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by bobby_9x 11y ago
I'm a reader and get the majority of my information from text on a screen. I can learn things very quickly using this method (much faster than any other method). A friend of mine needs to hear it or see it. He gets bored reading anyt
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
It's crazy to me that anyone would lambast companies for saving money and not spending it. All of the examples given in the article are uber successful companies with thousands of employees (all paying taxes and spending money, which b
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
What this article doesn't mention is the vast amount of people that knowingly took out a home loan that absolutely did not have the income to pay it. I can remember when things were crashing, they interviewed many people on TV that sai
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
The median wage also depends on your experience and abilities. You may not be worth that much to the company. If you think you deserve more, ask for a raise and if they say no, ask what needs to happen for you to get one. Otherwise, find a
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Weed may not have an effect on IQ or memory (which I still don't completely believe), but it sure has an effect on ambition. I've seen so many smart people over the years sitting at home after work and smoking out almost every day
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Its interesting how easy it is to do something like this, yet legitimate third-party sellers can‘t even talk to a live customer support rep. when their account is suspended.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Banking software is outdated and lacks features, because there is tons of red tape involved. It also took the banks decades and probably hundreds of thousands of man hours to get the software to a level of acceptable security that most lik
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
more than a minority of specialists? All of the software, apps, and services out there should tell you that it's more than this. I've seen multiple articles talking about people as young as 10 years old creating apps. This wasn&#
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"but building and sustaining a company that is “designed to grow fast” is especially hard if you grew up desperately poor" Most people don't have the money or resources to build a company like this, which is why we have VC.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"Stephanie Guthrie and Heather Reilly accused Elliott of harassment partly based on his use of hashtags — a word, acronym or phrase after a number symbol used to create trackable conversations " The activists that brought this cas
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
What about people that work at knife manufacturers? A portion of their product will be used to kill/hurt someone. Most engineers build something for a paycheck and the company paying them ends up using it for something unethical or il
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
The "gig economy" companies are actually a way of giving more people a chance to make money. They aren't the bad guys here. The taxi unions, which stifled innovation, forced out all competition with the medallion system, and
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Who do people still smoke? It's been know to cause cancer for 50+ years and is expensive. It's not like the education isn't there (I've seen anti-smoking ads on TV for the past 10 years and at the theater before seeing
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
People always say that it's about the 'execution' and not the 'idea', but it's still not a good idea to share your good ideas until you are sure you either will not use it or have already gone past the initial
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"I'm a Software Engineer with around 5 years of experience hired as a junior developer 1.5 years back but perform on the level of a Senior Engineer." I've met many junior level engineers that think they are senior, but j
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"Americans are flooding the government with appeals to have their student loans forgiven on the grounds that schools deceived them with false promises of a well-paying career—part of a growing protest against years of surging college c
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"Even if you run business with millions of customers, they will always be your bosses. Your bosses will always be able to hire you, pay you, fire you, and influence how you spend your day. You will never really be your own boss, so hav
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Should we blame the vikings? They terrorized Europe and took many slaves. How about the Mongols? They killed millions of people. There are now more opportunities and less racism than there ever has been in the history of the US and thing
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"containing only the victim’s name." This app reeks of propaganda. There is absolutely no context to how or why the 'victim' was killed and even if they should be considered a 'victim' in the first place.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"Taxes don't really play on this --> many startups don't make a profit ;-) " I don't know how you can say taxes don't play into this. I started my company 5 years ago and if I had to pay 50%+ in tax back th
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
You have to make time for it. Once a month or every couple of months is good. I know people that network at events once/year and it's good enough.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
It's the same reason I save my money: for opportunities when prices are low. This is especially relevant now that the stock market is tanking. Most people with any kind of money think this way.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
There are many issues with getting equity when you are not investing money: 1) rounds of investments will dilute your shares 2) you have no control over the company and are now in the precarious position where the situation could get really
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
The problem is that it's very difficult to go from startup phase to mid-sized company phase in a system with as many regulations and taxes as France. It means that your only shot is to get bought out by a larger conglomerate at some po
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
It might be 'chilling', but slavery has taken place for thousands of years and in many different areas/cultures. It still takes place in many parts of the Middle East. Dubai, for instance, builds many of its structures on th
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"It’s harder to read code than to write it." I think this really depends on the context. If I'm looking at the source code for openssh/encryption libraries, it's much easier for me to read it, then come up with so
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
In most cities that have rising rents (like SF), government intervention actually prevents new apartments from being built.
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
"Real engineers are regulated, certified, and owe a responsibility to public safety and reliability." Are they really though? I know plenty of mechanical engineers that work for the automotive industry that are not certified in a
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
ugh. Can we please stop using HN to push political agendas?
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by bobby_9x 11y ago
Do you mean something like this? http://www.uship.com/

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