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by bugsy 16y ago
For this comment, let's assume that Google is correct that it owns copyright on all code he writes, even in his free time and not pertaining to his work at Google. Now, that presumed, when an author contributes to the project, they explicit
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by bugsy 16y ago
The idea that one is not an engineer without state licensing is a presumption of the right of the state to determine one's vocation.
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by bugsy 16y ago
Definitely a shortage. To be specific, there is a massive shortage of engineers with extensive qualifications in very specific sets of frameworks used by a given company and expertise in their specialized domain, who are willing to work for
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by bugsy 16y ago
Mr. Adams analysis is most certainly correct. In addition I offer the following word: Diebold
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by bugsy 16y ago
You think it is wasteful. Do you drive to work, or take a vehicle powered by nonrenewable resources? Live or work in a residence or facility that has heating and air conditioning? Eat meat you have not raised yourself? Many would say all th
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by bugsy 16y ago
The idea that people redecorating their homes using money they have personally worked themselves to earn is a "detriment to others" is outlandish hogwash and propaganda. The term "detriment" implies they are harming people and should be sto
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by bugsy 16y ago
Article is pretty inane. Isn't forbes a so-called financial magazine? Why would such nonsense appear there. On one side, we accumulate the total cost of some countertops purchased over a decade by 307 million people of whom a certain percen
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by bugsy 16y ago
Stairs at a subway station, public waste cans and bottle recycling centers are all government controlled things that are presented to people as good stuff the government has made which is for the public's own good. I do not contest at all t
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by bugsy 16y ago
I agree it is a brilliant idea with good design. It's a great way to bribe the general public into supporting police state measures such as the ubiquitous installation of cameras and monitoring. "Support Big Brother - You Might Already Be a
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by bugsy 16y ago
It's an interesting point that some personalized gifts are less resellable. Books with the owners name stamped in it have to be sold used with a note there is a marking and it is not "like new". But the same book as a first edition with a d
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by bugsy 16y ago
As an entrepreneur, perhaps not pay the fare at the end but pay ten times the fare, to compensate him for having taken a big risk with uncertain reward, which benefited you. Same idea as offering equity which multiplies the investment if su
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by bugsy 16y ago
That is extremely interesting, the experiment finding out that the effect on the person asking the favor was the most striking dynamic of all.
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by bugsy 16y ago
Yes I see your point. What occurred to me is that what she has learned in that specific case, of getting a free cab fare worth $30 or $60, is something that many attractive young women learn about men. Knowing how to work it and being able
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by bugsy 16y ago
The cab thing is basically taking advantage of being a girl.
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by bugsy 16y ago
I derive great personal satisfaction from creating new useful things that are of high quality. Most of the process of doing so is a pain in the butt though, and is neither fun nor easy. Sure, it can be fun to hack together some little scrip
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by bugsy 16y ago
None. The language situation is absurd as it is. The only languages I learn nowadays are ones I have invented.
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by bugsy 16y ago
I've been thinking about your site over the last day. Although there are many sites with good ideas announced on HN, this is the first site announced here that I think has the potential to change society. Obviously the United States is well
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by bugsy 16y ago
Thanks very much for the reply. Topix has an analysis at http://blog.topix.com/2008/01/anonymous-comments-by-the-numb... of the effects of allowing "anonymous" (no registration, but still with an alias) comments. The results were the perc
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by bugsy 16y ago
That is interesting indeed. Here's a couple of articles on what got him in there: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/ex-marine-gets-16... and http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35215 I'd have posted it on the sit
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by bugsy 16y ago
What a great idea. Read through some of the blogs and found them compelling.
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by bugsy 16y ago
That sounds like a really good idea.
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by bugsy 16y ago
I disagree both that his post is primarily political in nature and that it has no content. It makes good points that a rare and difficult to find senior engineer for a tech company would make less than a run of the mill junior manager with
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by bugsy 16y ago
Ahhhh.. so now we know more about why the rank and file got 10% raises across the board last week.
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by bugsy 16y ago
The questions are so abstract that they don't say much about me other than if I understand standard economics theory. In real world situations I always have a measure of difficult to quantify control over the situation, which is completely
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by bugsy 16y ago
What you say is true for mediocre to average developers. Before I had my own company, every place I worked whenever I would talk to clients or go to conferences I would get on the spot job offers. Principals would ask "Would you ever consid
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by bugsy 16y ago
I agree with that. The problem with third party certs which you allude to is they are almost exclusively taken by mediocre developers looking for an easy feather in their cap. Meanwhile true talent has no reason to bother with such nonsense
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Tests taken remotely do not work to screen out the incompetent who routinely take them to the internet for solutions or pay someone else to solve. Nor do they screen in the competent who realize their day off work is much better spent mak
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by bugsy 16y ago
A fine article for hiring adequate or average developers. You can't really hire great developers using any process involving resumes and ads. Hiring great developers involves recruitment. You already know you would hire the developer be
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by bugsy 16y ago
Nothing to do with OPEC using the dollar as its only accepted currency, meaning if you want to buy oil you need to get dollars by selling things cheap to america?
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by bugsy 16y ago
It's utterly ridiculous and a waste of resources that these sorts of things are felony criminal prosecutions at all. Putting people in state prison at a cost of $70,000 a year in housing costs, PLUS the loss of income and other tax they wou

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