISSUE OF MONEY OFF THE TABLE". "ONCE YOU DO THAT THERE ARE THREE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO BETTER PERFORMANCE
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Why would you offer the $100K programmers $150K? Ah, you are saying that because programmers don't come with labels, you are unable to tell the two apart. I would suggest that you don't be involved in recruiting then.
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
I worked at a company that paid us fuck-all and still managed to burn thru $300 million. Are you in a position to tell us that the companies you worked with blew their cash on salaries, or are you just drawing making two causally unrelated
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
So far, none of the videos I have seen show the iPhone being held "normally". They first show it lying down. Then they grip it like its a million dollars. Then they show "oh look, its ok if I just hold it by the top". Why don't you hold it
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Actually you'd be throwing away <=998 of 1000 instead of 199 out of 200: we're proposing that the net result would be more hires. We don't have to show that it would make inept people stop applying. We just have to be able to get better
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Assuming you get everything else right, you have to offer more money. It has been suggested that this will cause your inbox to fill up too fast. How about an online test? A web server that runs sandboxed C? Or maybe a character in Lambda MO
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Yes, and they all, without exception, have well paid, highly rewarding jobs. What would make them risk leaving that job?
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
They're also offering stock of course, and it actually looks interesting :-) Plus they may not be so time sensitive: 4 programmers for 10 months vs 5 programmers for 8 months (yes I know). But if its $125k vs $150k will that $25k break the
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Managers assume that because one good programmer will do the job for $100k that all good programmers will. Many here point out that good programmers will generally find a job that challenges them, and that pays them enough to live. They the
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
I am such a person. However, since I have a wife, two kids, and I track cars, "enough to live" means a LOT more than the genius buying the latest killer card deck. Work hard, play hard. Costs money.
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
Actually, all the studies talk about incentives in the sense of "additional compensation that is conditional upon performance" not base pay. Here's why more money works: not everyone has the same expenses. Some of the best are married with
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
So you've found all the ones who have low expenses. Well done. I have a family, a mortgage (or high rent), extremely expensive car insurance, and a shit-ton of experience. I love programming no less than I did when I was 10. If you would li
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by binaryfinery 16y ago
If you've offered them more money to do a less interesting job, certainly. Also, good programmers are often quite loyal, and don't want to leave their team in the lurch. There are plenty of reasons why you failed to recruit said programmers